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Originally Posted by Aetey
Oz for what it's worth, your translation is correct 
Be advised though that most manufacturers set the suspension of the car they hand over for testing to a more agressive setup. Since testing is done on the Nordschleife I'd wager that the posted values for camber at least are NOT stock values. |
Thanks for that. You might be right on it, though there were no remarks in the printed issue. That is why the factory suggested range of settings is more important than a particular car's measured value.
By the way, Supertest takes the car to two tracks: Hockenheim Short and Nordschleife and most measurement (like acceleration, braking etc.) takes place on Hockenheim. Even though most manufacturers may set their cars to their best setting before Sport Auto receive them, I kind of doubt that BMW took the risk of making that 1M "too right" and maybe step on the toes of a M3 with an official time going too far. The result was a convenient 10 sec. difference in favor of M3 (von Saurma driving both), 1M was quicker on the shorter Hockenheim track. Interesting to note that test driver von Saurma was not comfortable at all regarding the suspension and rear end of the 1M
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