Why bother with a 500bhp V10 if....
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You never use it. On the drive home from work most evenings I see a lovely dark blue '55 plate BMW M6 with the 5.0 V10 and every single time I see the guy (which is about 2, maybe 3x per week) he is sat on the motorway on a 55mph cruise.
It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
Drive sedately on the motorway, then when you do give it some, it feels even better!E65Ross said:
You never use it. On the drive home from work most evenings I see a lovely dark blue '55 plate BMW M6 with the 5.0 V10 and every single time I see the guy (which is about 2, maybe 3x per week) he is sat on the motorway on a 55mph cruise.
It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
I generally slip stream a lorry or something on the way to work. Sure it's probably a waste of engine but I'm Not in a rush, I get there chilled out and get a heap more mpg.It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
When it's home times, I drive more 'quickly' as I want dinner!
Buddy of mine has an F10 M5, very rarely gives it the boot. Just enjoys the car!
E65Ross said:
You never use it. On the drive home from work most evenings I see a lovely dark blue '55 plate BMW M6 with the 5.0 V10 and every single time I see the guy (which is about 2, maybe 3x per week) he is sat on the motorway on a 55mph cruise.
It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
Most likely.It's not like sometimes he's doing 65-70, sometimes 55, it's literally 55mph every day. Surely he'd be better off with a 630i if he wants a 6er bmw with a smooth engine, or a 635d if he wants more economy....
Who knows, maybe off the motorway when he turns off he nails it to over 8000rpm
Either way, fair play for having the car, but it just seems a waste of a glorious engine.
Whether it's 55mph or 85mph, if it's a cruise you're not really experiencing the engine any differently.
Whatever car I drive sits at exactly 70mph cruise on the Motorway. Why go any faster? Motorway driving is dull at 50, it's dull at 70, it's expensive, dull and risky license wise at 90. So might as well kick back and chill.
Once off the Motorway? Thats when you can enjoy it. Don't blame the M6 guy - maybe he can justify the extravagance of the V10 by returning less-than-ridiculous MPG on his motorway commute?
Once off the Motorway? Thats when you can enjoy it. Don't blame the M6 guy - maybe he can justify the extravagance of the V10 by returning less-than-ridiculous MPG on his motorway commute?
E65Ross said:
Sump said:
I sit at 70mph in my 6.0 V12.
What's your point?
I like having some power incase I need it. If I don't need it then I simply don't use it
Honestly, poor people start such strange threads
Poor? I wouldn't go that far. I have a weedy 4.4L V8 though.What's your point?
I like having some power incase I need it. If I don't need it then I simply don't use it
Honestly, poor people start such strange threads
I'm just waiting for the 12 13 14 plate German folk on finance to get into a big puff with my comment
Patrick Bateman said:
Whether it's 55mph or 85mph, if it's a cruise you're not really experiencing the engine any differently.
He's probably able to justify opening it up a bit on roads that are more fun if he cruises at a lower speed on boring motorways. Not everyone is in such a hurry to get where they're going either.
Sump said:
E65Ross said:
Sump said:
I sit at 70mph in my 6.0 V12.
What's your point?
I like having some power incase I need it. If I don't need it then I simply don't use it
Honestly, poor people start such strange threads
Poor? I wouldn't go that far. I have a weedy 4.4L V8 though.What's your point?
I like having some power incase I need it. If I don't need it then I simply don't use it
Honestly, poor people start such strange threads
it takes me back to when I used to enjoy a high capacity engine...now I only have a 3.0 litre I can flog it around everywhere and never worry about mpg...the problem is now its just not worth flogging because its so bloody slow and not worth the effort anyway!Enjoy having the power that you have both got.
mattcov said:
Sometimes you get there just as quick with the cruise on @ 55 in the 1st lane and you haven't got Jonny 118d "M Performance" 2ft from your bumper waiting to cause an accident. You can save the fuel for other roads 
I hit the cruise control when I get to 60 and watch the world go by. Average speed on the computer for a tank of fuel is always 43 mph. For the last tankfull I tried mixing it with the photocopier salesmen in the German Cars Lane to see what effect this had on fuel economy. This dropped from 57 Mpg to 49 unsurprisingly but my average speed for that tank went up to 44.Wow, a whole 1 mph faster over 500 miles.
Mound Dawg said:
mattcov said:
Sometimes you get there just as quick with the cruise on @ 55 in the 1st lane and you haven't got Jonny 118d "M Performance" 2ft from your bumper waiting to cause an accident. You can save the fuel for other roads
I hit the cruise control when I get to 60 and watch the world go by. Average speed on the computer for a tank of fuel is always 43 mph. For the last tankfull I tried mixing it with the photocopier salesmen in the German Cars Lane to see what effect this had on fuel economy. This dropped from 57 Mpg to 49 unsurprisingly but my average speed for that tank went up to 44.Wow, a whole 1 mph faster over 500 miles.
Not on mine though. Or the other people around me either. Driving to the conditions maybe.
He's right about the tailgaters too, their antics mean they're often doing 12 mph while us tortoises are sailing past on the left at 50. I passed the same builders van three times like this on the stretch of the M4 that runs through Newport this morning.
He's right about the tailgaters too, their antics mean they're often doing 12 mph while us tortoises are sailing past on the left at 50. I passed the same builders van three times like this on the stretch of the M4 that runs through Newport this morning.
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