It may just be me, but I drove my friend's 525. That night I was also driving the 96 civic EX. The BMW would start losing traction in turns WAAAAY before the Civic even started screetching tires. It may be me, but I really didn't like it. The car is fast [Z3 3.0 swap] but it's slow because it's an automatic. It's really weird, but I know the Sol could keep up with it, because it's really slow for a BMW.