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Old 06-06-2007, 08:07 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by blkboxster
So as i was driving today, a 2000-2002 bmw 530i was playing with me.so as soon as he passed, i downshifted to try to pass him, and i was shocked when i couldnt overtake him. There somthing wrong with my car or the boxster is much slower then i though btw my cel is on

The other thing to keep in mind here - it sounds like he was already going faster than you and accelerating by the time you downshifted and dropped the hammer. Even if you are slightly faster mechanically, that scenario gives him no small lead since you have to start out making up for lost ground before you can even catch up to him, much less pass, and I imagine you both backed off reasonably early since it is the street, so you would have had little time to reverse the situation.

The up-side is, that is a nice car – I got humbled at a stoplight by a Mazdaspeed 6 last Sunday. It was all in good fun, but that just seems wrong…
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