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dang beemers

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#1 ·
got killed by a bmw 550i. I was crusing along out on I70 in western ks when all of a sudden i had this sweet looking- brand new bmw riding my azz :confused:. Im passing a few cars and running 75mph so i give him a nice puff before i pulled over in the slow lane. He pulls up next to me and hammers down, puting at least 5-6 car lengths on me before the turbo lit. Since the engine had less than 300 miles on it at the time i left it in my engine break in setting on the chip which has a very low (3300rpm) rev limit. By the time i was holding my own with him the truck hit the rev limiter and he proceeded to put bus lengths on me :eek: . With my tires, gears and rpm i was going roughly 120mph and he had to have been 140+. On a better note we did do a fly by on one of those awesome 911 turbos just like the one in Bad Boys, it made my sticker poke out:funny:
 
#3 ·
some of them beamers are fast..better be for what they charge..ha and a repair bill-id hate to see one of those
 
#4 ·
Aw shucks Luke... he probably weighs half what you do, and you were in break in mode... but he had to get you by running you all the way to the redline!!!

Nothing to feel bad about there.

He's probably on a Beemer forum somewhere asking what's wrong with his car. If a OBS diesel Ford can keep up as well as you did.. it had to have hurt his ego!!!
 
#5 ·
I agree with ABOBB. Don't feel bad. The dayum little car is light and built for speed. You could drag him backwards at 120! Can he do that???? :D
 
#8 ·
It would be good luck for most any of the diesel trucks to beat a 550i... You're talking a 3800 lb car with 360 hp and 360 lbs of torque (torque comes in at fairly low 3400)... These cars will MOVE !!!

Ken....
 
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#9 ·
If we coulda went from 55-60mph and started in 3rd he would have been toast, but in overdrive with that mild program it just took to long to get the turbo lit. Next one i find i'll make sure and put the chip in the sport car molesting mode LOL.
 
#11 ·
Yeah, those beemers will kill ya on top end, if he was doing 140, its quite possible he had another gear to go. Don't feel bad, you really would've given him a run at lower speeds
 
#15 ·
Naaa, all luke needs is to be done with break in mode, and get a gear vendors, then he would suck that car in the intake and all that would come out would be few pieces of crumpled up aluminum, that is if when the truck tasted it it didn't just :vomit:
 
#12 ·
I agree with the above. Don't let it get to ya. THose things are engineered to run on the autobahn at a cruising speed of 120-140. They and the mercedes are made for high speed azz hauling. Many of them lack anything off the line though. THey are a dime a dozen out here in socal. I have had a few opportunities to take them light to light. It is fun to see there face when a crew cab with training wheels spanks them from light to light.:eek:
 
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