Somehow seems like he wasn't giving it all that he had. My dad has a new 2002 M3 and it pulls hard. I just don't see a basically stock TT (mine is the same as yours) pulling that hard on one of the new M3s. I have driven both and it seems like it would be a really close race with an edge to the M3. just my .02 worth.
Shawn
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