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Originally Posted by RedCarrot
Please explain. Is it because of the spool lag? My friend rented a new M3 for 2 weeks out in Cali and he told me it *felt* slower than my M2 and his E92 M3. I told him it might be due to the shitty Cali gas but he was not convinced it was the only factor.
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Spool makes sense. The S55 is tuned to make as much power as possible at redline which is not the case for the N55. The sacrifice there, and with heat exchangers, is lag down low. Now some people try to tell me the S55 is no more laggy than the N55 but that simply isn't true and it is the reason, to my initial surprise, that I walked away from an M3. I thought for sure I'd pick it up but I wasn't a fan for that very reason.
Size matters too. Smaller cars "feel" quicker. Then again sitting lower helps as well and I do think the M3 sits you a little lower.
This is why I basically tell people never to buy a car for its power or top speed. You don't get to use it in everyday scenarios and even when you do, you just get used to it, leaving only the character of the car and its response as the satisfying aspect in daily driving. For that reason I found the S55 unappealing and probably still will when it comes in the M2. Big fan of the B58 though and looking forward to what M does with it.