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Are those Eibach RSBs really available now? BTW, JV, do you have static or adaptive sport suspension? |
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I have the static Sport suspension with added H&R Springs. The RSBs have hit the web, just not sure if they can be ordered in the US YET.
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I just sold my e30 M3 after 9+ years of ownership a few months back, and I'm afraid that's going to haunt me forever. I must say, there was substantial incentive to sell the M3 given the high prices they are garnering now.
It'll be tough to find any car that will be as communicative as your E30. Sure, F30 will smoke the E30 by all the numbers, but it won't FEEL nearly as agile. If you don't need something with 4 doors, I'd wait for the M235i with the optional LSD...it'll likely be the closest Bimmer available to your E30.
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I think a better fit for you may be the m235 when it arrives? The f30 is a great car but like others have said its just completely different than its predecessors...Its sensible as a daily driver, but not track worthy in my oppinion.
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I made the move from an e28 to an f30. It is definitely different. If I could have both I totally would, but I remember some days driving the e28 and missing the whole new car thing; warranty, good bushings, everything works(I had a 2013 dart before the e28). I am still in the process of selling the e28 and will really miss it but for now I need one car that gets me where I need to be without question, not saying the e28 wouldn't but it is 30 years old and the f30 is a couple months old.
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The 328i would be a replacement for the family DD ('07 V6 Accord) which my wife also drives--not a replacement for the E30--so I'm looking at 4 doors and AT. I was initially wondering whether I should give up the E30 because of a shortage of garage space in our new domicile. I've been convinced by posters on this thread to find some way of garaging the E30 as well.
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In a RWD car, it would allow for wheelspin and sideways fun with no computer intervention. In AWD, it does not mean much of anything because wheelspin and sideways fun is not happening until a very high thresh-hold. Your CA implying that Xdrive becomes like RWD with the press of a button is silly.
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^Thanks, JV. One more mark against Tulley BMW, too bad. I take it that disabling the DTC is not enough to override the AWD transmission, but what would be the affect of disabling DSC in AWD?
I did manage to identify the whereabouts of a rwd 328i (with SportLine!) in Boston, and will be driving it on Storrow Drive Sunday afternoon. Storrow Drive is a pretty road that tracks along the Charles River and has its fair share of turns, some of them a bit tight, so it should tell me a lot more than I know now, especially since I drive that road in my E30 all the time. |
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No DSC in AWD means you could fling the car around a curve at 60 mph and the car will allow itself to get out of shape, DSC would intervene to keep you in your line.
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I just wanted to add that you can easily test the limit, maybe let me say my limit, of these cars. Take the car in comfort mode around a tight curve at your max speed. Repeat in sport + and repeat with everything off. Comfort mode keeps your in line. You can feel the nannies kicking in to stop the tail from misbehaving. In sport+ the tail is liberated to the extent that I am comfortable with (my limits). My limits are obviously lower than JVs
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