PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 13/05/12 12:11 PM Share Posted 13/05/12 12:11 PM How many KW's is the Beemer? The Ford needed a LSD. Heee heeee.It's 225kw according to Redbook and 400Nm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuono Member 312 Member For: 14y 3m 1d Posted 13/05/12 11:51 PM Share Posted 13/05/12 11:51 PM Its funny how defensive we get about our cars. Now, wheres my gun, Ive got some journos to vist. :gunsfiring: Knobs. We know better. Getting someone in a BMW to drag at the lights would be impossible! Forget about a Lexus driver. And Im sure they would get to 100k quicker too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanBatman G666E Turbo!!! Member 1,008 Member For: 15y 29d Gender: Male Posted 14/05/12 12:14 AM Share Posted 14/05/12 12:14 AM I ran a 335i Stayed with me till 40km/h then by 100 I had 3 lengths on it as I didn't get wheelspin it was a grippy road, if I'd have spun it would have been close till about 90..This is pre 300rwkw tooAlso ran and had an e60 m5 but that was with 300rwkw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 14/05/12 04:31 AM Share Posted 14/05/12 04:31 AM Um was it a T..... thought it was only a G6EIf I was looking at Bewahs and the ilk I wouldn't be looking at the Falcon. Should have been the GTE in the test anyway. You may have a few cars you want to try but they will all be in the same budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 5m 9d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 14/05/12 05:16 AM Author Share Posted 14/05/12 05:16 AM yes it says G6E but in the article it says G6Eturbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownhornet Donating Members 124 Member For: 16y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/05/12 01:51 PM Share Posted 14/05/12 01:51 PM I have Expensive Daewoo mates who swear that Wheels/Motor are totally Ford biased....Bear in mind that Motor magazine rates the XR6T a 9/10 and 'surely the world's best value sports sedan' in the cars guide section at the back.Another thing I noticed was the difference in terminal speed over the 400m:163.7kmh for the beemer169.2kmh for the G6ET160.7 for the Lexus.Would this indicate a traction issue for the G6ET? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 15/05/12 05:17 AM Share Posted 15/05/12 05:17 AM (edited) NOThe Beemers diff isn't a locker either. I would say two hundred or more kilo's are holding it back till a buck forty. Other mags state the Cardibus as a quicker car than the XRT to 100 yet it's heavier car. Specially with all the cardi's in the boot and hats all over the back shelf.Journo's are the most basic parasite on the planet. They will suck the guts out of a dead person for a free lunch. Print press were known as reptiles long before internet started.When I had a restaurant I had Elle mag want to do an article on the restaurant. I thought ubewty and said sure.$5,000 later lighter and a half page spread of crap I had no idea about.... I think journo's are people who didn't think they wre brite enough to get into law school to become real scum Edited 15/05/12 05:18 AM by XR09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timetaker Donating Members 217 Member For: 14y 1m 29d Gender: Male Posted 15/05/12 11:55 PM Share Posted 15/05/12 11:55 PM It's 225kw according to Redbook and 400Nm.Yep ,that's right.What's strange is that the upcoming 1 series 135 will have 230kw and 450Nm.I think it willinitially come in the hatchback version which doesn't look that good....in the pictures at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrunk Member 34 Member For: 12y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 26/11/12 12:14 AM Share Posted 26/11/12 12:14 AM I'm borrowing a mates '09 335i Motorsport for the next couple weeks, while in-laws are visiting & using my g6et.My seat-of-the-pants-ometer puts the g6et ahead in straightline performance, especially the 80-120kph sprint, but handling is a different thing altogether, the 335i is leagues ahead. Makes me want to reprioritise my spending away from more power toward more stability (is this just a g6e thing?). My last car was a Legacy (Liberty in Aussie) B4 Blitzen, with it's factory Bilstein suspension it handled a sh!tload better than the g6e and the 335i is a sh!tload better than the blitzen.One real impressive thing about the 335i is the huge contrast between its equivalent of 'drive' and 'performance mode' in throttle sensitivity / responsiveness, it's night and day. Even with an auto-box, the 335 feels like it would be right at home on the track.The interior's are very comparable, but the ICC / user controls in the g6et are much more user friendly (plus the 335i has no reversing camera etc). I prefer the tighter fitting seats in the BMW and smaller diameter steering wheel. The keyless entry, start button and keyless lock in the BMW are pretty cool too and not just for the gimic factor, it all works quite seamlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 26/11/12 12:36 AM Share Posted 26/11/12 12:36 AM Test driven a few recent M series BMWs .Whilst I agree that in standard trim the Beemers handle better.I forgive my 5 year old Phoon for it's shortcomings. As a tourer their is no better IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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