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Originally Posted by BavarianFanatic
The 3 IS track ready as delivered. But by that I mean it's wholly capable of being taken out on a track and driven hard, right out of the box. Air up the tires and go. Very few other cars on the market are designed to withstand this punishment. BMW always recognizes it's a possibility and accounts for it in the design.
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I'm not convinced BMWs are so designed. The brakes quickly fade, hubs/bearings fail on tighter, demanding tracks, the engines get very hot, etc. They
can be tracked, but do little better than other vehicles as far as basic mechanics. (This is not a criticism. BMW sedans are not race cars.)
I have driven many, and ridden with many students, in street cars on race tracks. Most cars do quite well, although there are a few with brakes that fade after a couple of laps. It's great fun to illustrate to students what a vehicle can do while driving an Explorer or a Subaru Forrester. An older Forrester does amazingly well in particular.