Motorcitym3

Being a design leader for Roush Racing / Ford SVT (Ford GT, Shelby gt500, Raptor, Roush Mustangs etc), its nice to see a six year older 545 holding its own against some new Detroit muscle. I get crap all the time for owning a BMW and working for the "Big 3" but I wanted something different...Mustangs are a dime a dozen around here!

umichchris

man....if you drive anything other than the Big 3 or some shit they own...everyone gives you crap....this BMW is my first non-Big 3 (or subsidiary) vehicle. people give me a hard time daily...until they see my baby in the parking structure, hear me start her up, hear that Super Sprint exhaust roar, see those big ass 20" deep dish wheels rolling, etc.....then they sing a different tune lol

we should do a Metro-Detroit meet sometime this summer.....somewhere on Woodward.

Motorcitym3

Sounds good! Speaking of sound...mine is pretty loud as well!!!

west

Haha, damn!

Motorcitym3

Hey UmichChris, Did you bring your car by my shop at Roush a couple years ago for an alignment? I had an M3 at the time and your car looks familar. The guy had the same wire mesh grills...maybe you purchased it from him. I remember he had a "Y" installed in his exhaust to replace one of the resonators.

gregoryalee

There are a TON of HARDCORE auto enthusiasts around the detroit area, not many can actually drive though. I am on the north end of town (M59) Most of the stangs I see are driven by women or woman ish drivers (Same with Cameros). A drag race around my house seems to hinge on who has the most burn time... speed isn't the real factor? I don't get it but that must be how rednecks race.

For me: I prefer that most of those drivers don't know that I have some power under the hood. It is my experience that drivers are not aware that some 5 series are very fast and either don't bother to insight me to race or have no hope of winning in say a merge situation because I got a really good jump on a faster car.

I also find it pointless to race vehicles that are much faster than mine. I know most of the specs on others vehicles and in THIS environment I don't want to give some GM head the satisfaction of beating an Import especially a BMW. (Saw a Corvette plate a few years ago that said ATEABMW)

EBMCS03

WOW that mustang is UGLY!!!!! I dont care if the M3 loses to it. That mustang looks like its worth about $12K new.

JOHN

This is crazy talk :thumbsdown: The M5 and 550 are on different planets.

JOHN

This is crazy talk :thumbsdown: The M5 and 550 are on different planets.

west

I don't know what to tell you. I'm sure member 'gotobyte', the article he posted, myself, and my friend with the e60 m5 aren't the only ones who feel this way. Shrug. I am willing to admit that my friend did use my modded 550i for his testing.