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tim wragg said:
It just got me thinking, I know the M5's are fairly rapid, and to be honest would have me on the corners, but smiled when I kicked his butt on the straights....
I learned a salutory lesson about such japery....when said car behind was actually an unmarked police car....even when the blue lights went on I couldn't work out what was happening!
tim wragg said:
I checked for the 3 aerials first, the guy did not look like plod, and to be honest, we kept reasonably within the speed limit anyway. I would not usually lower myself to such things but as he was driving 3" off my back bumper I had to show him British was best....
I did the same the other weekend in my 500 to an RS4 and an FQ evo
the evo was easy but the RS4 put up a good fight i only bottled it when it started to rain 
very scarey at double the national limit. Some time ago coming home from London on the motorway in my company barge following a saab he refused to move out of the fast lane untill i was showing 130mph then he moved and came in behind me and put on the blue flashing light in the grill 
i felt 
, so i slowed down and pulled over and he went past and carried on 
. Edited by tvrchim on Friday 13th October 16:43
i did the same
but they were actually racing... three up and then after id done them in the outside lane i pulled in and slowed down, they cruised past one of them in the back held up a high vis police jacket! ;oO
they just carried on - my face must have been so funny. wasent in my TVR by the way...
but they were actually racing... three up and then after id done them in the outside lane i pulled in and slowed down, they cruised past one of them in the back held up a high vis police jacket! ;oO
they just carried on - my face must have been so funny. wasent in my TVR by the way...
tim wragg said:
Don't know if it is just me, but my 450 just does not seem as fast as it was. I wonder if I am just getting used to it. Had a bit of fun with an BMW M5 last night and it took a bit of shaking off. Any ideas?
You will get used to it. But every now and again you will exit a roundabout or approach a slip road, accelerate, and then look in the mirror to see the car who was once up your exhaust pipe a hundred foot behind....
I had a DB9 keep up with me the other day, but then it was 30-60 and I left her in 3rd.
TimmyArt said:
Yep, You will struggle to shake off an M5
Actually no you won't if you have full power output from both banks. I've done M5s and I know they can't hold a candle to a well set up 450/500. There's something up. Either you have a problem on the induction side (fuel/air delivery) or the ignition phase is suffering from weak spark in one or more cylinders (sub-par HT lead, coil, plug leads, extenders, plugs). It could even be a partially blocked exhaust, but something is stopping your engine breathing correctly and giving you the power potential that will blow away lumbering beast like M5s.
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