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#21833 of 30156 Try this with your M3... by kdshapiro Feb 07, 2003 (6:45 pm)
Found this link on Bimmerfest.   http://ftg.vltmedia.se/zon/bil/filmer/m3e46.mpg
#21834 of 30156 kdshapiro - by brave1heart Feb 07, 2003 (8:09 pm)
That's an awesome video!!! You need a lot of power to be able to steer the car with the throttle like that.
#21835 of 30156 330i Performance Package by kdshapiro Feb 08, 2003 (12:09 pm)
Browsing through bmwusa.com ran across this information, which I didn't see posted here.   1. Torque has been bumped at the midpoint (3,500 rpms) to 222. Redline is at 6,800. 2. The top speed governor has been reset to 155 mph. <---- I though this was the really cool thing. No more excuses against the competition now. 3. The brochure I read lists the 0-60 at 5.9.   brave1heart - I was cringing while watching the video. I can't believe the *flogging* that M3 was given. But it is one heck of a machine.
#21836 of 30156 Performance Package by riez Feb 08, 2003 (1:01 pm)
As Roundel and others have written, it appears to be a way to create the next best thing to a 4-door M3. The old 4-dr M3 is sorely missed by many.
#21837 of 30156 325i snow vs A4 Q all-season by brave1heart Feb 08, 2003 (6:41 pm)
We got ~ 15" of snow yesterday and my 325i and wife's A4 Q in the garage begged for a back to back comparo. The roads were relatively clear and only some of the backroads had 1-2" of solid ice, snow, and slush. My 325 has light-duty Dunlop M2 Winter Sport snow tires and the A4 has Goodyear Eagle all-seasons. The 325 handled better and it braked MUCH better; the A4 accelerated faster. If you have to stop going up a very steep hill, the A4 would be able to get going without any fuss while the 325 may not be able to make it from a dead stop. Granted, the 325 brakes much better in the dry and the A4 does not have the SP like the 325. Not to mention that the A4 has 23K miles on its substandard Goodyear Eagle tires while my car's snow tires have only ~ 3.5K miles on them. The 325 performed best with the DSC off and traction control on. Braking downhill with the A4's all-seasons was downright scary. I had to be extremely careful with it at the serpentine side of our street. Also, I have driven both extensively in very heavy, wet snow and I can testify that the wetter and heavier the snow, the better the A4 performs relative to the 325. Here are some totally subjective numbers to quantify how I felt about the cars (on a scale from 1 to 10):   Acceleration: 325 - 7 A4 - 9   Handling 325 - 8 A4 - 7   Braking 325 - 9 A4 - 2   Likely not to leave you stranded 325 - 9 A4 - 9   Sure-footedness 325 - 7 A4 - 9   Highway stability 325 - 7 A4 - 8   As you can see, they are close in all categories, except that the snow tires in the 325 braked admirably better than the all-seasons in the A4.
#21838 of 30156 325Ci Premium Package by chaaaosss Feb 09, 2003 (1:10 am)
Has anyone considered combining the Sport Package and the Premium Package a la carte? There's a savings of around $800 (assuming ED and $1.5k markup) from what appears to be a loss of only Driver Memory and Auto-Dim Mirrors. Is this really worth $800? Just for argument's sake, of course.
#21839 of 30156 by kdshapiro Feb 09, 2003 (5:03 am)
brave1heart - interesting results. So I guess to say if the A4 had winter tires it would have been a different story for the handling.   chaaaosss - Drivers memory, if you're the only one that drives the car, no biggie. But if you share the car, it's an option I would never want to be without again.
#21840 of 30156 Roundel Snow Tire Article by riez Feb 09, 2003 (6:33 am)
brave1heart... Have you read the latest issue of Roundel (Feb, 03)? Has a great article--titled BMWs Over Ice: Stirred, Not Shaken--discussing what positive impact dedicated snow tires can have. They test three vehicles: an X5 3.0, a 330Ci, and a 325xi. Great text and photographs. Use of snow tires significantly improved winter performance for all three, including both AWD models. But what they did for the 330Ci was most dramatic:   "tossing on snow tires had the most profound transformation of the three cars. The 330 went from pitiful observer to hockey player.... The car could be driven through the slalom--on the snowy ice, but not the glare ice--nearly as fast as its [4WD] counterparts.... It meant being able to properly stop in a straight line, and even trail brake a little.... It meant we could turn in and go around the cones, not sail past or over them, and get it pointed at the next corner."   Ultimately, winter driving is most dependent on two things. First, winter tires. Second, driver skill. If you don't try to outdrive the winter tires, you'll likely be amazed what it can do.   They did the test using Pirelli snow tires at the Team O'Neil rally driving school near Mt. Washington Valley, New Hampshire.
#21841 of 30156 Features by nkeen Feb 09, 2003 (6:55 am)
It amuses me to read about comparing "features" when looking at say a 325i versus a Merc 320. If "features" are what you are after (i.e., a luxury car) buy a Cadillac DeVille or a Lexus, excellent cars that succeed at their missions.   The problems with cars like the 325i for sale in the States is that it is difficult to buy them not loaded down with junk. e.g., European auto climate controls are hopeless at holding a set temperature (GM is fifty times better at this kind of thing) sunroofs eat into headroom so my head tilts sideways, glossy wood interior looks hopelessly out of place in a 325, etc., but it's what the market wants.   The 325i is great to drive, but not as fast or as roomy as my (very unreliable) VW GTi. And I would not have been able to get out of my neighborhood in the 325i during last week's snow storm. I think I preferred BMW's in the era of the Bavaria and the 3.0 CS -- then you knew what the company was about ; now they seem to be aimed at career thrusters who care little for cars beyone the brand's cachet, rather than real "car people".   Why are the Bimmer's sold in the US speed-governed below the capabilities of the Euro market cars? Company cynicism about the US market?
#21842 of 30156 iPod Adapter by mschukar Feb 09, 2003 (7:29 am)
chaaaosss-   This may have been covered in one of the posts I didn't read...I also have an iPod and a 325i. I've found a few solutions, but have yet to try them.   Check out:   http://www.crutchfield.com/S-HgTABxKYrPf/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?a=0- - &s=0&g=42300&id=detailed_info&i=541BMWPILA   http://www.soundgate.com/products/aux-in/bmw.htm   -murray

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