That's an interesting bit of feedback. I have not driven 3.0si yet but I will tomorrow.

The acceleration numbers are higher and with the extra cog in the gearbox I'm hoping for better 60-80 performance more than butt dynamometer performance.

I'm a bigger fan of more evenly applied torque than peak acceleration. Driving the 50i, I usual start at ¹/₃ throttle until it shifts into second before I drop the throttle to ¹/₂ and push off at a solid ¹/₃ g for as long as I feel like it.

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)