Shadowing Practice: V10 BMW M5 v V10 Dodge Viper: DRAG RACE - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What will win in a drag race between a Dodge Viper Mk4 ACR
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and a BMW E60 M5 in this V10 drag race special?
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We're going to find out by racing them over the standing quarter mark.
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I'm Matt Watson, you're watching Car Wow!
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Let me tell you about this Dodge Viper.
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So it's got an 8.4-litre, naturally aspirated V10, which normally puts out 600 horsepower.
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However, it's been tuned by the owner with a new vehicle system ECU tweak
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so apparently it's got about 650 horsepower now
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that drives the rear wheels for a chunky six-speed manual gearbox
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this car weighs in at 1 500 kilos is worth about 130 000 pounds
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oh hello uh window switches hello just let you know i've
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owned this car 11 years yeah nobody's ever driven it apart from me yeah
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so don't break it okay okay barry uh barry yes Oh Stormtrooper.
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Do you want that back?
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I'll take that.
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It's got a few weird nicknakes in this car.
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Alright Barry I'll look after it.
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Of course I'll look after it and be very careful.
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Yee-haw!
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I've driven a Dodge Viper before, you know, a whole series of Dodge Vipers.
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Wait a minute, should have given in these today.
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Nice.
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Little Joe.
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Anyhow, let's find out about that BMW.
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Nick, give us the stats on the German V10.
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Yeah, so this German V10, 5 litres of naturally aspirated gloriousness, 507 horsepower, 520 newton-metres of torque.
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This has the SMG gearbox, which is, well, we'll see how that goes, but 7-speed automated robotised manual, rear-wheel drive.
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This M5 weighs 1,755 kilos, and, yeah, I'm going to destroy you, Matt.
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Wait a minute, you're down on power, you're down on torque, you're up on weight.
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I'm not sure you are.
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Also, when we're racing, your rod bearings might fail.
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don't say the r word at the time this car was
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built bmw was racing v10 f1 cars uh what was dodge doing
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when your car was built oh yeah yeah building trucks yeah
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all right all right calm down you know what though your car does have launch control
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so that could be the difference
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so i've got to do this myself got it all manually i know your car isn't great at smooth shifts
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but it is good at fast shifts it's got the weirdest launch control method explain it yeah
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so you have to press the buttons in a sort of weird secret handshake combination
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which I won't bore you with
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but then once that's all set up you need to press
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the brake push the gear lever forwards hold it forwards take your foot off the brake push the accelerator
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and then just sort of flick the gear lever away
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and the car takes off apparently yeah
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so it's not the normal left foot on brake right foot
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on throttle release the brake you've actually released the brake well
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beforehand haven't you it's just odd do you know what's interesting though I've got more power well on paper
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but I've got
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American power it's often overstated you've got German power
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which is often understated
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so it's probably going to be closer than we think there is nothing understated about
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that car is there Matt you've got side pipes you've got a wing it's just loopy
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but I do love it and I'll tell you what else I mean they're so different
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so yours is pretty conservative by comparison whereas my crazy looking
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car also the sound of them yours sounds like I expect
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a V10 to sound this doesn't I'm gonna rev mine up
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now actually you rev up yours first for a nice classy crisp V10 whale Smooth.
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Now you're ready for this.
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Admittedly, it's got an aftermarket exhaust on, but have a listen.
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Yeah, that's good.
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Wow, wow, wow, this is good.
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I had the vibrations that come through the cabin.
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I almost, sorry.
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I haven't driven this car yet.
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I need to get a feel for it.
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I'm gonna have a little go up and down the runway.
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If you need to do the same Nick, you go do that.
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Smells of fuel!
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Wow!
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Three, two, one!
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Off we go!
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Wow, goodbye Matthew.
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Come on my Dodge darling.
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Come on German horsepower.
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Oh, this is really close.
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Oh, yes.
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Oh yeah!
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Yee-haw!
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Yes!
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What a machine!
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I'm giving myself a headache with that.
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Ha!
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Ha!
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I'm glad your windows are tinted because I can't see your smug grin.
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Well, let me see it.
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Smug!
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Oh, put it away!
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Can your car do any better?
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Yes or no?
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Yes, because I have an ABS warning it says brake
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and drive control system failure reduced braking
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and driving stability i'm going to turn it off
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and turn it on again okay
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but it's not going to make it go any quicker surely
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what was the problem wheel spin what yeah lots of wheel spin
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but i was ahead of you throughout all of
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that i think once we got into sort of third gear
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then your masses of torque just uh were too much for
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me yeah more torque less weight let's do best two out of three anyway i'll give you another shot
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if your rod bearings hold out is your german car broken
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nothing to worry about it's fine it's all good it's unusual
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for a german car to break especially a bmw an old bmw yeah whereas uh
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trucks never break do they no no no it's not got a truck engine it's an aluminium engine
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i think it'll be fine now okay
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that was awkward it's like why are you kneeling down here he's gonna kiss the ring
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that the ring on the finger this body is
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so long i didn't know where to line up nick look
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out much further back i'm sat than you oh you're not compensating for anything I'm always compensating Nick, no matter which car I'm driving.
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Three, two, one.
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Oh, it bogged that time.
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Wasn't so good.
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Come on, go!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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I've been absolutely demolished!
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I think he got absolutely d* there.
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An insult to injury.
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I turned my wipers on.
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Now your car is seeming broken, Nick.
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Is it broken?
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I didn't get a very good launch at all, and shifting manually, which I have to do when I'm not engaging launch control, is no smoother than this SMG at the best of times.
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But yeah, couldn't beat you then, could I?
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Not a hope.
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What you need is the gear shift in the top setting, regardless of what you do, and then it should smash them at home.
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Oh, you need stability off for the special, special setting, and it won't let you have stability off because there's something wrong with the ABS sensor.
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Although, after that run, we're back on.
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I can get it into special special mode.
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Damn, we'll count that as a null run.
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I'm glad as well, because that was bad.
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It's bogged.
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So we need all the revs.
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It's got to be like about four and a half, five.
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Smell fuel in here?
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I feel like I'm off my tits.
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Come on M5!
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Wow!
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Oh he's ahead!
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Oh come on!
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No!
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Wow this is brutal!
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No way, can I pull it back?
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Shift here.
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I'm still ahead of that.
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Come on M5, you can do it.
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Darn it!
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Too much wheel spin, I had too many revs.
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You can do it, yes!
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Shite.
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Right.
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Oh no, you know what that means.
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One each, no way, Jose.
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I had too much wheel spin there.
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This is just like a fine line.
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You've got to get the wheel spin right, otherwise you've had it.
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I'm just going to put my window down so you can see my smug face.
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Well done.
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I'm glad it all worked.
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Now what we need to do, you probably need to spend half an hour calling the car down, so you go do that.
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I'll meet you on the start of the line.
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Yeah, yeah, he's not wrong.
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3, 2, 1 We're on, we're snaking Off we go!
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It's close, that was wild, we're on, we're on, we got it!
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Come on M5, oh, these are so close,
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oh, but Matt's pulling ahead We've got it!
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It's all down to the gear changes now Matthew!
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Woohoo!
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Woohoo!
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Oh that was lush!
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Fair is fair man, we were neck and neck for ages
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and my car was just like spinning like crazy could you see it
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that was so much fun every time i turn to look at you my car changed up
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and i smacked my head back into the headrest
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that was violent for both of us but what a race this honestly it's
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so good it's so good i really really enjoyed that
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that was a good race unfortunately your car doesn't have to do it again
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because i don't think it could this i think you could
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do it all day long tough as old boots this good old american muscle car let's see the times
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so then what exactly happened well the dodge won it completed
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the standing quarter mile in 12.3 seconds the bmw took 12.5 seconds right nick now let's have a rolling race
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so we're gonna race over the half mile we're gonna start in third gear we'll set the pace at 50
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or three two one go it we'll see what happens how many gears you got six
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or seven i've got seven gears
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so that's a good thing now i'll be starting slightly lower
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in the well we'll find out we will find out because this This thing has long ass gears.
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Three, two, one, go.
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I've just dropped that in my nuts.
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Come on, M5.
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Oh, he has got long gears, hasn't he?
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But loads of torque.
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Oh, no, we've got him now,
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because I can just rev this out. So long this gear.
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That's 120 odd.
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He's disappearing hell.
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Oh gosh, look at the diffuser flapping away.
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140 over the line almost.
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120. Third.
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He's got no chance.
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You were defeated.
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I was, yeah.
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I could hear your car not struggling, but i could hear it working hard
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when you pulled off the lack of torque is showing itself now isn't it do you reckon
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if you're higher up in the rev range from the get-go you would have more of a chance i think
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so yeah yeah this is a smaller engine high revving what's your red line actually six
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and a half what's yours mine's eight two but i did 120 miles now in third gear
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i'll tell you what we'll do we'll do a half mile rolling from 10 miles an hour okay Oh,
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yeah, that definitely helped me.
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Oh, it's closer.
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Oh, but look who's caught.
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I know he's dead, surely.
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But oh my goodness once he's in third that is game over for me and there he goes Oh,
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boost as well and truly engaged in that Viper.
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Come on M5, you're not embarrassing yourself.
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This is wicked.
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Oh, I bet this sounds amazing on the outside.
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Yeah, you got nothing, boy, you got nothing.
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That thing's like a Saturn V.
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Like, the first 10 metres is not slow and steady, but once it gets going, the boosters are lit.
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And you just go to the moon!
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Right, this next thing I'm worried about, let's just get it over and done with.
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Although those brakes look pretty meaty on that car, are they stock?
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I have no idea.
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You know we're going to have a brake test for 100 miles an hour, a car that stops in the shortest distance wins.
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Nick goes onto something there.
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These are upgraded brakes, they're from the Gen 5 car.
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Hopefully that'll help me out here.
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Oh, slow down!
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Oh, that really missed...
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Whoa!
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Oh my goodness!
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oh where is it oh oh it's not oh it's not too bad look at
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that this stops much better than the bmw doesn't it i mean this is a four-door saloon
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and the tires on your car they're wider than i don't
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know the english channel i didn't even have any abs at
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all it was just i reckon i could have hit it harder he was just chilled
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so good so impressed by this goal
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which one do you think has the best v10
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that highly strung low tolerance bmw or this high tolerance unhighly strung dodge i think
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that the performance is comparable ultimately your car is a bit faster
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and i imagine yours will keep being faster for decades to
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come this is gonna need some tlc at some point isn't it
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and that's something about bmws now you might be thinking i'm being a bit unfair on bmws
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but to see what i mean we did a drag race of all m5s
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and um one broke now if you watch that video there you'll see exactly which BMW M5 brake, because you had all the generations, and you'll be able to see the performance between them.
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Do you think you can really rely on BMW for reliability?
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If that makes any sense?
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Watch that video, find out.
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Listen, don't forget to subscribe to this channel, because we've got more V10 battles.
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Thanks for watching, and I'll see you very soon in the next V10 Drag Race video.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 249 sentences and 2229 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:45. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| gear noun | /ɡɪɚ/ | Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. |
| dodge verb | /dɑd͡ʒ/ | To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. |
| nickname noun | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic. |
| spin verb | /spɪn/ | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. |
| torque noun | /tɔɹk/ | A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance… |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| smooth adjective | /smuːð/ | Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. |
| stability noun | /stəˈbɪlɪti/ | The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. |
| barry adjective | /ˈbɑɹ.i/ | Traversed (transversely) by bars. |
| rev verb | /ɹɛv/ | To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed. |
| brake noun | /bɹeɪk/ | A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or… |
| naturally adverb | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | In a natural manner. |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although. |
| string noun | /stɹɪŋ/ | A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. |
| engage verb | /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ | To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. | |
| come through verb | To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| hold out verb | To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. | |
| line up verb | /laɪnˈʌp/ | To align; to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. |
| pull ahead verb | To move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition). | |
| pull off verb | To remove by pulling. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been tuned · was built · is often understated |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | it's been tuned · I've driven · you've actually released |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | closer than · smoother than · better than |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the weirdest · the best · the shortest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 105 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, throttle /ˈθɹɔ.tl̩/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, smash /smæʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, demolish /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, manually /ˈmænj(u)əliː/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, comparable /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like gear, dodge, nickname.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.