|
|
04-07-2013, 12:15 PM | #1 |
First Lieutenant
97
Rep 394
Posts |
Is wind a problem?
I have an e70 x5 sport package with monster 315/35/20s in the back. I don't feel the wind at all in my car and I'm sure it's because the tires are so wide. I'm thinking about selling the x5 an getting an m3. My wife has an x3 and the wind pushes her car all over the road. My question is how does the M3 take a beating from wind? Anyone have experience with my car and the M3? Any help would be great. Thanks.
|
04-07-2013, 12:50 PM | #3 |
HayZeus
17
Rep 302
Posts |
i beat off in the wind......
seriously, you think the wind will affect the m3 sitting 4 inches off the ground with a track as wide as the x5?
__________________
BLOME !!!
MW E92 , Turner test pipes , Vorsteiner Titanium catback, TMS spacers, ESS remap , KW sleeves. |
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 01:40 PM | #4 |
Captain
292
Rep 708
Posts |
I don't really see how wider tires help with crosswinds, unless they're so strong you're losing traction
You can of course feel strong cross winds in the M, but they don't move the car much. Unlike my wife's Armada, which resembles a sail... Cheers
__________________
Bye bye E93 M3 - Hello F83 M4! |
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 02:13 PM | #5 |
Happy Camper
613
Rep 7,869
Posts
Drives: C63 AMG & 280 SL on Weekends :
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario - Canada
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 1969 Restored Merce ... [7.50]
2011 M3 Coupe TRADED [7.34] 1987 BMW 535is [1.00] Cars from the Past [6.50] The ///M3 Engine S65 [9.59] |
This ^^^ exactly ... so strong cross winds just means being on guard and adjust your driving like in most other passenger cars.
__________________
Cheers, Rolf-Dieter
Life will take us to some interesting places, fortunately The ///M3 will too with a many of us know this very well, now my C6.3 AMG with 487 HP does it too ---> Click here for some good stuff I found |
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 03:00 PM | #6 |
Major General
5254
Rep 5,874
Posts |
This is a strange thread. I've never found wind to be an issue in any car really.
I don't remember the last time the wind beat me off the road. |
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 05:12 PM | #7 |
First Lieutenant
97
Rep 394
Posts |
Thanks for the input. I agree, this is a strange thread, but the effect the wind has on my wife's car is wicked and mine is seemingly uneffected by it. The width of the tires seemed like it wouldn't make any difference to me either, but that's the biggest difference between my wife's x3 and my car so I don't know what else could attribute to the difference.
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 05:22 PM | #8 |
White Shark
88
Rep 919
Posts |
really....?
__________________
ESS | Challenge x-pipe | Akrapovic | Stoptech BBK (380/355) |Ohlins R&T | Dinan | Vorsteiner | Downforce USA | Varis Diffuser | Gintani | UUC | BMW Performance | Macht Schnell | Forgestar F14's SDC 19x9.5F 19x11R | 255.35 295.30
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 05:23 PM | #9 |
First Lieutenant
32
Rep 307
Posts |
Well gentleman it's all about aerodynamics. Wind is a serious issue now and days especially with winds being 10-20mph gusting at 30 more of a norm in across the US. How do you avoid such issue... Simple solution, drop the car to about .02 inches of the ground. A good front diffuser and strong and sturdy rear diffuser... If you drop the car and fail to put an obnoxiously large diffuser you've wasted your time, you slap on the diffuser and don't drop the car- you will probably die with anything over 40MPH.
I'm just f-ing with you... Who cares about the wind???? |
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 06:12 PM | #10 | |
Havin' a blast!
125
Rep 4,847
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
BRP 1:56 | CVR 2:01 | ACS 1:53 | WSIR 1:34
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 07:31 PM | #11 |
First Lieutenant
97
Rep 394
Posts |
My car, though it sits a bit lower, is taller then my wife's. You would think I'd get blown all over too, but I don't. Two days ago we were driving home in our respective cars and when we got home she remarked about how horrendous the wind was, I said "It was windy?" Literally. Wind doesn't move me and I love that fact. I'm just curious if that's the same with the M3. As a previous poster said, it sits 4" off the ground and has the same track as the X5, so I'm guessing its pretty unaffected by wind as well. Would still like to hear from someone that deals with some serious winds in their M3 though. Thanks.
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 07:35 PM | #12 |
Dirty old man
59
Rep 493
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 08:12 PM | #13 |
First Lieutenant
97
Rep 394
Posts |
Haha. So true! I had a 98 TJ. May have well been driving a sailboat.
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 10:54 PM | #14 |
Colonel
59
Rep 2,186
Posts |
Ur x5 weight keeps u planted more firmly. X3 is much lighter and sits just as high
__________________
Vf supercharger + tune/H&R coils/ Akra evolution exhaust/Volk te37/ Rs-3 tires/ Brembos /TIal BOV/ OSS blacked out headlights/LUX v3/Led taillights/ Challenge Front lip/ P3 vent gauge/ F10 m5 shift mob/Matte black front grills/ And a funky air fresher
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-07-2013, 10:56 PM | #15 |
First Lieutenant
40
Rep 361
Posts |
As a 6 year owner of an E92, no, wind is not a big issue with that car. Even our X5, while almost driving into a tornado during a big downpour, was not perturbed. Had I driven into a tornado, that would have been a much different story and I wouldn't be making this post!
__________________
Last edited by Atombyte; 04-07-2013 at 11:02 PM.. |
Appreciate
0
|
04-08-2013, 12:16 AM | #16 |
Brigadier General
1977
Rep 4,222
Posts |
I think this thread highlights the predicament of this forum. We've run out of questions for the E9x platform but we don't have enough info on the F8x platform to move on yet.
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-08-2013, 06:23 AM | #17 | |
First Lieutenant
97
Rep 394
Posts |
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-08-2013, 07:30 AM | #18 |
First Lieutenant
166
Rep 311
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-08-2013, 10:23 AM | #20 |
Major
509
Rep 1,345
Posts
Drives: 04 Z4, 18 X3 M40i
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ottawa and Collelongo (AQ) Italy
|
If it is windy I am more careful. 240km/h on the autobahn rather than 255.
|
Appreciate
0
|
04-09-2013, 02:05 AM | #22 |
Low Pro...
35
Rep 1,067
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
|
|