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imola red is beautiful. my favorite E46 color right there.
1. BMW has never made an inline six (naturally aspirated) with torque to speak of --so this isn't really shocking. they're all pretty cammy, flat powerband or not. when the peak is at ankle level, even if it's a flat peak, it's still at ankle level.
2. clutches in all post-e36 BMWs are flat out horrible.
3. DBW in the E46s sucks. needs reprogramming.
4. they are quiet cars. good thing most of the time, but you could have fun tweaking it a little bit. definitely not a fan of the Conforti CAI whistle. it's annoying. i'd go with a CAI that growls more like the Dinan one or the ECIS one. you could get a lighter and louder afterOEM exhaust, too.
5. wheel weights. BMW constantly amazes me with their hubris with respect to their OEM brakes, their curb weights and their wheel weights. i'd shuck the OEM wheels (even though they're pretty) and get some nice BBS wheels that are lighter and you won't necessarily cry when you curb them or have them eaten by a pothole.
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