M5

[gordon]

Not sure if this has been posted or not????

http://www.bmwworld.com/pics/5er/m5/14074_1024.jpg

[Paul in NZ]

sheesh look at the size of the rears!!!!Still looks like a hyundai on steroids :(
I would kill for an e34 m5 but not one of those,even though there would be over NZ$100 000 difference in the price.....

[Kamil]

sheesh look at the size of the rears!!!!Still looks like a hyundai on steroids :(
I would kill for an e34 m5 but not one of those,even though there would be over NZ$100 000 difference in the price.....

I like it. :)
...well, at least on the outdside. After having a ride in one and sitting at a dealership, the interior is uninspiring.
Having said that, having own an E28, an E34, driven many E39s, and the new experiance w/ the E60(?), my next will probably be a E39 540i or an E46 330i, which, as mentioned in another thread is about the size of the E34. :)

[Paul in NZ]

nt

[Kamil]

I used to own a '01 330i (totalled now :( ); great cars, one [minor] draw back is the lack of availability of an LSD diff.

[Bimmer Nut Ed]

I like LSD, and the 330 is of real interest to me, some day! It's cool to note that the E34 I do own, actually the two that I own, have "one up" on a new 330 E46! Thanks for that observation.

And that's besides the price difference between an E34 and a newer E46, doh!http://www.bimmer.info/ed/sumwheels.jpg


I used to own a '01 330i (totalled now :( ); great cars, one [minor] draw back is the lack of availability of an LSD diff.

[MicahO]

I haven't had the chance to really test it out, but my 330 lacks an lsd rear, and getting one in there is NOT an easy step. The rears on the e46 changed over to a much smaller case, a case that is too small to allow for an LSD unit. They do have all sorts of traction control which is supposed to create "limited-slip" behavior by clamping down on the slipping wheel. Color me a skeptic....

In the M3, they use a torque-sensing unit, like the Quaife's, so the "behavioral" limited slips can't be industrial strength.