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I had to share this with everyone. So, I'm on my way to a client lunch minding my own business when an e550 comes up behind me, FAST. So I'm thinking here we go, I slide the shift over to manual and drop down into 3rd (at about 80) and see ya 550, so I thought. He comes on hard and we go back...

Decided to do a top speed run today. I took my Genesis to 140 MPH on a straight level road (no wind) before I chickened out. Now this is surprising for two reasons. First I had read that top speed for the V6 was 130 MPH and second because I think it would have went faster had I not chickened...

First time I've had to do a run up and back on the NJ Turnpike. Mileage was 25.5! My Honda Accord which I have used to make that run dozens of times over the years got 27MPG! My 528i gets about 26. The Tau engine is a piece of engineering wizardry for sure. The other interesting thing that...