BMW puts up a fight

[blue00gt]

Ran against a 540iA last night a few times on the freeway.
It was a lot closer than I would like to admit. First time we went from about 75 and it was dead even until about 100, with me pulling 1/4 to 1/2 car by 115 when we had to shut it down.
The next race we went from 60, and all the way through third it was dead even again. Put it in fourth and started to pull a little when I hit the powerband. I pulled about 1/2-1 car by the time my speedo read 130 and we came up on some traffic so I shut down. Good thing too, because I was at about redline in 4th (3.27's), and fifth just doesn't pull with stock gearing. He, on the other hand, has a 6 speed, so he probably would have won if we went for much longer (155mph governed top speed). Those things are good on the highway.
Looked up the specs on this car (according to Car & Driver): 0-60 in 5.5, 14.1@100mph, 282hp, 324 ft-lb. Not bad for a 3700lb car...
Of course for over $50K I would be pissed to lose to a car that costs 1/2 as much.

Kick azz and leave hoofprints...