bimbeano
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The 120d ...
Nov 02, 2020,01:51 AM
had 400 Nm of torque.
My new Megane RS (the 1.8 280 hp) has 390 Nm, but it put all off that to the front wheels. You can imagine i have to change the front tyres every 10 to 20,000 km, while not even going fast. The car weighs 1460 kilos, FWD and 355 mm Brembo discs, so even when not really pushing it those tyres always have a tough time. Now imagine if i would drive that Megane like i drive my Clio, i bet they wouldn't even last 5000 km.
Don't be sorry about my BMW, it tried to kill me on several occasions so i guess it got what it deserved. A shame as it really was a beautiful car and when driven 'moderately' it was very nice.
After the accident it was a bit less, hmmm .
During that same period i also had a (free) 1M at loan from a friend, now THAT was another car, a legend much like your E46. As this wasn't my car and values of these only going up i have always been very 'careful' with it (only switched off the ESC once). But you could feel this was in a total different league than my 'M-sport' 120d.
So after a short (3 years) RWD interludium i'm now fully back at FWD
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Or am i just lying to myself ? Hmmmm ... time will tell
Filip