M6 unlimited top speed.. a short video I made

[RDMcG]

I am new here..noticed some discussion about the top speed of the M6. I picked up my car on May 30 at the factory and had it competely delimited at Hartge in Beckingen before running it in and spending a week on the Ring with it. I did take it out for a high speed run with another delimited M6..am not sure if I can post a link, but here is a very brief video we took of unlimited maximum speed....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TTMKkPxei0

[carrera2]

Jesus!

What was the car in front that took off early on?

[m3evo2]

Took my breath away.

[derin100]

Jesus Christ!....I've got sweaty palms after just watching the video!!!

[Zod]

carrera2 said:

Jesus!

What was the car in front that took off early on?

The other M6, I should think.

Just shows what fantastic value for money these cars are.

[phatgixer]

Would be a SL65 waiting for the M6 to catch up....

[MrPoseidon]

Nice video and car RDMcG and thank you for sharing it with us . I had no idea they were so fast out of the box as it was .

I commend you on having the courage to drive so fast , especially at night .

I'm not really a fan of BMW's (flak jacket on ) , but the the 6 series is a beautiful car and would love one if I wasn't hooked on another marque ....

[Neil_Bolton]

I'm officially very impressed. Munchyous bollox you have there

[phatgixer]

MrPoseidon said:

, but the the 6 series is a beautiful car

Be serious!

[Neil_Bolton]

Neil_Bolton said:

I'm officially very impressed. Munchyous bollox you have there

And Der simply has to do this

[Zod]

phatgixer said:

MrPoseidon said:

, but the the 6 series is a beautiful car

Be serious!

Great car, but hardly beautiful.

[RDMcG]

It was another M6. We deliberately set it up for 4am on a Sunday so there would be no trucks. It was not as hairy as it looks..the car is very,very solid. It was pretty heavy on the Nurburgring ,which is not the easiest place to drive, and I eventually had a slight discussion with the Armco on my 51st lap..however,all was ok in the end. I bought it mainly as a road car,though, and will be doing the same thing all over again as soon as I get my GT3RS in which we will also do a tandem run with another one and then some thrashing about the Nordschleife. I am hopeful I will get the thing this summer.

[Zod]

this video makes a mockery of that joker, DJC in the "what cars are your enemy?" thread in GG who thinks the M%/M6 are 2 seconds too slow to 100.

[m3jappa]

impressive!! it just looks so happy cruising at what appears to be about 170mph.

[RDMcG]

What the vid does not show is the HUD, which is incredibly useful..you can see it in this shot...

[m3evo2]

what a view

[hunttheshunt]

phatgixer said:

Would be a SL65 waiting for the M6 to catch up....

So long as the road was straight......and free of long shop windows

[M3John]

Now thats pretty quick.

[phatgixer]

hunttheshunt said:

phatgixer said:

Would be a SL65 waiting for the M6 to catch up....

So long as the road was straight......and free of long shop windows

I reckon the SL will certainly corner better the M6, especially at very high speed. Very well controlled aero and suspension see to that. Ask it to change direction quickly it will always have a problem with the mass but the ABC mostly keeps it all tidy, and once settled into a bend it grips very well indeed.

The urge to admire one's reflection in high street glass is very high in the Merc, and is the one feature about the 6er that is much better. I mean, you would never want to look at its saggy arse and droopy headlamps as it rolled down the road, would you?!

[phatgixer]

Car was still pulling like a 747.

Speedo verified to be 1 mph out at 200.