Official BMW Nordschliefe Times

Phoenix 21st · 07-09-2007, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by southlight

Quick translation:

...A car like the M3 has been tested on a place where many customers are also planning to drive it: the legendary Nürburgring. Tests on the Nürburgring have been completed successfully. "The time we needed to drive [a lap] was definitely under 8:10 minutes", says Richter smiling...
following is first drive report which is quite encouraging (the steering's very precise)

Best regards, south

thanks for that. All sounds good where are the haters now.

RussianM3_dude · 07-09-2007, 07:36 AM

Erm, like a BMW test driver will criticise anything... You might as well ask a BMW dealer if he would reccomend that you buy a car from him.

lucid · 07-09-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

Erm, like a BMW test driver will criticise anything... You might as well ask a BMW dealer if he would reccomend that you buy a car from him.

If you are referring to the steering comment, okay, but it would be a stupid thing to lie about a lap time, which can be reproduced.

Epacy · 07-09-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by lucid

If you are referring to the steering comment, okay, but it would be a stupid thing to lie about a lap time, which can be reproduced.

It's ok. The russian guy just hates in every post he makes. Whether it is sensible or not. Just let him run on.

swamp2 · 07-09-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

Erm, like a BMW test driver will criticise anything... You might as well ask a BMW dealer if he would reccomend that you buy a car from him.

OK neither you nor I are probably in any position to know the personal dynamics between BMW M engineers and M test drivers. However, my strong suspicion is that if the engineers handed a crap steering prototype to the test drivers they would have absolutely no reservation about simply saying, "this is crap". Christ, that is their job! Quite a poor analogy you've made and very likely factually incorrect.

lucid · 07-09-2007, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by swamp2

OK neither you nor I are probably in any position to know the personal dynamics between BMW M engineers and M test drivers. However, my strong suspicion is that if the engineers handed a crap steering prototype to the test drivers they would have absolutely no reservation about simply saying, "this is crap". Christ, that is their job! Quite a poor analogy you've made and very likely factually incorrect.

Maybe he meant that the driver might say one thing to do press and another to the engineers to be politically correct. Regardless, if steering was indeed poor, I would think that the driver would play it safe and simply keep his mouth shut in front of the press or around outsiders since delivering bad news publicly is not his job.

swamp2 · 07-09-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by southlight

Quick translation:

...A car like the M3 has been tested on a place where many customers are also planning to drive it: the legendary Nürburgring. Tests on the Nürburgring have been completed successfully. "The time we needed to drive [a lap] was definitely under 8:10 minutes", says Richter smiling...
following is first drive report which is quite encouraging (the steering's very precise)

Best regards, south

Good news. Sounds to me like "definitely" means "substantially", which IMO means in the 8:05 neighborhood. Also just sounds like the time may still be still being improved upon so the door simply needs to be left open for any improvements. Just my 2 cents.

RussianM3_dude · 07-09-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lucid

Maybe he meant that the driver might say one thing to do press and another to the engineers to be politically correct. Regardless, if steering was indeed poor, I would think that the driver would play it safe and simply keep his mouth shut in front of the press or around outsiders since delivering bad news publicly is not his job.

Exactly. The test driver will never critisize the car he is testing publically.

swamp2 · 07-09-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

Exactly. The test driver will never critisize the car he is testing publically.

BMW test drivers don't do publicity AFAIK. They only work directly and discreetly behind the scenes with internal BMW folks. It is very far from their job, expertise or role to be any the public light at all.

RussianM3_dude · 07-09-2007, 09:27 AM

So who was this guy who claimed sub 8.10 time then?

lucid · 07-09-2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

Exactly. The test driver will never critisize the car he is testing publically.

But what I'm saying is that the guy would remain silent in public if the steering is poor, and might leak a few words out if it is good. It sounds like the latter has happened. Actually, we don't even really know if any of this happened, but still...

ILC32 · 07-09-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

So who was this guy who claimed sub 8.10 time then?

The head of BMW M.

Come on man, I thought you of all people were all over the magazine info. You thought he was a test driver??

RussianM3_dude · 07-09-2007, 09:38 AM

Well, then obviosuly he won't say anything bad.

ILC32 · 07-09-2007, 09:39 AM

[QUOTE=RussianM3_dude;1156563]Well, then obviosuly he won't say anything bad.[/QUOTE

Don't worry, your role is safe.

swamp2 · 07-09-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

So who was this guy who claimed sub 8.10 time then?

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Originally Posted by ILC32

The head of BMW M.

Come on man, I thought you of all people were all over the magazine info. You thought he was a test driver??

OK that made my night (here in Australia)

Phoenix 21st · 07-09-2007, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by swamp2

Good news. Sounds to me like "definitely" means "substantially", which IMO means in the 8:05 neighborhood. Also just sounds like the time may still be still being improved upon so the door simply needs to be left open for any improvements. Just my 2 cents.

8.05 was my guess from a while back and stand by it. Either way this region is significantly better than rs4 etc. although c63 is a threat.

IMO, if the c63 is quicker than M3, i'm not going to be upset. The ability to drive well counts for more than a few tenths other than in a straight line. Also with the m-dct we are likely to see quicker times at Nordschliefe etc. 7.55?

Also with 6.3l imagine what M could have done with it.

lucid · 07-09-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RussianM3_dude

Well, then obviosuly he won't say anything bad.

Nor will he lie about the lap time...

lucid · 07-09-2007, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix 21st

8.05 was my guess from a while back and stand by it. Either way this region is significantly better than rs4 etc. although c63 is a threat.

IMO, if the c63 is quicker than M3, i'm not going to be upset. The ability to drive well counts for more than a few tenths other than in a straight line. Also with the m-dct we are likely to see quicker times at Nordschliefe etc. 7.55?

Also with 6.3l imagine what M could have done with it.

Not much better probably; it would be really nose heavy...

I doubt the c63 can beat the M3 with all the extra weight and auto transmission, but we'll see...

T Bone · 07-09-2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by swamp2

Good news. Sounds to me like "definitely" means "substantially", which IMO means in the 8:05 neighborhood. Also just sounds like the time may still be still being improved upon so the door simply needs to be left open for any improvements. Just my 2 cents.

I have bet the M3 can crack 8 minutes.....

swamp2 · 07-09-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by T Bone

I have bet the M3 can crack 8 minutes.....

And it still seems possible, but with the small progression in the rumor numbers, 8:12, now better than 8:10, cracking 8:00 is seeming less likely. It also seems 100% now that it could crack 8:00 with nothing more than r compound tires. We'll see, let's keep our fingers crossed.

M3onTwomps · 07-09-2007, 12:47 PM

Man....the haters are really reaching. Kinda funny watching them squirm.

RussianM3_dude · 07-09-2007, 02:21 PM

Nobody doubts the M3 is fast, some of us are just concerned it has gone soft. Efficient but boring.

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