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      11-03-2016, 11:17 AM   #1
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Another take on the M.40i vs M2 (quick review and impressions)

Unexpectedly got a 140i as a loaner yesterday and took it for a spin.

Things I liked:
- More comfortable than the M2.
- Brakes are easier to modulate and left foot braking seems immediately natural. This, while also having a not so good spongy feel to them...
- Engine is nice and strong. Slow on lower revs but very happy higher up in the range.
- Affordable performance.
- Had the ASD switched on but it did not sound as intrusive as the one on the M2.

Things I did not like:
- Gear box is slow.
- Not as rewarding as a drivers car.
- Looks... bland.
- Steering feel sucks.
- Aluminium trim on the interior.
- Back feels a little less poised and the front in not as precise.

Conclusion: This or the M240i are great alternatives to the M2 if you want to have a more discrete, comfortable and overall more normal car, while keeping quite a bit of money in your pocket... performance wise it seems hard to justify the difference between the two on public roads but I am sure that, judging by my experience, that the M2 would eat this M140i for breakfast on the track.

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Agreed

But the M.40is are not meant to be track monsters like the M2. They are meant to be fast and fairly sporty yet discrete road weapons...Porsche/Audi eaters on a budget.
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- Steering feel sucks.
This is what sucks. I don't need a track machine. And I don't need a suspension stiff enough to bounce me around in public roads. But if the steering feels like shit (like most of BMW's new offerings) I'm it buying it.

I'm going to end up buying an M2 over a 240i just to avoid the open diff and shit steering.
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This is what sucks. I don't need a track machine. And I don't need a suspension stiff enough to bounce me around in public roads. But if the steering feels like shit (like most of BMW's new offerings) I'm it buying it.

I'm going to end up buying an M2 over a 240i just to avoid the open diff and shit steering.
Shitty steering feel can ruin any car.
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