I was on the autobahn earlier this evening and I was next to an Audi A6 3.2. He took off and I took off and he won. I really could not keep up floored. :angry: We were doing 80 to start of with. I caught up to him when I hit 140mph as I think Audis are governed at 130mph.

Well Lets see. The 530i has a 3.0 liter inline 6 with 255 horse power, and the A6 4.2 has a 4.2 liter V8 with 330 Horse Power. Audi has the advantage of 75 More Horsepower so I would surely hope that a 530i vs a A6 4.2 wouldn't come come to winning or being close to the performance of that Audi. Now try that Audi out vs a new 550i and the 550i would be all over his ass. :devil:

The Audi should be governed at 130. I wonder why he apparently kept going once he got to 130. But, anyway, on paper, the cars should be quite even. If he beat you badly, then maybe he had some after-market pieces.

:blink: :blink: he was racing a 3.2 A6 not the 4.2 :think: :devil:

Audi 3.2 are about the same..acceleration wise ...but we have more fun driving and we have more clout :devil:

I think the 3.2 has 255 HP.

well, technically the audi has a 3.1 255 hp engine.

Torque is greater in the 530i, even though the audi has a higher peak torque. It still is a rev's to reach it's power and it's torque comes on higher in the range.

The new 3.0 from BMW has the strange ability to have the power of of a push rod type engine, but then have the great low end torque. It's quite a marvel, and in my opinion, it's a more hightech engine then the audi a6 3.1 opps 3.2:)

I have not raced an Audi, but I would say the 530i should beat out the audi in the drag strip.

Opps my bad, these damn contacts LOL

You should have won. And Audi's are not limited to 130mph. They are limited at 155 just like the bimmers. Maybe it's a US thing :)

Betcha the Audi was chipped.