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Making love with snow mittons...
That is crazy how many sayings and expressions I heard and learned from you!
You are my favourite english teacher.
Yes please, keep the lessons coming!
Yes, I know what you mean by the feeling provided by our currrent cars.
Now that got my Volvo, I learned, once again, th read a road map, and to turn this bloody sterring wheel which has NO assitance.
The brakes are blocking, too, but at least I have sensations, I feel the car, I can play with the body, I hear the small engine living.
That is a totally different world... Much less... Aseptized?
Best,
Nicolas
Quick looks - 2013 BMW M5
I recently had the opportunity to get some fairly quality back to back seat time (quality seat time = nice roads, a chance to "push" the car in both straight line and on twisties) with a nice line up of cars. Getting seat time back to back can give a very...
That disturbing trend ...
... is disturbing to me too :-) Thomas. I can imagine exactly what you mean, a 560 hp car that doesn't feel extremely quick even though it is ... that's the new trend it seems ... . I recently drove a new 3-series and was really disappointed with it, i re...
What do you mean, you and Thomas? That nowadays cars
Provide too linear sensations? Try a modest A 5 3.0 TDI, it is really violent! ;) Best, Nicolas
It's not about linearity so much as "feel"...
Hi, Nico, I am careful to try to filter out habit and what we are used to; we grew up without power steering and little brake boost and ABS didn't come in until later in our driving careers. Today's drivers grow up on...video driving games and simulations...
Making love with snow mittons...
That is crazy how many sayings and expressions I heard and learned from you! You are my favourite english teacher. Yes please, keep the lessons coming! :) :) :) Yes, I know what you mean by the feeling provided by our currrent cars. Now that got my Volvo,...
Feel.
Completely agree about the loss of feel. Most of this comes from a single factor. Weight. But also the fact that without the driving aids, these cars would be scarily undriveable. The difficulty of 'just' a spirited launch in a 450hp, 800Nm car with a nor...
Nowadays cars ...
... can be so bloody fast that if you drive it really fast you really have to be extremely focused, before you know it you're doing 200 kph on a 2 metre wide countrylane trying to foresee the next bend ... and end up in the ditch ... :-) Yesterday i found...
I finally saw the new BMW M5 on the road yesterday
First time seeing someone drive one in my neigbhorhood and it's a very sexy beast. I'm so glad BMW kept the circular dual exhaust tips on the M5 instead of using those parallelogram shaped exhaust tips on the 7 series. The settings weren't on M mode and S...
I like the new body too, more than the previous two generations
Hi, AT, I was told the two preset buttons were set for max sport and max comfort. I took that to mean max sport = minimal electronic nannies, quickest timing in tranni and fueling and stiffest suspension settings, max RPM rev range and most aggressive shi...
M buttons
Hi Thomas, To clarify on the M1 and M2 buttons, the pre-sets are, from what I remember, a tad conservative. It really depends on how the owner or previous driver decided to set them, and given the multitude of options (three each for steering, throttle re...
Thanks, Sean, that might explain it.
Hi Sean, Hope all's well, missed you in Shanghai! The M5 came with "minders" (not in the car, but prepping and "orientation") who told me they had set the buttons for ... I took them at their word, but then, it's very possible someone played with them bef...
Quite surprise to hear that....
...from you, a hardcore M lover. Can't comment much on the m5 as have not driven one but I agree that theres too much electronics this days and making cars today very robotic...I still love sticks although human is never as fast...but it's the feel like y...
yep!
looking forward to seeing you and the KL gang again, Jacky! Say hi to everyone for me.