jaramill
03-07-2001, 09:18 PM
Well I finally had my first encounter with another BMW M3....or so it seemed. These 2 high school kids in a black M3 with the AC Schnitzer package pulled out of the gas station as they saw me drive by. As we got to a stoplight they asked.........."Wanna race?".
My impulse is to say "yeah" but I don't need another speeding ticket on a side street in the middle of the day, so I told them, I know of a service road next to the I-405 Fwy in Los Angeles. Well, we got there, there's no traffic, I let him get next to me, then I dropped the hammer............1st gear/5000rpm, 2nd gear/4500rpm, 3rd gear/4500rpm, 4th gear/4000rpm.
At this point he's about 1.5 car lengths behind and closing when all of a sudden I pop it.......BACK DOWN to 3rd gear and BOOM!!! Talk about hyperspace! Buh-bye!! As soon as I got distance, I slowed down, let him pass in case there's a cop waiting and he pulled ahead.
When we got to the light he said "Nice car. Is it an M3?" I said yeah, he said "mine's 328is...with the M3 kit". I was shocked. In my mind I'm saying "another fake". Goes to show that nothing beats an original.......an original M3 that is.
BMW - The Ultimate Driving Experience..............Amen.
Gio
My impulse is to say "yeah" but I don't need another speeding ticket on a side street in the middle of the day, so I told them, I know of a service road next to the I-405 Fwy in Los Angeles. Well, we got there, there's no traffic, I let him get next to me, then I dropped the hammer............1st gear/5000rpm, 2nd gear/4500rpm, 3rd gear/4500rpm, 4th gear/4000rpm.
At this point he's about 1.5 car lengths behind and closing when all of a sudden I pop it.......BACK DOWN to 3rd gear and BOOM!!! Talk about hyperspace! Buh-bye!! As soon as I got distance, I slowed down, let him pass in case there's a cop waiting and he pulled ahead.
When we got to the light he said "Nice car. Is it an M3?" I said yeah, he said "mine's 328is...with the M3 kit". I was shocked. In my mind I'm saying "another fake". Goes to show that nothing beats an original.......an original M3 that is.
BMW - The Ultimate Driving Experience..............Amen.
Gio