More street racing

[jason@scirocco.org (Jason)]

At 02:05 PM 8/12/2002, Dave Ewing wrote:

>Overall, stock BMWs aren't all that fast.

Excweeze me?  The 330i does 0-60 in 6.2s!  The M3 does it in 5.4s!  Shit, 
even the base model 325i does it in around 7s!

   I know there are fast ones and I have seen some nice
>modified ones but on the whole they are luxury cars not quick stoplight
>cars.

Of course -- some are faster than others.  But the slowest car in the 
lineup at the moment -- the 530i, still does 0-60 sub-8 seconds.

The only real "lame duck" BMW in the recent past was the 4-cylinder 
318i/318Ti E36.  0-60s were around the 9-second mark, but a more realistic 
"street start" was closer to 10s.

Like most German cars, they're high-rev screamers, so mating them to an 
Automatic is an unfortunate move.  They're generally geared very long, and 
therefore can be sluggish off the line.  But over 20-30mph?  There is no 
Accord (past or present) that will take a 5-speed 6-cylinder BMW E36 (1992) 
or later...

Jason







>   I have never seen one at any import drags that I have attended (maybe
>in the parking lot!!).
>
>Dave
>
> >
> > Last night in Fredericksburg I happened upon a BMW and an Accord doing
>lots
> > of red light revvin, well right before my eyes, green light goes and they
> > both nailed it. The B'mer smoked a good tire takin off and still managed
>to
> > take the hole shot but the Accord caught him by next light by at least a
>car
> > length. Didn't catch the model of B'mer but that was a dissapointing
> > end.......Jap 1 Euro 0......:(
> >
> > Jon
> > scirokn
> > 85' Frankenroc
> >
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