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"if you stay away from the limit", "where the car will go into terminal understeer" it is absolutely brilliant. you can see car plow on corners- does not have sharp turn in. It is a good road car, like an RC-F.
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Hate to be a part of furthering any sort of misunderstanding, but I have to ask: as a daily driver in wet conditions, how does the F8x perform? The reason is that I'll likely be moving from Hawaii (summer, dry conditions 95% of the time) to Seattle (rain 50% of the time, some hills in the city). I'm going to get my M3 while in Hawaii for a bit of time, then ship it to Seattle is the plan.
I'm now having a bit of second thoughts on whether I'll take delivery or pick up something with more utility in the wet Seattle conditions like an M235i X-Drive, or a 3 series with X drive. For just regular casual driving, will traction be an issue in the M3 in wet conditions? I don't really push my cars to their limits, I more enjoy the aesthetic/sound/sport heritage of the car and maybe just open it up on the freeway on occasion. So for regular average driving, will the back end be stepping out a bit with DSC fully on? Because that's not something I initially anticipated!
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Ask Lups or solstice or GregW / Oregon, all good members from the NW I think they will say Seattle weather is no problem at all for an F8X I live in a more extreme enviro (calgary) and, yeah, no problem. Back end never steps out with DSC fully on. If I floor it from a stop on icy roads, sure, I get some squiggle. But that is the extent of the drama. My view is winter tires are best if the temp is likely to drop below 7C (whatever thatbis in F) but, otherwise, no problem at all. Like any high performance car, though, take it easy in rough weather. You can't drive it in a snowstorm like you can on the Utah salt flats, right? Beyond that, you'll be fine.
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Edit. Well it's true. Its my daily and I probably have more k's than anyone I this generation. I never have tc on mdm only on super serious world is about to end situations and when I have other people on board. Third set of back tires though.... That should tell how well I can be an adult. 22 000 km. 12k in Seattle and abt 8 of those alone in the car.
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Unlike many, we don't share success stories so get all the humiliating stuff ready for us. it can't be worse than what the rest of have done, we even have a pink M3 photo!
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Again, you're pointing me all sort of magazine reviews.....I'm talking from experience with both cars. |
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Yeah, I've seen enough that cars and coffee video, the M4 got no traction on lower gears. If you keep the nannies on the M4 will just cut the power and go nowhere, if you switch them off it goes fast on the wrong lane.
All, enjoy your M4, it's a great car, but traction it's not got. Don't kid yourselves and be careful, nannies on and easy on the throttle on 1st and 2nd gear. |
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According to the official BMW specs, the S55 starts making its peak power at 5500RPM and it plateaus all the way to 7300RPM. It is the torque that starts to fall off after 5500RPM. Further, on the more reliable chassis dyno charts, it seems that the S55 even continues to make more power past 5500 where the power plateau start more in the 6000RPM range to be then maintained all the way to 7300RPM. To maximize acceleration, you need to maximize power. So keeping revs above 5500~6000RPM is where the fun is .
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Ya, that happens all the time. That's why there are so many people crashing their Ms during street races. Have you ever driven a turbo rwd car? You a little bit of skill.
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There is no power drop off on the M. as discussed previously. This is not an N54.
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