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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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fast BMW

this is :gheylaugh:

i never race...
but a BMW 330 M series...convertible..
pulled up next to me..

at a stop light.
had my windows down, w/pearl jam playing loud..
he revved up when the opposing light yellowed..
so off we went.
that car just took off.

i mean..it was really fast.
i mean really fast..
when he got into second gear...the thing just took off.
i could tell it was a manual..

i didn't want to beat my car...so after second gear..i just returned to Joe Commuter..

but those things are fast.

damn Germans.
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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a guy on my street has the 300i with the m package as well... and when we raced i took him out.... but he did hang in there...
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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300i? ....

if it was a 330i m package im surprised you beat him by alot unless you are modded. Those cars are pretty quick.
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 10:21 PM
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all i got is an intake... by the way i made a mistake.. it wasnt the 300i .. it was the cabrio...
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 11:03 PM
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yea the M3 are insane...one highbeamed me on freeway a while back, and within 2 seconds of us both flooring it, he was off and away. Wut u expect from 333hp?
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by moahdriven
yea the M3 are insane...one highbeamed me on freeway a while back, and within 2 seconds of us both flooring it, he was off and away. Wut u expect from 333hp?

he wasnt talking about the m3.. there is a performance package u can get for the 330... im not sure what it has but doesnt seem to make the car much faster... i wouldnt waste my time with a new m3... cuase i know ill get rocked. i will go after the old ones cause we can take those out...
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by moahdriven
yea the M3 are insane...one highbeamed me on freeway a while back, and within 2 seconds of us both flooring it, he was off and away. Wut u expect from 333hp?
Yup, 333 HP and almost perfect 50/50 weight distribution and one of the most sophisticated suspensions on any street car. Let alone having SIX high performance throttle bodies, that's one per cylinder. Those M3s like to hang in the lower gear making it sound like it's a slow car, but once he redlines and upshifts, he's gone, the gears are also geared close together. I drove one with an SMG and it's NO comparison to the TL. These things have vettes for lunch.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 09:42 AM
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Vettes for Lunch? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Maybe an auto vette off a roll. I ran my Cousin in my LS1 trans am 3 times, from a 40 mph roll i couldnt get first so he walked on me, from a 70 roll, i got the top of second and had him at my rear fender till 120 ish. Off the line a stalled till about 1800 rpms and dropped the hammer, he jumped out of the hole by a half a car, by the end of first i started pulling hard, by the time we shut down, i was doing about 100 and had a car length on him. He has b+b triflow, i have a lid, we are both pretty much stock. Killing vettes, maybe the driver beating another driver, but not the car beating the car.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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thats why i want an m3.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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Don't you even think about it the new C6 Vettes.



Originally Posted by bigman
Vettes for Lunch? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Maybe an auto vette off a roll. I ran my Cousin in my LS1 trans am 3 times, from a 40 mph roll i couldnt get first so he walked on me, from a 70 roll, i got the top of second and had him at my rear fender till 120 ish. Off the line a stalled till about 1800 rpms and dropped the hammer, he jumped out of the hole by a half a car, by the end of first i started pulling hard, by the time we shut down, i was doing about 100 and had a car length on him. He has b+b triflow, i have a lid, we are both pretty much stock. Killing vettes, maybe the driver beating another driver, but not the car beating the car.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 10:49 AM
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Ya'll can have the M3s.... I'll just take the M5 and kick all your asses!!!
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 11:10 AM
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ooo, m5, 500 horses....

the m6 smg has ovear 500 hp.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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And where the heck are you going to unleash all those horses without getting arrested?

What waste of money that would be to have all those ponies and not really using the car to its full potential? And aren’t all German cars speed governed to 150 MPH?

Meaning once you hit 150, our TL’s will eventually go past you.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MADCAT
And where the heck are you going to unleash all those horses without getting arrested?

What waste of money that would be to have all those ponies and not really using the car to its full potential? And aren’t all German cars speed governed to 150 MPH?

Meaning once you hit 150, our TL’s will eventually go past you.
Um... i dont know what Kinda TL you have but It is a known fact that the TL will crap out at about 147, if you are going down hill, maybe you will go faster, but at that point drag takes over. By the time you catch the guy in the M5 that went from 60-150, you would have been a distant memory in his mind.
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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I was driving a 99 750il (V12) and the bitch would only do 135. I think there is a limiter that the driver sets through the computer though. I'm not sure. My TL has been up to 155mph though. I have a cop as a witness too!!!
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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Once again, you must have the most aerodynamic TL going down hill with a back wind to go over 150. I have been there and done that with my TL and my boys Type S and we never hit over 147
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Old Aug 31, 2004 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bigman
Um... i dont know what Kinda TL you have but It is a known fact that the TL will crap out at about 147, if you are going down hill, maybe you will go faster, but at that point drag takes over. By the time you catch the guy in the M5 that went from 60-150, you would have been a distant memory in his mind.
Fastest top speed recorded (I think) by us was 152 in a TLS on flat road, no wind if I remember correctly. The '99s will only hit 147 due to the 4AT instead of the 5AT

Originally Posted by MADCAT
And where the heck are you going to unleash all those horses without getting arrested?

What waste of money that would be to have all those ponies and not really using the car to its full potential? And aren’t all German cars speed governed to 150 MPH?

Meaning once you hit 150, our TL’s will eventually go past you.
I’ve unleashed the M5's potential. While scaring the SHIT out of me, I have not yet gotten arrested. You can always unleash the power, just try no to do it next to a wolf pack of state troopers eheheheh

The governor on the bimmers is 155MPH, which using the Dinan or PowerChips software will turn that off real damn fast.... I’ve gone 161 in the M5.

Originally Posted by GoldTL
ooo, m5, 500 horses....

the m6 smg has ovear 500 hp.
E39 M5 has 397HP stock. The E65 M5 will have 500 in the new V10 design.

Originally Posted by bigman
Vettes for Lunch? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Maybe an auto vette off a roll. I ran my Cousin in my LS1 trans am 3 times, from a 40 mph roll I couldn’t get first so he walked on me, from a 70 roll, I got the top of second and had him at my rear fender till 120 ish. Off the line a stalled till about 1800 rpms and dropped the hammer, he jumped out of the hole by a half a car, by the end of first i started pulling hard, by the time we shut down, i was doing about 100 and had a car length on him. He has b+b triflow, i have a lid, we are both pretty much stock. Killing vettes, maybe the driver beating another driver, but not the car beating the car.

Well, yeah, you compare an LS1 to an M3, the LS1 just has more racing power... But standard issue vette (depending on the driver of cource) can get eaten by an M3 or M5... The Z06 is only a smidge faster than the M's...

Originally Posted by ndawood
he wasnt talking about the m3.. There is a performance package u can get for the 330... Im not sure what it has but doesn’t seem to make the car much faster... I wouldn’t waste my time with a new m3... cause I know ill get rocked. I will go after the old ones cause we can take those out...
I don’t know for sure what hes talking about... Reading it, he could really be talking about the 330 with the performance package, but likely that hes talking about the M3 considering how much it walked away form him...

I had my buddies M5 for the day today, and he had the TL... He slipped me some cash to detail the inside cause he hates conditioning all the leather, cause the M5's interior is ALL leather... every panel, every thing.

M3 is a baby M5 I’ve driven the M3, and tho its just as fast (depends on the driver) as the M5, the M5 is still twice the car... That and the M3 cant handle the beating... Most people here know about the problems BMW has had with the E36 M3's....

Anyway, heres some interesting info on the M3....

Perfect 50/50 weight differential. You could balance the thing on a triangle.

6 butterflies (not throttle bodies) attached to the single throttle body to allow a .08 second response time between throttle movement and engine response. (M5 has 7 eheheh)

most horsepower-per-liter BMW has ever produced (100 per liter)

First to use the Sequential Manual Gearbox, which actually bombed to most peoples surprise because of its difficulty to use on normal commuter basis, which is why they now have SMGII

I'm pretty sure it was the first BMW to use VANOS II, the second revision of BMW's variable valve timing... Someone correct me if im wrong on that one...

The M3 is a great car, but i dont like coupes anymore, and i always fucking HATED the interior of the 3 series... Im a huge E39 and E60 guy, and im really starting to like the E65 (E39 = '98-'03 5 series, E60 = 2002 and up 7 series, E65 = the new 5)...

Its really a damn shame they have been having problems with the M3... Normal drivers never see a glitch, but if you really pound on the car, BMW has had to replace a few motors under warranty because of it... I dont remember the exact technical reason...
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