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You have to be over 60 years old to drive a Mercedes. 65 is better really.[/QUOTE] Yabba, yabba. And I guess you have never been on a cruise either.🤣
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BMW, or ///M, like to hark on about how these cars are great for the track...yet they put a gearbox like that in it
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Look at the track conditions of C. Gebhardts lap in the F90 comp. Not optimal with some damp sections! Joerg with some preparation could/would do 7:25 with ideal conditions. Then with PSC2 he could even achieve low 7:20 thereby breaking AMG GT63s record for 4door saloons... since planning for such a record and blocking the ring for several time trials is a huge effort, I think ///M is holding back for the M8 GC to crash AMG GT63S time... |
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I knew I wanted a fast four door car for the past 3 years. You read tons of magazines, go to car gatherings, visit dealers (they will nod and tell you everything you want to here). But how do choose your new car (except moneywise): by facts? By heart? Both?? I went several times to the Ring - over 3 years. Saw the cars there. Spoke to guys from many countries. But what really REALLY convinced me was... the Ring Taxi: what car is it this year - M3 E90 (still a stunning 4 door). Next year the M5 F10. And the next year the M3 CP in stunning Alpine White. I asked why back to the M3? "This M3 drives in circles around the ol' M5!" I jumped in for a Pro round. Exhausted, He let me off the at the parking lot w a big smile on my face. I knew the M3 was the car to have - its not a small car either, I estimate its almost the size as an E60. I admit the F90C is very nice. But not as nimple. More expensive to maintain. A little faster w the right driver, but it must put up with 625 hp (maybe more, the initial test car at SA had 670) to do about the same as a 450 hp M3 CP on the track. So I'm in love - with the rear arches of my 2018 Maldives Blue M3. So much I wrapped the car with Llumar stone chip protection film - in 2 layers
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After driving 3 different 5 series over the last 8 years, I have recently downsized and wish I had done it sooner. To quote Colin Chapman - "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere"
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Here's the entire Sport Auto article, unfortunately the e-magazine no longer comes with a plain text version where I can copy and paste it to google translate, so for those who can read German, enjoy!
By the way can someone translate why on the HP and weight distribution page it's a different color M5? Did SA explain why? |
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Not really ... the text says, that some assistant driver, who was responsible for commuting the british racing green exemplar from Nordschleife to the dyno test facility totalled the car ... so it had to be replacec by the silver one. But sport auto did a test run later with the silver one at Nürburgring Nordschleife and it did almost the same lap time like the british racing green one from which the best time was recorded ...
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