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      11-15-2011, 09:50 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by FDM68 View Post
In 2011 BMW went from progressive to linier springes. This took out alot of the sway and rebound when driving high speed/back roads etc. i drove a 08 & 09 and the diff between those and my 11 is night and day. This is not to say the 1er is autoX ready right out of the gate but it is an excellent back roader. I have also been on the stock RFT and though i see where they have limits, such as stutter over uneven turns, they also have excelent turn in and in my opinion held the road quite well.

agreed about the tires, BMW did a decent job matching them to the abilities of the car, but to go beyond those abilities, that's where the runflats fall "flat"
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