Remember though, that mid range grunt is a razor thin line in an incredibly narrow area of operation. Diesels have never appealed to me - even the big Audi diesels which seem to be at the top of that game.
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Remember though, that mid range grunt is a razor thin line in an incredibly narrow area of operation. Diesels have never appealed to me - even the big Audi diesels which seem to be at the top of that game.
Nose heavy, I would imagine you wouldn't get more than 11k from those fronts......RWD doesn't make much difference because it's not the type of car you get the back end out on. Also and most importantly, MB dial in understeer into the front end setup (much the same as BMW) to allow the average man on the street to drive a RWD car without ending up a statistic. My 1 series was the same, it wore insides of the fronts until I fitted M3 lower arms and had an E92 M3 geo setup done. It handled so much better and more predictably. I'd recommend it on all these standard road cars.
Yup, its the 'torque effect', which I love though (that forcing you right back into your seat thing, under hard acceleration) - and it can be quite something on a powerful enough turbo diesel.
Petrol cars just don't do that to the same degree, unless the size of engine used in comparison is much bigger, although they do other things better. You pays your money and takes your choice. Nothing is perfect.
The specialist mechanic I use told me after he'd test drove my car (having just mapped it, deleted the DPF, and had the turbo fully reconditioned) that, torque wise, on rapid acceleration, it felt the same as a C63 AMG! :eek:
Marco.
Lol - well, we'll see. I drive pretty sensibly most of the time, and keep the tyre pressures spot on, with the use of nitrogen. Plus, I'm also anal about tracking and wheel balancing/alignment, which are also all spot on. Therefore, nothing adverse will prematurely wear the tyres out, just simply normal use :)
I should have mentioned that mine has lowered sports suspension. That's one of the 'Brabus bits'. Plus I've got Bilstein B4 shocks all-round. The car is really well-balanced and handles like a dream (really assured and grippy round corners), for the type of car it is, even at high speed.Quote:
My 1 series was the same, it wore insides of the fronts until I fitted M3 lower arms and had an E92 M3 geo setup done. It handled so much better and more predictably. I'd recommend it on all these standard road cars.
Marco.
Or the car in question isn't a real lardy ba$tard of a car and has a power to weight ratio to put most super cars to shame. :eyebrows:
https://youtu.be/8CRdQA7R9xs
Some pics of the Brabster (from earlier in the thread), in case you missed them:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/1dkChi.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/Eba4gd.jpg
Marco.
Is that one of those fancy plates that speed cameras can't read?