Veearrhsix

Sorry about that... I do go on. :D

Yeah - it's always the BMW drivers isn't it... Had a pair of silver E46's owning the outside lane on the M6 strip from Warrington to Manchester one night... I was in the middle lane doing 80, watching them play with each other, thinking "Huh, this looks interesting". Then they both went into my lane a few car distances ahead of me... Now I thought hmmm, they seem to be going at a good pace so I stayed behind them for a few hundred yards, then they moved into the inside lane, so I naturally followed and observed. Well after a while, 80 seemed hard to hold, as I was drawing closer to one of the Beemers in front - so naturally - no cars ahead in the pitch blackness of the night, I overtook... (not wanting to cause a reaction, I just wanted some road to my self) Very smooth by the way (by the way, only had car for about a month, so still amazed by it's effortless pace). Well moving past them like they were standing still, they seemed to take interest. (Probably wondering, what's this red K reg thing doing overtaking us?) So we yo-yoed overtaking with each other for a few minutes (nothing strenuous on both sides approx. 110+). But then they seemed to up the pace - I think they were sizing me up. Felt scary - should I be scared of Beemers? Well they were about to overtake again on the outside, so I decided to keep up with them in the middle lane as I watched them getting closer and closer in my rearviewmirror... Dangerous I must say as a tiny hatchback was nearly denying me a proper run up, but I indicated at the last moment and undertook those provocative lane hogging Beemers. Well anyway, I think we all layed down a line after that, as as I returned to the middle lane, one overtook me to join my lane again, while the other joined behind me - my adrenaline was pumping as it appeared they were going to box me in for a few hundred yards more... until they turned off at the next junction. There is a point to this really - and it is regarding my cars performance, or what I felt was a lack of torque. Has this always been normal to a VR6 or is it even more so because it's a 15 year old car? I've heard a lot of good performance figures for the Corrado in the past, but in general, driving it at low speeds to top speeds, there seems to be a lot of gas you have to put into it to get it going. Listening to people praise this highly sort after gem, I never always thought the Corrado needed a lot of revs - maybe I'm just learning.