Nothin’ personal pal, just reporting the facts…
I didn’t use any ‘free service’. My friend is a lawyer and searched lexis-nexis. In response to you ‘being there’ I simply say Ok, but show me the court case. I an not saying it didn’t happen, I am simply saying you should back up your statements.
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding about the way turbos work, but I definitely take issue with the phrase “the turbo engages upon downshifting”.
Turbos are constantly spinning–at idle, half-throttle, full-throttle and every other point. However, depending on the turbo, they tend to really only offer a power increase in a certain rpm range. Now I agree that rpm’s CAN increase during a downshift but:
A: the person driving the car is an idiot if they increase by much which I guess is kinda your point.
B: there still should not be a large increase in power EVEN if the rpm’s now kick the turbo into it’s optimum range. As the throttle should be closed at this point, there would be no/little fuel injected into the combustion chamber. No fuel, no exhaust. No exhaust pressure= no turbo boost. Now if you want to argue about full throttle power shifts you’re on your own. Those people deserve to fly off the road backward at 160.
Now on to the BMW’s. Again, unless you have something to back up your statements, the Z8 is the fastest and quickest BMW street production car ever produced. I thought it might be the late great M1, but alas it seems after some research that the Z8 beats it in both catagories. Actually it seems that the new M5 is the second fastest/quickest BMW and some tests show it as faster than the Z8.
I think what you really are trying to point out is that BMW’s european models tend to be faster/more powerful than the same US model. In that case you’re GENERALLY right. The M3 has always gotten the less powerful motor.
Michael