was that 2.7t a 6spd? a world of diff between a6 auto and 6spd. if so it could be true. my friend has a 2001 540i auto and i beat him by about 1 1/2 lenght til 100. autos cant take advatange of quattro as much as manual.
Are you in so cal? care to join us on wed at lacr and run me? of course on friendly terms. reality is i have yet to run slower than a G and would like to be proven wrong. G's should be faster than my car on paper but still haven't lost. I would like to be proved wrong~ it'd be fun =)

 

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the m5 and 540w/sport package dont look similar at all....

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This USED to be true, but in 2003, 540i's got a M5-like body kit


www.cardomain.com/id/tnmeans

of course, most ppl can still tell the difference

 

Like I said in my intial post, we were rolling from 65 to 135. No quarter mile times and not a 0-60 run. Even with 5 people in his car, he would have pulled away on a short run. I think that by shifting better than him and maybe someone in his car starting to complain about the speed, he backed off. I was not going to go faster than 125 but then I looked down and I was going 135. Way faster than I wanted to. I have not seen the tests but our car does well on a roll compared to some others that have a peakie power curve.
Peace.

 

My previous car was a 2000 M5. If I had 5 people in the car and 5 bags of sand in the trunk, the car would still KILL the G35. The M5 is an incredibly fast machine. The only car that ever gave the M5 a challenge was a Corvette Z06. We were dead even till about 220kms/hr then he pulled a nose ahead before we ran out of road. It was a good race !

 

"Bro you have an auto" - BFD!!
You know nothing about my car. I also have pulleys,exhaust,cai...My car didn't just come off the showroom floor. Don't assume anything.

My intention for the post was not to question your f^cking car but to suggest that you post BS on the audi forum or on the "other cars" section of this forum.

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Regular corvette (C5) should give M5 hard time too. Z06 does under 13 second 1/4mile.


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04 Maxima

 

where have i posted BS? show me please. and dood calm down dont get an ulcer~ oh and u DO have an auto.

 

"dood" - yes I have an auto. But no that doesn't make it slow. It's Not stock. ulcer? - lol

 

hahaha. well i was under the impression that u were stock. of course my comparisons are stock vs stock. wish u were here so socal so we could play at the track but oh well. have fun with ure G.

 

Dumb. Quiznos is the best. I mean who can beat their awesome commercials with those mutated rats...mmm.

 

I actually prefer the greasy KFC rodents (they all taste like chicken, don't they?). They hands-down beat an M5, C3PO, or H20 any day. And the serving bucket can also help after the meal when one starts to get queasy from staring at the hind quarters of Mr. Bangle's finest Bavarian designs.

RainMeister
'04 G35C 6MT, diamond graphite, premium, nav, aero

 

You know that KFC in Vietnam started serving fish instead of chicken because of the avian influenza. I guess the acronym still works.

Maybe if we put the Colonel's secret spices into the G35 gas tank and use the old frying oil in the motor, we'll get the performance that anyone would crave no matter who's driving...Jesus included!

 

"we were neck and neck".......then the M5 shifted to 2nd......
and goodbye......

"Remember.....If you drink,don't park....accidents cause people!"

 

That post saying that the M5 has "only" 114 hp more and weighs 522 lbs more really cracked me up.

If you want to base this on specs, then why does a 330Ci post the same numbers as our cars do according to every automobile magazine out there? That car has only 225hp and weighs about the same. If you race one though, it would be dead even.

What i'm trying to say is that if the 330ci can match our cars performance, then you better believe an M5 will kick the hell out of your car. Its hilarious when people try to act like they beat cars that they cant. Especially when the circumstances aren't close to equal in terms of passanger load and other variables. Funny stuff.

 

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If you want to base this on specs, then why does a 330Ci post the same numbers as our cars do according to every automobile magazine out there? That car has only 225hp and weighs about the same. If you race one though, it would be dead even.


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I don't mean to quibble but that's not entirely correct.

First, the 330Ci weighs exactly 100 lbs less than the G, so the power-to-weight ratios are close, but the G's ratio comes out slightly on top. Because they're so close, the numbers are dead even if you ONLY look at 0-60 times.

But as you'd expect from the numbers, the G's higher horsepower and midrange/ upper-end torque will give it a very slightly faster quarter-mile than the 330Ci (depending on the driver), and DEFINITELY a faster 0 -100mph.

If the G keeps racing the 330Ci beyond 100mph or say, up to the limiter, the G will easily start pulling ahead of the BMW.

Most of the magazines that ever did shootoffs between these cars didn't go to high speeds -- except Automobile, in the November 2002 issue -- where they found the G35 beat the 330Ci in the 0-100mph run.
...but like you said, they were dead even in the 0-60.

No disrespect to the 330Ci (or to your post, which I more or less agree with!), but I just thought I'd set the record straight on that one minor point.

The specs will in fact paint a pretty reliable picture of what should happen -- assuming that you're considering all the relevant specs, and that they're accurate! ;-)




2004 G35C 6MT + Nav, Silverstone