Who needs an E30 to Auto Cross? psssch!

[jrhaile]

E39 M5! My co-passenger was having a ball

3rd fastest of the day



High res...

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[CDBE30]

That's awesome - how's the traction in it? One of the locals has an E39 M5 and all I ever see him doing is breaking traction and going ass out through every turn he takes (although this is likely due solely to his driving style :D)

[325_e30]

rofl at your passengers face.

[nando]

nice, everyone loves the M5, but you would never be 3rd fastest around here in a car that big. :p

[Jean]

Nice! 3rd fastest in what class?

[Hick]

Nice! 3rd fastest in what class?

of all....the 3 people that had shown up

[jrhaile]

That's awesome - how's the traction in it? One of the locals has an E39 M5 and all I ever see him doing is breaking traction and going ass out through every turn he takes (although this is likely due solely to his driving style :D)

Traction is great with the Dunlop Z1s

nice, everyone loves the M5, but you would never be 3rd fastest around here in a car that big. :p

Oh snap! I may have to bring it on over and try it out ;)

Nice! 3rd fastest in what class?

Overall of the day out of 40+ cars. Though, we only had ONE E30 show up. The fastest over all was a caged up, fully built basically E36 M3 on slicks and I was only .7 behind him and .1 behind the second place.

of all....the 3 people that had shown up

:D

I'm going to end up picking up an E30 for AutoX hopefully in the next couple of months because you guys are right, this car is TOO big for AutoX but I'm able to power this beast through those tight corners pretty well.

Only mods are Dinan S1 suspension, Dunlop Direzza's Z1 275 on all corners and Dinan rear swaybar

[Jean]

Nice! The dinan suspension must still be soft with so much body roll ;)

[jrhaile]

Nice! The dinan suspension must still be soft with so much body roll ;)

It is soft...

[Bimmerman325i]

One of the local guys here is just retarded fast in his M5. Only mod are 275's all the way around. He took FTD in the wet, even compared to national champion autocrossers, or at least he did until the second heat of the day where our class were working and the rain stopped. He's just stupid fast in that thing.

[gearheadE30]

For such a big car, they really are amazing. I should take my dad's E34 M5 to see how it does...

[jrhaile]

For such a big car, they really are amazing. I should take my dad's E34 M5 to see how it does...

They are, but AutoX is not what they were meant to do. High Performance driving I bet would be a whole other story which I plan to do in my beast.

[gearheadE30]

No kidding. Should be fun at an HPDE :)

[rfitz25]

Nice. looks like fun.
We have a few here that do some great drifting sometimes.

[Hallen]

For such a big car, they really are amazing. I should take my dad's E34 M5 to see how it does...

Well, since the E34 is about the same size as an E46 3 series, although heavier, it should do pretty well.

I think this is a testimonial to BMW's genius in suspension design. I had a E32 7 series for my first BMW, and it was a great car. It was way bigger than any of my previous cars, but it handled and drove so much better. I have driven E34's too and they are sweet as well. BMW just does a great job overall. I don't think anybody can really touch them yet. Of course, the driver is critical too :D