The 740 Turbo is my car these days. I have it at my apartment in Seattle at college, and it's useful for driving over the mountains to eastern Washington State, as well as for other destinations (Bellingham, Canada, etc).
Which SE? Haha. The 380SE is usually my dad's car (back in high school and the first summer that I was back from college, I often got to drive it around when he wasn't using it). The 940SE is usually driven by my mom (the 740 Turbo used to be her car, and I had a Saab 900S).
The thing about the BMW is that with the big rims, it gives no indication about when it's going to "let go". The Volvo loses grip progressively, with mild rear-wheel drive oversteer. (i.e. it is possible to steer it with the throttle, which can be fun).
Plus, it takes medium and high-speed sweeping turns (on country roads) at ridiculous speeds. 35 mph advisory speed limit corners that I run through at 50-55 and slide the rear out out a little; well, the bloody BMW will pull through the same corners at 65 mph.
If it wasn't an AWD iX model, I'm sure my friend would have stuffed his car a long time ago, thanks to the squirrely semi-trailing-arm rear suspension of the E30.
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I had an audi 5000cs quattro 5-speed, and you could take a sharp 90 degree turn at 35-40 mph without losing traction. IN THE RAIN! I loved that car, it really gripped hard, and I think audi is far superior in their AWD compared to anyone else [except maybe subaru].
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That's what I'm talking about! I'm just a little jealous of insane AWD handling limits.
<---needs to find an A4 2.8 liter Quattro with sport package and show a 325iX what 20 plus years of AWD experience will do. Maybe in a few years...
-Sam