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      01-12-2021, 10:24 AM   #110
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Originally Posted by Montaver View Post
The removal of sound deadening is baffling to me. Tire roar and wind noise do not make the car feel 'raw', it makes it feel cheap and tiring on a cruise. Cruising is what these cars will be doing 90pc of the time. On track you wear a helmet anyway so it's meaningless. The M2 suffers from this to the point it actually drowns out exhaust and engine sound. It barely saves any weight either.
Could not agree more. There is thoughtful and purposeful attempts to reduce weight and then there is an ill devised attempt to make the car so less livable as a daily driver that it becomes an impediment to sale.
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