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      11-16-2005, 11:55 PM   #1
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How hard do you drive your E90?

How hard do you usually drive your E90?
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      11-16-2005, 11:59 PM   #2
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Pretty hard. I would drive it much harder if I didn't have so many points on my licence.

I'm hoping it's true that these cars are designed to take a bit of a beating.
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      11-17-2005, 12:03 AM   #3
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Can't you take defensive driving to lower your points?
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      11-17-2005, 12:09 AM   #4
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Can't you take defensive driving to lower your points?
I don't think so. I'm kind of waiting to see what happens when my insurance policy renews in April (I had 0 points when I opened the policy, and I now have 9). I'd still need a really bad ticket to lose my licence in one shot, but I'm scared about the insurance because I already pay too much.
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      11-17-2005, 12:15 AM   #5
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Not at all hard. Can't because of heavy traffic everywhere I live and cops and radars and speed cameras etc. Nice and easy is safe and VERY enjoyable.
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      11-17-2005, 12:15 AM   #6
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pretty hard. i get only 20 miles to a gallon on average. thats with highway miles.
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      11-17-2005, 12:23 AM   #7
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pretty hard. i get only 20 miles to a gallon on average. thats with highway miles.
I can't do the math at this late hour to compare but I get crap gas mileage too the way I drive.... ~550km/tank.

I set the computer so it displays the km's until empty all the time... you'd think seeing the km's drop by 35 on a 10 km trip would push me to mend my ways but alas, it is not the case.
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      11-17-2005, 12:36 AM   #8
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The car is ment to be driven !!! I hate nothing more than people that have sporty cars and never rev past 3000 rpm and behave like they are the biggest pussies. I mean if I would have wanted a car to cruise I would have bought some american piece of shit with a feather soft suspension. nuf said

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      11-17-2005, 12:39 AM   #9
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The car is ment to be driven !!! I hate nothing more than people that have sporty cars and never rev past 3000 rpm and behave like they are the biggest pussies.

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      11-17-2005, 02:53 AM   #10
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The car is ment to be driven !!! I hate nothing more than people that have sporty cars and never rev past 3000 rpm and behave like they are the biggest pussies. I mean if I would have wanted a car to cruise I would have bought some american piece of shit with a feather soft suspension. nuf said


With you there mate. Our Accounting Manager had a Honda Prelude VTi-R with ATTS, and never took it into the rev range the VTEC activated, like WTF!!!!

Waste of a good car if you ask me...
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      11-17-2005, 03:04 AM   #11
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I took some laps at the Nurburgring rather hard(through Karussel with a tad of oversteer, marvelous) and took it to the track 3 weeks ago to drift/slide around.

Some (wet) bends I take sideways a lot(upway to motorway e.g.), which is why I chose BMW in the first place for the 5th time
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      11-17-2005, 12:33 PM   #12
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really hard, i've gone thru my oil once, and am about to go thru it a second time, i'm at 11k miles
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      11-17-2005, 12:37 PM   #13
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I take care of my car and then all of a sudden I drive pretty hard sometimes
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I run my car too

I run my 330i hard when not in traffic. Sporty cars and hot chicks are made to be driven hard. Why have it if you are not going to use it!
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I drive it on the edge!!!!! It was ment to be driven that way.
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      11-17-2005, 01:23 PM   #16
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I think I drive it hard...but really its all about perspective..my definition of hard might not be the same as others.

I have driven this car harder then any other car I have ever owned and the response is fantastic. My goal now is to improve my skills so I can push it even more.
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Usually redline every shift (within reason). And up to 140mph daily
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      11-17-2005, 01:35 PM   #18
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I'm not afraid to drive my car as hard (fast?) as needed, but where I live/drive there's so much traffic that it would be crazy to "drive hard," just because and would just be inviting a ticket. I'm looking forward to some mountain and highway driving this holiday season.
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      11-17-2005, 03:11 PM   #19
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Let's just say you wouldn't want to buy it when I'm done beating on it.
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The car is ment to be driven !!! I hate nothing more than people that have sporty cars and never rev past 3000 rpm and behave like they are the biggest pussies. I mean if I would have wanted a car to cruise I would have bought some american piece of shit with a feather soft suspension. nuf said


You rev your car PAST 3000 rpm



























(jk)




Anyone who does not (after proper break-in) means that the car is below the max torque curve every time yo shift (for manuals)
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      11-17-2005, 05:21 PM   #22
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Today my girlfriend yelled at me for my driving. Saying i drive too fast and change lanes at "too scary times". I officially love my e90
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