Cars We Drive!

[HRoi]

bimmer drivers are exactly who they want to see pulling up to that event. they targeted competing brand owners to try to lure them to defect.

when i did this, the PBIR parking lot was 90% Porsche and BMW. the remaining 10% were Benzes and like 2 Audis (those were probably employee cars)

 

[A Y]

The M5 is the Ultimate Drifting Machine:

http://www.bmwblog.com/2013/05/14/b...uinness-world-drift-record-with-bmw-m5-sedan/

The M5 exceeded the previous record set in February in Abu Dhabi by 47.71 miles. A total of 322.5 laps were completed around the 841-foot (circumference) Performance Center skid pad, providing a total distance-travelled of 51.278 miles.

...
The record-breaking attempt generated over $20,000 in charitable donations benefiting The BMW Charity Pro-Am.

I wonder what the diff looked like after it was done.

 

[HRoi]

hey, Johan Schwartz. he was one of my instructors when i did the M School at BMW PDC. he tried to teach me to drift but failed (more to the point, i failed to take his instruction)

 

[GreenFrog]



bimmer drivers are exactly who they want to see pulling up to that event. they targeted competing brand owners to try to lure them to defect.

when i did this, the PBIR parking lot was 90% Porsche and BMW. the remaining 10% were Benzes and like 2 Audis (those were probably employee cars)

Wow, really?

I remember while filling out the survey I lied and said I was very likely to purchase an Audi as my next car, thinking it would boost my odds of getting picked. Little did I know that I would be instantly 'approved.'

I don't see myself moving to Audi for a long, long time, though.

BMWBJ4LYFE!

As for drifting, I sadly do not know how to drift.. Haven't found a place to learn how to do it safely and responsibly and I'm honestly too scared to turn off traction control on my car.

I turned it off once at a red light and gave the car maybe 60-70% throttle at green and all I did was spin tires.

It doesn't seem like it would be difficult, though.

 

[HRoi]

he took us on the skidpad/drift course in a E60 M5. **** brown exterior with burgundy interior and light maple wood trim. ugliest goddam BMW i ever drove

 

[jet]

Oddly the only bmws I like are the new facelifted 7 and 6s. I'd go audi before bmw these days too since bmw styling is all fucked up.

Would never consider a 991 gt3 due to no manual trans.

 

[GreenFrog]



he took us on the skidpad/drift course in a E60 M5. **** brown exterior with burgundy interior and light maple wood trim. ugliest goddam BMW i ever drove

 

[Find Finn]

Bmw x Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe Concept.

http://www.gtspirit.com/2013/05/15/preview-bmw-pininfarina-gran-lusso-coupe/

 

[GreenFrog]

That looks beautiful.

It also makes me sad that nowadays you need to have a special concept model of a car to get a bit gas guzzling V10 or V12.

 

[Find Finn]

According to the text it's going to be bigger than the six, so new 8 series maybe.

 

[impolyt_one]

current 6er is already huge, and this is likely on a SWB 7er, so it must be huge. It looks nice in the teasers, but yeah, could be ******* massive.

 

[gomestar]



According to the text it's going to be bigger than the six, so new 8 series maybe.

between NY and LA, I have seen maybe 3 or 4 8-series over the past 3 weeks. Really awesome.

 

[impolyt_one]

Only seen one 8er in the past 5 years or so, but it was an M sport 850Csi (the v12 6spd one with m aero) with 18" style V's...

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

a 4 door 6 or 8 series is just blasphemous. What next? A 4 door M1?

 

[Find Finn]



a 4 door 6 or 8 series is just blasphemous. 

current 6er is already huge, and this is likely on a SWB 7er, so it must be huge. It looks nice in the teasers, but yeah, could be ******* massive.

You say that like it's a bad thing.