Killed an M3
Originally posted by BEZMan
Hi all,
I am new here and read some M3/350Z races on this forum with great interest (I come from roadfly)... Indeed, I had the chance to "race" an 350Z today.
Me: I have a 2003 Carbon Black E46 M3 (1700 miles, so still under slight break-in), SMGII.
I was on the ramp to I85 (Sf bay area) with my fiancee, we I saw that sliver 350Z in the rear mirror, about 200 feet begind. Ok I said... nice car!
So I work my way to the HOV lane on the I85, when I see on my right the 350Z zipping thru traffic, and obviously looking for something. He goes in front of me on the HOV lane, and since he was already accelerating, he was probably going 70, whereas I was going 60....... at that time he was already 4 cars lenght in front of me.
The chase was on. To summarize (the race anly lasted 10-15 sec, enough for my fiancee to almost faint !!!), I slowly pulled on him until I stabilized behind him at 2 cars length (did not want to tailgate him to close) for the last 5 sec of the race, and we reached 120 mph, when he made a quite dangerous move to take the next exit..... the guy did not even look at me
So, if you keep in mind that I was in S4 mode (SMG II), and that I was shifting at 6.5k max (still breaking-in sort of), and that we were two people in the car (especially my gf screaming !!!) and he was alone, I WOULD SAY THAT AN M3 is FASTER.
NOW, do not get me wrong. I do respect the 350Z, and it's a real steal for its price. I even like the style a lot... I also found it to be quite fast I must say.
Only, in S6 mode, alone and up to 8k I really think an M3 should win most of the time.... nevertheless, I was impressed by that cute silver Nissan that I encountered today.
Cheers.
BEZMan.
Hi all,
I am new here and read some M3/350Z races on this forum with great interest (I come from roadfly)... Indeed, I had the chance to "race" an 350Z today.
Me: I have a 2003 Carbon Black E46 M3 (1700 miles, so still under slight break-in), SMGII.
I was on the ramp to I85 (Sf bay area) with my fiancee, we I saw that sliver 350Z in the rear mirror, about 200 feet begind. Ok I said... nice car!
So I work my way to the HOV lane on the I85, when I see on my right the 350Z zipping thru traffic, and obviously looking for something. He goes in front of me on the HOV lane, and since he was already accelerating, he was probably going 70, whereas I was going 60....... at that time he was already 4 cars lenght in front of me.
The chase was on. To summarize (the race anly lasted 10-15 sec, enough for my fiancee to almost faint !!!), I slowly pulled on him until I stabilized behind him at 2 cars length (did not want to tailgate him to close) for the last 5 sec of the race, and we reached 120 mph, when he made a quite dangerous move to take the next exit..... the guy did not even look at me
So, if you keep in mind that I was in S4 mode (SMG II), and that I was shifting at 6.5k max (still breaking-in sort of), and that we were two people in the car (especially my gf screaming !!!) and he was alone, I WOULD SAY THAT AN M3 is FASTER.
NOW, do not get me wrong. I do respect the 350Z, and it's a real steal for its price. I even like the style a lot... I also found it to be quite fast I must say.
Only, in S6 mode, alone and up to 8k I really think an M3 should win most of the time.... nevertheless, I was impressed by that cute silver Nissan that I encountered today.
Cheers.
BEZMan.
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lol Rod.
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
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Originally posted by slay2k
lol Rod.
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
lol Rod.
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
I'll pass the word to my fellows bimmer, and thumbs up for you guys.Have fun and let's all kick some riced-up Civic's butts
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Originally posted by slay2k
lol Rod.
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
lol Rod.
And yeah Bez, much respect to people like yourself who appreciate and accept the existence of other nice cars, such as the Z. I have the same reciprocity for Bimmers.
BTW, we all know the E46 M3 is faster
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