The M5 was out getting soaked in leatherique for the last week so I had been driving my 1991 E30 318is.
The noisy responsive engine in the light car is a bucketload of fun, the lack of power makes you feel like your clutch is slipping, and occasionally the lack of variable steering (or whatever its called) can get you at low speeds. After a few days your butt-dyno recallibrates to the ~140hp as normal.
Then enter the M5, set sport, and launch from ~30mph or so in 2nd gear. You will re experience that rocket acceleration with a renewed fear and appreciation for the awesome power! Since the E30 lacks AC, I think I will try and drive it more often on cooler days, not only keep the miles off the M but also save a bit of gas.
In conclusion, feel like your M is getting slow, buy a old e30 for $1500 or so. Drive it for a few days, get back to M5, and
haha, it's very true. I even get that feeling when switching from my S54 M Coupe to the M5. Before I had the M5, I had the M Coupe and a Honda Fit 5-speed. That was probably closer to the comparison you just made. A pretty hilarious combination of cars.
If only it was easy to find good condition E30's for low prices now. All the <$2k E30's in NJ probably have rust through the floor and battery tray already.
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The M5 was out getting soaked in leatherique for the last week so I had been driving my 1991 E30 318is.
The noisy responsive engine in the light car is a bucketload of fun, the lack of power makes you feel like your clutch is slipping, and occasionally the lack of variable steering (or whatever its called) can get you at low speeds. After a few days your butt-dyno recallibrates to the ~140hp as normal.
Then enter the M5, set sport, and launch from ~30mph or so in 2nd gear. You will re experience that rocket acceleration with a renewed fear and appreciation for the awesome power! Since the E30 lacks AC, I think I will try and drive it more often on cooler days, not only keep the miles off the M but also save a bit of gas.
In conclusion, feel like your M is getting slow, buy a old e30 for $1500 or so. Drive it for a few days, get back to M5, and
Uh oh, I've read enough on this board to know what the people are going to say. You can't go by the butt dyno, we want dyno graphs, on the same dyno, minutes apart, same weather conditions, or else it ain't so! LOL!
The M5 was out getting soaked in leatherique for the last week so I had been driving my 1991 E30 318is.
The noisy responsive engine in the light car is a bucketload of fun, the lack of power makes you feel like your clutch is slipping, and occasionally the lack of variable steering (or whatever its called) can get you at low speeds. After a few days your butt-dyno recallibrates to the ~140hp as normal.
Then enter the M5, set sport, and launch from ~30mph or so in 2nd gear. You will re experience that rocket acceleration with a renewed fear and appreciation for the awesome power! Since the E30 lacks AC, I think I will try and drive it more often on cooler days, not only keep the miles off the M but also save a bit of gas.
In conclusion, feel like your M is getting slow, buy a old e30 for $1500 or so. Drive it for a few days, get back to M5, and
this had me dying. Idk if it's because I'm exhausted from work or i can't agree more. I drive a 96 Toyota Tercel daily and it's been in the shop for maintenance for a couple days so I've been using my ///M for work.. I guess I didn't have to spend the $1500 to appreciate the power of the M so I lucked out.
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All the <$2k E30's in NJ probably have rust through the floor and battery tray already.
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