Things That Give You a Warm Feeling on a Cold Night

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Originally Posted by Rovert

With a BMW there's always a 'feeling' when you change something no matter how small it is...a BMW driver will feel it! If he has the force he'll feel it just as he starts backing out of his garage. LOL

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Haha. That's true.

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

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I have a particular highway exit ramp that I'm very fond of. Tight right into a decreasing radius left that switches back into a tight right and dumps you onto another highway.

Recently took it at about 80% of what I think she can do (which I've done before). It felt tighter to me, but I was also looking for it to feel tighter.

Primary reason for install was for looks (unless you happen to talk to my wife, in which case the protection against astronomical repair costs from pot-hole induced strut tower mushrooming was the primary reason). :innocent

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Originally Posted by kayger12

Primary reason for install was for looks (unless you happen to talk to my wife, in which case the protection against astronomical repair costs from pot-hole induced strut tower mushrooming was the primary reason). :innocent

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No doubt. We've always got two explanations. One for the significant other; one for the rest of the world. Gotta have that significant-other explanation in pocket at all times.

^ so true... I'm a pro at this :)

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Originally Posted by ZSP-Mafia

^ so true... I'm a pro at this :)

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"Honey, think of the $284 for the CF strut brace as insurance-- it would cost THOUSANDS to repair the strut tower if I hit a pothole..... How often? Happens all the time-- one of the guys on the forum just mushroomed his tower yesterday. Now he wishes he would have gotten the strut brace-- tragic, really."

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

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Originally Posted by kayger12

"Honey, think of the $284 for the CF strut brace as insurance-- it would cost THOUSANDS to repair the strut tower if I hit a pothole..... How often? Happens all the time-- one of the guys on the forum just mushroomed his tower yesterday. Now he wishes he would have gotten the strut brace-- tragic, really."

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Ha!

"Thank goodness for ZHPMafia.com, dear sweetheart. Imagine all of the money we're saving. ZHPMafia.com: the Allstate of online forums."

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Originally Posted by ZSP-Mafia

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

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We won't use that in our marketing literature, Jim. :biggrin

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Originally Posted by ZSP-Mafia

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

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"Yeah, but honey, think of how much WORSE Jim's tower would have mushroomed without the brace...."

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Originally Posted by Marcus-SanDiego

We won't use that in our marketing literature, Jim. :biggrin

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Yeah I'm gonna keep it on the low low. On the other hand... I blamed it on a bent rim, so you know what that means. :biggrin

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Originally Posted by ZSP-Mafia

Yeah I'm gonna keep it on the low low. On the other hand... I blamed it on a bent rim, so you know what that means. :biggrin

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"So, dear, I'll reluctantly have to replace these rims. Dang! And I loved those old rims of mine. Man!"

Oh, I laid it on thick, "yah babe, with new lighter rims I'll get better gas mileage too"... It's kinda true. :)

Lol

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Originally Posted by Rovert

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

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Hehe - ^^^^ that is the best.

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Originally Posted by Rovert

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

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Seriously though-- you should have felt how tight the front suspension felt backing over the lip of the garage slab ;)

I am appalled by all the Tom Foolery in this thread. To think you would.....bend truth for your own selfish reasons. I will pray for you my good brother....

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Originally Posted by danewilson77

I am appalled by all the Tom Foolery in this thread. To think you would.....bend truth for your own selfish reasons. I will pray for you my good brother....

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(in my best Dr Evil voice)
Riiiigghhht.

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Originally Posted by Marcus-SanDiego

I believe only the track guys can answer this question. There's no way I drive aggressively enough on the streets to answer this question.

I have it for looks. If there is some minuscule performance benefit, all the better.

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I've been told by some of my buddies who have them that it does make a difference on the track. The chassis feels slightly stiffer.
I would tell you how they feel at the next auto-x/track day if I had one. Who knows, I might have one by then.

Thanks for the note, BP. Good to know the track guys are getting something from it.