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2016 BMW M2 Tech Review VIDEO
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02-14-2016, 05:56 PM | #6 |
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"Embargo shmembargo. I'm posting my review on SUNDAY!!!"
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02-14-2016, 06:05 PM | #7 |
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Even if Moto-Man would claim that his video ain't technically a violation of the press embargo, we can reasonably assume that BMW will be "nicht amüsiert". Ze rulez are ze rulez.
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02-14-2016, 06:24 PM | #8 |
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I've never seen 3295 lb. quoted as the M2 weight. At least not for the US model.
But, if we go back to the "BMW_M2_SpecsDimensions.pdf" document, the unladen weight is given as this: 1495/1570 (1520/1595) kg DIN/EU. (See BMW_M2_SpecsDimensions.pdf here: http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1201088) I have no idea why the DIN (German Institute for Standardization) weight is different than the EU weight, or why there are parenthesized numbers. Anyway, those weights in kg convert to the following weights in United States customary lb.: 1495 kg DIN = 3296 lb. 1570 kg EU = 3461 lb. (1520 kg DIN = 3351 lb.) (1595 kg EU = 3516 lb.) Does anyone out there know why 4 different numbers are necessary to describe the weight of an unladen car? Also, the reviewer is incorrect about the two small radiators behind the fangs. He says that they are both engine coolant radiators, but only the driver-side one is for engine coolant. The passenger-side auxiliary radiator is for engine oil cooling. (And there is an oil/water intercooler above that to help cool the engine oil by transferring its heat to the engine coolant.) (See M2_Technical_Training.pdf here: http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1224109)
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His explanation of the difference between this, the N55, and the S55 is confusing and seemingly inaccurate.
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Some of the technical manuals have been released online already obv.
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I am assuming the embargo has been lifted?
Let's see it up in BMWUSA! That's one thing BMW needs to work on. Porsche has their cars up an hour after they are released. |
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Higher figures for the US ? Probably because 68 kg + 7kg is too low as average weight for US drivers and their cargo.
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Who the fuck is this idiot and why is he spreading misinformation about the engine.
He's wrong in saying that this block is from the s55, the intake is not from the s55 and the various coolers in the front are no accurate. There's an engine oil cooler located on the right side of the car and an additional water cooler on the left. His facts are all wrong yet he's suppose to be a journalist. |
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Hmmmm.... I can think of many, many, more well-paid "journalists" who do this on a regular basis and no one seems to care. I was told once in a "Journalism" class in college (it was one of those requirements of being a "well-rounded" graduate or something like that) that, and I quote, "the job of journalists in the 21st century is to shape the world, not just report on it"... and that wasn't an observation of the professor, it was a command.
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Embargo, my a$$.
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You would think BMW would have supplied at least one Manual. I wonder if the pace car was?
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He just talking too much. Actually I can read all these by myself.
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