Thread: No 128i Love :(
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      07-24-2012, 03:41 PM   #217
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I think it would take a very tight track with short straights for the 128i to stay close to the 135i. Or a large discrepancy in driver skill. The chassis are exactly the same, so it's not like comparing a faster car to a Miata, for example (as an aside, I did a few laps in the right seat of an instructor's Spec Miata this past spring, and it was pretty epic).

In any case, the 128i is still plenty of fun on the track. For me, that's enough. I don't have anything to try and prove versus cars that are obviously faster, except to say that you don't need to have the fastest car at an event in order to enjoy yourself. At the track days I've attended, my 128i is usually in the middle of the pack in terms of power. Until I can drive it at 10/10ths, I don't feel like I "need" a faster car - in other words, the biggest thing slowing me down at this point is me.
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