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Old 04-01-2010, 05:52 AM
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Dude, even my M3 has single piston....

Really Marc?!?!!? That is ridiculous, when I had the G35 with Brembos it had 4 pistons up front. It is inexcusable for a performance car to have roughly the same brakes available on a Camry.
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Really Marc?!?!!? That is ridiculous, when I had the G35 with Brembos it had 4 pistons up front. It is inexcusable for a performance car to have roughly the same brakes available on a Camry.
Yea...I mean the thing stops on a dime...but still.
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Yea...I mean the thing stops on a dime...but still.

I know it does, but will it still stop on a dime the tenth time? 20th? 100th? All brakes fade, but there are ways of making them far less susceptible to it. Proper ventilation and multiple pistons are just a couple.
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Yea...I mean the thing stops on a dime...but still.
Just not more than one dime, though!

As I said, it's inexplicable on an M - the brakes just being "good" really isn't enough for these cars.
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I know it does, but will it still stop on a dime the tenth time? 20th? 100th? All brakes fade, but there are ways of making them far less susceptible to it. Proper ventilation and multiple pistons are just a couple.
Yea, I don't track my car so I don't really notice.....but it is sorta a let down to see brakes on the M that really aren't that much bigger/better than on the 545i.
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BTW, check out this sweet pic:
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BTW, check out this sweet pic:
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Looks cool, is that your car Marc?
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Looks cool, is that your car Marc?
No hah found that on M3Post.com...I don't track my car at the local track because, 1) My Mom automatically connects "Track" with "speed" with "danger" with "crash" with "death".....so.....yea and 2) the amount of rice that shows up at this track is WAY too much
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No hah found that on M3Post.com...I don't track my car at the local track because, 1) My Mom automatically connects "Track" with "speed" with "danger" with "crash" with "death".....so.....yea and 2) the amount of rice that shows up at this track is WAY too much

Yeah there wwill always be a ton of "rice" at local events. The good news? Your M can smoke 99% easily
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Yeah there wwill always be a ton of "rice" at local events. The good news? Your M can smoke 99% easily
Very true hahah even if I could it would be too expensive...we just dropped 2G for new tires....ouch
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