Ate an M3

NO SLO PK · 12-09-2002, 02:39 PM

It was Saturday night and my wife and I were going topless in our Cobra when a white BMW whizzes by at about 85 mph.

I downshifted to see what passed us. It was a new M3 with the air vents on the fenders and no less than four exhaust pipes (dual exhaust with dual tips). To my surprise he goes for it, so I downshift to third and get into boost. I'm sure he could hear the whine from the Cobra, which is starting to pull on him. I hit the rev limiter like an idiot, but I shift to fourth and keep pulling. I slow down at about 115, and I'm a solid 3-4 car lengths ahead.

We both slow down, and go at it again with the same result: Cobra winning over the M3 by a wide margin.

The M3 pulled up a third time, kept it's distance for a while, then turned off the freeway abruptly. I believe the driver was trying to figure out what car just handed him his a**.

Maybe it wasn't a fair fight, since stock for stock, the Cobra is faster than the M3. I just can't help thrashing the overpriced European imports and bruising some rich egos along the way.

mustanggt_50 · 12-09-2002, 02:44 PM

nice kill NO SLO PK

Coupe50h · 12-09-2002, 04:37 PM

man you seem to like those sc'd cars....good one man...i hear about lots of stangs going down to these m3's so im glad to hear this.

POISNUS · 12-09-2002, 05:19 PM

Nice to see another 03 on this board. Are there any others? I have a pic of mine in another thread in the Blue Oval Lounge named M 03 Cobra.

What color is yours?

Jason

NO SLO PK · 12-09-2002, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by POISNUS
Nice to see another 03 on this board. Are there any others? I have a pic of mine in another thread in the Blue Oval Lounge named M 03 Cobra.

What color is yours?

Jason

Redfire. I wanted Torch Red, which was discontinued for the second production run.

I see you own a 5.0 also. It's sort of amazing how quiet and smooth the '03 is by comparison. I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing, but my wife likes my '03 Cobra and absolutely hates my '91 LX.

What have you done to your '03?

Rice Hunter · 12-09-2002, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NO SLO PK
I just can't help thrashing the overpriced European imports and bruising some rich egos along the way.

Yeah, I think the egos weigh them down a little.

You should stop picking on them, they might stop thinking they're better than us....

(j/k for anyone who happens to own one

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12-09-2002, 02:39 PM	#1
NO SLO PK Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Arcadia, CA, USA Posts: 731	Ate an M3 It was Saturday night and my wife and I were going topless in our Cobra when a white BMW whizzes by at about 85 mph. I downshifted to see what passed us. It was a new M3 with the air vents on the fenders and no less than four exhaust pipes (dual exhaust with dual tips). To my surprise he goes for it, so I downshift to third and get into boost. I'm sure he could hear the whine from the Cobra, which is starting to pull on him. I hit the rev limiter like an idiot, but I shift to fourth and keep pulling. I slow down at about 115, and I'm a solid 3-4 car lengths ahead. We both slow down, and go at it again with the same result: Cobra winning over the M3 by a wide margin. The M3 pulled up a third time, kept it's distance for a while, then turned off the freeway abruptly. I believe the driver was trying to figure out what car just handed him his a**. Maybe it wasn't a fair fight, since stock for stock, the Cobra is faster than the M3. I just can't help thrashing the overpriced European imports and bruising some rich egos along the way. __________________ Russ L '91 LX - 331 w/ Procharger '03 Cobra Convertible - Pullied '94 Lightning '65 Mustang Coupe

12-09-2002, 02:44 PM	#2
mustanggt_50 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 91	nice nice kill NO SLO PK

12-09-2002, 04:37 PM	#3
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	man you seem to like those sc'd cars....good one man...i hear about lots of stangs going down to these m3's so im glad to hear this. __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

12-09-2002, 05:19 PM	#4
POISNUS Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Madison Heights, MI Posts: 357	Nice to see another 03 on this board. Are there any others? I have a pic of mine in another thread in the Blue Oval Lounge named M 03 Cobra. What color is yours? Jason __________________ 2003 Satin Silver Cobra (12.47@113.6) 1989 GT Racecar (11.0x's on motor and an aborted spray run of 10.27) 1997 F-350 Powerstroke