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First 1200! Initial reviews.
I placed my order based on my ownership of an M40i. The first car my wife and I BOTH liked! The reviews came out, and most were, "great car, too early to really determine"... Aside from Top Gear, which I have totally lost all faith in after owning my X3M Comp for 1,200+ miles. I am a stay at home dad and shuttle two girls this side of the planet from every single day. I do it all in "sport plus" mode on all settings. It's easy, fun and exhilarating to drive! Makes shuttling kids around fun and youthful. There is some "turbo lag" if you get caught in the wrong gear, but duh... I am so glad to have upgraded! My wife lives her M40 so she's happy! And ya know what they say about a happy wife/significant other!! Thinking about the X3M Comp and have the means, get it! It is a kick in the ass to drive and useful too! I love love love it! No way, no how is it too harsh or all that mumbo jumbo. Top Gear has absolutely zero street cred with me anymore. The original guys would've probably enjoyed an SAV that kicks the snot out of 90% of everything out there. They guy who was someone in a tv show at one point... well, this owner who drives it daily in the head to head battle of life, I highly recommend it! It's for the M3 owner who had kids!
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I just drove 1000 miles from Florida to Dallas. Love the car but my only complaint is that the suspension can be too tight depending on the quality of the road you’re driving on Dallas roads are terrible and I feel every little imperfection when driving here. I wish it was a bit softer in comfort. That said, I didn’t have an issue when driving in Florida. |
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Street, Texas Motorplex or NorthStar Dragway in Denton?
My tires are shot so I don't think I can get traction right now and I am trying to get 800 more miles off my tires before I replace so near the end of this month or early November based on weather? Post a couple of pictures of both our cars and we can be cool...lol... COMING TO A DRAG STRIP NEAR YOU: "PARADIGMDAWG IN HIS 2019 GLC AMG 63S VS SCOTT IN HIS 2020 X3MC" Last edited by ParadigmDawg; 10-04-2019 at 10:28 AM.. |
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Do you have any simulated data on the X2MC yet? Last edited by ParadigmDawg; 10-04-2019 at 10:28 AM.. |
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10-04-2019, 10:36 AM | #11 | |
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I love DCT's. Have one in my Turbo S. Much better to launch vs BMW Launch Control. I've used BMW Launch Control many times on my X5M, M5 and X3MC. All limit rpm to 2700ish. So ADVANTAGE Merc on this one with a 3500rpm DCT ! If both are pure stock, both launched properly, both 93 pump gas.......will be a very fun race. Merc with more torque and awesome DCT will leave quicker/harder...will the X3MC close the gap up top ?????? Fun to watch...... Good luck ! |
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10-04-2019, 12:49 PM | #12 |
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GLC will pull hard from a dig. Agree with the above. It takes a solid 3-4 seconds to build up the boost on the X3M when launching. If you do LC too quickly and not build enough boost, it bogs down and hesitates. If you do it too long, the brakes wont hold the car back and it'll creep forward.
It has to be just right. Which is frustrating in these kind of time sensitive, racing scenarios. Get LC just right and the thing FLIES.
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I need time to build boost on LC too but like dober stated, it has to be just right. I would stage and then hit it but now I think you are correct, A sports tree would allow more time to build this. We could also run either tree if the starter is cool and we tell him to hit 3-4 seconds after staging. This would probably work just fine during a test and tune night.
Or heck, we could ignore the tree both agree to build boost and go on 3 honks...lol... BTW, I just did 3 LC starts in a concrete parking lot(In Mexico) with traction control all the way off and car in Race mode and it stuck all 3 times so I probably don't have to wait for tires if we want to do it earlier. |
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10-04-2019, 03:54 PM | #15 | |
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And I'll be really interested in seeing the interval times between the two, which is where we might see the separation in what each does best. As you suggest, I don't care who is the better driver, but this should yield some of the first comparison data in true 1/4 mile fashion. If you know anyone good at YouTube videos, might be worth it to have them tag along as suspect it would get a lot of views. And apologies to OP for going off-topic, but am following the course of the thread with this. |
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10-04-2019, 04:51 PM | #16 | |
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It will be very interesting. I have a Dragy where I was doing a 0-60 but didn't let go right at 60 and rolled to a 1/8 mile at 7.91 @ 69.59 seconds. He shows a true 1/8 if 7.62@ 93.84. We should get some bets going. Last edited by ParadigmDawg; 10-04-2019 at 05:01 PM.. |
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10-04-2019, 04:57 PM | #17 | |
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I won't be able to get to a Test-n-tune at our 1/4 mile track until late Nov/early Dec, but am anxious to get some runs in during the cooler weather. Last edited by Max Well; 10-04-2019 at 04:59 PM.. Reason: Added final sentence |
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