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Originally posted by island911
Thanks for the info Jim. Though in my book, an M3 is an M3. Yes I know, it over simplifies.
The thing is BMW, M-what-ever, is as inspiring to me as the PerrerVaggen with tons of HP.
I can certainly believe Kurts beating an M3. Big HP or not; the difference in drivers can easily make up the difference. The post calling him a "full of it" are way out of line. So when you have drag race dedicated M3's doing only 14.5, I can't help but smile.
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Ummm...I think I'm qualified to post here - mostly because *I* was the one who went out to the track with Thom yesterday and ran the 14.5.
1. "Drag race dedicated"?? Hardly. It's a 100% stock '98 E36 M3 daily driver with only a K&N filter.
2. I'd never drag raced before. My reaction time was about 1.2 seconds 2 out of 3 runs. I suck.
3. I don't have $50,000+ invested in my my BMW, unlike Thom's 911. I have about half that. If I did, I could *probably* shave a second off of my 1/4 mile time, you think? Or I could buy another M3 and have a spare. Whatever. But it's not a drag racer. I only went out there as a data point exercise.
4. My car didn't have smoke billowing off of the engine.
5. My car has a usable rear seat, AC, Cruise, ABS, etc, etc. Thom's car is a street-legal track car, esentially.
It's apples and oranges here, folks. Don't get me wrong, I respect 911s, I would even go so far as to say I like them. But come on...comparing Thom's 911 to my M3 is idiotic at best.