F*CKING DISGRACED
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CAN SOME 1 TELL ME HOW I GOT MY ASS HANDED TO ME BY MY FRIENDS G35 SEDAN AND NOT JUST O-60 IM TALKING ABOUT UP TO 110 MPH. HES NOT A GOOD DRIVER IT WAS A STR8 AWAY AND I STILL LOST.I WILL NEVER TRUST ANY CAR MAG STATS AGAIN...... OH AND BY THE WAY I HAVE A 545 SMG WITH B&B EXHAUST AND K N FILTER.
If you wanted to race you should have bought an ole' ass civil and did the Fast and Furious thing (don't forget the neon lights on the undercarriage)! Why buy a lux BMW???
[/quote]Welcome. I bought mine because of looks, performance (both curved and straight lines), prestige, reputation, feel, and price in comparison to its peers. I like having a luxury car that will do better than 14 sec. 1/4's and sub 6 sec. 60's. Many, if not the majority of, luxury cars do these things. Why would they do these things if they are not important to a large percentage of the public that can buy them? And, actually, if one wants to go really fast for a good price, then why not buy a Z06 or a Viper? Why do the "Fast and Furious" thing? Not that I object to the "Fast and Furious" type cars. To each his or her own. One man's trash is another's treasure. Live and let live, and all that.
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Originally Posted by AC_S5' post='231223' date='Jan 28 2006, 06:50 PM
[quote name='Znod' post='231221' date='Jan 29 2006, 10:44 AM']
[quote name='PoliticalAid007' post='231212' date='Jan 28 2006, 09:33 PM']
Who Friggin cares! Geez! I consider people who drag race their cars morons. If you want to race, go to a race track and become a "real" race car driver. I have seen way too many accidents from street racing. It is a serious danger to others. Enjoy the BMW for what it is meant to do, drive very, very well. Take it out on the back roads, have some fun, but drive SAFE.
[quote name='PoliticalAid007' post='231212' date='Jan 28 2006, 09:33 PM']
Who Friggin cares! Geez! I consider people who drag race their cars morons. If you want to race, go to a race track and become a "real" race car driver. I have seen way too many accidents from street racing. It is a serious danger to others. Enjoy the BMW for what it is meant to do, drive very, very well. Take it out on the back roads, have some fun, but drive SAFE.
Edit: Not that I am old, I am not even 30 yet.
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I absolutely stand by my comment. If you or anyone is "street racing", you are moron! And, anyone who is street racing deserves and should be called a moron. First, street racing in illegal, and can land you in Prison for a good chunk of time. I think someone who risks going to prison for a cheap thrill is a moron. Second, you can seriously injure or kill innocent people when street racing, which will only compound point one, and devastate innocent family and friends. I believe deliberately doing illegal activities, which can injure and hurt innocent people does make a person a moron.
How in the world can anyone condone ILLEGAL actions, which could result in prison, serious injury, or death?
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Politicians like to use the word, "Moron." It used to refer to a class of people, but now it's being used to call others, "stupid." I prefer to use the word, "unwise, not smart, not level minded, etc." Street racing" is unssafe and illegal, but it happens for different reasons and circumstances, e.g, adrenaline, rage, scheduled, etc. For instance, if Znod and I knew of a deserted 1 mile stretch and decided to race his Z06 against my future modded supercharger 545i to 60 mph or 1/4 trap, I do not think we are "moron." Calculated risk taking does not make one a moron, nor is breaking the law makes a person a moron.
The point is, no one deserves to be call a moron except himself/herself. Why? Because he/she would know his/her own story and action.
BTW, was the original poster racing in the streets?
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Now, ask yourself this question, and please answer it honestly. What would you say if your wife, daughter, son, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, or friend was seriously injured or killed by a street racer? Are you honestly going to say that you are not going to be saying that person was a moron? I bet you would be saying a lot worse, and rightfully so, in addition, I bet you would want justice served, both criminal and civil. I am sure you are not going to go to court and tell the jury, this is a great guy, he was just having fun, please do not punish him, and please do not hold him liable.
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We deal with what you say. Why won't you answer my questions? I will answer the questions you raise above if you want, but it may be tomorrow.
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OK, ok. I've changed my mind, gentlemen. I now condone adults who street race. I'll report back later. I'm going to roll over to the Sonic; get a #1 combo, with mayo; and look for some poor pimple-faced little punk driving a Z28, who wants to drag. I hope to God he doesn't have a K&N rig and a fatty pipe.
I will, of course, take my stopwatch with me. Isn't that what every responsible German luxury sedan street racer does? I have to post my quarter mile time, after all.
(Evenflow falls off chair.)
I will, of course, take my stopwatch with me. Isn't that what every responsible German luxury sedan street racer does? I have to post my quarter mile time, after all.
(Evenflow falls off chair.)
And doesn't iDrive already have a stopwatch function?!
(What do you think BMW engineers had in mind when they tried to imagine what customers would be timing...)
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I'm seen stranger things happen....
...such as a 2000 360 Modena beating 2 different 2004 Challenge Stradales from a rolling start. The Modena has 25 less hp, is 300lb heavier, and is supposed to be much slower than the Stradale. The race happened in my area and I have either met or know of the owners of those cars. To this day, no one has been able to figure out why the Modena won. Trips to the dyno did not help.
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