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if want pure , can take a bit further than a Lotus,
experienced our local TVR gang, 4000-5000cc , 1060kg fibre body convertible, 3.7s for the 5000cc. it take 0 to 240kmh with no hesitation. Only with the LP640 level of engine power can fool with it. These are pure mean 'machine', the engine could heat up like an oven anytime. Only 8 in our whole city. I was not even dare enough be 'qualified' to sit in one, not to say to drive it. CSL? No, I shall stick with a nicely balanced , more gargets and a safe M3 V8.
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Same or better will be available for the M3
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02-14-2007, 07:00 AM | #27 |
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Well I couldn't personally see the point in spending the extra money on a CSL, with M's weight saving efforts and adding all that crap back in. If you wanted stereos and the like, save yourself some money and get an M3. They took it out to make it what it was.
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An extra 25G's for the MTM kit is
You'll be in a nearly 100 G car. Porsche comes to mind
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The TVR's are great cars, no doubt.
Only problem is, you can only buy them if living in Europe, Russia and Japan. I am actually surprised that they are not for sale in USA to be honest It runs around the same price as a RS4. And I think I am in
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You surely a fan! TVR does not comply with Euro 4 standard. Import to HK was banned some years ago. Even before that, only few immigrants with special privilege can bring them in HK from the UK e.g. British pilots. And that is why, only 8 or 10 backdated TVR models in HK. As being an amateur passenger, at high speed sharp bend, though the G-force was as strong as like on a roller-coaster but it was still like the car is on rails! TVR interior is more luxury than the Lotus, it has high quality strong leather all around, beautiful body paint. 300+hp for 1060kg body...it will beat 430 and 997TT and only the LP640 and 599 have a chance. Now, here we only find Lotus Exige as the most pure we can get but exhaust sound is nothing as grand as the TVR.
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this one is sick, not too pure, but money can buy, though i prefer the LamBo if I ever I do feel like to spend that much before my life ends.
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BMW is not alone in this practice. The RS4 in North America does not come with the more extreme steering wheel and seats that are available in the ROW; the GT3 does not not come with the extreme seats either. But in these two examples, the differences are merely cosmetic (although real sport seats of course make it easier to exploit the performance of the car on the track). |
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BMW limits its warranty coverage in the US (and probably the ROW) to exclude damage caused by abuse. If someone in the US buys a manual transmission car and does max rpm clutch drops until something breaks, or does a money shift and blows the motor, do think BMW will fix the car because it is afraid of lawyers?
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Care to provide a cite for that? I am unaware of a law that prevents a clearly stated limitation (i.e., your transmission is warranted against all defects for 30 launches or 40,000 miles, whichever comes first) from being enforceable. |
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