Last Sunday I visited Nürburgring with my girlfriend and a friend with an Audi S4. It was a superior experiance to drive my M5 around the fameous "Nordschleife". It's amazing how fast you can go around a corner without loosing control. BUT the highlight of the day was a trip with the BMW Ring-Taxi: One lap with a professional driver in a standard M5. YAHOO! Is this the same car as mine??? It's unbelivable how fast it's possible to go with a 2000 kg car on this mean piece of track. He drove with the DSC off and maintained 100% control all the time. I can't high enough highlight how impressed I was! Twice we were airborne (with a 2 tons limousine). I also noticed how he treated the car in a different way compared to me, he was constantly hitting the rev limiter and was almost never below 5000 rpm. Magnificent, my best regards to M GmbH in Munich!