BMW drivers

TreyAz · 07-03-2019 9:09pm #1

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 · 07-03-2019 9:11pm

I thought all the **** drove Audis now

Kenny Logins · 07-03-2019 9:12pm

Confirmation bias.

Mrcaramelchoc · 07-03-2019 9:12pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:12pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought all the **** drove Audis now

Not all of them. Most still cycle.

TheValeyard · 07-03-2019 9:16pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:17pm

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

selectamatic · 07-03-2019 9:17pm

Totaled?

Christ that brings back childhood memories...

punisher5112 · 07-03-2019 9:18pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:19pm

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

q85dw7osi4lebg · 07-03-2019 9:19pm

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

bri007 · 07-03-2019 9:20pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:22pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:24pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:28pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:32pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:35pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:39pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:39pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:42pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:43pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:45pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:45pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:47pm

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

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

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

dxhound2005 · 07-03-2019 9:49pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:49pm

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 · 07-03-2019 9:54pm

BMW's aren't even nice to drive.

greencap · 07-03-2019 9:58pm

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 · 07-03-2019 10:01pm

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 · 07-03-2019 10:02pm

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 · 07-03-2019 10:07pm

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.

BMW drivers

Comments