.... what would take off quicker from 100mph to say 120mph? same gears (5th) oh and the st220 would be std as would the m3.

 

an st220 isnt a derv

you mean the st tdci??

the M3 would win easy i expect, though the diesel would have some grunt

 

I'd say M3, although 45-60 in 3rd the ST TDCI might win

 

pmsl, the m3 would annihilate it

 

You would be very surprised! A friend of mine embarrassingly beat me off the lights in his st tdci when i had my M3 Evo!!! Caught up but from pullaway he was in front (just)!!

 

you obviously arent very good at launching then TBH

fwd car of similar sort of size and weight managing to beat you off the line isnt a good sign, irrelevant of what torque it has!

 

Lol, fwd turbo with less power to weight beat a rwd na with more power to weight...
5.5 seconds to 60 for the M3 if peddled right.
In a straight line you can get all the power down with the lsd, how would the derv do this?

In the scenario from 100mph, the M3 would be at 110 by the time the derv hit boost I'd say - mine takes off in 5th very nicely, think evo's 5th is same if not lower geared.

More bmw threads on here than on E36coupe

 

I'm only saying how it was!! (I was 4 up though!)! Fookin hated that M3 - Mondy all day long!

 

As much as it breaks my heart id say the M3 would win but it would be close!

The fastest ive taken mine was 125mph, it felt surprisingly quiet and safe with plenty more pull left in it, that was in my old Saloon though.

 

My ST TDCi was remapped and i held it flat out at 147 on the GPS

Still doing 50mpg

SUPERB CAR

 

50mpg at 147?
Must do millions of miles to a tank driven gently then.

 

 

Either you wrote that reply in a misleading way OR one or more of your gauges are broken

 

It is good going, his car does NOT do 147@50mpg, not unless its down a REALLY steep hill (read as "off a cliff")

 

 

Must be a lot of cars about that'll do 147 mph and 50 mpg, so didn't read it as that as it's not that special

 

yeah, but not at the same time

 

Can't think of one that would, like to be shown one though

 

Is terminal velocity not somewhere around 120mph?

Seriously though, My Seat Ibiza TDi will do 147 and 50mpg, but definitely not at the same time. The lowest trip mpg I've ever had was 39mpg and that was London to Ayr. 440miles at an average speed of 83mph. You can get instant mpg down to around 27mpg if you try really hard

 

Why does my old ST TDCi not do what i said it did then

Oh well........i know it did as i was driving it and watching the readout on the GPS and the OBC

I am sure some people just try to belittle for for there own amusment

 

So at 56mph it must do well over 100mpg, right?

 

Oh no..........SORRY EVERYONE, CHIP SAYS IT DIDNT SO IT CANT OF DONE

My mistake......

 

Ask Chip....he knows everything

 

http://www.carsurvey.org/review_87154.html

That one does 45-48 mpg when cruising.
I know it's a rep-mobile, but even they don't cruise at 147 mph, do they?

 

who said anything about crusing at 147mph???????

PMSL @ you hunting through the world wide web looking for stats on a car the same as my old one.......

Get over it, if you dont beleive me then forget about it

 

why did you get rid of the ST TDCi Tiff ?

 

You said yours did 50mpg at 147mph.
In link another owner says his does 45-48mpg when cruising.
I asked if cruising speed was 147mph.
As usually cruising speed is 70-80mph, and this speed will usually achieve better mpg than being flat out at 147mph.
Maybe these cars return their best mpg when absolutely flat out battling against wind resistence, I've not driven one

 

someone got rid of it for me....gutted as it was a superb car





Replaced it with this BMW E46 330d M-Sport

 

Does this place really need 2 Chips??? erm no!!

Quite clearly he meant that his car was capable of nearly 150mph whilst still managing to achieve 50mpg on normal running.

That IS impressive in my book!

i'm guessing you've had plenty of Chips semen inside you, and his ways have infected you

 

Thats a shame Tiff

 

 

Sorry, sarcasm of this reply threw me.....

My old 144K mile calibra turbo will knock on 50mpg and do 160mph, so fail to see the big deal, hence why I thought you were claiming 50mpg at 147mph, as otherwise what you're claiming is underwhelming.

Can be laid to rest now it's been established it was a poorly worded and underwhelming statement

 

just when you thought there were enough knobs in the world

 

Heh, at least you've got good mods keeping threads on topic

 

Indeed.........1 new one pops up and joins an established one

 

I can tell by that comment that you havent even read anything that has been going on for the last week or so

 

So your 144k Calibra Turbo averaged 50mpg?? must have been a special one!!

or did you mean on the motorway with the throttle held steady doing 60mph??

 

It would just about do 50mpg in 6th on A roads, big struggle, but considering it was knocking on 300bhp think that's good.
Mid 30's for most driving, superb on fuel it is

Tiff - what's been going on mate?
Always thought this was best site going, but looks to have gone downhill since I've come on and looked (am after a cossie soon) ?

I'm nothing to do with Chip either, but have learnt a lot from his posts on here and a couple Vaux forums