Does driving a certain make/type of car, make you think you own the road ?

VeNT · 5 Apr 2006 at 16:16

not trying to be genralise but anyone who drives a volvo, or a BMW, or a Merc, or a VW, or a car genraly, is a road hog except me.

Toryglen-boy · 5 Apr 2006 at 16:59

Trojan said:
No it's not. What right do you have to try and dictate to me my speed?

It's not BMW drivers (or any other marques drivers for that matter) that are prats, it's the people like you that sit in the overtaking lanes when you aren't overtaking. Learn to drive, and move over.

i would never try to dictate anyones speed to them ....

i would like to think however that the law, common sense, and a healthy respect for the saftey of other road users would.

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Gilly · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:01

Toryglen-boy said:
i would never try to dictate anyones speed to them ....

i would like to think however that the law, common sense, and a healthy respect for the saftey of other road users would.

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How does you being in the right-hand lane in the way of quicker traffic achieve this?

Toryglen-boy · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:02

willd58 said:
No, what that is is you being sat in the fast lane in your slow car holding them up, i get annoyed when im doing some speed and somthing is just "sat" as you say you are in the overtaking lane. Any driver, whether he's driving a BMW or not, is guna do the same thing.

take it from me fella ...

my 300ZX 3Ltr twin turbo isnt slow .....

and the car usually "sat" in the lane is a BMW

:rolleyes:

Akira · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:05

Toryglen-boy said:
i would like to think however that the law, common sense, and a healthy respect for the saftey of other road users would..

I think that those things would also keep you out of the right hand lane (there is no slow or fast lane) if you're going slower than the other traffic. The moral high ground is neither here nor there.

Toryglen-boy · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:08

Akira said:
I think that those things would keep you out of the right hand lane (there is no slow or fast lane) if you're going slower than the other traffic. The moral high ground is neither here nor there.

so by definition, what you are saying is ... if you drive in the fast lane, you have no respect for the law, no common sense, or no respect for other road users?

:confused:

MNuTz · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:11

I must say the worst for me is a VW Passat!

I dont know why but nearly every time i come across one i find them bad drivers who think they own the road, even more so than BMW drivers.

Sorry if anyone here drives a Passat and drives it well but im talking about my general experiences

Akira · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:35

Toryglen-boy said:
so by definition, what you are saying is ... if you drive in the fast lane, you have no respect for the law, no common sense, or no respect for other road users?

If you're going slower than everybody else, yes. Of course. And it's not the fast lane.

Mr Joshua · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:37

I don't think it's a brand thing it's just down to the drivers.

rare · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:49

I don't think it's a brand thing it's just down to the drivers.

The most sensible and rational thing ever said on these forums.

GSXRMovistar · 5 Apr 2006 at 20:14

Toryglen-boy said:
take it from me fella ...

my 300ZX 3Ltr twin turbo isnt slow .....

and the car usually "sat" in the lane is a BMW

Holy contradict yourself Batman!

Your opening post is moaning that BMW drivers are screaming up behind you when you’re sat in the outer lane, now you’re saying it’s the beemers that are sat there, which is it?

NickXX · 5 Apr 2006 at 20:20

Toryglen-boy said:
i dont think i have ever seena BMW in the slow lane of the motorway, i quite regularly watch them pull on to the motorway, and goes across both lanes, into the fast lane, then hyperdrive ....

But it's what the manual says :confused:

Lopéz · 5 Apr 2006 at 20:20

It's normally people in Shoguns/LM200's and so on that I find think they are invincible roadwarriors.

But put me behind the wheel of a straight-six powered E30 and you may as well have given me the keys to a gunship

Duke · 5 Apr 2006 at 20:23

I think BMW drivers are more tame nowadays? The 4x4 schoolmobiles are catching up fast imo.. the sheer fact they can't see down the bonnet and park randomly makes me mad :mad:

Simon · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:28

I see far to many to mention on my daily commute. Passat TDI drivers do stand out above the crowd, oh and the **** I see in a big Jag most mornings who sits in the outside lane.

Going against the grain, i think S2k drivers are the best

. They are always up for a bit of fun. Not once have I seen one that hasnt tried racing me.

-westy- · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:31

Piggymon said:
I'm a BMW driver but I still use my indicators and everything !

you mean you can reach them?

s0ck · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:51

Toryglen-boy said:
i hear you, but really thats their domain ...

its got to be BMW on the motorway though .... FLASH FLASH, get out the way, i am driving a BMW and i think i am kewl, and i am gonna intimidate everyone on the road, however fast your going ... its not fast enough .... blah blah blah ....

If they want to go quicker than you are currently going, get the hell out of the way!

Nothing worse than having some clown sitting in front of you who won't pull over because he feels he has some kind of 'right' to sit in the outside lane for another 3 seconds.

The_Dark_Side · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:27

BMW drivers...followed by Merc drivers.
and if i'm on 2 wheels you can throw in drivers of sub 4 year old Volvos too.

[TW]Fox · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:29

Toryglen-boy said:
your still missing the point .... when have you ever had a beemer move over for you in the fast lane, or move over after they shot past you?

never

because it doesnt happen.

Yes it does. I can *guarantee* you it happens becuase I do it.

Trojan · 6 Apr 2006 at 07:52

Toryglen-boy said:
i would never try to dictate anyones speed to them ....

So why do you sit in the overtaking lane stopping people from going quicker than yourself?

Toryglen-boy said:
i would like to think however that <snip>

I'll address your points one at a time:

Toryglen-boy said:
the law

If you're bothered about the law, why are you doing 80/85mph then?

Toryglen-boy said:
common sense

How is my wanting to drive faster than the idiot sat in the overtaking lane a lack of common sense, provided the conditions are good for it?

Whilst we're on the subject as well, how about using your common sense and not getting in the way of faster moving vehicles?

Toryglen-boy said:
and a healthy respect for the saftey of other road users would.

Myself doing 90mph+ has no effect on other road users, as long as I do so only when the conditions allow. Rainy weather during rush hour? No chance. Dry, clear weather on an evening? Not a problem at all.