An M550d chasing a tail-happy Z4 M Coupe in the rain
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It's very easy to critiscise the driving, when looking through the cameras perspective, however the cameras field of view is limited compared to the drivers view, so I do not judge.
I would personally not drive like that on a public road be it wet or dry, but then I'm a big scaredy cat with limited driving talent
I would personally not drive like that on a public road be it wet or dry, but then I'm a big scaredy cat with limited driving talent
sars said:
It's the old exponential curve thing. The joy of an M is in the last two percent
We did have a discussion Sars!! Although I still think we'd arrive at the same conclusions!!
Notwithstanding the appalling conditions, as I said above, I am pretty certain the M550d is 4WD which renders any comparison of the driving skills of these two drivers meaningless.
Notwithstanding the appalling conditions, as I said above, I am pretty certain the M550d is 4WD which renders any comparison of the driving skills of these two drivers meaningless.
One thing I meant to say and forgot ...
the camera car was following WAY TOO close to the Z4 give how lairy the Z4 was getting. If the Z4 driver had got it wrong and had a big off, there were several places where the camera would have become part of it... Placed a lot of faith in the Z4 drivers' ability to keep it on the road.
debating whether to post this on the ADUK forum.... :?
the camera car was following WAY TOO close to the Z4 give how lairy the Z4 was getting. If the Z4 driver had got it wrong and had a big off, there were several places where the camera would have become part of it... Placed a lot of faith in the Z4 drivers' ability to keep it on the road.
debating whether to post this on the ADUK forum.... :?
original guvnor said:We did have a discussion Sars!! Although I still think we'd arrive at the same conclusions!!
Notwithstanding the appalling conditions, as I said above, I am pretty certain the M550d is 4WD which renders any comparison of the driving skills of these two drivers meaningless.
Yes the M550d is four wheel drive or in BMW speak xDrive.
Sounds like not many of you have driven in the Alps. Quite often on hairpins there is plenty of visibility round the corner, especially when climbing (which they were).I don't think they were going as fast as the footage suggested,lots of full throttle,and thus noise,but a steep climb meaning pretty steady speeds.I'd like to have seen them do the same thing coming back down!!. That 550's got some go,very impressed.Yes, some silly driving at times, but up to them if they disappear off an unguarded bend. Don't forget, these mountain roads tend to be very sparsely populated with traffic,especially in those conditions.
McKoval said:
Woudn't argue with spinning out in the rain with the traction control on - I had a couple of moments on potenza runflats on my 3.0... But the ///M doesn't have run flats, unless there is on non-RFT version ? And I thought that there is no intermediate traction mode in the ///M as it has the LSD, so it is either on or off ?
I have non-RF Bridgestone Potenza Re050a 225 and 255 and I would rather call them decent - on dry track they are better than toyo r888 srmi slicks, its just wet road they dont cope woth well ;-)
I thought that the M also has dstc and dtc mode in which you have esp off and traction controll on - so it is in non M z4
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I thought that the M also has dstc and dtc mode in which you have esp off and traction controll on - so it is in non M z4
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