Ditch
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A Ferrari 360 Spider 
Was in Watford in my mates M3 when around the corner comes this guy in a ferrari 360 Modena Spider thingymajigger.
He sees us with the roof down and comes flying up behind us, V8 engine at full chat, and when I turn around he just smiled and gave a little blip of the throttle.
Lights go green we lead him out through heavy traffic onto the dual carriageways out of Watford
Now I was expecting this thing to absolutely smoke my friends bimmer, and admittedly around the roundabouts he had the edge, but on the straights through 3rd and a bit of 4th (to around 130mph!) we were actually gaining on a 390bhp ferrari made totally out of Aluminium..... 
when we turned onto the M1 he gave a thumbs up, and roared off.
All I can think of is this dude just couldnt drive his finger up his nose!
He simply cant of been flooring it in the right gear cos that V8 was roaring!
sorry for the boyracer type essay but this race will stick in my head for a long while 
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Robbo
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Maybe he wasn't trying
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Pete__2
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Nice,But the ferrari 360 modena would piss all over a M3 including the E46.
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Pete__2
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and that includes the CSL!!!
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Maybe he wasn't trying
Then why could we hear the engine note over the top of ours,
and why did the guy take it all the way to 130ish on dual carriageways,
and why give a after?
Nah, Im convinced the guy was either a poor driver, or just wasnt taking his rari to the redline. I can assure you he was trying though whatever gear it was in
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Pete__2
and that includes the CSL!!!
i dunno not from what i sen on saturday on the track , this CSL stuck to it better than anything else i think the 360 would be hard to beat it.
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Pete__2
Nice,But the ferrari 360 modena would piss all over a M3 including the E46.
a full second faster than the E36 M3 Evo over a standing quater mile
Im not debating its a faster car
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Maybe he wasn't trying
Then why could we hear the engine note over the top of ours,
and why did the guy take it all the way to 130ish on dual carriageways,
and why give a after?
Coz he can 
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Ditch
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E46 M3 CSL does a qtr in the 12's doesnt it?
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Robbo
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CSL is shit fast... id say faster than a 360... it has a cardboard boot floor ffs
Saw one the other day... the exhaust roar is out of this world... not quite as good as the scream of a Ferrari but still
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
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Originally posted by Robbo
Maybe he wasn't trying
Then why could we hear the engine note over the top of ours,
and why did the guy take it all the way to 130ish on dual carriageways,
and why give a after?
Coz he can
very true, persponally I would have to show two grinning monkeys in an M3 what my ferrari is capable of!
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Robbo
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Me 2 
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
CSL is shit fast... id say faster than a 360... it has a cardboard boot floor ffs
Saw one the other day... the exhaust roar is out of this world... not quite as good as the scream of a Ferrari but still
Yeah the one at coombe eat the skylines, TM Evo 6 and Esprits , has Carbon Roof , Bonnet and boot looks so sweet and sounds amazing , got some vids of it
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
CSL is shit fast... id say faster than a 360... it has a cardboard boot floor ffs
Saw one the other day... the exhaust roar is out of this world... not quite as good as the scream of a Ferrari but still
covers 60mph in 4.9 which aint quite as fast as the Modena, thats about all i can find on it though
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Jason Iles
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Pete__2
and that includes the CSL!!!
i dunno not from what i sen on saturday on the track , this CSL stuck to it better than anything else i think the 360 would be hard to beat it.
Was gonna say the same the CSL would unfortunatly do it.
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Robbo
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Strange
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Paul H
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is the csl the one your can't drive in the rain???
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
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Originally posted by Robbo
CSL is shit fast... id say faster than a 360... it has a cardboard boot floor ffs
Saw one the other day... the exhaust roar is out of this world... not quite as good as the scream of a Ferrari but still
Yeah the one at coombe eat the skylines, TM Evo 6 and Esprits , has Carbon Roof , Bonnet and boot looks so sweet and sounds amazing , got some vids of it
 Dont 4get the ridiculous cardboard flooring in the boot
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Nismo
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dunno, should think you can with all this fancy BMW traction stuff
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
is the csl the one your can't drive in the rain???
you have to sign a disclaimer saying something like if you wrap it up in the wet it aint the tyres fault
think the tyres are unique to the CSL!
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Robbo
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^^ Sounds about right... rnt they road legal slicks?
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Jason Iles
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The tyre are racing tyres, that aren't for road use. You can get them with just normal road tyres, but the one at coombe was on a racing set.
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
^^ Sounds about right... rnt they road legal slicks?
yeah think they are some kind of cut slicks though...
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MatthewR
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Yeah slicks
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Ditch
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Taken from bmw.co.uk
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Contributing to the BMW M3 CSL’s dynamic handling characteristics are the optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tyres, only available on this model, these tyres feature asymmetric treads that were specially developed for the car. Measuring 235/35 ZR19 on the front and 265/30 ZR19 on the rear, the tyres help the car deliver up to 1.6g of lateral grip, but even in these situations the driver will be held firmly in their 'bucket' style racing seats.
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