5BW for 4BW

[themodern6spdsedan]

MookdocOE: You’re correct! The nimbleness factor of the 4BW is great. I take it to the canyons and is a blast to drive around the switchbacks. I also have the same reaction with my 4BW whenever trying to make a u-turn…same reaction being “like wtf” hahaha. Sometimes I see full size SUVs complete a u-turn, while here I am with a midsize sedan not being able to complete a u-turn lol. Annoying, but like you and Champale said…you just get over it and it quickly passes by.

Champale: I also tend to have adult passengers and it sucks cause they seemed cramped in the back. I don’t always transport them and for the most part, it’s only me. But, I just didn’t anticipate transporting adult passengers more than I had imagined lol. The way you describe lighting the tires up at 80mph in 3rd seems so joyful lol. I can’t afford the 5BW, so I just might get a tune and call it a day lol.

 

[Champale]

The 5BW is truly joyful once you figure out the modes (and especially the way you turn all of the TC/ESC stuff off). That V8 makes every day better, I promise. It does need a little more exhaust volume, though.

However, the 4BW is hardly 2nd rate in any way, shape, or form. I drove one a week after taking delivery of my 5BW and got barely half a mile down the road and thought to myself "I bought the wrong car!" The 4BW is such an exceptional driver's car and feels a lot more precise than my 5BW. I keep contemplating selling my Evora 400 for a 4BW and, let me tell you, that says a lot about how exceptional the 4BW truly is because the Evoras are unbelievably good, exciting in ways that most modern cars can't even begin to touch.

 

[seattlecubes]

I had a 4BW and I’m here to tell you that the PERFECT sports sedan is a mix somewhere of the two…

Now…first things first. It’s not like the 4BW had a stellar turning radius and I don’t live somewhere where I have to make a bunch of u-turns so I don’t think that’s a deciding factor, but the turning radius of the 5BW is A LOT worse. It’s like that of a long bed mid-sized truck and the first time I had to make a u-turn I laughed out loud.

I do think the difference between the two cars in the real world over the road isn’t as great as people/press figures would have you believe. That said, I’m just out of break-in, and I can tell the 5BW wants to murder it’s tires, and the power that it does have isn’t usable on the street-I’m not an aggressive driver at all fwiw (I’m averaging 21mpg).

So…basically the 4BW kind of answers the old beer commercial slogan “Tastes great - less filling.” . But you’re probably saying, “If the 4BW is so great, why did you trade out of it?” The interior space, specifically shoulder and leg room, front and back, is a BIG difference. The 4BW is basically 2+2 with 4 doors and no adult could sit comfortably behind me (and I’m not super tall). I’m assuming that a side effect of the larger size of the 5BW is that it rides much smoother than the 4BW too.

To me though, the 4BW still has way sharper turn-in and crisper handling, and frankly (controversially), I think it’s better looking too But…you only live once, so I figured I’d give it a shot. My only regret is that I don’t have room for a 4BW and a 5BW in my garage.