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Originally Posted by dcarchitect
reading the 370 rant.
the 370 is a steller car, and performance compares well to a 135i on paper and in youtube media videos even wins against a 135i.
Its a two seater sports car, more of a poor mans corvette than any sort of practical daily car or status car, nor can you fit a bike in the back like my one series, or my former audi TT also swallow a bike w/ the wheels stacked on top.
370 z has great street cred, and Nissan builds great motors, but not the same image as a BMW.
Comaring it to the 128i in performance it is ahead by a margin, however the 128i DOES cruise comfortably at triple digits.
Lets all remember back to the late 1990's, BMW M3 was also considered a Steller performance car at $40,000, with a 3 liter staight six at 240hp, 17inch wheels, 3200lb curb weight.
I had a 95 M3 myself, and in 2008-9 the 128i is 230 hp, 3200 lb 17" wheels, 3 liter L6. ( get the idea)..... but now I have 6 gears instead of 5, traction control and glass sunroof instead of metal, and my car was $10,000 LESS then a 1995 M3, adjusted for inflation, thats like 15k
Plus, for the next 4 years BMW performs ALL the maintenance, not to mention 0.9% financing...
The 1 series is marketed as the spiritual successor to the 2002, but really that niche was fullfilled in 1991 for one year only with the e30 318is at only 2600 pounds, no the new 128i is the successor to the original E36 M3, and the 135i will spank a E46 M3 everywhere on the street except at a real track day.
But I digress, the POINT is in 1995 the M3 was a 150mph super car challenger, ran in comparisons against 911's and such, My 128i with the sport package has the rev limiter raised to reach 150 as well.
The 370z may pull away, but when he runs out of room, or balls to maintain the pace, I'm just 2 seconds behind.
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yo how do u raise the rev limiter?