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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 11:10 AM
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I was cruising home at lunch today to take the SB(sh!t break) and I saw this black bimmer right up my butt in the rear view. I was doing about 65 and I droped it into third and hit it...he followed suit and from 65 to 102 he was only about 2-3 car lengths from my bumper.

They are much quicker than I thought.
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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 11:14 AM
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was he right behind you in the same lane? If yes, he's drafting you.
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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 05:40 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by YoungS2K
[B]was he right behind you in the same lane?
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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 07:06 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by YoungS2K
[B]was he right behind you in the same lane?
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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 08:10 PM
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yo sev, when you did that 13.62 Gtech run, were you on stock everything? including wheels and tires?
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Old Jul 26, 2001 | 11:39 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Argetni
[B]I was cruising home at lunch today to take the SB(sh!t break) and I saw this black bimmer right up my butt in the rear view.
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Old Jul 27, 2001 | 07:54 AM
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Lookup some of my earlier post(s) re; 330ci, I left him with alot more than 2-3 car lenghts, was his modded? The 330ci's are fast but not that fast.
Yes, nut he raced from 60 to 100 he said, unless you are driving a viper, you won't put much more then 2-3 car lengths on most "faster" cars.
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Old Jul 27, 2001 | 07:56 AM
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Originally posted by integrate
yo sev, when you did that 13.62 Gtech run, were you on stock everything? including wheels and tires?
I have always been stock, i ran the 13.62 about the same time last year that i ran the 13.85 at the track. The difference is that i can get a better launch on the local street i use then at the track.
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Old Jul 27, 2001 | 01:56 PM
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Originally posted by Sev


I have always been stock, i ran the 13.62 about the same time last year that i ran the 13.85 at the track. The difference is that i can get a better launch on the local street i use then at the track.
dang, 13.62 is good as hell.
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Old Jul 27, 2001 | 02:32 PM
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330 BMW's are quick. I would also suspect that if you were racing 60-100 his far superior aerodynamics helped him considerably. Especially if he was close enough to your posterior to be drafting.
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