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07-07-2006, 11:03 PM

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mast,

the e55 is a great machine. for me it looks soooo much better than the m5.
i just let my 2005 e55 go and i am sad about it

i am thinking of getting back in.

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07-08-2006, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mastiffdog

I was out driving the E55 yesterday, its an 05, bone stock. Had a half a tank and my two sons in the car, both 6 footers. So we had 3 guys in the car, total weight 600lbs. About 90 deg outside, we had the air conditioning on full blast.

A guy pulls up in a new M5, mid-40's type, and he wants to race us. Okay, so I hit the Sport button on the trans. I figure we're gonna get our butts handed to us.

NOT! We stayed right with him from the start and he could not pull away from us. We couldn't believe it, we thought for sure the M5 would have easily beat the E55.

I love the M5's but the E55 is a true beast.

The E55 if definitely faster than the M5 in a straight line. In fact, I got one of my employees a 2005 E55. We often run on the express way and it's always the E55 by two cars from a 60 - 140 roll. It's just got so much more torque the M5 can't compete in a straight line.