Comments on: Video: BMW 135i on Nurburgring Track http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47453 Mark Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:21:38 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47453 Oh, I would not be all that worried about whether or not he had both hands on the wheel....for goodness sakes, he was driving what....no more than 35 to 45mph??? Gosh, I have seen a few videos of screaming laps around the Nordschleife where the drivers lapped it in under 8:30, or less...at speeds that looked to be SUBSTANTIALLY faster then what this person was doing.... What bothered me more was that the driver started his lap low on fuel in the tank...hear the warning chime and his exclamation that he "was low on gas"??? I also agree that there should have been NO music playing to distract the driver...he also makes references to the tunes... Then again, I would not take my new $50,000-$100,000 BMW around the Nordschleife at Hans Stuck speeds...at least not on my first ever lap....maybe never Cheers, Oh, I would not be all that worried about whether or not he had both hands on the wheel….for goodness sakes, he was driving what….no more than 35 to 45mph??? Gosh, I have seen a few videos of screaming laps around the Nordschleife where the drivers lapped it in under 8:30, or less…at speeds that looked to be SUBSTANTIALLY faster then what this person was doing….

What bothered me more was that the driver started his lap low on fuel in the tank…hear the warning chime and his exclamation that he “was low on gas”??? I also agree that there should have been NO music playing to distract the driver…he also makes references to the tunes…

Then again, I would not take my new $50,000-$100,000 BMW around the Nordschleife at Hans Stuck speeds…at least not on my first ever lap….maybe never

Cheers,

]]> By: Horatiu B. http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47439 Horatiu B. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:20:20 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47439 @<a href="#comment-47435" rel="nofollow">M DKG</a>: I agree with you, I thought the same about the one hand on the steering wheel @M DKG: I agree with you, I thought the same about the one hand on the steering wheel

]]> By: M DKG http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47435 M DKG Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:20:21 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47435 It doesn't look like he had any business being on a track much less the Nurburgring. He had one hand on the steering wheel! In the first 10 seconds of a High Performance driving school you learn to keep your hands at 9 and 3 except to shift. And, did you notice that the stereo is on? This guy has not been trained to drive on a track and is not taking it seriously. It doesn’t look like he had any business being on a track much less the Nurburgring. He had one hand on the steering wheel! In the first 10 seconds of a High Performance driving school you learn to keep your hands at 9 and 3 except to shift. And, did you notice that the stereo is on? This guy has not been trained to drive on a track and is not taking it seriously.

]]> By: B. Riley http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47415 B. Riley Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:46:25 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/04/video-bmw-135i-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-47415 Sounds good. Did you notice the M3 at 2:00? That thing was rolling HARD. Sounds good. Did you notice the M3 at 2:00? That thing was rolling HARD.

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