tee_tz

That's anybody's race. The better drive will win. If the C350 is a stick shift and yours, as you said is an automatic, he should beat you on acceleration (again, if he's a decent driver -- which most stick shift people are). If his is a automatic, it'll depend.

But on a rolling start, the C350 should walk away - much more horsepower (230HP to 268HP).


Tee_Tz.

ChicagoX

Really?

Your assertion is that simply beacause someone owns a stickshift car, they are proficient in driving it?

Ooooooooooooooookay.

e1000

uh oh - i feel like i'm going to get pulled into this thread...............

AndrewAZ

Sorry... I just need to make sure my car is not a freak and that my buddies 540i was broken.

MidniteBluBenz

ya, a C350 is as fast as any 540i, so I wouldn't hold your breath about beating him either.

Iron Sheik

Ummmmm C350's trap around 98 or 99 mph, right??
An E90 328i traps around 95 or 96 mph??
From a rolling start, all you'll see is the C350 slowly walking away if the numbers above are right!!

Iron Sheik

AndrewAZ

Well I met up with Eric this afternoon. We did 3 runs in the 328i vs 350.. The first run we did was about a 10mph rolling start we both hit the gas at about the same time and at most I would say the C350 pulled 3-4 feet up until about 70. The second run again a rolling start he pulled a bit further and put me behind his bumper but I neglected to shift down the 1st gear and left it in 2nd and punched it.. From a dig till about 70 ish he pulled about 3-4 feet. In all the races if we kept going for longer no doubt the C350 would start to pull away faster and faster. Having raced him in the E350 vs C350 I would say the E350 is about dead even with the 328i.

AndrewAZ

I never beat a 540i in the first place I was side by side with him....