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Still, as a man,that tryed Xdrive after plenty RWD cars - id suggest to go for RWD.
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11-19-2012, 03:15 PM | #8 | |
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And much harder to tail-slide. I have xDrive because I live at the end of three miles of mud road, and without it I'd never get anywhere. |
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Do sandbags really work? adding a few hundred lbs to a truck seems archaic but maybe its smart? |
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11-19-2012, 05:53 PM | #10 |
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Not sure why anyone would spend $50,000 on a sports sedan and then throw 200 pounds in the trunk for traction? Not sure if you are driving a 335 or 328 but in my 2006 rear wheel drive 330i with only 260 horsepower I would get wheel spin all the time on hard acceleration from a stop in Vancouver's heavy rain and in hilly terrain. The only time I ever experienced wheel spin in my 2008 335xi was on ice and that was only briefly before all 4 tires hooked up.....
Some people in rainy and warm Vancouver prefer winter tires an rear wheel drive but in the last 3 years in Vancouver the Winter has averaged about 40 to 50 degrees farenheit with 2 days of snow.......In Vancouver I find all wheel drive with 300 horsepower much less of a sacrifice than rear wheel drive with winter tires when it is 50 degrees out and raining! |
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11-19-2012, 07:44 PM | #11 |
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I tested a 328i RWD Sport Line in April, and, a couple of weeks ago, a 328i xDrive M-Sport with Variable Sport Steering. That's not exactly back-to-back, but the steering left me with the same impression both times. I suspect that any steering feel advantage from VSS could have been offset by the AWD and non-sport suspension, but, regardless, I don't think there's much if any difference.
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I actually found VSS to have a worse feel. Or more specifically, it had a less natural feeling to me. They felt the same on-center, but moving from on-center to off-center seemed abrupt and not intuitive to me.
Actual feel and feedback was near-identical feeling to me, but I believe they both use virtually the same setup other than different rack gearing. I agree that there wasn't alot of steering feel difference from non-xDrive to xDrive models until you really pushed things, but once you start sliding tires, the RWD had more luck going where I wanted it to go and how I wanted it to go. Or maybe I just like on-demand oversteer... |
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Yep, this is one of the main reasons I decided to go with Xdrive. In CO, I've gotten stuck a couple of times in my RWD 328. Wanted to go with Xdrive with my 335, but was concerned I'd be giving up the RWD feel. Turns out Xdrive is biased to the rear by about a 60/40 ratio.
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