Re:Numbers is numbers

[Kjell Arild Sandvik <sandvik@nwo.dec.com>]

PDQSHIP@aol.com said:

>Hmmmmm.....   THE absolute BEST published time for a stock BMW 5spd 325i (and
>the number was suspect, cuz with the 189hp rating the numbers didn't add up)
>coupe is 6.7 seconds, average is 7.2....  Lots of cars on this net or the
>road could take that....  Especially if you look at the gearing of the
>bimmer, even the best of drivers would be hard pressed to beat some of the
>lowly audis.....  The A4 with a 5spd is certainly right at the 7.0 mark, I've
>knocked off 7 second times with torque braking a v8, and coming out of a
>turn, which was the post, a v8 "on cam" can bury just about anything in
>second gear.   0-60 The S4 is 6.0, the 200tq 20v is 6.2....  All in stock
>trim.....  The 5ktq's of stageII fame can bang 6.5 seconds all day long, and
>urq's are 7 second cars even stock....... 

Well, no stock S4/S6 can do 0-60 in sixo! According to my instruction manual for the 
S4 Avant (Wagon) the number from 0-100 Km/h (62 mph) is 7,1 secs both with 5 and 6 
speed box. With automatic (yuck) the number is 8,6 secs. I have clocked mine to 
around sixo, but it has a bit more goodies than stock. Like some 50 horses more.

Anyway, I don't think 325's are a very hard match for a stock S4, given similar 
skilled drivers. Not because the S4 is (much) faster, but because it handles better. 

I have even smoked a M3 with mine. Well, "smoked" was maybe a bit to strong 
expression, but he had to make way for me on the German Autobahn when his 250 km/h 
speed limiter "stopped" him. When I passed he looked everything but pleased, having 
a nasty look on his face as he stared right ahead while whipping his bimmer. I put 
the needle to the bottom of the meter (280 km/h), before I had to slow down a bit 
due to some slower traffic ahead. I could have taken it further. I can imagine what 
the M3 guy felt as he was passed by an Audi Wagon doing more than 250 Km/h :-)
Would have been nice to know how many real km/h's that was, as I strongly doubt the 
car is capable of more than 280 real ones. 

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