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Introduction - My new F21 118d M-Sport
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First of all let me introduce myself, I'm Ashley, i'm 19 from Surrey in the UK. I currently have a 1989 E30 325i Coupe which i am using everyday. Whilst I love it to pieces i wanted to start using it as a weekend car during the summer so it was time to start looking for a daily. In i went to local BMW dealer and 2 days later i have placed an order for a 118d M-sport LCI in Alpine White. I haven't gone crazy with options but they are as follows: Coral Red Dakota Leather BMW Professional Media Package Interior Comfort Package Adaptive LED headlights Heated Seats Auto Transmission Ordered her on Saturday 30th May. Iv'e been told mid to end June for delivery but I'm expecting about 6 weeks so more mid July. For now here's a picture or two of my E30 [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] |
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The E30s often have around 2 degrees negative camber in the back when lowered. Up front they have slightly less, but it is popular to increase the camber with camber plates. I ran about -3.5 degrees up front, and -1.5 degrees in the back on mine. That was working rather well.
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> That was working rather well. And hard? Running tyres on edges must mean premature wear off. That must be why the front tyres are different from the rear and look brand new. |
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06-09-2015, 02:00 PM | #11 |
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The tyre wear when running straight is usually rather modest. Most of the wear happens when pushing a car around corners and braking hard. In that case it is the outside edge of the front tyres that go first. With plenty of negative camber, you get more even tyre wear. If you are more the of the straight line drag racing type, you are of course better off keeping the tyres as upright as possible.
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06-09-2015, 03:28 PM | #12 |
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Aggressive cornering outside a racing track is mostly unsafe, straight line opportunities are just more frequent. (Hard braking in a turn is to be avoided every time, AFAIK.)
A car appearing to feature no racing dedication other than housewife's rims and aggressive camber looks a bit strange: some people mimic "cool" racing cars without plenty of understanding, but, of course, there are hard racers trying to conceal that ("sheeping wolves" ) too. Nice looking car, actually, it's not that I'm picking on. |
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I have very little interest in straight line acceleration, but like hard cornering. Maybe that is why I bought a 116i instead of a car with a heavier drive line. |
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I would have purchased the 216i convertible but not available.
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I meant those "laws of physics" that make braking hard impossible on a tight curve unless you wish to slide/spin off. It takes braking before the turn to enter it at a safe speed to avoid troubles like obstacles, poor/slippery surface, the blind turn going tighter on, etc. (not very applicable to a racing track, where you can be reasonably sure the turn is what you expect and there's the safety runaway area, probably), but that safe speed allows an early acceleration when it's all clear and I like to take the opportunity. It's interesting to control the acceleration rather than go flat down and just wait while it struggles to speed up due to lack of power. |
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You can read all corners know matter how tight they are and you drive to the conditions. It easy to drive fast in a straight line and use the power. Gears are for controlling power and the 8 speed auto is great for finding the correct gear at the time needed. I've never had my 116i struggle coming out of any corner.
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> handbrake turns No thanks, I don't think I need that. Quote:
Yes it is. But it's a safe pleasure compared to attacking blind/doubtful turns. I never said I didn't want to challenge corners, it's just mostly appropriate in a safe place, I believe. Yes, I know. It's just when there's no power there's not much to control. When there's quite some it's more challenging to balance between applying power and avoiding wheel spin. And even in the first gear I'd rather go faster if I can. |
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If I weren't that cautious I would have smashed my car just the other day because of a dumb ass cutting the turn on the incoming traffic lane around a building's corner so I couldn't see him coming into me. It's quite a common example. Let's stop hijacking the thread. |
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You should try some track days to see the true potential of the 1 series. It is great fun. For urban transport, I hardly ever use the car. That is what the bicycle is for.
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Yes, they promote that hard here too, but absolutely unconvincingly. When in cars the locals tend to avoid physical contact, generally. Otherwise they seem to just seek it while I don't appreciate that. Bicycle is of limited use in winter or even bad weather, I believe. I loved riding my sport bicycle when I was a schoolboy, even despite everyday maintenance due to it's low overall quality and lack of spare parts. It's just the city wasn't so congested back then. By the way, I was shocked to discover the price of the BMW M sport bicycle (still lacking the shoe clips on the pedals ). I'd rather have a BMW car for only ten times the price. |
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