Hear ye hear ye! True three laps were not enough particularly for the F. The driver had to get used to downshifting more than the usual, instead of one gear down he'd have to go two or three, at times.
Anyway before I bla bla bla furhter, the results are..... Drum roll please....
1. THE F: 1.5617
2. C63: 1.5678
3. M3: 1.58...
There were other cars for a different comparo, for some strange reason they were going to put the BMW 335 against a Subaru STi. But to put it all in perspective here's a play by play:
First out was the Subaru which lapped at 2.00. Driver was not happy with the car, he said it felt sluggish. Next was the 335 which did 2.2... Then our turn came.
The M3 was taken out first which did a lousy 2.00. It was surprising cause the driver (before starting out) admitted that he'd probably do best with the M3 given that it's got the 6-speed manual.
Next was the C63 where he did six laps to get used to the braking behavior of the car. His best was 1.5678.
Last was the F. He also did six laps to try both manual and full auto, both at sport mode. His 1.5617 was with on auto. In Manual he also did 1.56.. almost identical, but he liked the manual better since he could throw the car a bit more.
I egged him on to take the M3 again to attempt to closer the gap and that's where he shaved 2 secs off.
But all told, we did it! ...in a very fair and square environment.
Flip, thanks for the sites. Doblexl, we didn't do the other tests anymore, 0-100, slalom, 100-0, etc. As far as I'm concerned the laps were good enough since it was a pretty technical track which brought out the behavior of the car in different situations.
