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      06-04-2011, 09:28 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by blotto649 View Post
To play devil's advocate here, I think people might be reading into this drone as being a problem as opposed to a symptom. As we all know, extracting extra performance via a free flowing exhaust leads to less packing and more noise. Drone comes from a combination of resonance within an exhaust system combined with the area within, and layout of, the interior of the car. The only drone I've experienced comes under load; the more load, the noisier the drone tends to be. But coming from an R53 Mini Cooper S with a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust, the 1M is equivalent to a quiet walk in the park.

We want our cars to perform. We want our cars to sound aggressive under throttle. In my opinion, some added noise in the cabin comes with the territory.
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