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      08-20-2022, 09:49 PM   #38
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2006 BMW 330i  [8.21]
2009 BMW 328i Touri ...  [7.90]
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2011 BMW 528i  [8.75]
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Originally Posted by KevinGS View Post
This is all going to be normal in 10 years. Fake engine noise pumped inside and outside of EVs. Sounds sacrilegious to many of us, but many things today would be seen as sacrilegious to car enthusiasts from 30 to 40 years ago.

*Launch control systems
*Paddle shifters
*Electric-assisted steering
*Electronic handbrake
....and more.

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” ― Henry Ford

Just to be contrarian, those features get the side-eye from me:

- Just use your right foot properly.
- My manual transmission does not have those.
- I thought this was pretty universally disliked.
- Unnecessary gimmick/added complexity.

Well, I'm off to go burn down some more cotton mills...
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