Well, on my way to work this afternoon, I noticed a new M3 ahead of me, a youngish guy driving. Anyway he was giving it a bit, then the two of us got to a set of lights, both of us revving, Ive been practising launcing it off the mark recently, when the lights changed I caught it perfectly and flew off, I managed to get about a car's length in front before we both had to slow down for a roundabout (Luckily or he would have eaten me soon!). When we stopped at the roundabout we acknowledged each other, he was laughing, although his smile couldn't hide his disappointment. Im chuffed that although his car cost roughly ten times what mine did, And is well over 300bhp, mines being 210ish I still beat him off the mark!

Here's the thing, Ive heard that M3 0-60 time is sub 5 second sand my MY97 wagon (0-60 around 6 seconds?) is standard but for magnex backbox which doesnt make a difference in performance, so Im thinking that in that particular race I was the better driver which just increases the smile on my face!!

 

Ha ha... theres no better feelin is there!

 

he obviously didn't use his launch control! they hit 0-60 in 4.7 everytime!

 

I know M3's have traction control but launch control is this an optional extra?

 

i have no idea mate! saw it on the tv!

 

Its an optional extra on the new M3s...but your limited to how many times you can use it before you blow your clutch to bits!
Think its 5 times or something...not sure though!

 

old M3 E36 0.60 in 5.5. new M3 E46 is 4.8

 

Thats book time aint it....coz everyone knows the E36 M3 is quicker than the E46 M3...has a lot to do with the E36 being so much more heavier!

 

no the new m3 is heavier due to bigger wings etc but new m3 is quicker with 22 more bhp and newer technology

 

im sure the e36 m3 evo was quoted faster than 5.5 to 60

 

E34 M5 3.8= 5.9

E36 M3= 5.2-5.5

E28 M5= 6.0-6.5

quoted from bmw forum

 

Ive heard similar boasts on many a forum (ie the david vs goliath victories) and Ive been the first to criticise, but the weather was fine and dry, the road clear and he definetely tried and believe me I KNOW I DID! A lot of the time the driver of the better car is hardly trying and sometimes unaware!! But this guy wanted a scooby kill, after all how many cars out there can give an m3 a race? I guess when youre back's against the wall you get the most out of the car!

 

there was a new M3 at Elvington Last Sunday , And my times were better than his, And Yes we were both trying , And its a drag strip !!! >> just incase ??? (LoL)

 

Anyone know what the 0-60 for the MY97 wagon would be?

 

1 second

 

Really?? I thought it was .05 seconds?!

 

The quickest tested times for a UK97 = 5.0secs 0-60mph. 1/4mile 13.7secs@100.6mph.

So no reason why you shouldn't have nailed him.

Not much can launch off the line like a well launched scoob.

Of the M3s I've seen on the dragstrip they can be pretty feable with/without launch control.

Good 'un

Bob

 

Cheers mate, now I know what all the impreza hype was about!! Always happy to do my bit for the team.

 

I dont know the exact times but its the 0 - 100 times which have the m3 sailing ahead. Once the revs are piled on the m3 is way ahead. If I remember rightly the e36 time was around 12 seconds with the scooby trailing at around 14. M3 is one fast fast car

 

Racing hard and braking hard on public roads, yeah your really doing your "bit" for the team.

 

Yeah I took a 53 plate M3 on some months ago and left him on the roundabout and for about half a mile after that. Once we got up to 100 ish he was catching rapidly but luckily another roundabout came up and I outbraked him then got away again. I slowed down after that as it was a long dual carriageway and i knew he would obliterate me then!! Mines a MY01 WRX and I agree that a well launched Scoob is very hard for anything to beat off the mark

 

i nai'd an older tvr cerberer today was a great feeling as he tried to lose me but i was suck to his tail then after a little while he pulled into the slow lane and let me passed, i must say when he booted it the whole car seamed to suck down onto the road looked wicked.

 

Dont know about this mate. I had a 320bhp classic with over 300 lbs torque and tried to keep up with a 4.2 cerbera a couple of months ago. The thing just obliterated me.

Well done if you did though but when these are on song they are bloody damn quick in a straight line and my car was no mug.

 

somebody correct me

scoobs are one of the fastest 0-30 cars available

until we know how far was "the start to roundabout"
and what speed you got up to
it is hard to compare
it could have been half a mile
you could have whipped him upto 40-50mph, he starts to catch up abit, but roundabout ahead, so you all start to slow down, maybe at this point you both got to 60+, but start to hesitate and start to brake for the O


correct me guys

 

its big brother the M5, once wound up is ******* mental accelaration, anyone know the power/torque/top speed figures on one of those?

 

Mehraj RajoolBMW M3 3.2 Ltr13.53 @ 95mph



Think this was his best time alan ??

 

The limits on the number of uses aren't about blowing your clutch to bits, an M3 clutch will perform many such starts in its lifetime. The thing which blows is the warranty on the clutch when the dealer interogates the ECU at the next service More than 3 between any service period and it's your bill if it blows

 

Time/distance is what counts on the road not time/speed.

Bob

 

I'd say i started slowing down at around 65-70ish, the whole thing from start to finish, happened over 300 yards or so. I have standard (poor) brakes on mine, so braked earlier and my wheels locked slightly he braked much later. Even if he started to catch up at around 45-50 miles an hour, which he was starting to, I doubt he would have covered enough ground to beat me to sixty from a good car's length behind. Thats all I wanted.
And by the way, If you read my original post CAREFULLY, you'll note that I said if we went much further he'd have eaten me (and I should BLOODY WELL HOPE THAT A 30 GRAND SPORTS COUPE WOULD AT LEAST GIVE YOU THAT!!!!). It was my first proper Subaru race and I found myself racing an M3, I think NOT looking at the speedometer to ascertain braking points etc. may be conceded under the circumstances, when youre out there all you want to do is get to the finish (the roundabout) before the other guy.

 

Point taken, although I would say that it was a quiet sunday afternoon and there wasnt much traffic, although thats no excuse, but sometimes (and im sure people on this forum can identify with this), you just cant help it. Anyway how many people on this forum can say that they wouldnt have taken the bait? I thought I wouldnt get near him and really wanted hear that engine roar more than anything, I never really thought I'd actually give him a race, nevermind win. I was more surprised to beat him than he was to lose.
Its certainly not something I'd do often at all and probably even less now that I think about it. Im 25 and this is my first 2 litre car, so Im still learning, hopefully not the hard way.

Upon reflection I'd rather drive under the limit than not at all, as long as I can hear the flat 4 rumble