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      09-26-2018, 03:23 AM   #168
ScottAndrew
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Originally Posted by dmboone25 View Post
Right - I think that the 235/240 represents the typical performance one could expect to experience with a normal, base model in the past - but now you have to get an M performance car just to get the old, base level.
Which "base model" in the past got to 60 mph in 4.4 sec, 100 in about 10 sec and pulls about a G on a skidpan?

The "base model" X2 takes 9 sec to 90 mph, by the way. All available on BMW's native home page

Of course, many people on the internet think BMW made this car personally and specially for them, which is why they scream and rant and pull their hair out and declare their hate for all the world to see. But BMW is making this car with a shared platform and engine to reduce the cost of manufacture, and the profits from these cars go into making the next $35,000 family car accelerate from 0 to 60 in 4 sec, protect you and your child in a major collision, keep you safe if you're daft enough to browse social media driving down the road, put engineering into the next generation of M cars, all that good stuff.

So put up with it or BMW will take all your toys away and you can bore the tits off the internet by screaming and ranting about how BMW doesn't make M cars like it used to, etc etc etc.

Last edited by ScottAndrew; 09-26-2018 at 03:29 AM..
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