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Originally Posted by gojira-san
Nah, you think you do... when you weren't looking, mom switched keys with ya... 
The Volvo comment reminds me... I test drove a Volvo V70 R a week or 2 ago. Nice creature comforts, but serious turbo lag and not enough power going to the rear wheels turned me off. The thing felt completely FWD in some heavy cornering manuevers. A minor gripe, but the motor sound bugs me too after the turbine-like I-6 in the 3 and 5. |
I wondered how those drove... If it's anything like the XC70, it isn't that impressive! Our Volvo handles fine, but it leans a lot and I agree with you about too much power to the front wheels. I can squeal the tires on it, and I can't in the 330xi. I think the Volvo AWD system operates as FWD until wheelspin is detected.. I have a brochure on it somewhere, I'll have to dig it out.. And ours has turbo lag, too.. It's a pain passing/merging, especially combined with an automatic transmission.. There's a second or two of no power, then the turbo kicks in and the transmission sometimes downshifts.. And the engine sounds stupid.. It's hard to describe. I LOVE the engine in the 330xi.. Plenty of power and it sounds soooo good, especially between 3500-4500 rpm!