| M5 vs.Maserati
So, it's been years since I have posted on this site. I'm not even sure if this thread belongs here, but I had to share this story and naturally this would be the place to do just that.
2003 Imola Red M5 vs Maserati Gran Sport-
I was driving to meet a friend of mine at World Gym in Rockaway NJ. I got off rt 287 and headed up rt 10 west. It was cold and my rear tires were having a problem gripping so I was going easy on the throttle. I pulled up to the first light by the Wyndham hotel and cracked my window to get in a little fresh air. My attention was instantly caught by what sounded like a super car reving up.... my first thought was Ferrari... I wasn't too far off, a Maserati Gran Sport was 3 cars ahead of me at the light. The light turned green and he took off. I was stuck behind a lovely chevy pick up. I hit the shoulder and caught up to him as fast as I could. I looked over to try and catch the drivers attention. It was hard to see in, the orange glow from the street lights made it almost impossible to see inside. The Maserati stayed in low gear for about 2500 feet... There was plenty of room ahead of us, but I couldn't get the maserati to tangle with me. I put the M5 in 2nd..chirped the tires and took off and imm. pulled off. Still...no response.... My turn was coming up so I put on my turn signal.... The second I hit the black lever, the Maserati exploded into low gear and took off. I forgot my turn existed and slammed the M5 into 2nd gear. I caught up right away but the maserati seemed to be a little faster. We were head to head up to about 140mph. We came across some traffic and slowed down to 90 or so.... I hit the shoulder and so did he.... we met back in the normal traffic lanes and persued. I knew if I pushed the M5 hard enough I could walk away from him. We slowed down to 40mph .... both cars are even..... he gets the jump... I make the mistake of going into 3rd.... he gets a car length on me... the distance is increasing...... I stay on the gas... the M5 gains ground and pulls hard through 3rd....I was about even with him and power shifted into 4th.. The m5 bounced off the rev limiter for half a second then continued to pull through 4th.... then 5th... then 6th.... I could see a light about 1/2 mile ahead so I hit the brakes. Before I did I gained about a 1 1/2 car length on the Maserati. The m5 was pretty much tapped out... I wasn't sure of the speed but I was deep into the RPM range in 6th gear.
I took the next u-turn and began to back track to my orginal turn off.  |