09-28-2017, 12:42 PM | #11 | |
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It's in! Did some break-in figure 8s, circles, etc. yesterday. But otherwise only have about 16 miles on it. I also traded out the Pilot Super Sports for A/S 3+, so those are breaking in as well. (I am over doing summer/winter swaps, and don't have a cold/foul weather driving alternative. Spouse gets the X5 and we are keeping the summers on her Boxster year round.) So with the LSD and the all seasons, I've gained traction and lost traction at the same time. At least in the heat of summer on dry roads... At any rate, the car already feels much more planted and controllable. It has lost much of its floaty feel around corners--which is what I disliked about the car. It now feels like it can put the power down in a predictable fashion--like my M3--both going into the corners and pulling out of them. We live in an old-style suburb, where all the streets loop around and intersect with each other. Getting to a main road is all twists and turns every day. I look forward to full break-in (allegedly 500 miles or so) and some highway ramps in the future (where I most keenly felt the lack of the LSD.) EDIT: I really don't understand all the people who add power/tuning kits to their 2 series before they install an LSD. |
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09-28-2017, 01:33 PM | #12 |
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Carmudgeonly Ride: '09 X3, '11 328xiT, '11 135i C, '17 c2, '19 X5
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Please keep the reviews coming, this is something I'd be very tempted to do on my 1er if it really made a difference.
And I completely agree re: the tuning crowd and putting big power through a pogo stick drive on these cars. More power is not very high on the list of things I'd want to improve on this car.
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09-29-2017, 09:28 AM | #13 |
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01-09-2018, 06:43 PM | #14 |
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Well - a good deal on an x3 35i just dropped in my lap. Would be about 350/month for 2 years. Has the minimum that I want- but no nice to haves like adaptive cruise or the adaptive suspension. Still at this price kinda hard to say no. Could barely get a CRV for that. Really nothing else I can find out there close this to size/price/perfomrance/practicality. It's fugly but atleast it's black.
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01-09-2018, 09:04 PM | #15 | |
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I can’t believe it’s a X3 35i for that price |
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01-10-2018, 03:56 PM | #16 | |
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My first choice was a 330 wagon for the same price, but my wife vetoed that. I prefer having the 6 cyl anyway though. And, with a kid in a car seat the higher ride height is a back/head saver. Also would've liked a Grand Cherokee but w/ the same level of options it would've been in the 400s plus my wife didn't like the seats. Last edited by robg; 01-10-2018 at 04:06 PM. |
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