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Re:Software made me loathe my car by Maro on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:50AM (#20857219)
It's something I think about a lot, but it doesn't seem like a good trade-off. It's more expensive, and for real-world use-cases a torquey diesel seems a more fun fit: in city traffic, I'm going mostly 0-70 km/h, so torque at low revs is good. And when I'm going longer distances on the freeway I'm not accelerating anyway, I like the low rumbling noise of my diesel and fuel economy is good.

It seems to me an M-car mostly makes sense if you're going to the track, which I never do. CMIIW

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Re:Software made me loathe my car by switch007 on Monday September 02, 2019 @04:45AM (#20857667)
It was just a tongue-in-cheek comment, hinting at the popularity of the S65 found in the older M3 (also the non-M M54 engine was pretty sweet)

I definitely get the appeal of a diesel! I even enjoy the 8 (?) speed modern 320d/330d. But red-lining a decent petrol engine can't compare.

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