My 1st run out last night and I will say.. Oh, holy sh!t. It's tight. Like.. NOT a luxo SAV kinda tight. Let's be clear, I have sorta the perfect storm of rough riders.. Eibach sways on both ends, adjustable bits here and there, and ab 1" lower on the air suspension. It's never been what most would consider.. supple.

But after 170k miles of rubber bits and the same driveline wearables, the thing is just angry. Ya know how you can kinda maybe sneeze and catch an E53 before you change lanes? Yeah.. solid core bits will have you two lanes over before your eyes re open. The best I can offer is that it's a lot more... work.. than it used to be. It wants to tramline. It wants to wiggle with the manhole. It wants YOU to know what it takes to keep it on the road... and that you'd better damn well do it.

Finally, I will offer this. Solid core TA's and CA's make your front end do exactly what you tell them to but in like milliseconds. There is no chassis flex.. there is only.. "Who? Physics?" With my 6 pot StopTechs up front, I could feel the chassis wanna go more on a solid brake, but then it just rested against the tires, brakes, and road surface. It's an odd feeling ins omething like an E53 for sure.

It's no E39, don't get me wrong. But the numbness that came along from my 3.0 to the over boosted 4.8is is no longer there. In truth, I still prefer the 3.0. I can't IMAGINE one of those with these bits.. (Hellooo E46?) But it is fun to feel the road again. And it's even more fun to have old man over boosted steering to make up for it.

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