04-03-2013, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Featured on BIMMERPOST.com I have it in comfort mode most of the time since it's the default mode and select sport only once I'm on the freeway. When I get into a parking lot, I switch back to comfort. I find it pretty difficult to park in sport mode. It's kind of annoying. |
04-03-2013, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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The steering feels heavier in Sport mode with VSS... Though it's heavier, it is still wayyyy lighter than say a X1 (which I drove as a loaner)... but still wins handsdown, IMHO, the audi servotronic system which is unpredictable when the wheel will "lighten" up...
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04-03-2013, 09:24 PM | #4 |
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So you never set the light steering setting? And you park with the stiff mode?
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04-03-2013, 09:29 PM | #5 | |
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You can park in sports mode very easily. You will feel the VSS whether in sports or comfort. It is not variable assist like Audi or the 5 series. All said, in either mode the steering feel is dissapointing to me. Its not horrible, but I am not a fan of the electric steering vs hydraulic. |
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04-03-2013, 09:31 PM | #6 | |
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I actually prefer comfort mode VSS at low speeds but hate it on the freeway (our freeways are not straight). |
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04-03-2013, 09:37 PM | #7 |
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You find this car difficult to drive in a parking lot in sports mode? You obviously never parallel parked a car w/o any power steering. That is an adventure.
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04-03-2013, 09:47 PM | #8 | |
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I'll try parking more in sports mode and see if I can live with it. |
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04-03-2013, 09:47 PM | #9 |
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Parking this car helped build shoulder muscles. However, having no power steering and a mid engine chassis configuration gave it the best steering feel of any car I have ever driven. The 4x2 bbl Webers did not hurt the exhuast or intake tone either. Had a great 24 years with that old Italian. |
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04-22-2013, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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Aren't the hydraulic steering options kinda disappearing nowadays? I drove a e90 328xi on saturday for like an hour and could not notice any substantial difference in steering when I was going normal speeds, say between 50 km/h and 100 km/h. I did notice it was super heavy when I was in the parking lot but that's about it.
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