Marcoose wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:15 pm
The.Analyst wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:25 pm
Pondrew wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:06 pm
So except for all the differences, they are the same?
For a brand new car in its day yes there were a few changes. today compared to a 35i the only thing that isn’t easily fixed to make the two technically identical is a 35is speedo…even that there are people who will do that face plate.
So that’s quite a price premium for a speedo and a few holes in an exhaust?
Just can’t change the VIN number otherwise you could easily turn a 35i onto a 35is for a small number of pounds..
Not that it matters anyway….most people reckon tired adaptive suspension is a bit anticlimactic.
Sour grapes, mate?
No not all..I could have afforded whatever I wanted..my choice was driven by colour and spec not price.
I’m pointing out that if you plan to modify a stock car a 35i can be a better starting point than a 35is.
I tried a 35is with adaptive suspension and certainly wouldn’t pay a price premium for it.
On the other hand if a 35is in the right colour had come up I wouldn’t have rejected for any ideological reasons..
The point being that a decent re-map and new suspension would have eliminated the ‘extra features’ that you are paying for.
But each to their own beliefs..
A 35is is a marketing man’s dream…a bit of zero cost fluff and sell it for a major mark up.
If they really wanted to do a M class car then they could have at least put a decent inter cooler on it, that would have removed the need for the silly overboost and some decent suspension plus a LSD.
Spending time with a 35i, previous convictions: Fiat 20V Turbo Coupe, TVR Chimera, Jaguar XKR, Porsche 997 C4S