| DINAN 5 vs. 335i; vs. G35
New Jersey turnpike, 1AM. New 335 comes blazing up behind me, significantly in advance of the speed limit. When he's still a few CL's behind me, I drop it into 3rd at 70mph and catch up to him pretty quickly at 100ish (my 3rd gear goes to 105 with the increased rev limiter). He backs it down to about 75, and obviously wants to go. I stick it in 4th, wanting to see exactly how fast the 335 is, and not really wanting to embarrass the poor guy. I was impressed. He got the jump to about 1.5CL ahead, and I reeled him in fairly slowly until I was 1 CL ahead at 128mph (so says my gps). At that point, we were coming up on traffic, so I slowed down...he didn't, but blinked his hazards once in what I assume was a gesture of affectionate greeting.
40 miles down the road, last year's G35 comes up and wants to play. He didn't quite realize what he was getting into. Pulled even with me (I was in the center lane), nudges forward a couple of times, hits it. I figure what the heck, drop it into 3rd from 75, and am over 2 CL's ahead by the end of 3rd. Stick it in 4th, we do the same thing, except hit it at basically the same time. He made a total of 4 tries, all rather painful from his point of view. Then we just played cat and mouse with no real traffic for the next 20 miles, so at least he wasn't a sore loser.
__________________  1999 E39 540i/6-VF Stage 1 S/C, Dinan exhaust, Dinan strut+shock braces, Dinan ltwt flywheel + clutch, Dinan Brembo BBK, Dinan monoball, H&R Springs, Koni Yellows, M5 sways, Dinan forged 18" wheels, &c.
1995 E38 740iL. Highly modded. Faster than you.
Sold 2-28-07: 1997 E36 M3/4, 8-30-05 RIP 1997 528i
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