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Originally Posted by BGM
It is pretty remarkable how good the performance is with Adaptive Drive and the 20s paired together. It's hard to find actual performance stats on e70 with Adaptive Drive and 20s since most X5s that get tested are more pedestrian. I did find this Car and Driver one from like '10 that did test a 35i with both. Skidpad was .87-g and stopped only 7 feet longer than M3. Those are insane numbers for a 5,000lb vehicle and probably bests a lot of performance cars including BMWs.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...e35i-road-test |
Agree that AD is transformative.
20" rims will REDUCE performance. The constant drumbeat of low profile=performance is driven by industry dollars and then in turn market demand.
To the consternation of designers, they are being forced by marketing to put on lower profile tires - to the detriment of handling.
And remember, what numbers you get on a perfectly smoot skid pad will be only a component- you really want is real-life, street/road performance numbers. And not 'how if feels'
