Dirty Dog

iTrader: (2)

I have a graphic on my rear bumper that says "Rice: It's what's for dinner..." Maybe I need to say something about sauerkraut now...

I was on my way home from the dojang, tooling along about 65, nobody in front of me. I see headlights moving up from the traffic behind me, and figure it to be one of the local ricers. Nope. Lovely little black BMW M3. Pulls up along side, slows down to match me and then hammers it. No honks, so he got the jump on me. I had expected honks, so was not too far behind him in mashing the go pedal. He got maybe half a length on me. By 80, I had pulled back his lead. Stayed in it to about 130, by which time I was maybe 3 or 3.5 lengths up on him.

We were catching up to traffic at a light, so I gave him a wave (top was down) and eased into the brakes. He did a ricer (sauerkraut?) flyby, then stood on the brakes to avoid rear ending someone and turned off immediately.

Nice car though, even if the driver was not.

Steiner

Nice work. Which generation of M3 was it?

Dirty Dog

iTrader: (2)

I don't know the generation breaks, but it was the current body style.

Steiner

Not bad dude! The new E92 M3 is 3700lbs+ but that new 420hp V8 is a handful. I think it's a solid mid 12 second car - although car bowling alone is almost sacrilege in an M series.

mr_montellano

iTrader: (3)

sounds like fun. cant wait till my cars back on da road

Irunelevens

That's one sexy bitch... Good kill OP

adanieljohnson1

iTrader: (1)

Very nice, Cant wait for my first M kill too...

S8ER95Z

iTrader: (3)

Nice Kill OP, I can't wait to get killed by an M.

Bowtie Boy

My friend has a 98 M3, they do have some nice top end in those cars. Good kill.

adanieljohnson1

iTrader: (1)

-68 SS
-89 Iroc Z28
-79 Z28(bottom of the list project)
-97 Z28
-02 Firehawk
-96 Suzuki RF600R

I want the one in red!!! I WANT I WANT

raysadude

iTrader: (11)

are you being sarcastic or what? your car is faster than e36 m3, as fast or faster than e46 m3, with bolt ons you can hang with e92/e90 m3....

S8ER95Z

iTrader: (3)

I was being serious... the new ones would kill me and from my understanding the e46 is a top end monster.

What did I say to warrant a roll eyes? My car isn't exactly 'fast'...

Dirty Dog

iTrader: (2)

BMW makes nice power, and they're geared for the highway, so the topend screams. But they're not exactly featherweights, which hurts them a lot. And although I can't quote drag coeffecients, I suspect they're not as slippery as an f-body either, which also hurts more at the top end.

Sarge_13

iTrader: (1)

An E46 will trap around 104 at best and run 2-3 tenths slower than your average Fbody where-as an E90 M3 will trap 113 and run a mid 12 bone stock.

Steiner

Yeah I don't think people realize how much of a performance leap the E92 M3 made over previous models...E30, E36 & E46. The new M3 shaved a full second off it's predecessor's 1/4 mile time. That's ridiculous considering the E46 M3 was a solid mid 13 second car. For my money I'd still take an E36 M3. I almost bought my brother-in-law's '97 Alpine White M3 a few year's back. That thing handled like very few cars I've ever driven and the linear acceleration of BMW's inline-6 is pretty addictive.

raysadude

iTrader: (11)

i agree your car is slower than the new M3 but your car is definitely faster than most E46 M3 out there, yes they're geared for hwy but there's no replacement for displacement right?

i was thinking you were being sarcastic hence the rolleyes

don't get me wrong, i still love BMW, heck the first time i saw you and steiner was one bimmerforums. But after i got my first camaro...i realized i've been riding on the wrong horse all along

01350ta

Good kill. I bet that guy was pissed that your 95 TA took down his newer BMW.

S8ER95Z

iTrader: (3)

It's all good...I have a lot of respect for the M cars... I just didn't realize I said something that was offbase.

PewterScreaminMach

iTrader: (7)

Nice kill! What kind of numbers and track times from your 383? I've only run into one of those E92 M3s but he wouldn't run (at least I don't think he did - I lined up, downshifted, gave a few revs, and then I thought he hit it but I pulled so hard he must have immediately let off). I've run M5s and M6s and a few of the older M3s have tried to run me but it didn't go so well for them.

Dirty Dog

iTrader: (2)

I work weekends, so I've not had her on an actual track in several years. But the best she's done on street tires is 11.22@124, and on BFG dragradials 10.88@129. Both are traction limited, obviously.
I assume his frustration over his big buck car losing is why he did the ricer flyby and then turned off.