What's the fastest you ever drove your E?

piratelife · Nov 15, 2003

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie, to both BMW and the forum, I thought I would drop my 2 cents. I just bought a 03 325iw/sport. I have taken it to 125 and it is smooooooth. I bought the car to drive and I love the performance it offers. I almost bought a C230, but drove the 3 and fell in love. Guys, take your cars and run them a bit. They were made to run, so run em. Mr ellusive, if you need help, I am more than willing to jump in. I have read quite a few post here and it is easy to see that everyone loves their car. Best wishes and happy trails

Dinan55 · Nov 15, 2003

piratelife said:

Hello everyone,
Being a newbie, to both BMW and the forum, I thought I would drop my 2 cents. I just bought a 03 325iw/sport. I have taken it to 125 and it is smooooooth. I bought the car to drive and I love the performance it offers. I almost bought a C230, but drove the 3 and fell in love. Guys, take your cars and run them a bit. They were made to run, so run em. Mr ellusive, if you need help, I am more than willing to jump in. I have read quite a few post here and it is easy to see that everyone loves their car. Best wishes and happy trails

Brand new car at 125?? Don't know if that's too healthy for it.

Dinan55 · Nov 15, 2003

yogi799 said:

What are you talking about? I live in Northern VA and at 3am if you look down the road all you see is long streaks of red and white. There's so much traffic around here, I hate it. I don't even get to go the speed limit. However on the HOV theres my favorite straight, I've done about 125 on it and it feels like 70.

Bryan330i · Nov 15, 2003

Dinan55 said:

I think DC traffic is far worse than LA traffic. The beltway is hell all of the time IMO. At least in LA you can actualy move after 7-8PM. The problem is no space;where can you put more or larger roads? Take out some of Old Town Alexandria, yea I don't think people would be too happy about that. And where would you ever put a new bridge to cross from DC to NOVA?

yogi799 · Nov 15, 2003

Dinan55 said:

Well when I said EAST of CA, I didn't necessarily mean all the way to the east coast [:D]

I meant EAST of CA, which includes AZ, NM, OK, KS, TX and all that kind of stuff. There (at least in midwest) roads are so empty most of the day, you are only limited by your guts and your horsepwer [:D]

. I did my 127 at 3pm where I saw maybe 10 cars for an hour of driving. [rofl]

At night, like 3AM there is absolutely noone on the roads. Again, please exclude big city vicinites, I am talking about areas between cities, like interstates.

yogi799 · Nov 15, 2003

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BavarianWheels · Nov 16, 2003

1988 528e 5spd...

Speedo tops out at 140...Have pegged it twice on the 210 fwy here in So. Cal. Both times speeding with a ricer...

lancelot1959 · Nov 16, 2003

I hit 95 while driving on I-95, no pun intended, the car drives so smooth that it felt like I was doing only 55 MPH. I just happen to look down at the speedometer and saw my speed was 40MPH more than I thought. I was lucky that there were no cops around.
This is the only car I've ever owned that I drive with the stereo off so I can listen to the engine purr!!!!!!!! The Ultimate Driving Machine for sure!!!!!

///M SPEED · Nov 16, 2003

yogi799 said:

True, if he is going to try, make sure the road is wide open and free of traffic and police. It is always best to have a spotter if given the chance. Another thing, look out for debris in the roadway. It can be quite deadly. [eek]

Dinan55 · Nov 16, 2003

Bryan330i said:

I think DC traffic is far worse than LA traffic. The beltway is hell all of the time IMO. At least in LA you can actualy move after 7-8PM. The problem is no space;where can you put more or larger roads? Take out some of Old Town Alexandria, yea I don't think people would be too happy about that. And where would you ever put a new bridge to cross from DC to NOVA?

Funny.

Bryan330i · Nov 16, 2003

lancelot1959 said:

You have some nice roads in Florida but a whole lot of cops hiding out on them. I saw what must have been 20-30 cops sitting on the side of the road between Big Pine and key West. [paranoid]

And forget it in your part of the state, at least from what I see, cops are like reflectors on the highway there. but I have never seen one between Tampa and Orlando, but I have only driven that like 5-6 times. [driving]

ariper79 · Nov 16, 2003

Hit about 137, or right where the limiter stopped me anyway, I was watching the road and didn't even know I was approaching that speed yet! Guess that says something for the car. North on I-5 at about 3 a.m., just after the grapevine, so long and straight I could have held that speed for a while. I love BMW's!!!

yogi799 · Nov 16, 2003

ariper79 said:

Did you have a good radar detector? ..... or dad employed in the local police corps? One of the two, or you are one brave sone of the gun! [:D]

raiyu · Nov 17, 2003

I think around 135-137 with a trunk full of servers on the NJ Turnpike. It was like 5AM. [thumb]

Beemerworld · Nov 17, 2003

Love speed

For me driving fast is almost on a daily bases. I drive my IN 500 at speeds aproaching 200mph = 340kmh.

Use to have a 325i and that was capable of 155mp/h.

bmwrocks · Nov 17, 2003

Re: Love speed

beemerworld said:

I am assuming you mean on a track or an an autobahn with the 200mph thing.

If you are doing this on American highways I need you to stop by my house so I can punch you in the head to try and knock some sense into you.[fake] [?|]

codex57 · Nov 17, 2003

yogi799 said:

Right after the grapevine (at the bottom of the hill basically and right before the split btw the 5 and the other freeway), there's rarely ever cops. Don't think I've ever seen one actually. Once you get on the 5 though, that's when all the cops appear.

brahtw8 · Nov 17, 2003

Re: Love speed

beemerworld said:

1. 340 kmh is equal to over 210 mph. You need a lot more than 500 hp in a 4000 lb. M5 to do 210 mph. Drag is a serious problem at those speeds, and the M5 is a brick. Even with 800 hp. I think you would have a problem getting up to those speeds.

2. So not only did you have the world's fastest lightly modified 325i, you also now have the world's fastest M5?

Yet, you can't spell basis, convert mph to kph correctly or put together a complete and grammatically correct sentence?

Why don't you post that on www.m5board.com and see what they say.

Anybody smell something?

Kirby · Nov 17, 2003

Well, the car DOES exist and apparently CAN do 200 mph with 500hp.

http://www.m5-n500.de/en/index.htm

http://www.nowack-tuning.de/de/presse/bmwm5/bmwm5_bmwcar.htm

I'd love to see pictures of beemerworld's ride posted here.

Whaddya say, beemerworld?

brahtw8 · Nov 17, 2003

Kirby said:

Yes, I saw that site as well. If he does own one, I congratulate him on his good fortune and all that crap. I can't imagine one would be driving it so quickly on US highways, so it must be based in Germany, which may explain the English as a second language vibe I'm picking up [;)]

And now that I am thinking about it, 155 mph INDICATED is possible in an E36 325i, but I would expect that the actual speed of the car did not exceed 150 mph, and was probably more like 146-148, just based on speedometer error.

So maybe Bimmer(sic)world is a straight-up guy; who really knows these days.

What's the fastest you ever drove your E?

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