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Useless video. Surely, the advertising agency could have done a better job than waste money on this piece of content
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Someone please tell me that I’m wrong, and that BMW didn’t screw it up in the video. (In reference to the power to weight ratio): “the smaller the ratio, the faster the car will be”. Ummm.. so the lower the power, and the greater the weight, the car will be faster?? What kind of SUPERMAGIC does BMW wield? 😂😂😂 Either I heard the video wrong, or BMW didn’t really put much oversight into this video.
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This was far better than the useless new 3 series commercial.
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Although I will say I still like the new 992 despite EPS and all turbo motors on those cars.
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Hence the reason I keep my model A. That's a real car! Manual brakes , no power steering, I even get to manually adjust the engine timing. No nannies to interfere.
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Except that cars manufactured in Germany ie BMW Mercedes and Porsche are speed limited to 250 kmph or just over 155 mph so what does it matter? Couple that with the fact that there are very few "unlimited" sections of the autobahn left and groups within Germany is actually proposing limiting those areas as well. Yeah top speed dosen't matter.
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Unfortunately, its not that easy to get 5-60 times, 25-100, 50-100, etc online. Well, rolling start ain't bad, but I've not had a rolling start experience. It's either been from dead stop, or coming off a turn, so anywhere from mid 20's to 80's depending on the curve.
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0-60 in 1.9 seconds 8.8 1/4 mile 250mph top speed 620 mile range $200k I can't wait to see that thing shame hypercars and even megacars for a supercar price |
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I worked with some guys that had the Model S in my past - there's no doubt those cars were really fast. But it was kind of like being in an elevator. Do you get enjoyment out of a fast elevator ride? It is hard to tell that you've moved a great distance quickly because there's no real sound...or anything to be honest. It's just not as...theatric? Involving? Fun? At least to me anyway. Mr. Musk has even described the automobile of the future as mobile washing machines...aka, appliances. No thank you - I won't be buying one, ever.
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In re: to the video itself, I wonder why BMW didn't address the deliberate under-tired nature of the recent M cars.
Anyone with an F80 knows from experience than a wider tire in the rear is going to help acceleration - so why didn't BMW fit a wider tire stock? And then there's the elephant in the room...literally...the weight of modern cars is a direct opponent to performance, including 0-60 times. Why don't these Germans go on a diet?
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LMAO @ BMW
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No it doesn't severely shrink the range, the youngster who runs the Tesla racing channel on YouTube has many videos of back to back runs on the same charge on the street and track, races are short so it doesn't consume that much power. Let's not get crazy thinking it's silent like an elevator. There is plenty of sound, road, tires, wind and the whine of the electric motor which to some is enough. Sure there is no exhaust note, which is important and I love a great sounding exhaust like the next car guy but (1) has bmw really been impressing you with their turbo exhaust notes? And (2) if you do like bmws exhaust notes couldn't you just pipe it in with a speaker like bmw does? As battery tech improves weight will be reduced and the electric sports cars will become even better at the track. Compared to the decades of r&d into the internal combustion engine battery r&d is in its infant stage, there is a lot more exciting things to come. Back on topic, I think the Tesla and the gtr prove that traction can overcome weight for a solid 0-60. That's what's so exciting about the g80 m3, I'm expecting we'll see sub 3 sec 0-60s from it in short order. |
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Given that many of BMW's current lineup of cars are achieving such good 0-60 times because they have much more grip due to their AWD/4WD setup, you'd think that would be mentioned as a factor.
However, what I love most about this video is that they pose two questions that you didn't ask at the beginning of the video:
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They could have gone a little bit further to confuse people more by explaining that a heavier car will actually provide better grip than a lighter car (in general) due to the weight forcing the tyres into the ground. That, plus weight distribution - having the weight forced into the tyres that are providing drive. Another curveball is that even with a 4WD system, the laws of momentum mean that as the car lifts its nose, more weight/power needs to be sent to the rear so the magic '50/50' weight distribution doesn't necessarily help either. Let's face it, this video could have gone on forever. I feel like the guy from engineering explained should do a follow-up
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whats with the dude tickling the paddle at 2:58?
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