Played with an E36 M3 Friday night. We were stuck in some traffic over the Trinity River and I caught him eyeing my car. So we rolled down the windows and I said, nice car! It was nice, very clean (white), dropped, rims, and of course I could not see anything under hood. He said, Hey! How much HP does that have? So I said 287. He said, My friend says that can outrun this! 287 HP I don't think so!

So I said, I don't know, man! So I rolled my window up and gave him a rev. Finally the traffic let up and we got into the clearing. No cars so we sped up. We got into some traffic and he drove like a maniac through it while I slowed to be safe. Eventually, the traffic subsided as we neared the 114/183 exit. We drove alonside each other at about 70 or so (fourth gear at 4K) maybe it was faster I don't know. We both hit it and I pulled him. We did this a few times. He gave me a number one sign which I guess means good run. He took off down 114 and I continued north with a big smile on my face. I wonder what he will tell his friend.

 

Good Kill! Those M3's are supposed to give S2000 owners a run for their money on the highway! I only came to learn lately that they have no overdrive gear in their 5 speed transmission. 5th gear is a 1:1 ratio

 

no overdrive..
man thats pretty kool, but i like an overdrive gear so i can get better gas mileage

 

o yeah the other day a guy in a riced out Honda Accord wanted to play with my 350Z. So he rolled down his window at a light in pines blvd. He asked hey man are you running anything under that hood. I told him nope its my brand new stock Z. He says nice car man. I ask him if he had anything. He said all he had was intake, exhaust (sounds like a fart), and he told me his car had well over 300 hp...i was like yeah rite buddy with jus intake and exhaust on a 2000 accord. He obviously had to have something more under that hood of his. So i gave him the thumbs up. On green we took off. It was a joke. I gave him a 1 sec head start, then i go...i take him on 3rd, and whoosh..i had him by 4-5 car lengths goin about 105. The guys like wow man you have to have something under that hood, cuz a 287 hp car against my 320 hp accord. thats impossible...i was like sure buddy..Z yA L8er..o yea he also mentioned that he had raced a 2001 saleen mustang (stock) and beat it. Obviously this guy with the accord with the shopping cart spoiler was all BS. Can't wait to shut up more of these ricers