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10-14-2010, 10:38 AM | #111 | |
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10-14-2010, 01:28 PM | #112 | |
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for us XI owners, Mike Dushane, C&D VP gave us a little vindication in the comment section. He said:
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10-14-2010, 01:43 PM | #113 |
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Well VP is a little misleading. VP of Consumer Brand and Product Development - so a C&D VP.
Scroll to the bottom of this page and you will see how extensive the VP level is at Jumpstart Automotive Group. |
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10-14-2010, 02:07 PM | #114 | |
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10-14-2010, 02:20 PM | #115 |
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I was only being facetious
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10-14-2010, 02:22 PM | #116 |
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You're right, but next time at the track in your dad's new 335i, please be nice and point the lesbians in the xis past. Now go back to doing your homework, and stop fantasizing about driving your dad's car and warching Beavis and Butthead reruns, so you can put forth a coherent and valid argument to your opinion.
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10-14-2010, 02:24 PM | #117 | |
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AWD is only for the must-have areas (canada, northern US)...where family lives are safer with the added traction. |
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10-14-2010, 02:27 PM | #118 |
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You guys are jokes.
The RWD BMW 335 is a much better car than the XI (I have the xi)...esp with sport suspension on the RWD Thats not the damn point. THe point is, is your family safer with the added traction and loss of some of fantasies about driving your BMW like michael schumacher? I put family and safety of occupants ahead...yell all you want, but XI and snow tires = win in snowy conditions and blizzards that we face here in the great white north. BUT XI + snow tires = vastly inferior performance compared to RWD w. sports suspension such is life. |
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10-14-2010, 02:32 PM | #119 |
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Op, here's my story, I got an xi for safety in Colorado's snow and terrain changes - I ~wanted~ just the i - but I've been pleasantly surprised by the car's performance, especially with coilovers on it and camber plates, and good tires. (I made that list above in order of importance.) Since you're in the Carolinas, I would just go with the i and good tires. You definitely need to go to BMW's facility for some HPDE too.
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10-14-2010, 02:39 PM | #120 | |
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Yes, just like this statement is correct:
335i ZSP + snow tires = vastly inferior performance compared to an Acura TSX with high performance summer tires in the summer. Get back to comparing apples to apples.
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10-14-2010, 03:15 PM | #122 | |
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An I in stock form understeers when on traction, and oversteers when the rear loses traction. I could do doughnuts in my XI just fine. -scheherazade |
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10-14-2010, 03:48 PM | #123 | |
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I live in California and we had over 500 inches of snow last season. |
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10-14-2010, 04:00 PM | #124 | |
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10-14-2010, 04:06 PM | #125 |
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I hate to say it, but it's people who think that they are safer in AWD vehicles in winter that usually get into accidents. Simple law of inertia states that it takes more effort to stop and/or change directions in heavier vehicles.
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10-14-2010, 04:37 PM | #126 |
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easy solution. buy M3 which has more true 2WD and RWD dynamics.
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10-14-2010, 04:39 PM | #127 | |
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Weight also helps give the car a chance to not slide and stay planted. The downward force placed on each tire is greater on a heavier vehicle dependent on the width of the tire. That's why a narrower profile tire performs better in the winter than a wider one. |
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10-14-2010, 04:40 PM | #128 | |
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While weight is certainly a factor, 180 lbs on a nearly two ton vehicle makes little to no difference. |
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10-14-2010, 04:48 PM | #129 |
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