Just ran an M5 and...

[dannystang]

Well I guess I teased the guy enough he either thought I was following him or was out of my mind...

He finally guns it at 65ish (nice new blue m5 with dealer paper tag) btw we are in Miami (if your out there m5 guy)

Got to say I was not impressed, Ive had turboed out dodge neons pull harder.

He jumped the gun maybe 2 seconds before me, caught up a little but once i was at the end of 4th he was 7-8 car lengths away (I was 3-4 when he gunned it) at the end of 5th i was pulling on him again but maybe he was letting go...

Nice to see 4 exhausts cough up black smoke though those shifts look deadly like he was powershifting (I know its an auto)

All in all I think the old z06 is faster, they pull away much harder on top end...

Or maybe the new m5 is geared to pick up faster in the low rather then high.

Anyhow nice car...

Now I have to apply a blower and rematch...

Too bad when i went fender to fender to give him the thumbs up he totally had a D*ck up his arse and blew me off like I wasnt there.

Now I have to taunt him daily!

Or poop on his car.

[dannystang]

Oh the above post is part of a role playing game I am doing for a new video game and the above events never really happen as I am insane and my sister is a unicorn and I am a flying butterfly named peanut butter.

[Kadonny]

Well, if it was real Danny

The M5s are not automatic, they are the SMG transmission. Thats why it looked like a powershift. The trans shifts in a nanosecond. The fully manual trans is not out in the states yet.

Good run, if it was real. Did you see any cows flying overhead?

[VDiddy]

Did this fictitious event occur on that newly-paved frozen road in hell? That would certainly explain Satan in the bimmer.

[DrivingAmericanNow]

OK Peanut Butter.

I suppose it's possible that this hypothetical M5 wasn't in "M" mode. As the guy from TopGear explained, the car isn't all that impressive unless you press the M button.

[dannystang]

Originally Posted by DrivingAmericanNow

OK Peanut Butter.

I suppose it's possible that this hypothetical M5 wasn't in "M" mode. As the guy from TopGear explained, the car isn't all that impressive unless you press the M button.

Hypothetically he would be alot slower then me had he not pressed the M button as I can walk an older m5 pretty well...

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[Seattle CTS-V]

Originally Posted by DrivingAmericanNow

OK Peanut Butter.

I suppose it's possible that this hypothetical M5 wasn't in "M" mode. As the guy from TopGear explained, the car isn't all that impressive unless you press the M button.

...but I seriously doubt ANYONE who buys an M5 would even think of leaving their garage before they pressed the "M" mode button. It's kinda like alot of us and our TC-off buttons.

[globed70]

Not sure whether you are mod-ed at all, but 500hp is 500hp pusing 4000lbs. Some obvious challenges in a new M5:

1. Steep learning curve of how all the modes work
2. Steep learning curve of how SMG works
3. Draconian break-in rules up to 3100 miles
4. High-end power means you must stay in there until near 8k revs

Facts are facts, and from a roll, modern engineering to modern engineering, 500 hp pushing just a bit more weight than 400hp will be faster. Now if the M5 driver could only get around all those dozens of switches, modes, and crap.


I had the previous generation M5, and I'm not convinced there is much difference in performance with the CTS-V. The V is sure more fun to drive, and the M5 is definitely the happier to the two for super-high speed cruising, but I don't think the V is much faster. Don't forget, knowing how to drive and go to redline in each gear is not a given for all owners.

[verbs]

Originally Posted by globed70

Not sure whether you are mod-ed at all, but 500hp is 500hp pusing 4000lbs.

I guarantee that he either:


A. Wasn't trying 100%
B. Didn't know how to drive
C. Had the car out of M mode which only has that car making 400hp instead of 500.

Either way the CTS-V should have gotten walked, HARD.

[M5eatr]

I don't know about that. From a roll, the V is very quick. Numerous times me and my brother with his 03 srt10 Viper have run. He pulls on me but not too bad.....not like Bigshowjim's run in with that Ford. My brother is "trying."

The new M5 has 400 ftlbs of torque, even when you hit the M button (my friend's Laser also had one of those button's also by the way). The post says he was beat, but not like he expected. Now if the M5 had 500/500 ala the Viper or 460/500 like the AMG 55, it would be a different story.

[roadracerx72]

Originally Posted by dannystang

Oh the above post is part of a role playing game I am doing for a new video game and the above events never really happen as I am insane and my sister is a unicorn and I am a flying butterfly named peanut butter.

That is the best disclaimer yet! If you don't mind I may have to borrow a version of that later.

[verbs]

Originally Posted by M5eatr

I don't know about that. From a roll, the V is very quick.

108mph trap speed vs. 120mph trap speed.

Nuff said.

[GNSCOTT]

I think the M5 is only at 400HP if it is not in M mode and who knows what the torque is seeing how the V has more torque than the M5 even when it is in M mode. The M5 is supposed to run a 12.5@115 and weighs 4050lbs. That isn't all that much over a V.

[Devil_concours]

he did say that m5 pulled about 7-8 cars at the end of 4th.
M5, however pulls on the 360 modena, 911 turbo from a roll (no lies, video available)

[GNSCOTT]

Originally Posted by Devil_concours

he did say that m5 pulled about 7-8 cars at the end of 4th.
M5, however pulls on the 360 modena, 911 turbo from a roll (no lies, video available)

That is a GREAT pic.