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M40i first impressions after 5-days and 500 miles

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M40i first impressions after 5-days and 500 miles

Post by Maniac » Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:08 am

It looks so much like an S2000 in black...

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M40i first impressions after 5-days and 500 miles

Post by Yorkie Z » Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:49 am

Maniac wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:08 am It looks so much like an S2000 in black...
Funny I thought the same thing. I think the back and the stance of the vehicle looks like an S2000 and the front looks like a Mercedes SLK.
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M40i first impressions after 5-days and 500 miles

Post by MrPT » Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:17 am

Really does, doesn't it? I think it's the "raked bar of soap" profile. And I mean that in the nicest possible way, of course. :D

Still not for me but I wouldn't be surprised if it starts clawing back sales from Porsche. Again, such a shame the 718 has that 4 cyl. Maybe they should go hybridised V4 (a la 918) for the next Cayman/Boxster?
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M40i first impressions after 5-days and 500 miles

Post by J400uk » Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:22 am

sars wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2019 10:25 pm That’s very nice indeed, I found on my test drive of the M40 that it suffered from a little tramlining on the back roads, now that you’ve lived with it for a while how do you find it?
No can’t say I’ve noticed any tramlining! Seems quite relaxed and composed in all situations
MrPT wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:10 pm Looks good. How many miles more before you can really open the taps?
1200 miles, counting it down!

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