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Originally Posted by MCS
No temp gauge is sort of annoying. I'm sure other current or ex-autocrossers/racers will agree. How will you know that the engine is in trouble if you're racing, wait for the smoke to pour out of the hood?!?
As for start up time, 10 secs can't hurt. I don't time myself from start up to go.
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This has been argued for months, and here's my opinion. For those of u who had an E46, those temp gauges are bufferred in the sense they read cold, normal (between 2 ticks), hot/overheat. You E46 guys will remember the gauge always read in the middle although the actual temps flucutated up and down within the "normal" range. So technically this gauge was worthless.
The E90 also has temp sensors which will alarm you of pressure loss in the system and overheating.
My concern with the E90 is the potential for failure of the h2o/oil pumps. You'd think they tested these parts to the extreme and are requiring the upmost quality from their suppliers (It's BMW suppliers the make the parts afterall)