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Old 01-27-2011, 11:26 AM
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So puzzled. BMW decided to send a car with summer performance tires for a test drive in MICHIGAN in the winter?
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So puzzled. BMW decided to send a car with summer performance tires for a test drive in MICHIGAN in the winter?
As soon as I saw the 214s in the pic, I knew it was in trouble as far as that goes. But hey I guess they wanted it to be "handsome". I know the mag mentions it showed up in summer tires, but did it actually deduct points because of that performance? Anyway, I guess I'm going to forward this to a friend who decided the Q7 was for him since he hated the X5's brakes. He'll be happy I guess.

BTW, yes the steering is pretty heavy imo. I like the feel some of the time, but not all the time.
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As soon as I saw the 214s in the pic, I knew it was in trouble as far as that goes. But hey I guess they wanted it to be "handsome". I know the mag mentions it showed up in summer tires, but did it actually deduct points because of that performance? Anyway, I guess I'm going to forward this to a friend who decided the Q7 was for him since he hated the X5's brakes. He'll be happy I guess.

BTW, yes the steering is pretty heavy imo. I like the feel some of the time, but not all the time.
Well that's a first for me. I've never heard anyone say they "hated" BMW's brakes.
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