C5 can't outrun a 3-Series Beemer

[Twin Turbo]

E4 last night......One Tree Hill.

Old shape 3-Series conv (not even an M3) and the C5 Vette struggled to get by.

Puuuurleeeeeeese. Hollywood, eh? :rolleyes:


PS - Vette may have been one of the Anniversary models as it was in the deep wine red colour, or it that a standard colour?

[mrvet]

was it a 325i? as they are quick i had one a few years back, or maybe the C5 driver wasent trying

[franv8]

Thanks for the info. Don't think I've got time to go and change my Vette for a Beemer this weekend, maybe next.

In case anyone's getting confoosed - E4 means it was on telly...

Perhaps the Beemer had a Z06 lump in it...

Maybe the C5 was actually a Cortina based kit car replica.

Maybe the C5 was on flat runflats...

Perhaps, in all reality, old BMW 3 series are actually THE PERFORMANCE BARGAIN OF THE DECADE!

>> Edited by franv8 on Friday 12th August 14:56

[mrvet]

I was thinking E4 is a strange name for a road, so what programme was this then?

[Gixer]

mrvet said:

was it a 325i? as they are quick i had one a few years back, or maybe the C5 driver wasent trying

Thats funny as I remember my old Supra of the same era whooping the 325's with ease. Damm I shouldn't have bought the vette, should have kept the Supra. If I realised what a down grade I was making........

[c5ragtop]

Must be some Science Fiction type programme where it is all too unbelievable ...............

[chevy-stu]

To beat a C5 it must have been a bit like this.
www.v8-modellbau.de/BMW-Pro1.JPG

[yellowshark454]

Back in the 90's I was on the way to Le Mans in my '73 and came up behind a series 3. It was a wooded twisty B or small A road, real nice drive. When the traffic cleared I couldnt keep up with him and concluded that 25 year old suspension was never going to make me favourite - nonetheless it was rapid (I was trying) and it was not an M3.

[V7TTE]

325i quoted (depending where you look) between 185 and 215 horses.

'73 Vette between 190-275hp.

C5 = 350hp or thereabouts.

QED, methinks (I know, I need to get out more).

[yellowshark454]

Now there are times when you make a post without engaging brain. As well as the C5 I have a series 3 Beemer too. Its only a 320 but it has the 6 cylinder engine of the the 325 and 328 (maybe that is a 330 now). It does handle VERY nicely and it is not slow but it is not in the
C5 league and it maxes out, as you say, in 328/300 spec. at around 200BHP. But the M3, in 1998-2004 guise pushes out 350 BHP and I would guess has little if any weight penalty over the C5. So maybe this car was a debadged M3? I am sure you can tell an M3 from the rear by the exhausts and no doubt the tyres are wider too

[Y50 VET]

I was going around the M25 Looking for the E4, I found the A12 as someone told me it was near Dartford

Sam

[vetteheadracer]

I know the E40 runs past Antwerp.......

[franv8]

IF ANYONE IS STILL CONFUSED E4 IS A TELEVISION CHANNEL, IT'S ON FREEVIEW, CABLE AND I THINK SKY TOO. MESSAGE ENDS

[chevy-stu]

I thought the M3 was a razor by gillette..

[V7TTE]

Yeah, and the C5 is a Citroen...

[Gixer]

M3 = slower than ZR1

I HATE BMW'S COS .........

There was a 35 mile tail back on the M25 tonight, I think it was caused by drivers looking for the E4

>> Edited by Gixer on Friday 19th August 21:58

[turboman]

BMW E30 325i 173 bhp
C5 344 bhp

Thats all bar 2 bhp, twice the power, I'm not even going to go into the torque.

Dont you just love films/tv, now had it been an M5.....

[Y50 VET]

Colin said we are meeting at the E4 in Dorking tomorrow
Sam

[Ruby Rag Top]

Wrong again Sam, I said I'll be there B4 you.

[Twin Turbo]

Blimey, I'd forgotten I'd posted this!

Er, yes. Sorry, E4 is a satelite TV channel. One Tree Hill is an OKish US import TV programme (think Dawson's Creek meets the OC).

No sign of the 'Vette in this weeks episode, just a Saab 93 ragtop. Probably just as well the 'Vette wasn't around as it wouldn't see which way the Saab went