I was on I-35 (in Dallas) heading north about 10am this morning, doing about 60 in the middle lane.

A black 740i sport (I think--it was debadged) with really dark tint blew by me on my left rather quickly, but got trapped in traffic way ahead of me. I sped up and caught up to him. The rear tires were huge and it had exposed exhaust. No extra body cladding that I could see. It was not pimped out, just very sleek.

As I got close, a spot opened in front of me and he moved right and SHOT away--it sounded like he had open pipes on it! I could clearly hear it inside my car. I tried to give chase but he left me sitting still. I caught up a couple of times thanks to traffic, but couldn't get too close.

When we hit 190, traffic had started to dissipate and he just disappeared--that car flew. I have never heard a 7 that was that loud and that fast. Was this anyone on the board???

...I didn't know Simeon was going to be in Texas....

Originally posted by FlyingHigh
...I didn't know Simeon was going to be in Texas....

:lol:

Jack,

In another thread, you mentioned that you may be looking to move into a 2001 Sport later this year. This being said, I have to ask, why, beyond the obvious...(newer car)?

A quick concession, if you were to drop a SC into it (as you also mentioned), different story.

Otherwise, with all the mods on your '95, you would be getting a slower car that didn't handle as well but that had more bells and whistles...sounds like you may be getting soft. :chix

Tell me it ain't so!

LOL - good question, Reed. I have been thinking about a newer car for the obvious reasons, but also from a practical sense. At what point do you stop modding an older car? The SC has forced me to evaluate whether I want to dump another $8k into my ride, or something newer. ...and if I get an 01 sport, I could start over with a decent BBK, consider the SC (comes with a new "brain"), and have the final year of a great model to carry me through the Bangle mess. ....and I'm getting soft... :D

Hmmm, after re-reading the post, I now detect an insatiable need for speed - how could I have missed this the first time? :conf:

It sounds like you are (mentally at least) pretty far along with the SC idea. Given that, I agree that you might as well get the '01 (which has really grown on me, BTW, the pre-1999 front end does look dated by comparison).

Would you pull the diff and BBK (if/when sorted) from your '95 and restore it to original (and then install these on your '01) or am I getting too far ahead here?

Sorry, the diff won't work on anything but a 95 - and I sent the old one back as a core... The buyer will end up getting a steal if this stuff is important to them. The BBK will go to the buyer - I am going to start over with something different. The SC? Well that still remains an open question. I really want the extra 100 HP, but will only move forward with the right shop - and we don't have one around here... I have a few months to think about it - this won't happen until after my latest house project is done...

Gotcha off-line.

-R