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      01-12-2013, 10:36 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by gatorfast View Post
I've seen this repeated many times on here but is this really true? Is there any actual evidence or is it just a propagated rumor?
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Originally Posted by schnell325 View Post
I'll add to the rumors. If I recall, when the E9x M3 came out and all the car magazines (C&D, R&T, etc) were testing them at tracks with BMW pro drivers, the pros told the writers that they preferred "normal" vs "sport" because of what's been mentioned about the potential firmness of "normal".

Truth? I'm not sure.
I think that's what I remember reading. And I also remember that a BMW M suspension engineer interviewed about EDC when the ZCP option came out (there's a thread on it somewhere as well as copies of that interview on other websites) said that on NON-ZCP cars with EDC, he recommended Normal for tracks with elevation changes and Sport only for completely flat tracks. Ironically he didn't make any recommendations for ZCP EDC even though that was the subject of the interview.
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