AWD M5?
05-04-2011, 07:47 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
That doesn't tell us where the market is going so much as tell us the growing number of stupid drivers out there who need training wheels to drive. AWD, traction control, stability control, abs, all domains of the driving inept.
When I was in high school in Colorado I drove through feet of snow in a 72 Chevy Monte Carlo with a 427 under the hood. I learned to drive well in the snow because I had to. Not only did I never have an accident in the snow, but I never got stuck
That car barely had power steering and power brakes, much less traction control Lol
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2 things: F1 is the epitome of automotive engineering, and they don't use AWD, in fact none of the series that race on pavement use AWD - only WRC. The rest are almost exclusively RWD. Second, yes the 911 is a glorified Beetle on steroids, that doesn't mean it can't be cool - they started using AWD to try to keep their customers alive since the first 30 years of the design had an inherent snap-oversteer problem.
I know you love the AWD's Vladdy, but the F10 is already a heavy car, and the AWD system just makes it heavier and makes it much harder to get the 50/50 weight distribution BMW is famous for. Not to mention the hit to fuel economy that AWD gives you.
But the best reason to NOT have AWD on the new M5? Having to put more stupid badges on an M car, like the xDrive X5 35i - ridiculous.
I know you love the AWD's Vladdy, but the F10 is already a heavy car, and the AWD system just makes it heavier and makes it much harder to get the 50/50 weight distribution BMW is famous for. Not to mention the hit to fuel economy that AWD gives you.
But the best reason to NOT have AWD on the new M5? Having to put more stupid badges on an M car, like the xDrive X5 35i - ridiculous.
)I do agree on the weight issue and distribution thereof - important stuff... but when you have 600 horses...
meh, even those stupid badges won't really hold you back, bro But when it comes to launching... well, here ya go:
I rest my case.
PS I do hate those stupid badges though - why do they even put them on. Just leave it off - half the people won't even know whether its RWD or AWD
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