This past weekend my wife and I had the opportunity to line up both of our cars at a stoplight. I was on my way to a pool tourney and my wife was running into town to run some errrands. We live in a very desolate area that hardly ever has traffic. My wife was in the M5 and I was in the M3 and we roll up to a red light. I look over and this is what I see my wife doing as she throws a couple revs my way --> :grinyes:
Some facts that play into the run:
*The M5 is bone stock and the M3 has a Stage 2 Active Autowerkes S/C which has a tune of 420hp.
*The M5 has a fresh square set-up of 275/40 Yokohama S-Drives and the M3 has extremely worn out square set-up of 245/40 Dunlop StarSpecs.
*The M3 weighs significantly less as i've done some lightweight modifications...just under 3100lbs with me in it.
*Weather was around a very cool 55 degrees. Engines were warmed up, but tires weren't.
*My wife can drive a standard transmission better than the average Joe...pretty good in my opinion.
I'm holding my revs around 3000, hoping for a decent launch with the worn out rubber. The light turns green and we're off. My launch was aweful, as I spun through first gear. Meanwhile, she gets a decent jump and moves on me about a car and a half. I shift into second gear and regained traction. I managed to stay in my power band which helped because I obviously needed the help of the blower to get back in it. At the top of second I was back even with her. I quickly shift into third gear and slowly gain another half car, but she's still right there. At the top of third, I managed to get a whole car in front of her, and quickly, but smoothly, shift into fourth. By the time I reached 100mph I was two cars up and I let off. I'm sure she would have started to reel me in at this point, but we weren't trying to top them out.
After talking with her about how she felt she did on the run, she said that her shift into second gear wasn't the smoothest, which let me back in it, since I had to shift into second early due to spinning out in first. I asked her if she mis-shifted, but she said no, that it just wasn't as smooth as she wanted it to be.
I don't condone street racing whatsoever. A matter of fact, I usually keep it on the track, but i've been wanting to see an outcome of this for a few months now. This wasn't planned by any means, so who knows when we'll go at it again. The setting was just perfect since it was very early Sunday morning with not a car in sight. It definitely was fun and entertaining for the both of us. I guess it will be a lifelong grudge match everytime we leave the house at the exact same time.
Here's a pic of me and our two toys.
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Some facts that play into the run:
*The M5 is bone stock and the M3 has a Stage 2 Active Autowerkes S/C which has a tune of 420hp.
*The M5 has a fresh square set-up of 275/40 Yokohama S-Drives and the M3 has extremely worn out square set-up of 245/40 Dunlop StarSpecs.
*The M3 weighs significantly less as i've done some lightweight modifications...just under 3100lbs with me in it.
*Weather was around a very cool 55 degrees. Engines were warmed up, but tires weren't.
*My wife can drive a standard transmission better than the average Joe...pretty good in my opinion.
I'm holding my revs around 3000, hoping for a decent launch with the worn out rubber. The light turns green and we're off. My launch was aweful, as I spun through first gear. Meanwhile, she gets a decent jump and moves on me about a car and a half. I shift into second gear and regained traction. I managed to stay in my power band which helped because I obviously needed the help of the blower to get back in it. At the top of second I was back even with her. I quickly shift into third gear and slowly gain another half car, but she's still right there. At the top of third, I managed to get a whole car in front of her, and quickly, but smoothly, shift into fourth. By the time I reached 100mph I was two cars up and I let off. I'm sure she would have started to reel me in at this point, but we weren't trying to top them out.
After talking with her about how she felt she did on the run, she said that her shift into second gear wasn't the smoothest, which let me back in it, since I had to shift into second early due to spinning out in first. I asked her if she mis-shifted, but she said no, that it just wasn't as smooth as she wanted it to be.
I don't condone street racing whatsoever. A matter of fact, I usually keep it on the track, but i've been wanting to see an outcome of this for a few months now. This wasn't planned by any means, so who knows when we'll go at it again. The setting was just perfect since it was very early Sunday morning with not a car in sight. It definitely was fun and entertaining for the both of us. I guess it will be a lifelong grudge match everytime we leave the house at the exact same time.
Here's a pic of me and our two toys.
