M5's are quick and I do love them but everyone of them I've come across especially the V8 M5's has been in my G8 GT's rear view. The M5 is was the G8(Holden Commodore) was designed to compete with...tool bags
@deezomaxima I never said it wasn't a beast on the top end, I said the M5 is geared for that and no G8 GT or GXP is gonna take a M5 on the top end. I passed on a 750 to get my SRT8, wanted a ZO6, but I have a family and needed the room, but the C7 has a spot reserved in my garage as soon as they go on sale. People buy what they like and I'm glad your happy with your purchase as I am as well, I just wish you were in Atlanta so I can really see what your G8 is all about:)
@jcsrt8 Well all I know is that I wouldn't turn down a M5 challenge if someone wanted to go at it just like the OP. I was just in ATL but I had my 07 Durango Limited HEMI since I have a family as well. So as you can see, I'm not a GM fanboy because I own a Dodge as well. :-) but it would be good race either way if I brought my G8 down there sometime. My wife and kids have friends there so I'll be down there again. Just don't know if the G8 will make it with me. The truck has the entertainment.
@deezomaxima I know you wouldnt turn down a race and you shouldnt, i raced one from 70-170mph and he got me by 2 cars, these things are fast, but not quick because there too heavy, but once they get going there gone. I have an 07 Jeep Commander to haul around the family and the SRT8 is just a weekend car, only driven twice a month or so. Dont see to many G8's on the road here, i had one guy pushing me to race really bad one day in a red one, but i had the kids in the car and thats a no no.
"I like cars that handle great" Is a joke. So you think because you bought a BMW that you are now an authority on what handles and what doesn't. Also where the fuck are you going to go where you can really ring that car out and use the handling. Pulling out of your parking spot at the hospital, driving down a shitty 2 lane road with blind corners in wine country or maybe while stuck in rush hour traffic. However an inexpensive American v8 has usable torque and power that is fun at every stop li
@giantmidget08 I agree. We were just messing around. And then a car was in my lane, obviously this wasnt anything official. And this video was before the supercharger got put on the car. Check out the other videos. A freeway race would have been good back then. Now as much as I like m5's, They dont have a chance. :)
ahh I dont think there was any problem with the car I think there was a problem with racing and holding a camera at the same time and what was that in the sky a saucer?
@brooksystyle Hey I like the M5s, but smoke a g8? lol, not with the simple bolt ons my car had at this time of video. A properly tuned, intake, long tube headered and cat back G8 GT will take a stock M5. Thats pretty impressive if you ask me. And Still have well over $60k LESS into the car than the M5 owner does with his car STOCK. Now my G8 has a blower on it. I encourage all doubting M5 owners to come play :)
@chadoo951 Stock M5... 4.1s 0-60, 12.4 @ 114.8mph, 205 mph with limiter off. A G8 GT will run what, a 13.4 stock, with basic bolt ons, 13 dead, maybe a high 12, lucky to do ~108 mph crossing the line. A G8 GT needs much more serious work (cam etc) to even keep up with an E60 M5, let alone take one.
@deezomaxima It needs serious work to catch an M5. Once you're talking about doing cams and whatnot, its not simply bolt-ons anymore. You're telling me to get educated? Funny, where I am from (and the G8 GT is exported from) I've never seen a Commodore SS with mild mods keep up with something like an M5, and they (M5s) seem to have no problems dispatching its LS3 and LS7 powered HSV bretheren.
@Steffo290 So just because you never seen a G8 GT (aka Commodore SS), it means that you're right? The 2008 M5 gets from 0-60 in 4.8 seconds stock. It does the 1/4 in about 12.8. So you're going to tell us all, the G8 will need major engine work to achieve beating that time? I think not dude. There are guys with simple mods getting just under those numbers in the 1/4 and I know of one person getting to 60 in 4.3 seconds (yes in a GT).
@deezomaxima You're telling me to get educated and you pull some arbritrary numbers out of your arse for the M5 that aren't accurate or correct, with a 0-60 time slower than BMW claims the M5 can do 0-62. Nice one. C&D Feb 06, M5... 0-60 in 4.2s, 1/4 in 12.5 @ 118mph. You're not trapping nearly 120 mph in a Commodore SS/G8 GT with basic bolt ons.
@Steffo290 I didn't pull shit out my ass. Depending on the conditions which the car was tested in produced the numbers given. Don't be an idiot. If the M5 was being tested out in the freakin heat of the desert, the car would do 0-60 in 7 seconds. So Car & Driver got their numbers and Inside lIne got there's. What I'm proving here is that you're wrong when you say a GT will need serious engine work in order to run to 60 and do the 1/4 to match the M5. Pure bullshit.
@deezomaxima The desert? Ok, who cares, was this video shot in the desert, no? Unless you live in one, not really relevant to conversation. Look at some basic facts, the G8 is over 100hp down on the M5 and its 200lbs heavier. So you're telling me its going to gain the 138hp its down on the M5, PLUS another 20-30hp on top to take care of the power/weight difference from an intake and a dyno tune? Please. You talk about pure bullshit, yet you're the one sprouting it.
@Steffo290 Yeah ok, I'm the one spouting bullshit and all you have to do is going to G8board, Grrrr8.net and any of the tuning shops around the US and find out whether I'm spouting BS or not but you're lazy and don't want to look for the data. I'm telling you what has been done and no magazine racing like you are. The G8 GT is an incredible car which surprises most. If you're not gonna look for the data, just shut off your computer idiot.
@deezomaxima Ok then, you want me to look at your prescious forums, no worries. 12.84@107.98 with intake, full exhaust and ported intake manifold. 13.2@104.5 with intake & tune. 12.05@113 with cam, modified cyl head, intake, headers, cat, cat-back & dyno tune. Gee, that's as fast as an M5, actually still traps worse so in top end probably slower, with what looks like serious work. Found another M5 matcher, almost, 12.38@111 with Magnacharger, supercharged and still 7 mph down but matches ET.
@deezomaxima Looks like your G8's do need serious work... ported heads, full bolt ons + cam... or a supercharger, to match but still not really be as fast as an M5. Guess you were wrong. Doesn't it suck when somebody uses information sources you provide against you? The thread was in G8 GT Talk, called 13.00 WTF Are you kidding me. Look at the people's sigs with info about their cars. All the G8 GT's matching the power of the M5 (near 120 trap) are turbo or supercharged or have massive work n/a.
@Steffo290 No. they don't need serious work. The data was given to you but you want to be Mr. Popularity here on Youtube. Do you own either of the cars? Hell fuckin no so go magazine race elsewhere. Tune shops have done what I've described with an intake and a tune. No serious work idiot, just time and a little cash. You obiously haven't looked at the data I've looked at on the sites I've check. Real world figures dude. Talkin about trap speeds when the Bimmer has more HP. Captain Obvious.
@deezomaxima I just proved to you that they do. You're getting upset now that you're wrong so you're calling me names. Trap speed is the true indicator of power/speed. You can't compare the ET of a magazine time to someone at the strip because the timing equipment used is different and the strip is prepped for drag racing, magazines don't use a drag strip to record their times.
@deezomaxima Nobody with a G8 is matching M5 performance with just an intake and tune. If it was that easy, HSV would not have bothered to engineer the LS7 into the Commodore (look up HSV W427) as their actual M5 rival. They'd have just done an intake and tune to the Commodore SS, would've cost them a whole lot less.
@Steffo290 So thanks for further concluding that you don't know what in the hell you're talking about. I'm not upset but I'm definitely being truthful in saying you're an idiot. You've proved that. I've seen videos like "Pontiac G8 - from dealer lot to strip" and even that vid makes you look like an idiot. The car in that vid ran a 12.6 and trapped at 113 mph. So when you say, "You proved to me what they do" You didn't prove shit.
@deezomaxima Good work. One car, with nitrous, and that's the end of the argument? Its still slower down the 1/4 than a stock M5. By 5 mph, a tenth off C&D, and 2 tenths off other mags, and they aren't doing it on a prepped strip where they can go faster again. And while I agree, its not major work, that car would ultimately lose in the long run even if it can almost match the 1/4.
@Steffo290 I like how you got around replying to the fact that you don't own any of these cars but you seem to know a lot about what they are capable of without any real world knowledge of what they can really do. I own a G8 GT in Hot White. Which one do you own? What kind of research are you doing to make it faster? Nothing. So go make a dumb argument with someone else that doesn't know about the capablity of these cars.
@deezomaxima I don't own a Commodore SS, I don't like big heavy cars that can't turn corners well. I hope you enjoy your GT. Just remember, if you encounter an E60 M5/E63 M6 on the road, don't try, you'll lose.
@Steffo290 Thanks for showing us even more about what you don't know. Stick to browsing vids and talking shit. You don't own a Commodore SS because you don't like big heavy cars that can't turn well. LOLOLOL!!
You don't own one simply for other reasons. This car handles damn good for a big heavy car but you wouldn't since you don't have one or never driven one. CLOWN!
@deezomaxima You think the Commodore handles well? Have you ever driven a big car that does handle well, like the BMW M5 in question? I guess not. And yes, I've driven plenty of them, and the superior HSV models, and the slower 6-cyl models and its predecessors, its not like they're rare or hard to come by here where they're made.
@Steffo290 I know the car handles well. I own one. I drive it whenever I feel like taking it out of the garage. Magazines have raved about the handling. I'm 41 years young and I've driven many vehicles from Mercs, Bimmers and Corvettes. The G8 GT handles just as good as the S Class and the 5 Series I've driven if not better.Swap out the suspeinsion to Pedders coilovers and you break 1g on the skidpad.
@Steffo290 The handling characteristics of the stock G8 remind me more of the S Class.Soft and stable on the highway and responsive in the corners. I'm not a magazine driver like you. I have driven these cars and no matter how you get your logic, it's false. You're talking to someone who has the car. Even if you read the OP's vid description, he says he let off because of the car in front of him and the M5 did a fly by. No major engine work done to his car. End of Story.
@Steffo290 Go to Vararam's website and they will also prove you wrong. A GT with an intake and tune alone will give you M5 numbers in but will not match the trap due to the lower HP. And I say, so what? The car is way cheaper and still runs in M5 territory with an intake and dyno tune. Period.
@chadoo951 I strongly disagree with you on that. In a 1/4 maybe because M5's are not drag racing cars and have horrible traction off the line, but once they get rolling its over. Those are light mods that you mention and will bet anything on it that a stock M5 will walk on it easily after the 1/4. Dont know how much you know about M5's or if youve ever really ran one upwards of 170 plus, but those cars are monsters.
@deezomaxima Never said it was, but a G8 to a M5??? PLEASE!!! M5's are and has always been the best four door high performance car until the 09 CTS-V and we'll see how that stands when the new F10 goes on sale. Im an American Muscle Fanatic, but i give credit where its due and I've been in M5's and for a four door mid size sedan, its kicks a lot of ass.
@jcsrt8 Forget about wait until the new F10 comes out. We're talking about G8 GT to M5. Everyone is going to continue to outdo each other until cars start flying so I don't see your point in talking about a car that's not on the road yet. M5's have kicked a lot of ass and so has G8's and I'm still not talking about the GXP or the Firehawk.
@deezomaxima Im not or ever was comparing a G8 to a M5 because theres nothing to compare, I said to a CTS-V. The GXP is only a hair faster than a GT and a Firehawk is one we'll probably never see because only a handful were made. If your comparing these cars to M5's for this type of stop light to stop light racing, then yes, but M5's and all other German cars are built for the Autobahn and are geared for the top end, not to see how fast i can get to the next mailbox.
@jcsrt8 Performance is to compare dude. Anyone that owns a G8 GT knows it doesn't match a M5 in the bells and whistle department. I passed over a 550 to own a G8 GT and I knew what I was giving up and gaining in the same hand when I passed the check to purchase the car. Firehawks are out there and there are members of G8board with them. And what makes you think the G8 wasn't built to handle the German Autobahn as well? These cars are beasts up top as well.
@chadoo951 Got a buddy of mine that has aBMW M5 Dinan Stroker, with new tires and 60 degree temps (like today) we put down 0-60mph in 3.5 and it's topping out at just over 700HP. All N/A, total spent including car and mods, $80k-$90k.
I'd say that's a fair trade off, as well as the plain and simple fact of the matter is that you can find a V6 or V8 anywhere, but the V10 is TRULY unique. :)
@statjr and your point? and it would most likely be s/c since the turbo's tend to cause too many problems on a G8. i still believe with unlimite funds you could achieve more power with a 6.0 or 6.2 than a M5. Beamers are nice, but people pay too much for the name alone.
I just bought my g8 tonight. The G8 GT is so under rated by other drivers. The car is simply sick when puching it from within the range of 30 to 60 mph. She simply hauls ass. Can't wait for my worst "worthy" race. Can you list you Mods? I am gonna run the Borla Cat Back system before I do anything else.
didn't your parents tell you not to follow strangers lol nice race man....the g8's are sick. I wanted a GTO just for the power but the styling of the G8 is just to nasty to pass up
Is this in newport Beach? it looks like it lol.
kajikyuu 4 months ago
@kajikyuu Hahaha. Yup. Newport Beach (Mexico) lol
chadoo951 4 months ago
the commy would win if it was open highway
0s0e0a0n0100 4 months ago
M5's are quick and I do love them but everyone of them I've come across especially the V8 M5's has been in my G8 GT's rear view. The M5 is was the G8(Holden Commodore) was designed to compete with...tool bags
TheGunslinger2001 4 months ago
Dan you chad! I miss that thing! lol
tenoR4sax 5 months ago
nice lil skirmish right there hehe
necessaryevil101 7 months ago
Nice you raced a Dinan M5 those are qwick! my friend had one with a super charger.
bluefox121 7 months ago
i thought it was called G8 GTX for the 2009 ? GT was till 08
pkidro 8 months ago
@pkidro Nope still a GT, no GTX's.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima what is a GTX then?
pkidro 8 months ago
@pkidro Motor oil. LOL! There is the GT, GXP and GXP Firehawk.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima :D nice
pkidro 8 months ago
@deezomaxima I never said it wasn't a beast on the top end, I said the M5 is geared for that and no G8 GT or GXP is gonna take a M5 on the top end. I passed on a 750 to get my SRT8, wanted a ZO6, but I have a family and needed the room, but the C7 has a spot reserved in my garage as soon as they go on sale. People buy what they like and I'm glad your happy with your purchase as I am as well, I just wish you were in Atlanta so I can really see what your G8 is all about:)
jcsrt8 8 months ago
@jcsrt8 Well all I know is that I wouldn't turn down a M5 challenge if someone wanted to go at it just like the OP. I was just in ATL but I had my 07 Durango Limited HEMI since I have a family as well. So as you can see, I'm not a GM fanboy because I own a Dodge as well. :-) but it would be good race either way if I brought my G8 down there sometime. My wife and kids have friends there so I'll be down there again. Just don't know if the G8 will make it with me. The truck has the entertainment.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima I know you wouldnt turn down a race and you shouldnt, i raced one from 70-170mph and he got me by 2 cars, these things are fast, but not quick because there too heavy, but once they get going there gone. I have an 07 Jeep Commander to haul around the family and the SRT8 is just a weekend car, only driven twice a month or so. Dont see to many G8's on the road here, i had one guy pushing me to race really bad one day in a red one, but i had the kids in the car and thats a no no.
jcsrt8 8 months ago
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deezomaxima 8 months ago
"I like cars that handle great" Is a joke. So you think because you bought a BMW that you are now an authority on what handles and what doesn't. Also where the fuck are you going to go where you can really ring that car out and use the handling. Pulling out of your parking spot at the hospital, driving down a shitty 2 lane road with blind corners in wine country or maybe while stuck in rush hour traffic. However an inexpensive American v8 has usable torque and power that is fun at every stop li
toastedtires 8 months ago
I'm not saying that your car isn't fast, but a 5 second race does not prove much. Take it to the highway and you will find out who is faster.
giantmidget08 9 months ago
@giantmidget08 I agree. We were just messing around. And then a car was in my lane, obviously this wasnt anything official. And this video was before the supercharger got put on the car. Check out the other videos. A freeway race would have been good back then. Now as much as I like m5's, They dont have a chance. :)
chadoo951 9 months ago 2
@chadoo951 nice car bro but at the same time wat would happen if the m5 was supercharged lol..
unlimetedarsen 4 months ago
Tottally saw that UFO!!! Chad you were trying to shift? I thought it was an auto :O
let me do the filming next time.
Permafade 11 months ago
The UFO pulled on both of you.
jimbom347 1 year ago
Anyone else the UFO at 0:55.......OMG.
GXPFiend 1 year ago 14
@GXPFiend LOL. yeah idk what that is... Maybe the sun. But that video was taken late in the afternoon
chadoo951 1 year ago
@GXPFiend Looks like a spec of dust on the window
GREMLlN 4 months ago
nice kill
GMpowerLS2 1 year ago
There Both SLOW lol
08z51ls3 1 year ago
ahh I dont think there was any problem with the car I think there was a problem with racing and holding a camera at the same time and what was that in the sky a saucer?
killhawk44 1 year ago
Don't get me wrong, g8 is nice but a m5 ooooooo, it would smoke a g8 . BMW M power is the bomb!!
brooksystyle 1 year ago
@brooksystyle Hey I like the M5s, but smoke a g8? lol, not with the simple bolt ons my car had at this time of video. A properly tuned, intake, long tube headered and cat back G8 GT will take a stock M5. Thats pretty impressive if you ask me. And Still have well over $60k LESS into the car than the M5 owner does with his car STOCK. Now my G8 has a blower on it. I encourage all doubting M5 owners to come play :)
chadoo951 1 year ago 18
@chadoo951 Stock M5... 4.1s 0-60, 12.4 @ 114.8mph, 205 mph with limiter off. A G8 GT will run what, a 13.4 stock, with basic bolt ons, 13 dead, maybe a high 12, lucky to do ~108 mph crossing the line. A G8 GT needs much more serious work (cam etc) to even keep up with an E60 M5, let alone take one.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 I wouldn't say serious work. Do some reading and get educated. The G8 is a beast regardless of all this talk.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima It needs serious work to catch an M5. Once you're talking about doing cams and whatnot, its not simply bolt-ons anymore. You're telling me to get educated? Funny, where I am from (and the G8 GT is exported from) I've never seen a Commodore SS with mild mods keep up with something like an M5, and they (M5s) seem to have no problems dispatching its LS3 and LS7 powered HSV bretheren.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 So just because you never seen a G8 GT (aka Commodore SS), it means that you're right? The 2008 M5 gets from 0-60 in 4.8 seconds stock. It does the 1/4 in about 12.8. So you're going to tell us all, the G8 will need major engine work to achieve beating that time? I think not dude. There are guys with simple mods getting just under those numbers in the 1/4 and I know of one person getting to 60 in 4.3 seconds (yes in a GT).
Get educated.
deezomaxima 9 months ago 2
@deezomaxima You're telling me to get educated and you pull some arbritrary numbers out of your arse for the M5 that aren't accurate or correct, with a 0-60 time slower than BMW claims the M5 can do 0-62. Nice one. C&D Feb 06, M5... 0-60 in 4.2s, 1/4 in 12.5 @ 118mph. You're not trapping nearly 120 mph in a Commodore SS/G8 GT with basic bolt ons.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 I didn't pull shit out my ass. Depending on the conditions which the car was tested in produced the numbers given. Don't be an idiot. If the M5 was being tested out in the freakin heat of the desert, the car would do 0-60 in 7 seconds. So Car & Driver got their numbers and Inside lIne got there's. What I'm proving here is that you're wrong when you say a GT will need serious engine work in order to run to 60 and do the 1/4 to match the M5. Pure bullshit.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima The desert? Ok, who cares, was this video shot in the desert, no? Unless you live in one, not really relevant to conversation. Look at some basic facts, the G8 is over 100hp down on the M5 and its 200lbs heavier. So you're telling me its going to gain the 138hp its down on the M5, PLUS another 20-30hp on top to take care of the power/weight difference from an intake and a dyno tune? Please. You talk about pure bullshit, yet you're the one sprouting it.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 Yeah ok, I'm the one spouting bullshit and all you have to do is going to G8board, Grrrr8.net and any of the tuning shops around the US and find out whether I'm spouting BS or not but you're lazy and don't want to look for the data. I'm telling you what has been done and no magazine racing like you are. The G8 GT is an incredible car which surprises most. If you're not gonna look for the data, just shut off your computer idiot.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima Ok then, you want me to look at your prescious forums, no worries. 12.84@107.98 with intake, full exhaust and ported intake manifold. 13.2@104.5 with intake & tune. 12.05@113 with cam, modified cyl head, intake, headers, cat, cat-back & dyno tune. Gee, that's as fast as an M5, actually still traps worse so in top end probably slower, with what looks like serious work. Found another M5 matcher, almost, 12.38@111 with Magnacharger, supercharged and still 7 mph down but matches ET.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@deezomaxima Looks like your G8's do need serious work... ported heads, full bolt ons + cam... or a supercharger, to match but still not really be as fast as an M5. Guess you were wrong. Doesn't it suck when somebody uses information sources you provide against you? The thread was in G8 GT Talk, called 13.00 WTF Are you kidding me. Look at the people's sigs with info about their cars. All the G8 GT's matching the power of the M5 (near 120 trap) are turbo or supercharged or have massive work n/a.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 No. they don't need serious work. The data was given to you but you want to be Mr. Popularity here on Youtube. Do you own either of the cars? Hell fuckin no so go magazine race elsewhere. Tune shops have done what I've described with an intake and a tune. No serious work idiot, just time and a little cash. You obiously haven't looked at the data I've looked at on the sites I've check. Real world figures dude. Talkin about trap speeds when the Bimmer has more HP. Captain Obvious.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima I just proved to you that they do. You're getting upset now that you're wrong so you're calling me names. Trap speed is the true indicator of power/speed. You can't compare the ET of a magazine time to someone at the strip because the timing equipment used is different and the strip is prepped for drag racing, magazines don't use a drag strip to record their times.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@deezomaxima Nobody with a G8 is matching M5 performance with just an intake and tune. If it was that easy, HSV would not have bothered to engineer the LS7 into the Commodore (look up HSV W427) as their actual M5 rival. They'd have just done an intake and tune to the Commodore SS, would've cost them a whole lot less.
Steffo290 9 months ago
@Steffo290 So thanks for further concluding that you don't know what in the hell you're talking about. I'm not upset but I'm definitely being truthful in saying you're an idiot. You've proved that. I've seen videos like "Pontiac G8 - from dealer lot to strip" and even that vid makes you look like an idiot. The car in that vid ran a 12.6 and trapped at 113 mph. So when you say, "You proved to me what they do" You didn't prove shit.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima Good work. One car, with nitrous, and that's the end of the argument? Its still slower down the 1/4 than a stock M5. By 5 mph, a tenth off C&D, and 2 tenths off other mags, and they aren't doing it on a prepped strip where they can go faster again. And while I agree, its not major work, that car would ultimately lose in the long run even if it can almost match the 1/4.
Steffo290 8 months ago
@Steffo290 I like how you got around replying to the fact that you don't own any of these cars but you seem to know a lot about what they are capable of without any real world knowledge of what they can really do. I own a G8 GT in Hot White. Which one do you own? What kind of research are you doing to make it faster? Nothing. So go make a dumb argument with someone else that doesn't know about the capablity of these cars.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@deezomaxima I don't own a Commodore SS, I don't like big heavy cars that can't turn corners well. I hope you enjoy your GT. Just remember, if you encounter an E60 M5/E63 M6 on the road, don't try, you'll lose.
Steffo290 8 months ago
@Steffo290 Thanks for showing us even more about what you don't know. Stick to browsing vids and talking shit. You don't own a Commodore SS because you don't like big heavy cars that can't turn well. LOLOLOL!!
You don't own one simply for other reasons. This car handles damn good for a big heavy car but you wouldn't since you don't have one or never driven one. CLOWN!
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima You think the Commodore handles well? Have you ever driven a big car that does handle well, like the BMW M5 in question? I guess not. And yes, I've driven plenty of them, and the superior HSV models, and the slower 6-cyl models and its predecessors, its not like they're rare or hard to come by here where they're made.
Steffo290 8 months ago
@Steffo290 I know the car handles well. I own one. I drive it whenever I feel like taking it out of the garage. Magazines have raved about the handling. I'm 41 years young and I've driven many vehicles from Mercs, Bimmers and Corvettes. The G8 GT handles just as good as the S Class and the 5 Series I've driven if not better.Swap out the suspeinsion to Pedders coilovers and you break 1g on the skidpad.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@Steffo290 The handling characteristics of the stock G8 remind me more of the S Class.Soft and stable on the highway and responsive in the corners. I'm not a magazine driver like you. I have driven these cars and no matter how you get your logic, it's false. You're talking to someone who has the car. Even if you read the OP's vid description, he says he let off because of the car in front of him and the M5 did a fly by. No major engine work done to his car. End of Story.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@Steffo290 Oh, and I forgot to mention that car was spraying and spray doesn't equal to major engine work.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@Steffo290 Go to Vararam's website and they will also prove you wrong. A GT with an intake and tune alone will give you M5 numbers in but will not match the trap due to the lower HP. And I say, so what? The car is way cheaper and still runs in M5 territory with an intake and dyno tune. Period.
deezomaxima 9 months ago
@chadoo951 I strongly disagree with you on that. In a 1/4 maybe because M5's are not drag racing cars and have horrible traction off the line, but once they get rolling its over. Those are light mods that you mention and will bet anything on it that a stock M5 will walk on it easily after the 1/4. Dont know how much you know about M5's or if youve ever really ran one upwards of 170 plus, but those cars are monsters.
jcsrt8 8 months ago
@jcsrt8 Please. M5's aren't the "Kill all" cars they used to be.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima Never said it was, but a G8 to a M5??? PLEASE!!! M5's are and has always been the best four door high performance car until the 09 CTS-V and we'll see how that stands when the new F10 goes on sale. Im an American Muscle Fanatic, but i give credit where its due and I've been in M5's and for a four door mid size sedan, its kicks a lot of ass.
jcsrt8 8 months ago
@jcsrt8 Forget about wait until the new F10 comes out. We're talking about G8 GT to M5. Everyone is going to continue to outdo each other until cars start flying so I don't see your point in talking about a car that's not on the road yet. M5's have kicked a lot of ass and so has G8's and I'm still not talking about the GXP or the Firehawk.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
@deezomaxima Im not or ever was comparing a G8 to a M5 because theres nothing to compare, I said to a CTS-V. The GXP is only a hair faster than a GT and a Firehawk is one we'll probably never see because only a handful were made. If your comparing these cars to M5's for this type of stop light to stop light racing, then yes, but M5's and all other German cars are built for the Autobahn and are geared for the top end, not to see how fast i can get to the next mailbox.
jcsrt8 8 months ago
@jcsrt8 Performance is to compare dude. Anyone that owns a G8 GT knows it doesn't match a M5 in the bells and whistle department. I passed over a 550 to own a G8 GT and I knew what I was giving up and gaining in the same hand when I passed the check to purchase the car. Firehawks are out there and there are members of G8board with them. And what makes you think the G8 wasn't built to handle the German Autobahn as well? These cars are beasts up top as well.
deezomaxima 8 months ago
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jcsrt8 8 months ago
@chadoo951 Got a buddy of mine that has aBMW M5 Dinan Stroker, with new tires and 60 degree temps (like today) we put down 0-60mph in 3.5 and it's topping out at just over 700HP. All N/A, total spent including car and mods, $80k-$90k.
I'd say that's a fair trade off, as well as the plain and simple fact of the matter is that you can find a V6 or V8 anywhere, but the V10 is TRULY unique. :)
statjr 5 months ago
@statjr truly unique in terms of eating up cash. you can take a G8 and spend 30k tops and walk that same Dinan.
scopapa33 5 months ago
@scopapa33 I 100% agree with you. However, I HIGHLY doubt that that's without a Supercharger and/or Turbocharger.
statjr 5 months ago
@statjr and your point? and it would most likely be s/c since the turbo's tend to cause too many problems on a G8. i still believe with unlimite funds you could achieve more power with a 6.0 or 6.2 than a M5. Beamers are nice, but people pay too much for the name alone.
scopapa33 5 months ago
I just bought my g8 tonight. The G8 GT is so under rated by other drivers. The car is simply sick when puching it from within the range of 30 to 60 mph. She simply hauls ass. Can't wait for my worst "worthy" race. Can you list you Mods? I am gonna run the Borla Cat Back system before I do anything else.
panzr110 1 year ago
didn't your parents tell you not to follow strangers lol nice race man....the g8's are sick. I wanted a GTO just for the power but the styling of the G8 is just to nasty to pass up
00prixgtp 1 year ago
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Wow you held him for a little bit!
DanSVT03 1 year ago
wtf that silver car is a douche
ERIC933G 1 year ago