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Originally Posted by andyc1988
1 - Handling - I currently run a 130i M Sport which is clearly designed for sporty handling and performance. I've somewhat matured beyond this and given the poor state of the roads and the ever reducing speed limits running a quick car is just not cost effective. Having said that, I do enjoy country lanes - and there are plenty where I live - with the standard suspension how well does the V40 handle? Any size engine can reach 60mph but does the V40 deliver remotely sporty handling?
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It won't be as relevant to you as it is to my locality, but I know many 1-Series owners (indeed, many BMW owners) who leave their cars in the garage during Swiss winters, simply because the RWD, while more "sporting", can be very tricky in such conditions. I personally would always go for FWD. We live at the top of a very steep hill, and our FWD goes up it in snowy conditions without problems while powerful RWD cars fishtail helplessly.
As an old codger, I like the V40 (CC D3 in our case) suspension. I don't think I can corner on the door handles, but then I don't want to do that - I have long come to the conclusion that I'm not Fernando Alonso, and I want a comfortable, quiet old fogey-like passage, and this the V40 delivers. It whispers along the Autobahn, and it seems to cope just fine with the wiggly-waggly road between the village and the Autobahn.