Quick post on results of the nurburgring trials.

If you recall, we were asked to comment on the difference between the E90 335i and the E36 M3.

I own neither of these, so I can talk reasonably impartially.

Around the nurburgring, the E90 was very very quick in the midrange acceleration. Hard to tell which was the quicker in the straight line, but it could well have been the E90.

However, what became very quickly clear was that the E36 with no toys, but with a proper limited slip differential very quickly demonstrated its superiority in the bends. I passengered in both, and benefitted from following the E90 in the E36.

The E90s Traction and Stability control have to cut in very early due to the lack of the LSD, and it slows it down in the bends.

All on the party were generally in agreement that the E36 was the quicker through bends, and the E90 was probably marginally quicker in the straight line.

Put a quaiffe diff in the E90, and it would be quite a tool!

JJ