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      10-11-2012, 08:21 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by jaq1M5
I agree that the start appeared uneven and that perhaps the driver did a poor job. But what if we have a single driver on the same test track to assess the performance of these 2 cars..... Well let's just see what happens.

http://www.insideline.com/bmw/m5/201...and-video.html

http://www.insideline.com/tesla/mode...rack-test.html

Now what's our excuse? I think we have to respect and appreciate a good
American car and leave it at that.
No excuses here just the facts. Still comparing the MT M5 performance stats.. this is so OLD NEWS. DCT Is much faster than manual transmission. Others have proved it on this board and magazines such as motortrend and others.

Also per insideline about the m5 with 6 speed "A little tricky to launch. Either gets lots of wheelspin right off the line, or no wheelspin initially followed by lots of spin shortly thereafter, requiring a bit of backpedaling through 1st gear. Nice power, if an odd V8 engine note. Shifter has kinda long and rather notchy throws but well-defined gates"

no crap the 6 speed is painful to launch... Duh get a DCT to test..bunch of BS


Got love this comment about Tesla..."The first and second runs were the quickest, and after that it just got slower and slower despite having plenty of charge. By the sixth and final run it was 0.3 second slower"

"The first and second runs were the quickest, and after that it just got slower and slower despite having plenty of charge. By the sixth and final run it was 0.3 second slower"
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