Letting BMWs get ahead
27 March 2005, 12:17 AM
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Letting BMWs get ahead
You know how you blow yet another BM into the weeds and then you think - I wonder which engine size that was - so you have to slow down to let him pass, so you can check the model designation? 325Ci today. Sweet. 
27 March 2005, 10:21 AM
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Mate of mine came round me work place
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
27 March 2005, 10:43 AM
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I wouldn't run scared from an M3.... depends upon which scooby u have i guess tho....havent come across anything to beat my Sti yet...
Originally Posted by Azyman
Mate of mine came round me work place
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
27 March 2005, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Azyman
Mate of mine came round me work place
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
Never happened to me yet...after all not all roads are straight...
27 March 2005, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Azyman
Mate of mine came round me work place
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it
M3's ha ha
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27 March 2005, 11:58 AM
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I butchered a 330 on the backroads home from Southport yesterday - a real game of cat and mouse and bloody good fun but in every gear I had the edge and on every bend my car handled it with more poise and superiority...
Shame the scoobies brakes arent better tho - but eating BMW's (except M3's) is always a laugh
Shame the scoobies brakes arent better tho - but eating BMW's (except M3's) is always a laugh
27 March 2005, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobynutz
Depends wot road your on M3's on a straight rd are quick put it in the twisties an the scoob's a world apart..
27 March 2005, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by digitaria
You know how you blow yet another BM into the weeds and then you think - I wonder which engine size that was - so you have to slow down to let him pass, so you can check the model designation? 325Ci today. Sweet.
your happy about beating a 325ci !!!!
27 March 2005, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Livewire
your happy about beating a 325ci !!!!
Apparently, it could have been a diesel with 270 brake
- and I thought I only had to worry about M3s.
27 March 2005, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Guinness
I think you might get a fright by some of them 330d sports,i've got one with 270bhp and 400lbs of torque,it leaves my mates 04 wrx no probs.....
27 March 2005, 06:51 PM
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I followed a BMW Alpina 330 csi the other day. It did pass my mind to push it a bit then I remembered I'm in the wifes 12v Corsa. What would these be like I would guess pretty rapid
27 March 2005, 06:53 PM
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Main problems with BMW's is that when you see one on the road other then the new M3...you have to ask yourself...is that is it really what the badge says....
I have had some where there driving like idiots on say the A406...come to lights, and they move off like a snail...
I have had some where there driving like idiots on say the A406...come to lights, and they move off like a snail...
27 March 2005, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by digitaria
No Livewire, when a car with 30 horsepower less than I have has a go and loses dismally, I'm really pi55ed off. Why would I be happy?
Apparently, it could have been a diesel with 270 brake - and I thought I only had to worry about M3s.
Apparently, it could have been a diesel with 270 brake
- and I thought I only had to worry about M3s.
27 March 2005, 10:12 PM
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Have had a few ding-dongs with the latest M3s on various motorways, in terms of out-and-out performance my STI7 with PPP can keep pace in a straight line although you need plenty of revs in the Scooby. Above 7000 rpm I think my STI7 just has the edge and pulls away. Had a particularly memorable drag race with one from about 70 mph to a pretty high speed and it was neck-and-neck for a while although I pulled a couple of car lengths on him before we both throttled off due to rather excessive speeds, but the point was made there's very little between M3 and Scooby STI/PPP in a straight line.
As we all know they definitely have more torque and they have effing rapid accelaration from anywhere in the rev range, if you don't plenty of revs in the STI they will leave you although once the turbo kicks in you reel them back in.
I have utterly annilhalated several M3s in the twisties, let's face it the Scoobies are a piece of **** in corners compared to M3s and most BM drivers won't have the confidence to try to keep pace as could result in expensive off-road excursion especially in wet.
As we all know they definitely have more torque and they have effing rapid accelaration from anywhere in the rev range, if you don't plenty of revs in the STI they will leave you although once the turbo kicks in you reel them back in.
I have utterly annilhalated several M3s in the twisties, let's face it the Scoobies are a piece of **** in corners compared to M3s and most BM drivers won't have the confidence to try to keep pace as could result in expensive off-road excursion especially in wet.
27 March 2005, 11:12 PM
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Yadda yadda I'm faster than this and that..all to proove your ego is bigger than your ****!
Twisties FFS
The type of car and how well it goes round bends has nothing to do with it....the driver's willingness and how far they want to push their car to the limit and put other lives at risk is more applicable on a public highway.
Save it for the race track....if you can't afford it, then sell your scooby
Twisties FFS
The type of car and how well it goes round bends has nothing to do with it....the driver's willingness and how far they want to push their car to the limit and put other lives at risk is more applicable on a public highway.
Save it for the race track....if you can't afford it, then sell your scooby
27 March 2005, 11:15 PM
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only ever had 1 encounter with a bmw it was an m5 convertable both cars was pushing to max seemed nothing in it was right up his *** through geares probably could have passed him top end (governed 150 m5)if more road my 04 sti ppp
he did have roof down though (spose drag gave me an edge)
he did have roof down though (spose drag gave me an edge)
28 March 2005, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Shark Man
Yadda yadda I'm faster than this and that..all to proove your ego is bigger than your ****!
Twisties FFS
The type of car and how well it goes round bends has nothing to do with it....the driver's willingness and how far they want to push their car to the limit and put other lives at risk is more applicable on a public highway.
Save it for the race track....if you can't afford it, then sell your scooby
Twisties FFS
The type of car and how well it goes round bends has nothing to do with it....the driver's willingness and how far they want to push their car to the limit and put other lives at risk is more applicable on a public highway.
Save it for the race track....if you can't afford it, then sell your scooby
28 March 2005, 07:38 AM
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Just be warned, there are a few M3's now running Turbo's.
If you come against one, it's good night guy's, it would leave ya for dead !!
If you come against one, it's good night guy's, it would leave ya for dead !!