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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vroom325" data-source="post: 23071" data-attributes="member: 17621"><p>Hi Guys, year end is quiet.  So let me write something here.  I have tested a 325 M sport before, but that was after couple of months owing my E46 325i.  I think I wasn’t able to feel too much of difference that time.  I bought my car from AB’s PS with one year warranty at super low mileage 35k km only, never the less, superb condition, inside out.  I grabbed the car 4hrs after it was handover to AB from the owner on a Friday 6pm.  I have to thank the previous owner who really took good care of the car.  In this one year, I fixed the car engine oil leak, cooling coil, side view mirror motor, ignition coil, rear differential oil leak, fan belt & pulley, all under warranty.  I changed the power steering hose assy, expansion tank, 4pcs of B4 absorbers with my own money.  Regardless of such a good condition car approved by BMW, problems will surface in the first 12mths of ownership, especially on an older car, regardless of mileage.  I am glad I got covered by the warranty. I try to extend that with the best I could, servicing my car every 4mths, regardless of mileage(normally around 7-8k km).  Sent it for Teflon coating, washing car myself every week.  I just love this car!  :rock:Still, being a busy body, trying to find out how different is this care with E90.Now after 1.5yrs+ driving it every day, here & there, point A to C then only to B, detour, or purposely go out for a drive to KLIA but not picking up anyone, I think I know the character of the car better.I had chance to drive my friends E90 320i for a couple of days sometime back, I also went for another test drive on 325 M sport & 323i last weekend.  Below are my findings of their behavior in corners, roundabout, interchange.  (Gadgets is secondary to me, so I don’t bother to find out yet)  Not sure if you guys are feeling the same?  Or anything to share?  E46 325i : Nose dive is there due to soft suspension for comfort, I must either go in with a good line & timing.  Or else the the body will “lean”(it will hold though, but just don’t feel nice loh) but I could use the gas pedal & give a slight push from the tail to offset the nose dive a bit depending on the speed I am going.  I can feel the tail working very very easily on this car.  It could be slower, but the fun factor is there.E90 325i M sport :  Rock steady suspension!  Just sweet in corner, so solid!  :rock: No extra or unnecessary movement at all!  Just like a very well trained athlete.  (My car sounds like a sportsman with a bit of tummy)  I gotta become a Kamikaze pilot to make it go wrong.  So solid & steady, until after some driving, I found there’s no nose dive(may be I am not fast enough), body lean, I can’t play with the gas pedal to offset it.  I know the limit of the car is high, I didn’t look at the meter, but it’s fast, real fast in the corners.  Doing all those gimmicks in the corner actually mean the limit of my car is lower, I know, but the process seems less fun because it’s so solid & rock steady even my timing is late or line is not that good.  hehehe…Under normal speed, I would say the suspension is not stiff to my standard, acceptable.  Only after 140km/hr, those who sit in the back will have a hard time.This in line 6 is more quiet then my M54.  Somewhat I like the M54 roar has it’s character…I have to step a bit harder for it to response.  My E46, even a light tap on pedal, it response according to my input.Not going to touch on the engine performance, everyone knows about it.Guess just have to get use & embrace it.E90 323i :  Very good suspension regardless of a stock suspension.   So much more better than an E46 stock.  I test drove this right after the 325i M sport, same route.  I would say it has about 85% of what M sport is offering(to my standard lah).  Very minimum nose dive or body leaning, can feel the tail a little bit.  Not bad at all in terms of handling.Though same engine, but it’s quite different.  Torque & horses are less even compare with E46 325i but with a closer gear ratio I guess they are almost the same.  However, the engine note is a bit different.  A bit lack of umph leh.  It doesn’t give me a very good music…Still, it’s good enough for a lot of ppl.  Not bad at all.I am waiting for the sales to inform when 320d is coming in so that I can test drive to see how different is it.  Getting itchy…   Let’s see what choice do I have.  hehehe…:wink:The short listing & selecting process is always fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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