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Originally Posted by NISFAN
Hmmmm, there are situations where an AWD will corner faster. I remember a 135i driver cutting me off on a large wet roundabout, I decided to show him my annoyance by driving right up his ass. The poor chap couldn't go any faster as the rears were drifting sideways when he gave it some.....me in my AWD went round him on the outside, able to accelerate smoothly whilst cornering. Let's be fair wet roundabouts are pretty common in the UK.
In lighter engined 320 guise I bet the xDrive is a well balanced machine.
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I have a 135i at present and it's difficult to put the power down a lot of the time, slightly wet and it's very difficult in pretty much most of the gears as there's so much power; my 335d was similar, and I can't imagine the new 330d being much different. You just get used to the car I suppose, and learn to use the throttle appropriately to get the most power down for the conditions.
If they did XDrive in the UK on the bigger-engined models I'd definitely have it though; not for the 3 days a year we have snow, but to get all that power you've paid for actually down on the road
