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Originally Posted by mojo1
Thanks for posting some test data. As far as being compared to Audi 20mm wider tires makes the difference. Beyond that perhaps brake compound hurts a bit as well. My issue the comment that X1 has "well known" brake issues, and that is not the case.
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If you think the braking distance of a non-M Sport X1 isn't awful, than you have very different expectations of BMW's. Since the 2002, BMW's have been known as having excellent stopping distances, usually with what looks like substandard equipment, ie M cars on sliding calipers and not huge rotors. But they've made it work.
It appears that it's only a tire issue though, as the summer tires on the M Sport shaved off ten meters of stopping distance. If two car lengths at 70 mph doesn't seem important, I guess I'm surprised, that's all.