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ISF wins road course but only because of Tanner's skill and cunning.
M3 DCT comes out on top overall. Faster in the straights, faster around the curves, better braking, better balanced. Good win for BMW. |
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Impressive showing by the M3.
M3 won all straight line acceleration tests even when Tanner jumped the line, won the 0 - 100 - 0 mph (IS-F gets a better launch, Paul brakes early and won the test) and lost the road course because Foust brake-checked him sending Tracy in M3 into the dirt as Tracy was right behind him. Most surprising was when Tanner jumped the line in IS-F and M3 still reeled it back in and passed it by 3 car lengths before half a mile. I did not know M3 was that much faster in a straight line. Overall winner, M3. Like I stated above, Tanner brake-checked him sending Tracy into the dirt.
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Not yet. If you want to watch it, it will again be telecast tonight. 1:00 ET.
It is funny, one would imagine M3 to be neck and neck in a straight line and win the road course easily. This test was quite the opposite, M3 was beating the IS-F in a straight line left and right. Both cars looked very closely matched around the race track.
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In all seriousness, this episode shows how silly some of the discussions are. If two professionals were this close driving these cars...in the real world...with amateurs driving them, either car could win by huge margins depending on the driver. |
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09-16-2010, 10:27 PM | #76 |
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Their lack of controlled and fair testing is laughable. Tanner and Paul's manufactured angst for one another is pretty transparent as well, you know they're having beers when it's all over.
Thought the ISF would at least win one of the straight line tests, and the M3 should have kicked ass in the road course. Entertaining yes, but by no means an accurate "comparison" of these 2 cars. M3 FTW however so you know my bias.... |
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There is virtually no difference between sedan and coupe in performance, so wouldn't have made any difference on the numbers.
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In the 0 - 100 - 0 mph, the IS-F got a clean start and won the acceleration part, but M3 braked much shorter winning the test.
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that was awesome performance by the BMW. Once again M3 takes another title!
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Watching the show made me realize a few things:
1. I love Melbourne Red + ZCP. 2. I love the M3. 3. I love the M3.
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I believe it was.
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I DVR'd the episode & will watch it tonight. So, it looks like the originator won! My money was not on the copy anyways. Kudos to the M3!
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You would think that he would test the M3 out before he drove it. I mean showing him reading the manual on how to use launch control. I was amazed in the straight line test - ISF got the jump and the M3 still beat it!
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