nfb New v8 at school

[96z28]

At my school v8s in cars are hard to come by, right off the top of my head I cant think of another except my Z. Today my buddy scott drove up in a 2001-3 or whatever bmw 540i. That thing is pretty awesome. It has great interior and whatnot everything u'd expect from a bmw. I was wondering if anyone knew much about it. I assume is pretty fast cause its got a v8 and a 6 speed. I wonder how much power and what it would run in a 1/4.

[Steel2686]

Is this a High School?

[96z28]

Is this a High School?

Sure is. If you are wondering how he got that nice of a car, his father is a Dr.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

I went to my daughters school today and there is a kid there with a 69 Camaro SS 350 orange with white stripes.

[G Fry33]

A few years ago when i was in high school there was a girl driving an 01 vette. By the end of the year she was driving an H2. Talk about rich parents.

[Al 96 Ram Air T/A]

Sure does beat the 77 Dodge Aspen station wagon I was driving...

[Performin Norman]

Local kid in my town has a father that owns a big insurnace company.

Starting at 16 years old, this kid is now in his mid twenties. I've seen him with an Acura NSX-T, 2 Corvette z06's, a Supercharged Viper GTS and an H2. He's had other cars but I lose track.

Will someone please adopt me?

[Craig 94 TA GT]

Not trying to stereotype as many young drivers are safe and good, I believe that some "inexperienced" and/or immature drivers don't need huge amounts of power. Then again, there are some drivers in all age categories that shouldn't be driving at all
http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2...e04_aragon.txt

I think the 540i is pretty equivalent to a bone stock LT1. 5.5 0-60 and 14.0 1/4 mile according to http://www.albeedigital.com/supercou...0-60times.html

[formula14.18]

not trying to highjack the thread but shouldnt these times be the same
1998 Pontiac Firebird Formula 5.3 13.8
1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 5.1 13.4

[Craig 94 TA GT]

That's what happens with stats from the magazines. I believe Motortrend back in '98 got the 13.4, and R&T (or C&D) got the 13.8. Different driver, different car (one may have had better tolerances than the other), different conditions, etc.

[Need4Speed]

At my highschool...

Well, there wasnt much... But one of my good buddy's dad had a 66 Stingray... Sweet ride, totaly done up, thing won awards in car shows.

But he also had a 96 Impala SS, which he let my buddy take time to time, and let me say....what a ride!!!

[Dave M]

as for the question in the thread, I saw an episode of C&D TV back in 97 that had reviews of the 97 WS6 and the BMW 540i on it. They came up with exactly the same quarter mile times for each car, and the 0-60 was within a tenth or two for each. The BMWs are awsome cars, I'd love to have a 540. They had a 282 hp V8 (at least in 97).

[wolfdogs]

http://www.fantasycars.com/sedans/html/540i.html

[raroZ28]

Local kid in my town has a father that owns a big insurnace company.

Starting at 16 years old, this kid is now in his mid twenties. I've seen him with an Acura NSX-T, 2 Corvette z06's, a Supercharged Viper GTS and an H2. He's had other cars but I lose track.

Will someone please adopt me?

I'll adopt you norm. Now hand over the keys to the C6, young man

[ryan34]

I always got a ride to school in a limo. Nice orange/yellow colored one. Seats about 40