E46 M3 vs CSL observations

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So I've had the CSL for nearly a week... and noticed a couple of differences from the E46 M3 I was driving previously.

1) There seems to be a much more obvious step in the power curve at the ~3500 rpm point, and it feels a bit lethargic below that point.

2) It wants to go sideways a lot more ! It's much easier to get the TC light to come on on r/bouts or just accelerating. I wouldn't have thought that 343 vs 360 bhp would make such a difference

Now I know my old M3 was a few bhp down on power compared to the average, so maybe that contributes to what I'm feeling, and the tyres on the CSL have obviously seen track action at some point, so perhaps have been overheated and no longer at their best.