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you can change the cabin ASD, as for the exhaust it has a valve you can open/close. you're not changing anything other than if it's essentially muffled or more open just like most BMWs
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Best is to unplug the ASD. S58 sounds pretty good without the ASD, at least in X3M.
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01-11-2021, 10:36 AM | #49 | |
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So have to call my dealer tomorrow to also go for a test drive I was there a month ago for checking out a frozen portimao blue M4, but it still was closed room, so no driving back then... btw: Do you by chance have a straight front pic? Would like to see the CH version for the number plate mount a bit better, as everything up to now was either without plates or the big EU plate version |
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The small single piston rear calipers and the ugly front end are a massive turn off for me.
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Haters are going to hate! The new cars are already better in almost every imaginable way, yet small rear brakes and of course the "ugly front" is all the hater club can talk about...
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Thanks again for your feedback, much appreciated! I think it gives the best „feeling" impressions of the car than anything else available at the moment. And this is one big point of car buying (for me), how it feels and not caring too much about if it is heavier / bigger than the old and so on... |
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01-11-2021, 11:10 AM | #54 |
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Maybe I missed it but how does the power delivery feel in comparison to a G20 M340 or 440? Does it have that smooth delivery or feel more violent? In My 340 it sometimes will throw you back some but it depends whether I'm in manual mode or not.
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01-11-2021, 11:20 AM | #55 |
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I own a tuned 420i and drove a buddy's F82 and was amazingly not blown away. It was certainly way quicker and felt much stiffer etc, but it wasn't the difference between driving a ford and a bmw for example. The gap there is much greater imo.
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Second, the G8X is not "better in almost every imaginable way." That's simply hilariously wrong, in almost, every imaginable way. Outside of the looks, which are subjective, the new car gained a substantial amount of weight and no longer comes with a dual clutch but a traditional automatic tranny. The brakes are substantially smaller. Let's not go overboard here. OP, thank you for the honest review. Were you blown away by it? Would you want to replace your current car with it or would you want to try something else altogether? You mentioned the Guilia, did you drive the QV? If you did, can you give us a comparison between the two?
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But most fo all, BMW has been using that ugly little single-piston caliper since 2011 on the M5 F10 (needed for the electric parking brake), but they're only complaining about it now |
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No an no again. The grill doesn't grow on me. I will skip this generation.
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Thank you for posting the pics, I don't have any decent from the front! TruthOne Hard to say for me as I never drove a G20.. In Sports mode it is violent in my opinion..turbo lag is a thing but not like "no power no power no power FULL POWER" if you know what I mean. In my opinion it delievered constantly good amount of power through all the RPM. Depending on the mode you drive it is more aggressive or less. But for me i always felt how much to push the throttle and most important for me I felt in control of it, it was not snappy or something. heckyeahbro69 Yes it is Portimao Blue Regarding the small caliper: I couldn't care less. As long as the braking performance is given..ok it doesn't look "woah" but I personally don't care at all as long as the car has a good braking performance. And the brake-by-wire system is amazing! I mean you can set the brake sensivity, how awesome is that?? |
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I was totally blown away by it! I want and I do replace my current car with this. I had a really good offer for the Giulia QV (which I also tried, so yes it was the QV) since I work somehow for them so the price difference was massiv but I still go for the BMW. 2 Main Reasons: Manual Transmission Quality For sure the Alfa is an awesome, brutal car with lots of Power but the BMW offers a lot more especially helpful stuff for daily driver. If comparing this two cars together I would say: Power delivery and control of the Power is much better on the BMW. In the Alfa I somehow didn't gain confidence in pushing because I never knew what the heck the rear is going to do. It is a massiv amount of Power and you feel it. BMW you feel it as well but it always gave me the confidence to be in control of it. The steering of the Alfa on the other hand is better. It feels very direct, almost like a Go-Kart and this was pretty awesome. Sound of the Alfa is better imo. But from the power delivery I had the feeling that BMW releases the power more constant as the Alfa just came at some point going full but on low rev you had nothing. I hope you understand what I write, it's difficult for me to write down feelings in english However: Overall the BMW is way better. To be fair, it is the newer car as the Alfa is on the Market already a couple of years. |
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Thanks for sharing your feedback !
I do like going to the Brand Experience Center as well Cheers from Schaffhausen Edit: By the way, I currently own a G21 M340i in Portimao blue but I'm going to change to a G20 M340i in Marina Bay Blue... My dealer asked my if a M3 would be an alternative and I must admit that your pictures are very appealing but I do prefer the front face of my G20 |
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