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E60 M5 Vs. Speed Limit
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'19 E63S, ‘16 CLS63 RIP, '09 E63 Gone, '06 M5 Gone, '97 Supra TT Gone
E60 M5 Vs. Speed Limit
Basically I killed Rt. 95 this past Saturday. Leaving NYC at 3AM with a belly full of escargot goodness and my best friend in tow, we decided to see how real BMW's top speed limiter was on the good ol' turnpike. I thrashed out of the Lincoln Tunnel at a good 70mph, took the roundabout like a madman in the far left lane, 2 inches of clearance on each side and holding the revs at 7,500. We fired through the EZPass lane onto 95 and were off to the races.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
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Basically I killed Rt. 95 this past Saturday. Leaving NYC at 3AM with a belly full of escargot goodness and my best friend in tow, we decided to see how real BMW's top speed limiter was on the good ol' turnpike. I thrashed out of the Lincoln Tunnel at a good 70mph, took the roundabout like a madman in the far left lane, 2 inches of clearance on each side and holding the revs at 7,500. We fired through the EZPass lane onto 95 and were off to the races.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
man....this car belongs an the autobahn. It loves 3 digits!
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Your worst nightmare...
Basically I killed Rt. 95 this past Saturday. Leaving NYC at 3AM with a belly full of escargot goodness and my best friend in tow, we decided to see how real BMW's top speed limiter was on the good ol' turnpike. I thrashed out of the Lincoln Tunnel at a good 70mph, took the roundabout like a madman in the far left lane, 2 inches of clearance on each side and holding the revs at 7,500. We fired through the EZPass lane onto 95 and were off to the races.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
There's a stretch of highway for a good 2 miles there that's completely straight and at that time of night it was totally devoid of any traffic, a perfect time to get on it. 4th gear, 5th, 6th.........164mph and we hit a magical barrier. The car MOVES above 100mph and at our rate of acceleration and the apparent lack of any wind noise or turbulence, total absence of instability and the fact that we had another gear to go are all telling of one thing.
This car will do 200.
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'19 E63S, ‘16 CLS63 RIP, '09 E63 Gone, '06 M5 Gone, '97 Supra TT Gone
Though you're gonna whip my a$$, I can def. do it next weekend. Maybe even this weekend if the weather's nice. PM me and let's exchange numbers and try to put something down concrete.
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Your worst nightmare...
Saturday the 23rd sounds just about good for me, hopefully the weather will hold and we will have some good runs. I will send a PM with my info, don't worry about wipping, you will probably come up top, it's just for fun anyways, lol!
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