The 2006 E60 M5 is owned by a buddy at work. It's black with a red interior, SMG tranny, black 20" HRE multi-spokes (not sure the style), RPI long-tubes, RPI catless mid-pipe, RPI catback w/o mufflers, and RPI air boxes. It is LOUD. IMO it sounds like shit at low speeds, but when he is hammering on it, the sounds is glorious. It's as close to an F1 car as I have ever heard.
So we have been wanting to run for a while, and finally got the chance today as we left for lunch at the same time. There is a perfect, straight stretch 3 lanes wide just as you leave my work. There are no stop lights except one that starts the strip, and no traffic.
We line up at the light, and he asks to go from 10 mph as he will spin from a dig. We get moving, and I honk it off. I get the hit slightly, and put a little over half a car through 1st. Nail a perfect 7500 rpm shift into 2nd and pull another half car and stay there. I couldn't see him in my mirror or when I looked directly left so I assumed he was at my back bumper. Another perfect shift into 3rd then into 4th. I sound was incredible; we both wish we could have recorded it. I let off at around 120ish, or just before the shift into 5th. He flew by as I don't think he was expecting me to lift.
Once I caught up, he then asked for a 40 roll. I knew it would a short one as we were coming to the light that ends the stretch. We both got into 2nd and I honked it off again. I pulled 1.25-1.5 cars immediately and that held partially through 3rd, then we had to let off for the light.
After lunch, he stopped by my office and said on the first run he was inching up as I let off. I figured once I shifted into 5th he would walk away as he's just entering that car's sweet spot. He tried to explain how much heavier his car is, but I said mine has less power. Then he said the heat was causing issues for his high strung NA motor. I said I was in the same 85° heat. :lol1: I asked for his next excuse, he laughed, and said "Damn, I just lost, oh well." It was a fun run and I'm pretty happy with that result. :coolman:
So we have been wanting to run for a while, and finally got the chance today as we left for lunch at the same time. There is a perfect, straight stretch 3 lanes wide just as you leave my work. There are no stop lights except one that starts the strip, and no traffic.
We line up at the light, and he asks to go from 10 mph as he will spin from a dig. We get moving, and I honk it off. I get the hit slightly, and put a little over half a car through 1st. Nail a perfect 7500 rpm shift into 2nd and pull another half car and stay there. I couldn't see him in my mirror or when I looked directly left so I assumed he was at my back bumper. Another perfect shift into 3rd then into 4th. I sound was incredible; we both wish we could have recorded it. I let off at around 120ish, or just before the shift into 5th. He flew by as I don't think he was expecting me to lift.
Once I caught up, he then asked for a 40 roll. I knew it would a short one as we were coming to the light that ends the stretch. We both got into 2nd and I honked it off again. I pulled 1.25-1.5 cars immediately and that held partially through 3rd, then we had to let off for the light.
After lunch, he stopped by my office and said on the first run he was inching up as I let off. I figured once I shifted into 5th he would walk away as he's just entering that car's sweet spot. He tried to explain how much heavier his car is, but I said mine has less power. Then he said the heat was causing issues for his high strung NA motor. I said I was in the same 85° heat. :lol1: I asked for his next excuse, he laughed, and said "Damn, I just lost, oh well." It was a fun run and I'm pretty happy with that result. :coolman:
