I had a chance to run with an E36 M3. He had 2 other passengers with him and I had my wife with me. 1st run was in 1st gear around 20 mph, we took off and i put around 3 cars up to 80 mph. 2nd run was 2nd gear 50 mph, when i hit 4 th gear, I could see him in my rear view mirror. He had an exhaust (i dunno if he had anything else). My car makes 205hp peak and has a pretty good midrange power.

 

US e36 are slow..

 

sounds right