Which "stealth" fast car ?
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CurvaParabolica said:
Not the most refined of machines (as I understand it) but it is thunderously quick (in a straight line) for what it is; typical of most big SRT-engined machinery. That said, it ain't stealth.
Legacy Spec B, 95 Aeros, R36s, E60 550i etc are where the stealth is at. Saying an M5 is stealth just because it has the same basic shape of other 5 series is missing the point somewhat; top of the range models always have the trinkets to make it stand out (large wheels, quad pipes etc). It's just some do subtle better than others.
The R36, E60 550i are hardly stealth by your own measures.Legacy Spec B, 95 Aeros, R36s, E60 550i etc are where the stealth is at. Saying an M5 is stealth just because it has the same basic shape of other 5 series is missing the point somewhat; top of the range models always have the trinkets to make it stand out (large wheels, quad pipes etc). It's just some do subtle better than others.
Edited by CurvaParabolica on Tuesday 20th November 16:55
julian64 said:
I'm sorry I just can't believe that. It looks about 4 tonne. To make that get to 60 in 4.8 seconds would require it to be dropped off a cliff.
Had one, they really are quite fierce off the line, tho top end isn't massively impressive - aerodynamics!My entry is my current 535d, not the usual M Sport, but an SE with tiny wheels!
big_boz said:
julian64 said:
jbi said:
0-60 in 4.8 seconds stock
rix said:
They're 'only' 20" 
Oh Aye, Stealthy as f
k! Honestly some peoples idea of stealth is rather interesting, It would appear that the last 5-10 years of making "normal" cars look fast in the S-Line, M-Sport et all ilk has resulted in an M5 with quad pipes and massive wheels and M Body kit, and a Huge Black Drug Dealer spec SUV with 20" Alloys being considered as stealthy performance cars...Mental!
Ah, It would appear that you have miss-read the original post which is about stealthy performance cars.
By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
Oxford English Dictionary said:
Definition of stealthy
adjective (stealthier, stealthiest)
behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard:
Rolling in a Massive black G-wagon, albeit a very fast one, is not stealthy. A massive off-roader with huge wheels and massive amount of road presence is in no way stealthy, regardless of its performance. What you are implying is that because you wouldn't normally expect a massive off-roader to be quick that it is therefore stealthy, which clearly it is not.adjective (stealthier, stealthiest)
behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard:
By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
big_boz said:
Rolling in a Massive black G-wagon, albeit a very fast one, is not stealthy. A massive off-roader with huge wheels and massive amount of road presence is in no way stealthy, regardless of its performance. What you are implying is that because you wouldn't normally expect a massive off-roader to be quick that it is therefore stealthy, which clearly it is not.
By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
and by your logic the stealthiest thing on the road would be a motorcycle as they have no road presence at all...By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
To me stealth means, unexpected
jbi said:
big_boz said:
Rolling in a Massive black G-wagon, albeit a very fast one, is not stealthy. A massive off-roader with huge wheels and massive amount of road presence is in no way stealthy, regardless of its performance. What you are implying is that because you wouldn't normally expect a massive off-roader to be quick that it is therefore stealthy, which clearly it is not.
By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
and by your logic the stealthiest thing on the road would be a motorcycle as they have no road presence at all...By your logic a yellobird is stealthy in your eyes as you wouldn't expect an 80's 911 to be able to smash 200MPH, but it can and it looks quite similar to a normal 80's 911.
To me stealth means, unexpected
Just to make this a little easier for you to understand, for something to be stealthy it must "behave in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard", or in simpler terms be innocuous. Significant Road presence is just one thing that immediately means that something can not, by definition, be stealthy. Equally a motorbike is not necessarilly stealthy just because it is "small", is a buell stealthy? The answer here is obviously no as you can hear it from about 3 miles away.
What you are eluding to is something that has "surprising" performance, such that the layperson would not expect something to have a high level of performance, this is not stealth this is surprise, I thought I had made this fairly obvious, perhaps I wasn't clear, I hope this clarifies the point I was trying to make.
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