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Originally Posted by Josh (PA)
Looks great. Did you get a challenger?
How's it compare to the e30s?
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lol, no. only 60% of the cars parked in the alley are mine.
As for the E30s, it's a very different car. The M3 (which is hugely modified, and is on the path to getting more so - I've pretty much decided that the S54 is going to replace the S50) has sharper steering and is more agile.
993 steering is, IMO, pretty bad. It's both a geometry issue (bump steer - and to be clear, while the car is lower than US stock, it's sitting on stock non-US springs) and a mechanical issue (why the fuck is the steering rack mounted in rubber, and why do the tie rods have rubber in them????). The E30 has none of that and it's better for it. It also has significant aftermarket bump steer correction, but also starts with better geometry. I'm starting with the cheapest thing to improve (stiff steering rack mount bushings), but will also put bump steer correcting tie rods into the queue as well.
Net-net, I like them both a lot.
The stockish 325is and 325iX are totally different cars. They are easy to drive, charming, and very slow. I chased Kobi in the turbo while driving the puppy in the iX, and I had to work that sewing machine pretty hard to keep up while she loafed along lazily. They are great city cars, though, because the are compact, visible, and people like nice looking E30s nowadays.