"E90M3" (e90m3)
10/08/2017 at 21:54 • Filed to: None
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
10/08/2017 at 21:54 • Filed to: None | 2
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! After having driven both, I can understand their judgment. I wonder how different their verdict would have been it it was an LCI E90 vs LCI F30.
syaieya
> E90M3
10/08/2017 at 22:04 |
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I cant say i agree with the new car being prettier. The 90s were all classy outside in a looking down its nose at you. The newer car looks like its trying to change its stance but just wasn quite to it.
Also, larger sidewalls make me happy
WilliamsSW
> syaieya
10/08/2017 at 22:52 |
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The pre-LCI E90 was a little goofy looking in sedan form, though. I think that’s why they picked the F30. Neither is all that pretty IMHO.
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WilliamsSW
> E90M3
10/08/2017 at 22:54 |
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If I read this right, they compared the early E90, *without* the sport package, to an F30 *with* the sport package, and the E90 nipped it? That’s pathetic.
Now take your car (M-sport, and I think it’s an LCI?) and throw it against the F30 (as they mention at the end). No contest.
As a BMW fan, this is depressing - but not surprising.
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E90M3
> WilliamsSW
10/08/2017 at 22:57 |
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My E92 is a pre-LCI, but you didn’t get much on the LCI for the E92. I agree, my E92 would trounce a pre-LCI F30. A lost LCI-F30 would be pretty evenly matched; I actually like the way the LCI F30 drives.
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WilliamsSW
> E90M3
10/08/2017 at 23:00 |
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Yeah, I’ve actually driven all of those *except* the post LCI F30 -which I’m eager to try, as I’ll be in the market for a new car in the spring. It may depend on whether I can convince the wife to let me get a manual - if so, the F30 might be the only car on my shopping list (seriously - I need a decent sized 4 door with room in the back, what else has a stick?).
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E90M3
> WilliamsSW
10/08/2017 at 23:03 |
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I had an LCI F30 as a loaner, and it was pretty good to drive. It’s no E90 M3, but then few cars are. I would honestly get an LCI F30 with my own money one day.
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WilliamsSW
> E90M3
10/08/2017 at 23:16 |
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I think it’s all about how you option out the LCI F30. If I do get one, I’ll be ordering it, so I can spec it out right. It can still be pretty soft, and that’s what the dealers around here stock for the most part.
LongbowMkII
> E90M3
10/08/2017 at 23:59 |
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What’s an LCI?
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E90M3
> LongbowMkII
10/09/2017 at 06:00 |
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Life cycle impulse, it’s what bmw calls their mid life cycle facelift.
Party-vi
> WilliamsSW
10/09/2017 at 08:25 |
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Mazda6 and Honda Accord are the only two I can think of.
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WilliamsSW
> Party-vi
10/09/2017 at 09:47 |
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I’m also heavily biased toward RWD, too - but I’ll be checking those out. If I could actually get a fairly loaded manual Accord (hahaha NOPE), it would be a pretty serious contender.
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Party-vi
> WilliamsSW
10/09/2017 at 10:01 |
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The 2017.5 Mazda6 Touring now has heated seats and Nav standard for the same $25K price, and that has a manual option. Besides a GTI that might be what I get to replace my E46.
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WilliamsSW
> Party-vi
10/09/2017 at 10:17 |
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Hum, that’s a lot of car for $25k - and that’s at MSRP, no discounts. Still no sunroof which is annoying but that’s a bargain.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> E90M3
10/09/2017 at 12:45 |
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I remember reading this when it first came out. Sad!