Question for all NY, VT, NJ, MA, etc people...

Sorry, You guys are just too slow for this Crowd!!!!

 

Not sure I'd put that down in writing. Reminds me of that story about the "Real" running of the bulls in NV. They had a spotter plane/helicopter. They were asked to not do it again or they'd be arrested.

 

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why would you plan on putting the most extreme cars on a run with old 328s at the limit? isn't that a tad bit dangerous?

 

Nice edit, apparently you've not met my grandmother!

 

not trying to trash on bmw's or anything but on my share of runs i'ev seen people get a little to gidy with their cars. Including the spin out of an awd talon into a ferrari, and a corvette coupe going ff roading over a cliff and bending the frame on the car. Although both drivers walked away unscrathed thats not the point. When you take a bunch of equally equipt cars its pretty safe to say that you'll be able to do what the guy in front of you does, but taking a 1993 328i (again not singling out BMW's) trying to follow an f-40 or challange stardale through a turn, bad things could result. I am not worried about the handling of a new m3 or z8 but i dont see any of those in the picture. Again nothing against bmw's the 308 isn't the race car it used to be either, but you also dont see many 17-19 year old drivers piloting them. Good luck with the run, I am sure someone on here might head out, post pictures afterwards.

-Rob

 

Besides, can you really see this driving with a Ferrari?
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Sweet ride. I hear Ferretti's comments though, because no matter how sweet this bimmer is (and its pretty sweet), you probably couldn't turn, brake or accelerate the way a new Fcar can.

We've seen some pretty close calls on some of the runs and if the cars weren't great performers, there mighta been trouble.

 

He said drive, not track day.

I have a super easy way to deal with aggressive M3 drivers (owning 1 helped me realize this):

If driving the Ferrari, hit the Laser Shot and drive 55mph

If driving the Lamborghini, hit the Laser Shot and punch it.

I'd be in but I'm in CA.

 

When it comes down to it, my cars have very little (if any) game against a new M3 or any M5, but if we're talking older 3 or 5 series there is a big difference.

 

There were 2 close calls on the poker run that i saw....first the M3 and the Maserati 90th aniversary spider almost ran right into each other in the center lane and then last the Mustang swerved around a car at 120 mph and started to slide, almost lost it, then barely gained control. If its just a cruise with no dangerous high speed stuff Im sure some Fcar owners would love to join you guys. Try posting this in the New England Region since there are a lot of members there probably closer to where you have this cruise.

 

Let me start by saying this - I took my 545 on the bimmerforums run through NJ back roads 2 weeks ago. Had a good time and met some cool ppl. This run sounds like its pretty far for me, otherwise I'd probably be down.

However, I do agree that the variance of performance between the different cars might be too wide. I'm sure everyone will drive responsibly, but on mountain roads, there'll be times when a faster car gets stuck behind a slower car due to single lane roads, oncoming traffic, etc. It happened on the run 2 weeks ago and that was almost all bimmers. Throwing a few Fcars or exotics into the mix may get a bit too chaotic.

 

My car is the least capable one in this group, yet I cannot recall a single close call Ive had with you guys. Not that Im ever at the upper limits, but on the back twisties, have I ever made you guys nervous? Be honest... have I?

 

I remember a few close calls but nothing major ever happened. Also since we pretty much know everyone on the runs we show each other a bit more curtosey on the roads and look out for one another.

 

If the runs are around NYC then I wouldn't have a problem on a free day.Ofcourse I would like to bring my M5 if that was alright.

P.S. Why would you store a bimmer? Even on the M5board people always talked about storing their car for the winter? Does anybody just drive it during winter?

 

i hvae a 900 hp vette i drive in the winter, i also plowed through 2-3 inches of snow in the lambo before. I would never put a car away for months if the roads are clear. There is always soap and water all year round

 

it wouldn't be pretty if a bmw hit a ferrari. I've been to some bmw drives and sometimes they get a little crazy.

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I never store my cars the s2k and m3 are out rain, shine, or snow