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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:39 AM
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just thinking..are there any options/specs that only the SE had? or has the sport got all the SE bits and then some?
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suspension
bumpers
steering wheel
was there many more differences?
i have seen sport models without round airbag steering wheels, and some with out the M logo on it.

was there any hard and fast rules or was each car specced differently SE to sport i mean not individual options.
and are there only 3 variants..ie: SE/Sport/M
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='741233' date='Dec 9 2008, 03:39 PM
just thinking..are there any options/specs that only the SE had? or has the sport got all the SE bits and then some?
apart from
suspension
bumpers
steering wheel
was there many more differences?
i have seen sport models without round airbag steering wheels, and some with out the M logo on it.

was there any hard and fast rules or was each car specced differently SE to sport i mean not individual options.
and are there only 3 variants..ie: SE/Sport/M
Plus few more:

Sport seats
Different interior trims (Alu trims)
Door sills with M logo
M sport wheels

For the steering wheel, some called sports (without m logo and handles at 10 & 2 o'clock), M sport (M logo with handles) and finally SMG (With paddle shifts behind the wheel)

Some sport models in the US are equiped without the sport steering wheel , but they have M-tec kit with other things like they sell in the UK
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='741233' date='Dec 9 2008, 02:39 PM
just thinking..are there any options/specs that only the SE had? or has the sport got all the SE bits and then some?
apart from
suspension
bumpers
steering wheel
was there many more differences?
i have seen sport models without round airbag steering wheels, and some with out the M logo on it.

was there any hard and fast rules or was each car specced differently SE to sport i mean not individual options.
and are there only 3 variants..ie: SE/Sport/M
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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just thought of one...chrome window trim, is that only for SE cars or can you have that on a M sport?
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='741304' date='Dec 9 2008, 12:26 PM
just thought of one...chrome window trim, is that only for SE cars or can you have that on a M sport?
The M-Sport comes with high gloss satin chrome (black) window trims according to the brochures. SEs come in chrome.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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this is a newbie question, i come from the series but how much lower the the car sit with sports suspension vs non sport????

i have the non sport and if i get larger oem wheels my car i feel may sit higher???
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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There's nowhere in the world a SE model, except for the Uk, of course.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='741559' date='Dec 9 2008, 04:06 PM
There's nowhere in the world a SE model, except for the Uk, of course.

thats a bazare statement?
SE models in germany, and everywhere else i bet

any more on this/countries?
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='741559' date='Dec 9 2008, 04:06 PM
There's nowhere in the world a SE model, except for the Uk, of course.

thats a bazare statement?
SE models in germany, and everywhere else i bet

any more on this/countries?
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='741571' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:21 PM
thats a bazare statement?
SE models in germany, and everywhere else i bet
any more on this/countries?
No SE models in Germany, nor elsewhere in the continental Europe nor Scandinavia nor NA, SA,
nor Russia, China and India.

Australia maybe?
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