Cls6 - m3 - x5m
05-26-2011, 11:49 PM
#42
05-26-2011, 11:51 PM
#43
Since I wasn't there I won't dispute the outcomes of the runs. But vehicles w/ 1/4 mile times differing by 1.5 to 2 seconds and 10 to 12 mph trap speeds are in different leagues. It has been a long time since I've personally been down a quarter mile, but one really must experiance being beaten by a 2 second margin. It is a long, sad and lonely time interval if you are the second car across.
One might argue the difference in ETs is in the launch/60ft times, but the difference in trap speed indicates that the BMWs are making much more power and accelerating faster throughout the run.
As much as I would like to think that I have giant killer - mine is anthracite too - I think the OP must have just out drove the Bimmers. I think most folk doing runs have experianced the fact that outcomes are often determined by which driver is willing to get on it more and then just drive cleaner.
One might argue the difference in ETs is in the launch/60ft times, but the difference in trap speed indicates that the BMWs are making much more power and accelerating faster throughout the run.
As much as I would like to think that I have giant killer - mine is anthracite too - I think the OP must have just out drove the Bimmers. I think most folk doing runs have experianced the fact that outcomes are often determined by which driver is willing to get on it more and then just drive cleaner.
05-27-2011, 12:18 AM
#44
Since I wasn't there I won't dispute the outcomes of the runs. But vehicles w/ 1/4 mile times differing by 1.5 to 2 seconds and 10 to 12 mph trap speeds are in different leagues. It has been a long time since I've personally been down a quarter mile, but one really must experiance being beaten by a 2 second margin. It is a long, sad and lonely time interval if you are the second car across.
One might argue the difference in ETs is in the launch/60ft times, but the difference in trap speed indicates that the BMWs are making much more power and accelerating faster throughout the run.
As much as I would like to think that I have giant killer - mine is anthracite too - I think the OP must have just out drove the Bimmers. I think most folk doing runs have experianced the fact that outcomes are often determined by which driver is willing to get on it more and then just drive cleaner.
One might argue the difference in ETs is in the launch/60ft times, but the difference in trap speed indicates that the BMWs are making much more power and accelerating faster throughout the run.
As much as I would like to think that I have giant killer - mine is anthracite too - I think the OP must have just out drove the Bimmers. I think most folk doing runs have experianced the fact that outcomes are often determined by which driver is willing to get on it more and then just drive cleaner.
The only area I think I mis-spoke was suggesting the CL has 9-10lb's per HP. I know my car is not making anywhere near 360hp let alone 320hp. But I do know that I have waited many years to run against late model vehicles with no mods and of known performance metrics. The two BMW's were excellent benchmarks to test against and I think my suspicions about the CL were borne out. That being:
- In a setting where traction and weight transfer are not an issue (from a 'on-cam' 65mph roll), the CLS6 can accelerate at rates not indicated by its baseline 1/4 mile or 0-60 times. It is a very fast car on the highway. Thats all I was trying to say.
Well, this has been fun back and forth.
Everyone is passionate and it shows. I really have no need to make any false claims or boast of performance that can be refuted by a community of knowledgeable owners. I posted because I myself was surprised.
I have no hard feelings towards anyone here today. It was a fun debate.
Take care everyone,
Suspekt
05-27-2011, 12:21 AM
#45
Whats up with RDX owners?
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05-27-2011, 01:15 AM
#46
I'm just happy the highway roll racing faggot crew made it over here. Hopefully we can meat up and let them show us their vtaks. The coolest part about roll racing is when you get shut the fuck up poser ricer roll race queers. Any sub 2800lb car that makes 500whp is fucking stupid because its undrivable on a real track, which you'll never see because you don't have a real job. I highly recommend that you make a plan for your life, or you're going to be a virgin for all eternity. You should start by moving out of your grandmother's basement. Next I recommend an extreme amount of cardio, and its probably not a bad idea to buy a razor and cut off the internet connection. You should also probably stop masturbating so much with that death grip if you're ever going to get you're baby dick half hard at the first sight of a woman you may possibly have a chance of communicating with. However, most importantly, don't get your hopes up because I'm pretty much everything every woman on earth wants, you're the compromise. I'm strong, sexy, intelligent, hung, affluent, cultured, and I'll be the one you hate, the one you want to be so bad, the one you'll thank in 5-years when you get there and look back on this post and thank me for showing you the things that you daddy never did. I believe in you son, its time to be a man
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05-27-2011, 04:12 AM
#48
Baller of Uni
Ahhh, forum wars. So fun. I think we can all agree that A) This is all a case of "he said she said," B) The CL is fat and wrong wheel drive, and C-Z) It's something we all have in common cause it's an amazing car.
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05-27-2011, 08:28 AM
#49
This forum is becoming useless. Just a bunch of angry ex-cl owners.
05-27-2011, 09:45 AM
#50
I Wanna Beer
I'm loving the controversy. Apart from the personal attack that speaks more to the individual than the topic, I love the feedback.
Ignoring the M3 for a moment and just carrying on with another related tangent in this thread, the X5M does have an Achilles heel that perhaps I exploited.
That being the combination of:
1. Being off boost initially, and
2. No aid of launch control or boost build-up to aid offline performance
3. Mass @ 5,332 lbs
I see why there is skepticism and that's fine. I would have it too.
But the X5M just could not move it's 5,300lb's with authority. Being out of the sweet spot of it's powerband @ 65mph and coping with that much mass left it flat footed REPEATEDLY. It's really not that surprising.
Ignoring the M3 for a moment and just carrying on with another related tangent in this thread, the X5M does have an Achilles heel that perhaps I exploited.
That being the combination of:
1. Being off boost initially, and
2. No aid of launch control or boost build-up to aid offline performance
3. Mass @ 5,332 lbs
I see why there is skepticism and that's fine. I would have it too.
But the X5M just could not move it's 5,300lb's with authority. Being out of the sweet spot of it's powerband @ 65mph and coping with that much mass left it flat footed REPEATEDLY. It's really not that surprising.
05-27-2011, 09:47 AM
#51
I Wanna Beer
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