540i vs Mk1

[vwtype53@yahoo.com (Benjamin Harder)]

Newer style 540i

Looked just like a M5... only a wagon!!  Soooooo nice!
It was a true joy to watch this car weave around traffic...
just stuck to the road like it was on rails... mmmmmm



--- Madsci <mad-sci@newmail.net> wrote:
> Sounds like mad fun. Was this a new 540i wagon, or an older one?
> 
> On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 23:35, Benjamin Harder wrote:
> > Just got home from a nice trip to visit my mom who lives a few hours
> away...
> > for a visit, but also for some more break-in mileage for the new 2.0 16v.
> > After tonight I have no doubt that the engine is broken in...
> > 
> > I'm in the right lane cruising along about 75mph when I see what looks like
> > a M5 coming up on my tail... wait a minute... that's not a M5, but that's 
> > a sweet 540i WAGON!  With the M5 wheels and body kit... what a gorgeous
> car!
> > So I jump in behind him and follow his 85mph pace a while.
> > We start down a long straight (slight decline) part in the highway which
> > is wide open in front of us for a good 1/2 mile... so just for kicks I pull
> > into the left lane beside Mr. 540 and give him a blip of the throttle...
> > starting out at about 80mph I hit the throttle and I see the 540 follow
> > suit just a split second after I did... I initially pulled about a 1/2 car
> > length ahead, but then the 540 started pulling back the distance... but 
> > ever so slightly... as I neared 6000 rpm in 5th and after about a 1/2
> > mile or so we came up on a truck in the right lane (his lane)...
> > The 540 couldn't get ahead of me and had to drop in behind!  After
> "cruising"
> > at my top speed (somewhere above 120mph) for another mile with the Bimmer
> > on my tail I got over and slowed down quite a bit.  
> > It was hard to see through his dark tint, but I swear I saw him give me
> > a thumbs up, as I gave him... 'twas a wee little bit fun indeed!  ;)
> > 
> > All I know is that was *THE* most sweeeeet wagon I have ever seen!!!
> > Looked amazing and was quite fast!  (just not quite as fast as I thought
> > it might be...  teehee)
> > 
> > 
> > =====
> > Benjamin Harder
> > 86 Scirocco 16v
> > 80 Scirocco 16v
> > 93 Passat GLX
> > 
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