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Adam-D
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
alan if you want a project, i know someone selling a car. . .
BarnshaW
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
curious question, when you say it is a better drivers car then a scooby what do you mean?
sand-eel
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Handles better, there is no argueing that.
BarnshaW
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
handles better? i would disagree with that
sand-eel
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What happens in an impreza or any 4x4 putting the power down round a corner = understeer, RWD = oversteer...you want oversteer as you just point the front wheels the way you want to go.
BarnshaW
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
understeer? dont get any problems at all with understeer, so much grip with an impreza it is unreal, you can literally drive into corners at a ridiculous speed , still get on the power and it just sticks to the road, couldnt do that in an M3 , round backroad blasts the subaru will be a more agile car.
sand-eel
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats out right grip not handling ken?
BarnshaW
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so the handling is good.... as in it goes round corners very well , grip pays a good part in handling i would say. do love M3's though, used to be one of those nice yellow ones (dakori or whatever it is) round local to me and i remember it doing some doughnuts at a local cruise and it looked and sounded fab
sand-eel
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3rd Dec 10 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
TBH i'm biased...your biased, lets call it a day
BarnshaW
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lets laurie
Jambo
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3rd Dec 10 at 22:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Barndoor read a car mag. Not doubting the Scoodies grip, which will obviously be better than a car with 50% less driven wheels.
Drivers car stem from the feel/interaction/feedback and most important balance and poise.

CORSA NUT
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3rd Dec 10 at 22:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I'll have to get involved here

Beemer definately handles better and is more rewarding than a scooby! Scoobys have amazing grip but don't handle well
as standard. Will have to drive an M3 to test the performance methinks.

What's the car in question Adam??
Mike GSi
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3rd Dec 10 at 23:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get one mate you will not be dissapointed!

A 320BHP N/A car is a whole lot different from a 320BHP Turbo.

If driven properly id say they handle just as well as a scooby/evo, the grip for a RWD is immense and the M3 is a legendary Classic!
Corsa_Sport21
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4th Dec 10 at 07:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They maybe dont "look" quick but they are.The power is just constant pull all the way in every gear.Launch it hard off the line and bang your way up the gears and it will put a smile on your face.And the noise while doing the above is just as entertaining.
Mike GSi
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An M3 will have no problem keeping with a Scooby/evo with the same power. Unless its a standing start. Probably one of the most under-estimated cars imo, everyone mocks them saying how bland they are etc, imo the only folk that say this is Scooby/evo owners that have had no experience with the M3.

And depending on the driving style the M3 can be much more fun!

Nothing better than coming out of a bend and putting the power down and feeling the rear smoothly sliding out.
Eck
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4th Dec 10 at 16:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As Fad said, go for a post 97 for the later 3.2 engine. Double Vanos will be expensive if it needs replaced, but there are people on the m3 forums who can repair it for less than half the price of replacement parts. If it's been looked after, you should be reet. So want one too! I'd have one before an Impreza (even though I love them). As said above, there is a difference between phenomenal levels of grip, and outright handling. When driving my dad's Impreza, it feels like it wants to run wide when giving it some coming out of a bend.

I also don't like the way power is delivered in turbocharged cars. It's not as instand as N/A, and the turbo seems to stifle noise (obviously an exhaust will help).

Besides, there's something special about M cars that seperate them from any other. But I point blank refuse to call it an ///M

[Edited on 04-12-2010 by Eck]
Mieran
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4th Dec 10 at 17:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Evo.
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Similar to an Impreza If a little better against understeer.
Mieran
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I don't mind scoobies but hes already had one so might as well try something new.
CORSA NUT
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Yeah i'm looking for something new BUT the wife is telling me i can't live without a scooby!

I'll win her around just need to get the money together now! Does anyone know if my Audi A4 would be worth anything as spares for someone? I'll refurb the 18's and get a few quid for them and stick some standard jobbies on.
CORSA NUT
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This one is nice....
Andy Stocker
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My old one
John G
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quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
This one is nice....


Mike GSi
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quote:
Originally posted by John G
quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
This one is nice....




That sir is an individual, snap it up before someone else does!
Jambo
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That's lovely!!

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