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Originally Posted by kwikit356
I have only about 2,800 miles on my '23 M240ix, but I think I can understand what you are sensing about this car. When I was breaking it in all I felt was how heavy and ponderous the car was. Basically, I was so bored by it that I was convinced I'd made an expensive mistake. I shoulda just bought a damn truck. Keep in mind that my other car is a '16 Porsche 981 Spyder, 6MT and maybe the lightest car Porsche made then. To be honest, I still get that same feeling when just moving along somewhat slowly in the 240. You do need to be at least somewhat circumspect as to where and when you do this, but the best Rx for me was to finally decide to "wring the car's neck'" so to speak. This car is not "big" in terms of length, but it clearly is big in terms of being heavy. Having said this, I do still have the problem in that when I want to drive it seriously I find that I'm going very fast. It's not safe or responsible to be outrunning all the other traffic, so I often keep the car out of 8th gear and let somebody else go on ahead. The M240i is certainly not a sports car for me; it is a good GT, but not if you let it loaf. Almost everything is too big and heavy today, which is why I've ordered a Miata.
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I like this comment “wring it’s neck”. It’s so true. When you finally get after it, the car tightens up and shows a different side. Also, I have learned to manage the pops and burbles through the throttle input and manual shifting. The car is especially burbly in 3rd. Just press the gas hard then let off. Pop, bang, burble!
Steering feel is dead, sadly. I guess that’s modern cars.