Hmmm well its loud but my neighbors never complain, its a "newer" neighborhood so maybe the double pane windows reduce the noise enough for the neighbors not to hear it much...not sure
I didnt feel like there was any drone, its tame at normal driving speeds but sounds really good when you get on it. When i was installing it i was curious to hear the car with just the mid pipes on and i loved how the car sounds without mufflers. I was eventually going to cut the mufflers off...
Not sure about the n55's or s55's but the bmw n54 engine loves to leak oil everywhere lol but gaskets are simple to change out, stock turbo seals go bad\wastegate rattle, but eliminate that by upgrading turbos. But true if you don't do your own work on most of the stuff then BMW's are really...
I’m in the same boat, I have a n54 335i with Pure stage 2 turbos, 600whp love the car, always have I’ve never once thought about trading it in.
I initially got the mustang GT for the wife but she likes driving the 335i more, so im stuck driving the GT as a DD, not a bad thing, it’s a head...
I like my "race", my gf likes the sound too, we have taken the car on long trips a couple times, one a 10hr round trip Central Cali to South Cali, the sound doesn't bother us at all, actually wish it was louder, I am on the sportline springs and through the horrible interstate roads in LA I did...