Interesting BMW race
08-16-2008, 11:00 PM
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Interesting BMW race So tonight I was pacing a guy in a 330ci with his top down. He had what looked like optional factory wheels with Eagle F1's all around. Eventually he's a car or two back and he guns it, as do I when I see him coming. He pulls to about 2 cars ahead, but i'm shutting his pull down and by 80 or so (Just a guess, I didn't look down) I have him by about 1 car. Just wondering, does the fact that he got a jump like that make a huge difference, is his car that fast, or am I just a crappy driver? I thought i'd have pulled him by more.
08-17-2008, 02:00 AM
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Couldn't really read the badging on the rear in the streetlights. It was 3XXci. It's not the newest model ones. The more boxy-styled ones is what it was.
08-18-2008, 03:31 AM
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Well if it wasn't the newest body style and it was 3XXci then your best hope was that it was a 330ci...
E46 ///M3's look quite a bit different so you'd know if it was one of them even if the badging was changed.
Are you autotragic or M6?
I'm a BMW nut so I know quite a bit about them...Well mid 90's and newer anyway...Not a fan of the older stuff.
A stock 330ci with a 5 speed is probably capable of a mid 14 second 1/4 mile with a good driver....You should easily have 1.5-2 seconds on him in a 1320 situation.
There are only 2 viable explanations.....
Either you suck or he was FI
E46 ///M3's look quite a bit different so you'd know if it was one of them even if the badging was changed.
Are you autotragic or M6?
I'm a BMW nut so I know quite a bit about them...Well mid 90's and newer anyway...Not a fan of the older stuff.
A stock 330ci with a 5 speed is probably capable of a mid 14 second 1/4 mile with a good driver....You should easily have 1.5-2 seconds on him in a 1320 situation.
There are only 2 viable explanations.....
Either you suck or he was FI
08-18-2008, 08:54 PM
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^^ Ok, yeah, he got a darn good hit, he was about passing me before I even jumped into it. I figured there was no way in hell his ride was that fast. I didn't hear any kind of FI on his car.
