oneredED wrote:fastea wrote:vegabass wrote:I went for a ride in my brothers M3. when he shifted into 6th gear at 250km/ph the wind noise and the handleing was like a my old XR6 @100km/ph with new suspension.
It was stock as a rock so id love to see what a lightly modified M3 would do at the end of 6th gear.
E30, 3lt M3 with a "Welded Diff" Top speed of 288km/h and it sat quite fine.... Felt like we were still doing 80... Mind you it had like some wicked suspension out of the race car M3s of that era.
I realise those are both "sport" BMW's, but the average beemer will SHIT all over anything Aussie at 200+. The confidence they inspire and the chassis balance they have is in another league. They run very exaggerated castor angles compared to the Falcons and Commodores, which is why I think they feel far more stable. At 100km/h (in the 528i) it's possible to slalom the whole car between each individual cats eye on the road and not get twitchy. The ED would only slalom through every second one, and it was scary doing it LOL.
I agree that most Euros have good high speed handling, given they're used on the autobahns, but a 325i/C-class would not out-handle my old VT GTS at 200+kph. Sure, the bodykit was plastic fantastic and over the top, but my god it worked at high speed.
Having said that, it's an exception rather than the rule, I know my mates 325i is much more relaxed at 100+ than my Falcons.