First go in a fast car

[KungFooBob]

Forra laff, I did an insurance quote on an E60 M5... under £400!

16mpg isn't too bad, right?

[v8-powered]

The best is when you're on a dog slow bike (like my Enfield) and you've got it pinned trying to slipstream the car in front... they see a headlamp and move over to let you by... and you inch past because there's only half a mile an hour difference in speed.

Try an LE......

Back in the day I had Triumph Vittesses...good for scaring coopers and the like. I had a job in telly vehicles in the 80's...had to go to Merc in MK to fetch a car....one of the then current mercs (d type?)I got back to brum in less than 45 minutes....got out and noticed the Cosworth badge on the back.
Also had to take a 350 TVR back to Blackpool....at a 146mph with the lid off on the M6 I slowed down as I couldn't hear the radio.

Then there was the Camaro......

and much later the Cupra R...
And Range Rovers on the test fleet....

Anything much faster would be silly on the road.

I used to own a TVR 350i, glorious sounding thing that at the time felt really quick but chances are my wife's Volvo SUV accelerates at a similar rate!

[The Martian]

I have a habit of letting bikes past and then surprising them a few miles up the road when they realise I'm still behind them.

Makes me do a lol every time I see a guy on a bike do a double take after a cursory glance in their mirror, expecting nothing to be there but there I am grinning like a twat behind them

Works the other way too, many car owners don't appreciate how briskly even average bikes can accelerate. Even boring older BMWs can give many 'sporty' cars (not the '5 litre 'undreds of 'orsepower' types) a run for their money away from the lights. Quite amusing there when the driver does that double-take.

I used to love laying waste to just about everything on an old zx9r I had that looked tatty but had been fettled. Being heavy and long as well I would not only disappoint cars worth literally 100x off the line but much newer litre sports bikes too
Never knew what had exactly had been done to that bike (was like it when I got it!) but replaced that bike with an R1 and it felt like going down to a 600!

[The Martian]

Forra laff, I did an insurance quote on an E60 M5... under £400!

16mpg isn't too bad, right?

My E46 M3 was only £350 ish to insure, almost £100 cheaper than my 335i..
Better on fuel and cheaper tax too!

[The Martian]

The best is when you're on a dog slow bike (like my Enfield) and you've got it pinned trying to slipstream the car in front... they see a headlamp and move over to let you by... and you inch past because there's only half a mile an hour difference in speed.

Try an LE......

Back in the day I had Triumph Vittesses...good for scaring coopers and the like. I had a job in telly vehicles in the 80's...had to go to Merc in MK to fetch a car....one of the then current mercs (d type?)I got back to brum in less than 45 minutes....got out and noticed the Cosworth badge on the back.
Also had to take a 350 TVR back to Blackpool....at a 146mph with the lid off on the M6 I slowed down as I couldn't hear the radio.

Then there was the Camaro......

and much later the Cupra R...
And Range Rovers on the test fleet....

Anything much faster would be silly on the road.

I used to own a TVR 350i, glorious sounding thing that at the time felt really quick but chances are my wife's Volvo SUV accelerates at a similar rate!

Yeah but.. what a noise

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Fastest ever sounding/feeling bike was a ZXR750H1 - when that hit the power it felt (and sounded like) the gates of hell had opened up - but in reality it wasn't much faster than an XR3i.

There was something wrong with the ZXR then, an XR3i does about 115mph flat out, a ZXR should do 150mph, a standard 350 YPVS will easily see off an XR3i

[David]

Try an LE......

Back in the day I had Triumph Vittesses...good for scaring coopers and the like. I had a job in telly vehicles in the 80's...had to go to Merc in MK to fetch a car....one of the then current mercs (d type?)I got back to brum in less than 45 minutes....got out and noticed the Cosworth badge on the back.
Also had to take a 350 TVR back to Blackpool....at a 146mph with the lid off on the M6 I slowed down as I couldn't hear the radio.

Then there was the Camaro......

and much later the Cupra R...
And Range Rovers on the test fleet....

Anything much faster would be silly on the road.

I used to own a TVR 350i, glorious sounding thing that at the time felt really quick but chances are my wife's Volvo SUV accelerates at a similar rate!

Yeah but.. what a noise

I think moststuff back in the day that was fast woud get outpaced by most modern 2 litre cars.
But at least you could mend the buggers!
My x type is on its sixth week of rest.

[rodbargee]

Being an old git the insurance on my Alpina B5 is £232 FULLY COMP FOR A 500BHP Car. I have just replaed the rear discs at around £500 quid each theyre almost the diameter of the wheels. its the stopping Of a really fast car Thats crucialI. overtook a multistrada the other day on full chat he couldnt quite belive it but once its doing 50 on full torque Not much will stay with it and on that private road it will top out at mind bending real 198 mph its the only thing that comes clodSe to the ZZR14 Amusingly it really returns 32 MPG at 70-80mPH the motorway, as the supercharger weighs so little . a very clever trick IMO. Pic is only the tip of the impeller

[Bigjawa]

Neighbour took me out in his GTR t'other day. 660BHP

https://www.7daysperformance.co.uk/edward-gtr/


it's goes like stink, and is pretty much glued to the road. Impressive, really impressive.

I worked in a place that did a load of tuning on GT-Rs, I've driven one with over 750bhp and although it was absolutely stupidly fast, you can't shake the feeling that all those microchips and pumps are doing all the work for you, that's not a criticism, it's more a tribute to the Nissan folk for making it drivable for us mortals. 700 bhp appears to be the point where the gearbox goes bang.

There was a Supra lying about that someone had thrown load of money at the engine, they had ditched the twin turbo set up and it just had a massive single turbo. It made 505bhp but was laggy as hell. It was on cheapo rubber too so it was a complete liability on anything but a bone dry day. It seems to change hands regularly and keeps popping up on eBay.

There was an Evo8 that made 600 at the crank. I had it home with me to get some miles on it before it was dynoed, it annihilated anything that had a go. If I'd had the cash, I'd have bought it.

One of the fastest feeling cars I had was a Citroen AX GT, only 95 bhp, but was made out of thinner metal than a Quality Street tin, so down the wee back roads it felt like a rocket.

[Wreckless Rat]

I think Edward is mainly using his GTR to remove the panties from attractive young ladies.....

[Mr. Dazzle]

Gotta love an Alpina with a snowplough bumper and a shit load of power

[Supermofo]

once its doing 50 on full torque Not much will stay with it

I don't know how the Jag compares but it sounds like same power, and the most impressive thing for me was not the pull away but it's roll on stomp. At 50 with a lead foot it just went like fluck, and it did the same thing at 90, and a 110 and then I packed it in. Once rolling it was a monster for a 2 ton car.

[rodbargee]

The B5 has 133 ftlbs more torque than an m5 making the alpina appreciably quicker its a hoot

[Supermofo]

The B5 has 133 ftlbs more torque than an m5 making the alpina appreciably quicker its a hoot

Yeah looks like it a bit more than the Jag which was mind blowing enough.

B5
Price when new: £69,995
On sale in the UK: Now
Engine: 4395cc 32v biturbo V8, 500bhp @ 5500rpm, 516lb ft @ 3000-4750rpm
Transmission: Eight-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
Performance: 4.7sec 0-62mph, 191mph, 26.2mpg, 252g/km
Weight / material: 1920kg/steel
Dimensions (length/width/height in mm): 4899/1860/1464mm

Jag
Price when new: £59,900
On sale in the UK: 2009
Engine: 5000cc V8 32v, 503bhp @ 6000rpm, 461lb ft @ 2500rpm
Transmission: Six-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
Performance: 4.7sec 0-60mph, 155mph, 22.5mpg, 292g/km CO2
Weight / material: 1891kg/steel
Dimensions (length/width/height in mm): 4961/1877/1460

[Mr. Dazzle]

Those numbers are for the latest Alpina B5, with the next gen twin turbo V8 as used in loads of Beemers. Like lots of new engines that a "hot V" turbo with the exhausts on the inside of the V, rather than the more typical outside.

The latest 63 series of Mercs use the same set up on a 4 litre V8. A guy at work has the latest E63 with that engine, its got diesel like torque at the bottom end but It just keeps on going.

[rodbargee]

That spec sheet has docked the top speed by a few MPh cos it was originally 198 latest B5 with twin turbos does 206 or something like that but is 4wd and 602 bHP My b5 is rear wd only haha for £1500 you can add a LSD BY Quaif. All that torque at 3K rpm is what really puts the smile on your face

[The Martian]

its got diesel like torque at the bottom end but It just keeps on going.

My (3l straight six, twin turbo) Beemer is like that, making peak torque from just over 2k rpm.
Although going by the numbers Rod's B5 would eat my old beast alive lol

[The Martian]

That spec sheet has docked the top speed by a few MPh cos it was originally 198 latest B5 with twin turbos does 206 or something like that but is 4wd and 602 bHP My b5 is rear wd only haha for £1500 you can add a LSD BY Quaif. All that torque at 3K rpm is what really puts the smile on your face

Bags of low torque = effortless sideways action = much grinning

[rodbargee]

That spec sheet has docked the top speed by a few MPh cos it was originally 198 latest B5 with twin turbos does 206 or something like that but is 4wd and 602 bHP My b5 is rear wd only haha for £1500 you can add a LSD BY Quaif. All that torque at 3K rpm is what really puts the smile on your face

Bags of low torque = effortless sideways action = much grinning

Tyres too expensive! (in my world) also lack of a runway, and ability to control such manoeuvres

[The Martian]

This year was the first MOT I've had on the 335i since I've had it (4th) where rear tyres were not an advisory or fail as I'm managing to get almost 6k out of a set of rears these days (as opposed to about 4k lol) 255/35/19s are pretty expensive!