Road trip and a half!!!
Road trip and a half!!!
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11-06-2017, 04:30 AM
Anees I was behind Raj on the way to the petrol station near the Ring and the test driver in the new M5 saw Raj's M5 and they were smiling at each other........
Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Anees I was behind Raj on the way to the petrol station near the Ring and the test driver in the new M5 saw Raj's M5 and they were smiling at each other........
Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
11-06-2017, 04:58 AM
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
11-06-2017, 04:58 AM #13Bet they charge a few euros for fuel out there......... captive audience etc...
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
11-06-2017, 11:17 AM
BHP, TORQUE, UNDER STEER, OVERSTEER FOR DUMMYS
BHP- how fast you hit the wall, TORQUE- how far you push the wall
OVER STEER- Dont see the wall, UNDER STEER- You do see it
1999 Blue IS200 SportTRD kit, K&N Filter
garyskisplym
11-06-2017, 11:17 AM #14id go bwm because if anyone read the article about the lfa test driver killed in a crash the crashed involved a bmw concept that was covered in black and white paint like that
BHP, TORQUE, UNDER STEER, OVERSTEER FOR DUMMYS
BHP- how fast you hit the wall, TORQUE- how far you push the wall
OVER STEER- Dont see the wall, UNDER STEER- You do see it
1999 Blue IS200 SportTRD kit, K&N Filter
11-06-2017, 03:13 PM
parthiban Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
When we were at the viewing area it was fantastic to see it tearing around the ring with computer screens inside it,obviously calculating and storing info.every corner he had the back end out, tyres smoking.
parthiban Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
When we were at the viewing area it was fantastic to see it tearing around the ring with computer screens inside it,obviously calculating and storing info.every corner he had the back end out, tyres smoking.
11-06-2017, 10:53 PM
Raj yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
In some senses I think the current M5 does have the potential to go down as the greatest ever - it's the last true M car with it's normally aspirated purpose built V10. With the new one just having a normal BMW engine with turbos, it becomes less special, it's just a tuned 550i rather than a special car all of it's own. That's what always differentiated M cars, it wasn't possible for Alpina and such to create the same car, but now the B5 isn't going to be far off the M5 as they almost have the same engine.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Raj yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
In some senses I think the current M5 does have the potential to go down as the greatest ever - it's the last true M car with it's normally aspirated purpose built V10. With the new one just having a normal BMW engine with turbos, it becomes less special, it's just a tuned 550i rather than a special car all of it's own. That's what always differentiated M cars, it wasn't possible for Alpina and such to create the same car, but now the B5 isn't going to be far off the M5 as they almost have the same engine.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
12-06-2017, 12:05 AM
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
12-06-2017, 12:05 AM #19Sign of the times though, must be cheaper to create a turbo version of an engine then create an all new V10?
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
12-06-2017, 01:11 AM
2tongues Sign of the times though, must be cheaper to create a turbo version of an engine then create an all new V10?
Yeah it's all about emissions and costs nowadays.......
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
2tongues Sign of the times though, must be cheaper to create a turbo version of an engine then create an all new V10?
Yeah it's all about emissions and costs nowadays.......
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
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