Thread: If you had to do it all over again — would you still have gotten an Escher?

Originally Posted by eKretz

Lol, the Audi will take you off the line every time (barring driver error) because it's AWD. BMWs have always had a good top end though. That is a characteristic of cars with more HP than torque.

And you are talking 2 hour drive for the round trip right?

Lots of getting used to this ride, for a car at 4939 lbs, the stats are pretty good, and I've already eaten a few Audi's, Mercs, and smaller, frightened BMW's....

Zero to 60 mph: 5.2 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 12.3 sec
Zero to 140 mph: 26.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.6 sec @ 105 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 147 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 160 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.86 g

That stop distance is insane.

There was a time I was big into BBWs, they certainly have their place in my honing ritual and are great hones for their intended purpose, they're a pleasure to hone on, great feeling.

Anyways, I once bought a bigger BBW stone from some second hand site, well at least I thought I was. I received it and was thinking to myself, damn that's one clean looking BBW.
While I was lapping it I immediately noticed it didn't have purple slurry at all, but more grey-ish like another Thüringer I have, hmmz. (the one I had was one that came in a wooden box that said the celebrated water razor hone or something along those lines)

I took my other Thuri out and laid it next to the stone, identical coloring, identical saw pattern teeth on the sides, took a couple of pictures and posted it online; the consensus: it's a Thüringer as well (might've been an Escher, I'll never know). A darker blue one. I guess I got lucky!

Another interesting bit, someone scratched his name on the side of the stone, so Ed, I got your stone brother!