BMW drivers

TreyAz

Seriously, has there ever been a group of people more determined to live up to a stereotype ? I just nearly got totalled, because a Beemer driver coming the other way just couldn't bear to stay behind a learner (as in, one getting lessons) for another 10 seconds, and had to overtake them in an estate full of parked cars, he somehow made it back onto his side of the road before we had a head on collision. I'm sure it didn't do the learner much good either....

SEPT 23 1989

I thought all the **** drove Audis now

Kenny Logins

Confirmation bias.

Mrcaramelchoc

I don't think its down to a "make of car" driver.its just some drivers are f u ckwits and don't give a **** about anyone else on the road. particularly the ones that don't use their indicators.assholes.

Kenny Logins

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought all the **** drove Audis now

Not all of them. Most still cycle.

TheValeyard

TreyAz wrote: »

Seriously, has there ever been a group of people more determined to live up to a stereotype ? I just nearly got totalled, because a Beemer driver coming the other way just couldn't bear to stay behind a learner (as in, one getting lessons) for another 10 seconds, and had to overtake them in an estate full of parked cars, he somehow made it back onto his side of the road before we had a head on collision. I'm sure it didn't do the learner much good either....

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought all the **** drove Audis now

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Not all of them. Most still cycle.

Bahahahhaha. Nearly spilled my tea. Made me laugh out loud

EmmetSpiceland

When you see an Irish reg BMW with the German font on it you know you’re dealing with a massive ****.

selectamatic

Totaled?

Christ that brings back childhood memories...

punisher5112

I thought they didn't indicate...... They don't know what the stalk does and get so confused if they do indicate they go the opposite way.

Your Face

I nearly scratched my MSport this evening because some uppity peasant wouldn't get out of the way.

q85dw7osi4lebg

It's always the ones that can't afford them giving out about them I find

bri007

Not just bmw drivers, my partner is learning to drive and every time we are out in the car some asshole is trying to overtake just Caus they spot the L plates and she drives within the speed limit, how I know is I get the same when I drive her car, beeping flashing behind the car with headlights.

Driving in Ireland is shocking, my job is spent most days in the car and it’s no wonder our road death toll is so high!

TreyAz

Holden Fast Six-pack wrote: »

It's always the ones that can't afford them giving out about them I find

To be fair, in this case you are right. But common sense and (road) manners are free 😀

q85dw7osi4lebg

bri007 wrote: »

Not just bmw drivers, my partner is learning to drive and every time we are out in the car some asshole is trying to overtake just Caus they spot the L plates and she drives within the speed limit, how I know is I get the same when I drive her car, beeping flashing behind the car with headlights.

Driving in Ireland is shocking, my job is spent most days in the car and it’s no wonder our road death toll is so high!

And Ireland annually has the 4th lowest road deaths in Europe! Mad.

Reati

TreyAz wrote: »

Seriously, has there ever been a group of people more determined to live up to a stereotype ? I just nearly got totalled, because a Beemer driver coming the other way just couldn't bear to stay behind a learner (as in, one getting lessons) for another 10 seconds, and had to overtake them in an estate full of parked cars, he somehow made it back onto his side of the road before we had a head on collision. I'm sure it didn't do the learner much good either....

What's the problem? The driver overtook a slower driver and got back onto the correct side of the road by your own admission. Tells me this bimmer driver had pretty good perception of the situation.

TreyAz

Reati wrote: »

What's the problem? The driver overtook a slower driver and got back onto the correct side of the road by your own admission. Tells me this bimmer driver had pretty good perception of the situation.

Or maybe hes a terrible driver and the Ultimate Driving Machine saved his bacon, how can we know ?

dxhound2005

TreyAz wrote: »

Or maybe hes a terrible driver and the Ultimate Driving Machine saved his bacon, how can we know ?

I can't know because I wasn't there. But from your description he did OK.

TreyAz

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I can't know because I wasn't there. But from your description he did OK.

Maybe I described it very badly then, or you have a very exciting daily commute

99nsr125

Our road deaths are very low

bri007 wrote: »

Not just bmw drivers, my partner is learning to drive and every time we are out in the car some asshole is trying to overtake just Caus they spot the L plates and she drives within the speed limit, how I know is I get the same when I drive her car, beeping flashing behind the car with headlights.

Driving in Ireland is shocking, my job is spent most days in the car and it’s no wonder our road death toll is so high!

Aongus Von Bismarck

This is the kind of stereotype you’ll hear in Ireland, usually from the usual sorts who think everybody should be bounding around in Opel Corsas or Toyota Yarises. Boring cars and moribund dreams. The kind of people who leave their “bags for life” in the boot all the time. I live in Germany, where ambition and enjoying the finer things in life isn’t seen as showing off but rather enjoying the spoils of your hard labour.

My brother loves taking the piss out of me for driving a BMW, saying we're all bad drivers and that the indicators are optional et cetera. Bit rich from a man who’s written off so many Fiestas he should be speaking Spanish.

Yer Da sells Avon

Large cars (not just BMWs) seem to instil far too much confidence and a sense of entitlement into some drivers. The level of aggression and impatience that so many people display while cocooned behind the wheel of 'high status' cars is very unpleasant. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere, then leave earlier; don't view other road users as obstacles. If you wouldn't scream at someone for bumping into you or dawdling in the aisle in Dunnes, then don't blast your horn at someone who makes a mistake or takes a couple of seconds too long to move away at the traffic lights.

Reati

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Bit rich from a man who’s written off so many Fiestas he should be speaking Spanish.

That made me laugh out loud!

dxhound2005

TreyAz wrote: »

Maybe I described it very badly then, or you have a very exciting daily commute

You described it very well. But I fail to see how the incident can be linked to BMW drivers as a group.

Skylinehead

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

don't blast your horn at someone who makes a mistake

That's.....what it's for :pac:

dxhound2005

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Large cars (not just BMWs) seem to instil far too much confidence and a sense of entitlement into some drivers. The level of aggression and impatience that so many people display while cocooned behind the wheel of 'high status' cars is very unpleasant. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere, then leave earlier; don't view other road users as obstacles. If you wouldn't scream at someone for bumping into you or dawdling in the aisle in Dunnes, then don't blast your horn at someone who makes a mistake or takes a couple of seconds too long to move away at the traffic lights.

It must be bedlam when two or more high status cars meet.

TreyAz

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

The kind of people who leave their “bags for life” in the boot all the time.

You should really submit that to the BMW marketing department for their next ad ! (well obviously to describe the aspirations of drivers who choose other brands !!)

Mister Vain

BMW's aren't even nice to drive.

greencap

Holden Fast Six-pack wrote: »

It's always the ones that can't afford them giving out about them I find

yeah.

Yer Da sells Avon

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

This is the kind of stereotype you’ll hear in Ireland, usually from the usual sorts who think everybody should be bounding around in Opel Corsas or Toyota Yarises. Boring cars and moribund dreams.

Well, I looked up 'moribund' in my dictionary and it said:

"Moribund - adjective About to die or dying."

I ask you, is this car about to die?



No, it's 20 years old and still going strong, having never let its owner down.

So, Mr Von Bismarck, that proves that you are wrong.

rgodard80a

Beemer drivers are probably in a hurry to get to their destination before another expensive fault occurs when they still have years of a car loan to pay off.

But yeah, Audi's are at least as bad, more so when they've a nordie plate on them.

Had an ignorant beemer drive to the top of a queue of cars this morning and cut in... middle aged, middle management, middle IQ prick in a white shirt thinking his position in his company translates to anything outside the walls of the little corporate pond he brown nosed his way up in.

DeanAustin

rgodard80a wrote: »

Beemer drivers are probably in a hurry to get to their destination before another expensive fault occurs when they still have years of a car loan to pay off.

But yeah, Audi's are at least as bad, more so when they've a nordie plate on them.

Had an ignorant beemer drive to the top of a queue of cars this morning and cut in... middle aged, middle management, middle IQ prick in a white shirt thinking his position in his company translates to anything outside the walls of the little corporate pond he brown nosed his way up in.

You could tell all that from his car and shirt...good effort.

flazio

I find BMW i3 drivers quite polite actually.
To be fair speedy gobeens drive all 3 of the German snob badges, BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

rgodard80a

DeanAustin wrote: »

You could tell all that from his car and shirt...good effort.

Well that and the company car park he pulled into.

Wheres Me Jumper?

i find VW Passat drivers to be a menace.
usually occupied by a 30something chip on both shoulders, singleton males desperate to prove what a good car they got.

EPAndlee

I'll only buy a bmw, I like to lord over all the peasants

greencap

EPAndlee wrote: »

I'll only buy a bmw, I like to lord over all the peasants

with your jobseekers?

rgodard80a

EPAndlee wrote: »

I'll only buy a bmw, I like to lord over all the peasants

Most beemer drivers aren't lording over anyone driving 8 year old cars.

WoolyJumper

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I can't know because I wasn't there. But from your description he did OK.

He over took a learner driver in an estate of parked cars when another car was coming towards him. Just because he did it without causing an accident doesn't mean it was safe to do so. In an estate of parked cars visibility of different hazards is going to be poor. That is why the speed limit is generally low through estates. We don't know how new/nervous that learner driver is and how they might react in that situation and I'm also assuming the OP had to react and slow down to the BMW driver. If you are causing traffic to react to your driving then you are not being a safe driver. So from the OP's description he did not do OK. He got lucky.

Granted this has nothing to do with driving a BMW. This guy was just a dickhead who had no regard for everyone else around him.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Well, I looked up 'moribund' in my dictionary and it said:

"Moribund - adjective About to die or dying."

I ask you, is this car about to die?



No, it's 20 years old and still going strong, having never let its owner down.

So, Mr Von Bismarck, that proves that you are wrong.

The late 90s Yaris is the perfect car for someone who gives maths grinds to supplement their pension.

Plumbthedepths

I feel sorry for the lad in the BMW factory that installs indicators, pointless job and he knows it.

Kenny Logins

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

If you wouldn't scream at someone for bumping into you or dawdling in the aisle in Dunnes, then don't blast your horn at someone who makes a mistake or takes a couple of seconds too long to move away at the traffic lights.

Well, actually...

James Bond Junior

I drive a Volvo day to day. I am let out at junctions, given the thank you indicators when I in turn let people out and so on. My other half drives a BMW and when I take her car other drivers treat you like **** on their shoe. Never get let out at junctions bar by other BMW's, get tailgated and so on. I think if you drive a BMW every other motorist hates on you.

Wheres Me Jumper?

I went from a golf to a fairly sporty looking 3 series and instantly noticed other drivers treating me differently.

It seems like every ****er wants to race you, no one ever lets you out at junctions and the number of drivers who would rather hog the outside lane than let you pass is unbelievable.

It’s lovely to drive, but I won’t be buying another one, it costs a ****ing fortune to maintain and almost as soon as the three year warranty ran out, things started going wrong.

I had a side light bulb go the other day, so bought a replacement in Halfords and googled the instructions to replace it. They started by saying “jack up the car and remove the near side wheel “ what sort of **** designs a car where you can’t change a front bulb from under the bonnet.

Don’t get me started on 250 quid run flat tyres that can’t have a puncture repaired......

Ginger83

I have my own driver, you peasants :D:D

Wheres Me Jumper?

Ginger83 wrote: »

I have my own driver, you peasants :D:D

ya it's called the Bingo Bus!:D

tuxy

bri007 wrote: »

Driving in Ireland is shocking, my job is spent most days in the car and it’s no wonder our road death toll is so high!

Not true at all, we have low fatality rates compared to other developed countries.
Lower deaths per 100,000 people compared to most but not all countries on the European continent.

rgodard80a

Aegir wrote: »

I had a side light bulb go the other day, so bought a replacement in Halfords and googled the instructions to replace it. They started by saying “jack up the car and remove the near side wheel “ what sort of **** designs a car where you can’t change a front bulb from under the bonnet.

Honda too

Atoms for Peace

Modern BMW are overpriced heaps of ****, a quick look over in the motor forum and it's mostly tales of woe over stretching timing chains.

Immortal Starlight

I'm a BMW driver. I'v got a 3 year old 5 series which I love. I passed my test first time and have never put anyone in danger with my driving. I don't drive like a 90 year old but I don't take corners on my door handles either. I always use my indicators and enjoy the look of amazement on other drivers faces when I extend any kind of courtesy to them on the road. Can't believe people actually believe I'm an asshole just because of the car I drive.

Avatar MIA

I drive an audi, and pretty good at letting people into traffic. Usually greeted by shock