540i Steel Balls test

[E39 Ian]

Feeling on top of the world tonight!

Dropped past Freerider this evening and he helped me over the hurdle by showing me what my car can do, although as a passanger I should have remembered to wear plastic underwear....:yikes:

For those of you new , the steel balls test is to floor the car for 15 seconds and survive....don't feel bad as often I got marshmellowly after 8 seconds cause its a beast!!!

Well Freerider did it for 22 seconds, well surpassing the test:shocked:

So on the way home, I through down the hammer and made it for 20 seconds until a slow moving car was spotted...damm

Well now I'm satisfied

 

[Gerhardm32]

Nice to hear that we have The Stig with us on the forum.

 

[clutchplate]

Ian, I have a similar test, It's the 540i Tungsten Carbide Balls Test. I should take you for a spin sometime...

 

[E39 Ian]

lol......no

 

[rick540]

What about the Titanium balls test, getting my 540 to go sideways on it's 245's.

Never tried it, I'll stick with steel

 

[Coisman]

imp:
Mmmmm....
22 seconds in a straight line? or 22 seconds on the throttle going through bends as well??? :dunno:
Anyhow, While visiting my sister in Lichtenburg, I opted to do the top-end run with my baby :mmm:
didn't know that she could go all the way past where the big number is!! :shocked:
Kept it there for about 30seconds... then had such a big headache from thinking of all the "What if's..."
I had to pull over and sit and relax, and enjoy the adrenaline rush... :drool: :drool:
I love having done the chip, makes all the difference. :thumbsup: as in no limiter
How long have you had your car for Ian??
imp:

 

[freerider]

no comment... :mmm:

 

[Coisman]

no comment... :mmm:

imp:
Where you stay again???
whanna come "visit"

 

[Hellas]

Longest floor run I had probably lasted 28 minutes...

 

[Coisman]

Longest floor run I had probably lasted 28 minutes...

imp:
We don't count toy cars on tread mills here ok

 

[Sankekur]

I haven't gone past around 10 seconds in my 330i, usually get scared or run out of road, congrats to all the guys that can do this in their 540i's it (and you) must be insane :mmm:

 

[Hellas]

Got me there, it wasn't a 540 but an oiler, but the road was pretty real...oops...it's Coisman...treadmill it was

 

[Truvalu]

Longest floor run I had probably lasted 28 minutes...

From Springbok to KamiesKroon? or towards Steinkopf, or past Carolusberg?

Come to think of it... you have many directions with nice "testing ground"

 

[Coisman]

imp:
Look, like I said once before, but in another thread, I also push it sometimes. :mmm:
the road in Lichtenburg... millie lande freshly plowed on both sides, and open road looking to the horison.
I felt safe enough to push it a bit, to see what the R15k bought me :excited:
I already knew to "dicing" performance :nono:, but never have tried the top-end thingy
so I kinda felt obligated to do it...
must also confess, on the way back on the sunday, on the Rustenburg N4, back to pretoria...
some dude in a E46 m3, black one, "compulsed" me to see if I can catch him... :mmm:
well, I kept up, about 2 car lenths behind, till he reached his limitter...
He was like :dropjaw: ... :wtf: I was like :woot:
Oooo... so much fun!
imp:

Just remember boys and girls, to never try that at home :nono:

 

[Sankekur]

Yeah well my home is kinda small to test out the top end of my car, so I most certianly will not try it at home.
Coisman we all know that you also like your speed (the car one not the clubbing one ) but we try to be better than the ST guys that brags about illegal things on an open forum, plus having a metro officer on the forum also helps to keep the guys quite here

 

[Coisman]

imp:
ok, it wasn't illigal racing :mmm:
it was a... Mmmmm :thinking: ... I know :thinker:
Valuable Consumer Advice !!!

 

[biofreak]

hehe, I have done this test with the M5 Was a lil longer then 20 seconds though

 

[andrewbuch]

I did this in my car, Had foot flat for like nearly 1 minute, looked at the speedo, was only about 100... Got to love the 318i

 

[veridico]

20 seconds in an M5 is like an hour in many other cars...

hehe, I have done this test with the M5 Was a lil longer then 20 seconds though

 

[Coisman]

20 seconds in an M5 is like an hour in many other cars...

hehe, I have done this test with the M5 Was a lil longer then 20 seconds though

imp:
Had a Datsun 120y once....
had the speedo replaced with a calander
MAN that thing was slow...