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The E90 in default mode is a great car. Mine didn't have sports suspension and the handling was spot on. My main caveats with the car was the generally harsh ride quality and overall suspension tuning. I believe the E90 was the first 3–Series to come with factory run flats by default and this shows in how the car rides over less than perfect pavement. Perhaps BMW trying to fine tune the suspension against those early generation runflats. My second caveat was the artificially heavy steering feel. Not to be confused with the communicative nature of the hydraulic setup on that car, but how heavy and tiring was to drive the car at low speeds and mundane parking maneuvers. The heaviness was great at speed not doubt but elsewhere I just didn't care for it.
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The steering was heavy but it didn’t feel artificial to me. They just didn’t use as much boost in the power steering system as they do now. As much as I like the e46, I always felt like the steering in that was artificially light and over boosted. The e90 and e36 feel natural to me. |
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Run flat has come a long way then, I don't feel my 540 on run flat is bad at all (though I have nothing to compare to)
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05-03-2019, 07:57 PM | #48 |
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Runflats today are actually very good. Nothing like the early samples from 15-20 years ago.
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05-04-2019, 12:34 AM | #49 |
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Agreed the runflats o my g30 are miles ahead of the ones that came on the e90. They’re good enough to keep but if it weren’t a lease, I’d replace them with pilot sport 4s when they wear out
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Seeing new BMW releases makes me like my car more and more.
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Newest Gen Michelin Runflats on
2019 G30 platform running well. Agreed 🏎
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