3 Series or Subaru Wrx Sti??

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ward

I don't care how much HP you throw at the 335,

a racetrack has CORNERS

and I drive stock on the track.

right, and we all know that the 335i can't do corners.

"With a mechanical limited-slip differential, we believe the 335i would be a match for an M3 on a track."

http://www.caranddriver.com/roadtest...35i-coupe.html

335+ LSD + Shiv upgrades= m3 ownage.

sflgator · 11-28-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

nothing out for the 335? How about 330-340hp at the crank with a Xede from Shiv? That's nothing to shake a stick at.

Oh sure, just tell the kid about a 60+HP/TQ upgrade for the 335i why don't you?

Are you trying to get the 16-year-old new driver killed in his first car? Careful now.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sflgator

Oh sure, just tell the kid about a 60+HP/TQ upgrade for the 335i why don't you?

Are you trying to get the 16-year-old new driver killed in his first car? Careful now.

He already has a daddy. He doesn't need another.

ward · 11-28-2006, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

right, and we all know that the 335i can't do corners.

I haven't driven a 335, but I've driven a 328 coupe, and my 325 with sport pack. Neither of those are even in the ballpark of sportscar handling, either in slalom maneuvers, or steady state sweepers.

A slower car can be faster on a track if it exits and enters every single corner with more speed.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ward

I haven't driven a 335, but I've driven a 328 coupe, and my 325 with sport pack. Neither of those are even in the ballpark of sportscar handling, either in slalom maneuvers, or steady state sweepers.

A slower car can be faster on a track if it exits and enters every single corner with more speed.

Many reviewers with credentials far beyond your own have been praising the 335i's handling in the twisties. It feels much more confident in the twisties than my 350z with LSD did.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ward

A slower car can be faster on a track if it exits and enters every single corner with more speed.

common sense.

RaptorKTM · 11-28-2006, 08:08 PM

BMW that way when you hit a wall god forbid you make it out alive

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:10 PM

is it worth it at all to mod a 328 in the future or would u guys just not even bother and wait till the next car?

sflgator · 11-28-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

He already has a daddy. He doesn't need another.

Why are you so protective of him...are you his mommy?

FWIW -- I actually speak from experience, although my parents weren't the wealthiest, they did well enough to "give" me (their youngest son, the "spoiled one"

) a new (new at the time, and I'm dating myself here I know, but it's ok) Nissan 280ZX for my 16th birthday. Oh, how I loved and babied that car

, but what did I end up doing with it? I wrapped it around a tree and totaled it when I was 17.

Thank God I came out ok, but the 280ZX...well, that was the last really nice sports car I drove until many years later. $hit happens, especially when you combine a young driver with a relatively expensive and fast sports car...no matter how cocky or not. Just my $0.02.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:12 PM

if you put any money into modding a 328 you may as well have just purchased a 335i. the power return for your dollar just wont be there like it will if you spent he extra to get the 335. Unless you are talking about cosmetic mods.

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:12 PM

lol k guys chill

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

if you put any money into modding a 328 you may as well have just purchased a 335i. the power return for your dollar just wont be there like it will if you spent he extra to get the 335. Unless you are talking about cosmetic mods.

ya i know but what if i dont have that money to put for the 335 right away and only have enough for 328

RaptorKTM · 11-28-2006, 08:14 PM

dude you live in SoCal, you want to have fun in your first car and just have lots of power and AWD, get an STI, damn i mean it is a sick car. But if you want to have a car with leather lol, navigation, stereo all that and of course the name BMW get the BMW. but it all depends on you. I mean do you like speed, do you like the looks of the STI.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sflgator

Why are you so protective of him yourself...are you his mommy?

you seem to have mistaken my intolerance for misguided hate for nooby affection.

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by snosk8tr123

ya i know but what if i dont have that money to put for the 335 right away and only have enough for 328

328 is fast enough. you dont have to mod it. its no slouch.

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by socalm3

dude you live in SoCal, you want to have fun in your first car and just have lots of power and AWD, get an STI, damn i mean it is a sick car. But if you want to have a car with leather lol, navigation, stereo all that and of course the name BMW get the BMW. but it all depends on you. I mean do you like speed, do you like the looks of the STI.

I just dont want to have too fast of a car for first car and then end up dead

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

328 is fast enough. you dont have to mod it. its no slouch.

is it really fast enough.. i just dont want that time where i need to speed up cause im late or something and the car doesn't like move

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by snosk8tr123

I just dont want to have too fast of a car for first car and then end up dead

328 FTW

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by snosk8tr123

is it really fast enough.. i just dont want that time where i need to speed up cause im late or something and the car doesn't like move

speed isn't going to make up for lost time because you're late. you end up saving negligible amounts of time when you speed unless its over a really long distance.

snosk8tr123 · 11-28-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeroday

speed isn't going to make up for lost time because you're late. you end up saving negligible amounts of time when you speed unless its over a really long distance.

but in general... does the 328 have the power to satisfy that need to accelerate?

Zeroday · 11-28-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by snosk8tr123

but in general... does the 328 have the power to satisfy that need to accelerate?

for a new driver? absolutely. its fast enough to be fun without being unwieldy.

nine4surfah · 11-28-2006, 08:29 PM

Get an EVO!

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