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Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
E36 Coupe

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Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:42 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Dave Rose wrote on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:28 am:



Dave Rose wrote on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:28 am:

If you want hard seats and a hard ride BMW is the one to go for,




Indeed, Indeed. That is especially the case with mine, earlier this year I retrofitted M3 suspension componentry and some urethane suspension bushes.

Handles beautifully - but oh my is the ride harsh on nasty surfaces!

Perhaps I should get an air sprung Celsior with stock 15" cushy wheels to sooth my brow.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:15 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Common complaint with all German cars - either soft and wallowy or go-cart hard with teeth rattling feedback - they don't seem to do the middle ground.
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:43 am, by:  Dave Rose (Sand_groper) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Matthew Sharpe wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:15 am:

Perhaps I should get an air sprung Celsior with stock 15" cushy wheels to sooth my brow



Now you are talking, 15" with 215x70s ,air sus,sprung seats, you will soon have this BM driving like a boat ...oh er i mean Soarer.
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:59 am, by:  Dave Rose (Sand_groper) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sorry Matthew ,this is for Mike! dont know how it got wrong name
Damian Ware
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ32

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 08:44 pm, by:  Damian Ware (Frozenpod) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Standard BMW's are quite good comfort wise and IMO they do find a good balance.

If you are buying the sports version ie M3 you will loose some ride for better handeling but that is life with a coil spring car.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 06:27 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Dave Rose wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:59 am:

Sorry Matthew ,this is for Mike! dont know how it got wrong name




I do it all the time too - if you select the text and then click the quote button of the message above or below by accident, it uses the name out of the quote button's message. Not sure how its coded, probably Javascript - could probably be fixed so its more able to deal with user error :-)
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 06:38 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Damian Ware wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 08:44 pm:

Standard BMW's are quite good comfort wise and IMO they do find a good balance.




I've still not driven an "average" German car that has a better balance than an "average" Italian car (Alfa-Romeo's for example always seem to hit the sweet spot - at least until they stop moving all together).

I've never driven anything sporty though - actually thinking about it, I've only ever had a ride in a C63 and a Cayman S, which were both VERY firm - the Cayman S I think forgivably so since you expected it, the CL63 just seemed out of place harsh - at least as a passenger - of course it had loads of settings so could have just been the way it was set up.

Hmm, I need to get more of my rich friends to hand over the keys... maybe I need more rich friends too.
Glen Fernandes
Tinkerer
South Australia
TT

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 09:59 pm, by:  Glen Fernandes (Glen20) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jesus Christ! This thread has gotten a bit long haha
Car recommendations noted. I will keep an eye out for them.

I'll let you all know what I get eventually, I'll post it on here :-)

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