AWOL

Wanted to get some runs in against a 6 speed 2008 M5 before the snow starts flying.

Heres the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQqUACAe_Rw

His car sounds pretty damn hot.

But my car is for sale if any of you guys feel like mopping up m5's all day.

badblackbenz550

M5 This =D

BenzoBoi

grimm

As a previous owner of an e60 M5, I must say...

V12Godspeed

Nice can of whoop A$$,,,

pearlpower

Mods on your car? Nice runs.

tbal

Why? Looks about right to me. I had a
M6 before the e55 and my bro handed me
My *** every race in his cls55.

ssonss1

tbals M6 vs my CLS..both stock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDdVlAg8CgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plo6f...eature=related


op, your cars a beast! what's replacing the E?

jbaker1121

wish it was an 06 with less miles....then I would love to buy your mop haha

mikey33

You guys runnin on a one lane two way road lol ?

Das Geld 2

LOL just reading those comments from Youtube by TZRINI makes my blood boil.

The only reason people always say "OH BMW M5 Pulls up top blah blah" Its the Gearing Blah Blah..NO..It's the Heat-Soak E55 Blah Blah.. NO

It's that it has 40 more HP than an E55 that's why it starts catching up as the E55 has the Torque to get it there sooner. Once they both have 507 hp ,bye bye M

118E63

The 469hp rating from MB is bunk;E55's are under rated&500hp is the number..so the M&the E55 both have the same HP unless Im missing your point?

Vic55

Dont forget its a 6 speed- clearly deficient in comparo to an SMG.


And yes our 469 (yes I owned an E55 new 6 years ago) is factory underrated to keep the egos of the S, CL, and SL55 owners intact.

badblackbenz550

ROFL nice one

skratch77

the m5 gearing is way better than ours,once we hit 4th gear we loose steam fast.

our cars are monsters in 1-3 though and that is where most kills happen so Im happy with that,but if you start the race at 100mph good luck trying to beat an M6

chawkins2001

nice *** whipping. next time, race from a dig or slow 20mph, and the abuse will even be worse

M-bENZ

damn I didnt know E55 can rape the M5 that bad...im thinking to upgrade to M5 next year...might have to think about that again lol. What if the E55 stock vs M5 stock ? what is outcome on that ?

Andy

dr_brains510

I found this a while back:

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...omparison.html

M-bENZ

this is it.


Test Data M5 E55

1/4 mile, sec @ mph 12.6 @ 115 (est) 12.4 @ 116.2

I dont trust that number really...anything can happen on the road.

Andy

dr_brains510

True, anything CAN happen on the road. I'm sure these were two professional drivers that got those numbers. I think those are pretty accurate for stock numbers (atleast for the E55) given the numbers I'VE seen on this website and from friends with stock E55s. I'm sure others have done way better or way worse.

Das Geld 2

And whats to say the M5 is underrated too and the 40hp difference still holds. Than clearly its the 40HP pulling up top and not the gearing. In both of these videos posted they look like they hit 150 each. I don't see the M5 once gaining. Compared to what do the E55's lose steam in 4th, maybe its just a perception. Just a thought.

skratch77

That race was 2nd and 3rd gear in the e55 our 3rd will do 130 and he shut down prolly right as it shifted to 4th.

I think I know what our cars are like bro,Im not hating,Im stating proven facts,the gearing is way better in an smg Mcar.

Now if we had the close ratio e63 box in the e55 it would kill anything on the road.

edit-you know what youre right are 2.65 final drive is perfect,thats why AMG decided to go close ratio 7 speed in the new cars ?Nope its not a perception bud,have 4th gear do 180mph is way to long and kills its acceleration.

Das Geld 2

Interesting the E Class and S Class are both 5 Speed.

But in TipTronic the gears 1/2/3/4/D

So where's the 5th gear?

ssonss1

Need to go into M mode on the tranny. I believe only the AMGs have this option

vw_mkv

i was between a E55, E63 or M5. I test droved all of them and find that the E55 and E63 had lots of power down low and it was a fun straight line car. Once I wanted to take some corners, it drove like a Crown Vic. Also, didnt like the slow transmission of the E55. The E63 had the best tranny out of the 3 cars. In the end, I went and got a M5 because of the overall package. The V10 sounds great, car handles great. Not the fastest straight line, but enough to scare most other cars away. Also, the black alcantara headlinder and full leather interior had me suckered in.


I did a pull with a friend last week and my M5 pulled away from a 30mph roll. We only managed to get one run in because his car was heat soaked after the first run even in this cold weather.