I rent an airfield (BMW M5 vs. the competition)

[Erik]

Last Sunday I rent an airfield in Sweden.

The runway was about 950 m (had to share the other half with airplanes)

I invited some friends and their cars:

Lamborghini Gallardo...
RUF CTR... (Yellowbird, except blue)
Porsche 996 Turbo Techart... (PV996TT's)
Porsche 997 Carrera S...
BMW M5 E60...
BMW M5 E39...
Dodge Viper SRT10...
MB E55 AMG
MB E55 T AMG...
MB C32 AMG
Audi RS4 Stage 2...

The RUF is in a league of its own! Clearly the fastest car of the day. The owner was kind enough to let me go a couple of times in his car, insane!

We ran 2 cars side by side, mainly doing running starts from different speeds.
The BMW M5 is very fast! I think a stock 996 T will have big problems. PV996TT has about 520 hp in his car. He was a bit faster, but the difference is not huge. Scary!

I don't agree that the new M5 humiliated the E55 not the E55T, but it is faster. I'd say the Gallardo is faster as well, similar to PV996TT's black beast.

I drove the new M5 as well. It doesn't feel as fast as it is, I woneder how many people who will lose their license in this baby...?

I couldn't concentrate on taking photos since I was in charge, and for some reason some people in fast cars had a problem following the instructions not to accelerate into the other runway where planes took off and landed

This picture says it all doesn't it? :MTM:




Anyway a couple of pics and links to more. I had 2 DV-cams there as well but I didn't have time yet to have a look at the material. I concentrated on the RUF and should have some in-RUF vids soon.

The E55 AMG - The Good



RUF CTR - The Bad



BMW M5 - The Ugly



Line up




More links:

http://www.rs6.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=44940

J.W.'s pics (guest from Holland)
http://ringbunny.fotopic.net/c508751.html

Trailer by m5board.com
http://s116823883.onlinehome.us/m5bo...ardTrailer.wmv


I'd say these cars were faster than the M5:

RUF CTR (by far)
Gallardo
996 TT Techart
Viper SRT10

There's still dispute wether the Porsche 993 Turbo with Turbo S engine package was faster or not. I'm not sure so I rest my case.

In any case - you need a damned fast car to beat the new M5.

[Erik]

More pics.

Now, was the M5 or the 993 Turbo S faster...





Black Gallardo



The UGLY again.



RUF Bluebird



Audi RS4 stage 2, owned by Xscream on the board.



MB E55 AMG

[7:53 RS6]

I have to mention that when we did drive the M5 against PVs 996 the porsche got a half car lenght behind in the end of stripp.

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how about RS4 compared to others?

[Gustav]

I agreee with this. The 996 Turbo X50 was as fast as the Gallardon in my book, the M5 kept is relative speed to the car up until the end of the track. Nonetheless the 996 Turbo with Techart 510 HP. I beleive they were evne in acceleration, the Porsche ended with a win with a carlength . Much like the Gallardo.

Originally posted by 8:29 RS6
I have to mention that when we did drive the M5 against PVs 996 the porsche got a half car lenght behind in the end of stripp.

[nyrs6]

At What speeds did you guys go up untill?

[Gustav]

Around 250 km/h. IWet 270 km/h on the stretch with 4 people in the car, but not during a race.

[nyrs6]

Erik How much is 950m in Miles or feet?

[Nordschleife]

Originally posted by nyrs6
Erik How much is 950m in Miles or feet?

Remember the Olympic games? well 950 metres is 2 times around the track plus one and a half times the distance the 100 metre atheletes run. in a nutshell.

R+C

[SpinEcho]

About 0.6 miles.

[gmbh6]

...dude, nice friends and even nicer cars........excellent post!

[freerider]

Originally posted by nyrs6
Erik How much is 950m in Miles or feet?

You can calculate this with google.
to miles: http://www.google.be/search?client=f...=Google+zoeken
to feet:
http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&cl...G=Zoeken&meta=

If you fill in no values you just get the equation.

Greetz Johan

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(Yawn)

...drag racing makes me sleepy

(yawn)