Anyone's blue M5 on here?
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Came up behind a nice blue M5 yesterday afternoon, guessing about 2001-2003 vintage on the Selby to Howden road. Also guessed that he had clocked me ... mainly as at the first opportunity he took off round the two cars in front like a scalded cat 
Lovely bit of road, few straights, a few twisties ... so I catch him up when he is held up by the next cars, and yet again, he gets the head start around them leaving me to play quite a spirited game of catch up.
Eventually, he turns off and we both
and wave.
All I can say is:
On a straight run I would have given him a fair run for his money no doubt, maybe even had the edge but,
On the twisties ... IF my car hadn't been bouncing around like a demented Tigger ... and IF it hadn't had the handling of a drunken power boat ... and IF the shocks and bushes and Geo were even only half way like they should be ....
then I still don't think I'd have had a cat in hells chance of sticking with the big M.
Bloody good fun (in a sort of a seat of the pants kind of a way) though
Lovely bit of road, few straights, a few twisties ... so I catch him up when he is held up by the next cars, and yet again, he gets the head start around them leaving me to play quite a spirited game of catch up.
Eventually, he turns off and we both
and wave. All I can say is:
On a straight run I would have given him a fair run for his money no doubt, maybe even had the edge but,
On the twisties ... IF my car hadn't been bouncing around like a demented Tigger ... and IF it hadn't had the handling of a drunken power boat ... and IF the shocks and bushes and Geo were even only half way like they should be ....
then I still don't think I'd have had a cat in hells chance of sticking with the big M.
Bloody good fun (in a sort of a seat of the pants kind of a way) though
To be honest - wasn't THAT nice ... lurching around like a space hopper. The amount of braking I was having to do to get the car anywhere near set up for the corners would have been giving him at a guess about 100 yards every corner.
The more I think about it the more peed off I'm getting about just how badly the car handles
Nothing that can't be sorted, it's just money that I didn't want to have to spend.
The more I think about it the more peed off I'm getting about just how badly the car handles
Nothing that can't be sorted, it's just money that I didn't want to have to spend.
Balmoral Green said:
Barge: 1
Chim: 0
Chim: 0
can't class it as any kind of contest I'm afraid Warren as there was too much traffic to have a good clear run, I'm more using the tale to highlight and have a general grouch about just how fricking dire the handling is on my car right now.
... didn't notice any Chims around though. Mind you, at those speeds it may have been some way off the pace
burriana said:
The more I think about it the more peed off I'm getting about just how badly the car handles
Thats a shame as the pics look awesome..
New suspension setup on mine c/o Joolz wasn't too pricey and totally transformed the car. The front end and rear end seem strangely connected now. Which is nice. Gassing Station | Yorkshire | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff