You know how you blow yet another BM into the weeds and then you think - I wonder which engine size that was - so you have to slow down to let him pass, so you can check the model designation? 325Ci today. Sweet.

 

Even i can pass those!

 

so can I in the pug .......

 

Mate of mine came round me work place
with a M3 i was stunned by how fast it is
so if you meet 1 of them on the road you will deffo know what it is cos i think youll be behind it

 

I wouldn't run scared from an M3.... depends upon which scooby u have i guess tho....havent come across anything to beat my Sti yet...

 

Never happened to me yet...after all not all roads are straight...

 

M3's ha ha

 

I butchered a 330 on the backroads home from Southport yesterday - a real game of cat and mouse and bloody good fun but in every gear I had the edge and on every bend my car handled it with more poise and superiority...
Shame the scoobies brakes arent better tho - but eating BMW's (except M3's) is always a laugh

 

Could beat a M3 in my classic scoob when I had a few engine mods, but in the standard MY04 WRX I have, it can get quite embarrassing for me, so ill wait until my warrenty runs out then put some engine mods on.

 

Depends wot road your on M3's on a straight rd are quick put it in the twisties an the scoob's a world apart..

 

tell me your having a laugh.......half decent driver in one of the best handling RWD cars would keep close

 

your happy about beating a 325ci !!!!

 

Next your going to say...M3 is a killer of a car in the rain tooooo...

 

I think you might get a fright by some of them 330d sports,i've got one with 270bhp and 400lbs of torque,it leaves my mates 04 wrx no probs.....

 

No Livewire, when a car with 30 horsepower less than I have has a go and loses dismally, I'm really pi55ed off. Why would I be happy?

Apparently, it could have been a diesel with 270 brake - and I thought I only had to worry about M3s.

 

That sounds quite tasty. I didn't know they had that output as standard though?

 

I followed a BMW Alpina 330 csi the other day. It did pass my mind to push it a bit then I remembered I'm in the wifes 12v Corsa. What would these be like I would guess pretty rapid

 

Main problems with BMW's is that when you see one on the road other then the new M3...you have to ask yourself...is that is it really what the badge says....

I have had some where there driving like idiots on say the A406...come to lights, and they move off like a snail...

 

I think the point livewire was making is why was it 'sweet' to beat a 325? U have highlighted above that your car is more powerful, so if anything u should have been dissapointed when you saw the badge. Unless u get off on beating less powerful cars?? Presumably, if u somehow managed to beat an M3 (u wouldn't of course), u would stop and have a ****?

 

chris,mines not totally standard.A tuning box and k and n panel filter takes care of things....

 

Have had a few ding-dongs with the latest M3s on various motorways, in terms of out-and-out performance my STI7 with PPP can keep pace in a straight line although you need plenty of revs in the Scooby. Above 7000 rpm I think my STI7 just has the edge and pulls away. Had a particularly memorable drag race with one from about 70 mph to a pretty high speed and it was neck-and-neck for a while although I pulled a couple of car lengths on him before we both throttled off due to rather excessive speeds, but the point was made there's very little between M3 and Scooby STI/PPP in a straight line.
As we all know they definitely have more torque and they have effing rapid accelaration from anywhere in the rev range, if you don't plenty of revs in the STI they will leave you although once the turbo kicks in you reel them back in.
I have utterly annilhalated several M3s in the twisties, let's face it the Scoobies are a piece of **** in corners compared to M3s and most BM drivers won't have the confidence to try to keep pace as could result in expensive off-road excursion especially in wet.

 

LOL, that line still makes me chuckle after all this time

 

Twisties - PMSL!

Clueless

 

325Ci today. Sweet. [/QUOTE]


Please, thats like racing an XR3i.

 

Yadda yadda I'm faster than this and that..all to proove your ego is bigger than your ****!

Twisties FFS

The type of car and how well it goes round bends has nothing to do with it....the driver's willingness and how far they want to push their car to the limit and put other lives at risk is more applicable on a public highway.


Save it for the race track....if you can't afford it, then sell your scooby

 

only ever had 1 encounter with a bmw it was an m5 convertable both cars was pushing to max seemed nothing in it was right up his *** through geares probably could have passed him top end (governed 150 m5)if more road my 04 sti ppp

he did have roof down though (spose drag gave me an edge)

 

Didn't know they did an M5 convertable

 

Could'nt have put it better myself.

 

Just be warned, there are a few M3's now running Turbo's.

If you come against one, it's good night guy's, it would leave ya for dead !!

 

PIN777 - There is no M5 convertible, oh and if it had been an M5, bye bye !!