More from the dark side...

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A few years ago, I heretically indicated that if WMB ever got back into the 
awd fray, audis life would get complicated.  Well, I just drove a friends 
330xi yesterday, and I'm convinced more than ever, audis life will get 
complicated.

0-60 times are rated at 5.8 (1/4mile at 14.4 at 96 stock)
62/38 f/r split 

All I can say, is the above seems quite easy to do, the car handles very well 
(not as much oversteer as I had expected, but fun, nice and quick), and has 
the typical awesome brakes.  A 30minute blast ride made me think that just 
maybe the competition for the awd arena has just set a higher standard (I 
didn't like the ovlov awd system at all).

If only it had a turbo...  But there's always Dinan for that I suppose.

Pretty impressive for a company that got spanked on the first go round 
(325ix).

Scott Justusson