Thinking of taking my new E60 to a Track Day - am I mad?
08-30-2006, 06:30 AM
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You'll be disapointed I can tell you that. Most of my friends who took their stock M3 weren't happy with suspension too soft. Imagine driving your boat there, well unless its just a short and safe sprint.
08-30-2006, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='328651' date='Aug 30 2006, 07:18 AM
But, many of us talk about the other cars in the family and driving them.
08-30-2006, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' post='328577' date='Aug 30 2006, 12:13 PM
Just take your car to the track and have fun with it. Sure there is a little wear and tear, but nothing to worry about.
An e60 may not be a sports car, but that doesn't mean it can't be driven hard and aggressive. If it's your first time at the track, you will probably be focusing on your line and technique so your tires and brakes shouldn't see that much abuse.
An e60 may not be a sports car, but that doesn't mean it can't be driven hard and aggressive. If it's your first time at the track, you will probably be focusing on your line and technique so your tires and brakes shouldn't see that much abuse.
It doesn't matter too much what you drive but how you drive. For all you guys that think that the E60 doesn't belong at all to a track ask sabine how she almost beat the time that Jeremy Clarkson set in a jag Xtype 2.7 D, in a Ford Transit!!!! Topic is on the forum. Cheers.
08-30-2006, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='328690' date='Aug 30 2006, 08:41 AM
znod: yeah, i know. i just couldn't picture a big truck running around the track. maybe she was talking about running the dually on the drag strip. that i've seen...even beat a few rice rockets.
08-30-2006, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='328470' date='Aug 29 2006, 09:48 PM
off topic: octee, your husband tracks a dually (noticed your sig)?
on topic: i say do it. where else could you test out your re-map safely with no other cars around you? but i wouldn't go all out and drive it like a rental. leave the hard driving to the boxster and caterham.
on topic: i say do it. where else could you test out your re-map safely with no other cars around you? but i wouldn't go all out and drive it like a rental. leave the hard driving to the boxster and caterham.
08-30-2006, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='328690' date='Aug 30 2006, 11:41 AM
znod: yeah, i know. i just couldn't picture a big truck running around the track. maybe she was talking about running the dually on the drag strip. that i've seen...even beat a few rice rockets.
08-30-2006, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by octee' post='328909' date='Aug 30 2006, 04:13 PM
You're right, it's not the regular track, just the 1/4 mile...
08-31-2006, 05:30 AM
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If you could just do one or two runs, for the fun of it, I'd say go for it.. but since I know different, for example, my husband races his truck often, and there is no such thing as just one or two runs, it gets addictive which of course leads to abuse. I haven't completely ruled it out yet for my car but even he comments that when he's in my car, he feels like it's too "nice" to be too agressive in it.
Yup! It's like "one or two beers"! You promice to take only on or two and after a while You have had too many!!
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Originally Posted by bmw4life' post='329062' date='Aug 31 2006, 03:57 AM
good luck filling that gas tank up
