Why German Engineering is ahead of Italian...

Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:45 am

Naughty!!!

280km/h is 174 mph!

Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:19 am

Very cool, though kind of like the chase footage you sometimes see in hollywood films where the car seems to have a 25 speed gearbox

Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:33 am

Yeah, and the steering needs constant correction - when going in a dead straight line!

Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:38 am

people always think ferraris are the nuts but in reality they are not actually that fast. ok they have a good top speed but put one on a 1/4 mile run and see how embarrassed the driver is when he just breaks in to the 14's

Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:45 pm

Seen this before, can't beat german engineering

Quality Vid..

Pal

Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:49 pm

That video is my mates e36 m3. He's from da motorsport. That video is about 3-4 years old. He had a supercharger back then. Power was about 400+hp. Now he has over 1000hp ( now turbo ). Check out his site. da-motorsport.com

Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:46 pm

DRIFTBOY wrote:Naughty!!!

280km/h is 174 mph!

but it was done by trained professional drivers, eh

Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:48 pm

FBF wrote:people always think ferraris are the nuts but in reality they are not actually that fast. ok they have a good top speed but put one on a 1/4 mile run and see how embarrassed the driver is when he just breaks in to the 14's

ITs not built for that

Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:04 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:
FBF wrote:people always think ferraris are the nuts but in reality they are not actually that fast. ok they have a good top speed but put one on a 1/4 mile run and see how embarrassed the driver is when he just breaks in to the 14's
ITs not built for that

true, a ferrari is more a GT car than a straightline 1/4 mile car.

in the real world, a ferrari would be plenty quick point to point

Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:45 pm

funny really as I have seen this video before claiming the car HAS 1000PS (in words T H O U S E N D) and thought that should just destroy the Ferrari and leave two black fat stripes on the floor. With 1000 PS......

Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:55 pm

Uwe... it had 415hp then... NOW it's got 1000hp... see post a few above.

(and it's t h o u s A n d )

Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:12 pm

ahhhhhhhhhhh german engineering, cant beat it!

Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:47 pm

Geeman wrote:Uwe... it had 415hp then... NOW it's got 1000hp... see post a few above.

(and it's t h o u s A n d )

I can read. Read my post again. This video was claiming 1000bhp when shown a year or two back.
I would like to hear some reports on how this car drives with 30psi 365 days a year (and normal maintenance required only..)
I have test driven a Subaru with "only" 300bhp and that was aweful. All power, or nothing.