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      05-08-2014, 09:23 AM   #23
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Then it seems you are in good mental health from my point of view. Any pictures?
Here's a few photos (but let's keep this thread about your Nürburgring experience )
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These cars were so to say born here at autobahn and Nurburgring - and here you really understand the capabilities of the car - and you get an idea of what you have paid for.
That's my biggest problem with owning the F10 M5 or even E60 M5. I just can't use all of it's performance, or power, or speed where I live. I drove my F10 M5 on the Nurburgring when it was stock, and what an experience that was. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like now that I've upgraded the suspension and horsepower to over 700hp. Southern California with it's wide open desert is the one of the only places in the U.S. where you can truly get an idea of what you have paid for as you say. The State of Montana is another place and I've driven both. I'm hoping to either get a career where I can I live over there in Europe or retire from my career and move over there and enjoy true freedom of driving pleasure both on and off the track. As much as I'd like to dream, the race tracks over here in the U.S. pale in comparison to over in Europe. The Nurburgring is about the only place where big power or high revving engines can be enjoyed to their designed purposes. Owning a smaller and lighter car with less horsepower, like an F82 M4, E92 M3, Porsche Cayman S, Lotus, BMW Z4M, Honda S2000, or even a Fiat Abarth, makes more sense on American race tracks because they just aren't big enough to enjoy 700hp with.

Ok rant over.

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That's my biggest problem with owning the F10 M5 or even E60 M5. I just can't use all of it's performance, or power, or speed where I live. I drove my F10 M5 on the Nurburgring when it was stock, and what an experience that was. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like now that I've upgraded the suspension and horsepower to over 700hp. Southern California with it's wide open desert is the one of the only places in the U.S. where you can truly get an idea of what you have paid for as you say. The State of Montana is another place and I've driven both. I'm hoping to either get a career where I can I live over there in Europe or retire from my career and move over there and enjoy true freedom of driving pleasure both on and off the track. As much as I'd like to dream, the race tracks over here in the U.S. pale in comparison to over in Europe. The Nurburgring is about the only place where big power or high revving engines can be enjoyed to their designed purposes. Owning a smaller and lighter with less horsepower, like an F82 M4, E92 M3, Porsche Cayman S, Lotus, BMW Z4M, Honda S2000, or even a Fiat Abarth, makes more sense on American race tracks because they just aren't big enough to enjoy 700hp with.

Ok rant over.

And thanks for giving me inspiration.
Our Norwegian tourist roads might also be better suited to a small and nimble car perhaps






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This is amazing. Thanks for posting your experience and thoughts - I hope I can get out there some day to experience this first hand.

Two questions:

1) What is the camera car in the first video?

2) What software/gear did you use which plots your location on the map and tells you your speed in corners and straights? It looks almost like a video game!

Thanks again - this is a real inspiration.
1) The camera is a iPhone 5 in that video.
2) The software is harry`s lap timer. Its for both android and iPhone. Most tracks are preloaded, and you can make your own tracks and routes also.

http://www.gps-laptimer.de/Home.html

With a bluetooth based odb unit you can also overlay gear,throttle, boost and so on. You can even use an external GPS to get 5 or 10 updates of the speed every second.

This way you can watch the laps later - and its a little bit like being back on the track again with all the info and details.
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1) The camera is a iPhone 5 in that video.
2) The software is harry`s lap timer. Its for both android and iPhone. Most tracks are preloaded, and you can make your own tracks and routes also.

http://www.gps-laptimer.de/Home.html

With a bluetooth based odb unit you can also overlay gear,throttle, boost and so on. You can even use an external GPS to get 5 or 10 updates of the speed every second.

This way you can watch the laps later - and its a little bit like being back on the track again with all the info and details.
That's very cool. I wish there was a track around here to use that on..

BTW - I was asking about the camera CAR - I couldn't identify it from the hood/reflection of the dash.
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      05-08-2014, 12:38 PM   #29
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That's very cool. I wish there was a track around here to use that on..

BTW - I was asking about the camera CAR - I couldn't identify it from the hood/reflection of the dash.
Sorry, too eager, it`s my brothers 991 Carrera 3.4 350 hp with sport suspension and torque vectoring (active rear diff) in both videos - behind the Panamera and the M5.
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That's my biggest problem with owning the F10 M5 or even E60 M5. I just can't use all of it's performance, or power, or speed where I live. I drove my F10 M5 on the Nurburgring when it was stock, and what an experience that was. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like now that I've upgraded the suspension and horsepower to over 700hp. Southern California with it's wide open desert is the one of the only places in the U.S. where you can truly get an idea of what you have paid for as you say. The State of Montana is another place and I've driven both. I'm hoping to either get a career where I can I live over there in Europe or retire from my career and move over there and enjoy true freedom of driving pleasure both on and off the track. As much as I'd like to dream, the race tracks over here in the U.S. pale in comparison to over in Europe. The Nurburgring is about the only place where big power or high revving engines can be enjoyed to their designed purposes. Owning a smaller and lighter car with less horsepower, like an F82 M4, E92 M3, Porsche Cayman S, Lotus, BMW Z4M, Honda S2000, or even a Fiat Abarth, makes more sense on American race tracks because they just aren't big enough to enjoy 700hp with.

Ok rant over.

And thanks for giving me inspiration.
Why don't you plan a trip to Nurburgring? I will fix all we need, cars, hotels, theoretical walk thrue, whatever you want. I will share my knowledge from the Ring with you for free. I will make sure you avoid all trouble.
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Nice shots from Norway, gets sad watching the beautiful F458. Always wonders what went wrong. Mid-engine cars rotate very fast when they have started ...
It`s all about controlling your own ego.
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The camera is a iPhone 5 mounted inside.

My brother says:
Full speed driving and free speed limit :-) 295 on the tacho, 290,1 GPS and an average of 268 during almost 3 minutes, felt good!
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Awesome! Best of luck and have fun!

I'll be there on July 8th, after taking delivery of my 2014 M5!

Would LOVE to see a video like the one you just posted here! Awesome video!!
Your wish gave me energy to make the video of the M5 from behind, always positive when people show interest.
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That panamera turbo is fast in the straits... i see it pulling away from the 991.
and as I hoped, the M5 was even quicker - but also a handful.
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That is superb.... That m3GTS didn't like you Porsche brothers over-taking him! Must be such an adrenalin buzz.
Your right, the minutes a lap takes - time does not exist - your filled with adrenalin - just like you say - you just focus on driving the safe and fast way - doing all the turns - passing cars - let cars pass - the engine revs, gears changes, the braking throws you around - the engine bangs you back against the seat - next turn shows up in a tunnel vision - you ride the the curve with 1 g of side-forces - you can hear smell feel the tires sticks to the tarmac - and wooops - your finished - you can't believe the 8 or 9 minutes are gone.

The lovely m3GTS was really "Porschelized" there for some minutes - I believe he woke up there at the entrance of Bergwerk - you need to be "in the zone" at the Ring, its actually no room for other thoughts in your head during a lap - unlike the rest of a quite unfocused world.

Adrenalin is good - and you have to earn it.
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Your wish gave me energy to make the video of the M5 from behind, always positive when people show interest.
Thanks bud!! Cheers!
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M5 F10 top speed

Here is the safe way home, with a high speed test. We had 314 km/h on the speedometer. Perhaps it was 305 real km/h that the spec says with DP.

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