TylerT

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I was coming home from Phong's (anarchy[sear]) house and I was having a really pleasant drive home.

I was on this 4 lane highway and I see a E39 BMW 540i just itching to get by these 2 slower cars. He punches it and I knew he wanted to play. I switched lanes and followed slowly.

We approach a stop light and I look over at his car .. I catch him looking at mine and I knew it was on. This race was almost identical to my Mustang GT race .. we start normally and I could tell he was waiting for me to punch it. Finally, I downshifted to 2nd @ 50mph and went on my way

except ...

I didn't leave him like I did the Mustang .

I went through every gear in automode to get the absolute most out of each gear, and it was just too close to call. Neither of us pulled each other .. I went to the end of 3rd (105mph) and we both shut down ..

I know if I went into 4th gear, he would have started pulling due to the awful gearing on the 5AT.

I could tell he was auto, but damn .. I've never had a race that close.

He slowed down and told me "I didn't think a TL could keep up with my 540i."

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bballislife010

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thats sick dude! i am wanting to race a friend of mine in his 530i. is it best to start out from a stop or from a roll??

TylerT

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Unfortunately, it's best to go from a 40 / 50mph roll in 2nd .. you're immediately in VTEC and pulling hard.

RWD > FWD from a dig. The 530i shouldn't give you a problem from a dig / roll .. but once you start running into RWD cars with lots of torque is where FWD falls short.

bballislife010

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sweet! ive started out going from a roll at 30 mph and didnt really like it! haha! does it help to practive launches in an AT? any suggestions?

nova_G

The same exact thing happened to me this morning on the way to work! Except we were in rush hour traffic, speed limit was 35mph, I didn't race and he kept doing ricer fly bys

anarchy[sear]

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DAMNNN TYLER now I really want to get a J pipe and racepipe and pulley. Good run buddy.