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<blockquote data-quote="Juan Powerblow" data-source="post: 382320" data-attributes="member: 20">AB, I would agree with you if we&#039;re talking about the 3-series. In fact, that&#039;s what I told a fella the other day, that if budget only permits a 320i, go for it cos the &quot;experience&quot; is still light years ahead of his Honda Civic. The power &quot;deficiency&quot; is not even half the story.&nbsp;The E60 (and ultimately F10) is a different proposition altogether with a much more refined and &quot;hushed&quot; and yet bulkier chassis where if it&#039;s underpowered, you just don&#039;t enjoy it as much. Case in point is the 523i. Yes, it fulfills many people&#039;s aspirations of owning a 5-series and that&#039;s great, but in terms of driving experience, something&#039;s missing. &nbsp;My dad currently has an E240. It has a great chassis esp on highways with the occasional sweepers, but I tell ya, the power from the 2.6 ltr V6 just doesn&#039;t come urgently enough. So, it&#039;s just boooooooring on the straights and powering out of bends...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Juan Powerblow, post: 382320, member: 20"] AB, I would agree with you if we're talking about the 3-series. In fact, that's what I told a fella the other day, that if budget only permits a 320i, go for it cos the "experience" is still light years ahead of his Honda Civic. The power "deficiency" is not even half the story. The E60 (and ultimately F10) is a different proposition altogether with a much more refined and "hushed" and yet bulkier chassis where if it's underpowered, you just don't enjoy it as much. Case in point is the 523i. Yes, it fulfills many people's aspirations of owning a 5-series and that's great, but in terms of driving experience, something's missing. My dad currently has an E240. It has a great chassis esp on highways with the occasional sweepers, but I tell ya, the power from the 2.6 ltr V6 just doesn't come urgently enough. So, it's just boooooooring on the straights and powering out of bends... [/QUOTE]

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