So far, it's the BMWs that try to race me. I don't bother though.
Following up my earlier post about BMW drivers exhibiting
"a higher propensity to prove a point than all other car drivers" … I've just had another similar event this evening.
It was almost the same set of circumstances as before, except this time it wasn’t a pleasant sunny evening but instead its a cold wet dark damp slippery country road at 10pm and its raining with surface water here and there ( well, this is the UK with winter setting in!). I'm snaking along behind a long row of traffic doing about 50mph, windscreen wipers on, minding my own business and not attempting anything dramatic as I'd quite like to get home in one piece.
Out of nowhere a pair of headlights comes zooming up behind and closes in until 20ft behind me. I guess he saw the Tesla logo on the back of my car because he promptly floors it to get past … I recognise the distinctive side vents of the car as it belted past. It’s a BMW M3.
I immediately back off because there's a good chance he's about to cause a head-on collision with the traffic coming the other way, about 150/200 yards ahead, and he's got nowhere to pull in.
This lunatic gets past about 4 cars in front and then slams on the brake lights, indicates to pull into a non-existent gap and more or less barges his way in. He only just avoids causing a major collision with a closing speed of well over 100mph. There was quite a lot of flashing of headlights and honking of horns….
For the next five minutes he stays put. One by one the cars in front of me peel off and I end up trailing behind the BMW for a few more miles. Eventually the road opens up and empties out until its just the two of us. At the first opportunity he floors it again .. but I suspect I know the road better than he does and I keep a constant distance between us without attempting any heroics to get past. This carries on … right up until the point where I know there's a bend followed by a big roundabout … and sure enough he leaves it too late, brakes too hard, locks up and skids straight into the middle of the grass and mud on the roundabout, spinning round as he comes to halt.
Moments later I nonchalantly drove past, watching a big rooster-tail of mud being flung up behind him.
What is it with BMW drivers ??!!??
I am now going to install two discreet front/rear 1080P dashcams and record the next one for posting on here :biggrin:
Previous BMW event :-
(warning:- contains humour)
Is it just me or does everyone want to race a tesla.. - Page 8