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      01-19-2010, 07:15 PM   #119
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Originally Posted by larryn View Post
I was not talking about straight line. We all know that the 135i is (ridiculously cheaply) capable of beating both in that category, and I'm uninterested in that figure.
Yes, being one of the first handful of people in the world to have a tuned N54 engine, I am well aware of it's capabilities when tuned.
But I thought we were talking about M3 vs M5 here?
You mentioned the M3 being faster than the M5. I just pointed out (in clarification) that it is not in fact faster in a straight line, and I would of thought all would know the M5 wasn't intended to be the track star the M3 is (not saying the M5 is a slouch on a track), but it was not the primary intent of the M5 like the M3, as Scott pointed out, each M has a different focus.
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