Do you decide whether to let a driver out of a side street by the car they drive?
I had an Alfa Romeo last and most people were courteous.
Now I have a BMW no-one does.
Are people just small-minded and envious, or are most BMW drivers wankers?
Answers:
No.
But I'm a BMW driver, so I try and make up for our bad image!
But I think that image is very outdated now, sadly there are loads of inconsiderate tossers on the road - not in any particular make of car.
Still - as my dad says "If everyone let somebody out, there would be no queues"!!
Cheers
people are just people and it depends onmore than the car youare driving like
did they have sex last night or did they have a good breakfast or hear a good joke a moment ago or stuff like that..
i agree with you, when i had a little metro people always let me out now i have a nice rover 620gsi no one will, sods law
No! I deicde on how bigs their jugs are..
many bmw drivers r wankers, including my boss
Do BMW's even have indicators?
My general rule of thumb is if someone is indicating then I let them out. I also try not to block a road when in a queue so that other drives can get past.
Don't want to be rude but..
Yes they generally are.
The Other Half also throws a mental if a driver does not acknowledge his 'generosity'.
I have to admit that I often don't let people out by the school on the way to work, because I know they're all lazy mums dropping their lazy kids off. They all drive 4X4s and people carriers so I guess I do decide based on what cars being driven.
However, the rest of the time, I tend to let people out regardless of what they drive and I have also expereinced an abundance of people not thanking me.
nope, I'm just courteous
I drive an old Volvo. I'm coming out regardless. :o)
Not at all.
Sometimes its the mood i am in. If i am in traffic, heck why not let someone in..we'll both be waiting a while anyway!
Also, as a woman, i always say thanks by a wave, or flash of the lights. Coz if the situation was reversed, i'd like the same!
Maybe some of the women drivers think that because of your flash car, your a inconsiderate so-an-so.. or that your car is a phalic extension of yourself.
Its been known to happen in the past!
Just an idea though.. not trying to be snide!
It depends if i like the car or not and i must admit i often let blond women out.
most BMW drivers are wankers.ive been blocked in a parking place twice by BMW drivers.one had gone to the gym for 3 hours and parked right across the back of 2 cars and we couldnt find him!can you believe that??
I wouldn't be too keen on letting out elderly or little boy racers because they're either too fast or too slow! Or if someone else driving pissd me off I wouldn't let people out because I'd be in a bad mood with all drivers, I know it's generalising but it's a habit! I've nothing against BMW drivers though, they don't drive too fast or too slow, actually they drive just right (",)
people have preconceived notions and judge others by appearances. by the way .nice pic!
I think the latter is true, though apperently you're an exception. As a cyclist in the Netherlands I've had many a quarrel with drivers in BMW's, Audi's and American cars and in Edinburgh too I notice I can expect BMW's to always be dangerous. Pity really, as the counts that drive them are in fact lucky sons of batches. Especially the BMW 850i is a marvellous machine - the cheap 80s Beemers however, that some young gits have pimped, are a different bredd altogether - and should be avoided with suitable disgust rather than fear.
I wont let mercs, jags, 4x4's, etc out, Mercs and jags are normally driven by the w*****s i work for! 4x4's coz they hog the road! Now then BMW'S? Top of the range 5/7 series probably would'nt let out!(we're talking bosses again)
Damn good question.
sometimes!
If i like the car why not? but a lot of other issues come into play like what car am driving, what mood am in, whether am running late, how cute she is,whether he has a gun pointed in my face and stuff like that..
As a rule, drivers of red BMWs tend to be wankers. I let most people out, unless they have edged their cars forward in a cheekily presumptuous way. And I always wave a thanks when someone lets me out, although I do agree that men acknowledge courteous driving more frequently than women.
I drive a massive transit and work for an even bigger firm, i get paid for 10 hours work so if i can drive slowly to and from each job in the longest amount of time i generally do. So i let every one out, even women,. I'm one of the better van drivers blessed to maintain traffic management
I use a rule I call "bigger smaller" If it's bigger than what I'm driving it goes in front if it's smaller it goes in back. That way if they rear end me later on it won't do as much damage. Since I drive a lifted jeep most every car goes in the back.
The older car has the right of way. They have less to lose in an accident.
I think it might be it's jealousy - I never got let out when I drove an Audi TT, but they used to let me out when I drove a Clio and they don't seem keen now I drive a Merc! (and it's only a soddin' A-class!) Damn - I miss my Audi..
Only BMW M3 drivers are complete w*nkers, other BMW driver are OK, if not the best at indicating!
I also think it's rude when people don't acknowledge that you let them out/in, but unlike Barneyboys other half - I don't get all angry about it.I just (very calmly) take down their reg and go blow their house up!
I always go by the rule you use in the Boston area: The shittiest car gets right of way. The crappier the car is, the less likely they are to worry about whether they get banged up or not. They'll run right into you if they need to get somewhere.
I always let the junker have right of way. They never have any insurance.
Incidentally, around here, most BMW drivers are assholes.
Yep i have to say I let people out if i like there cars. I drive VW's so they get first shout. then other german cars and other cools cars.
Also i let people out when i'm not in a rush. I driver a long and think it's good karma to let people out so when i need to get out hopfuly someone else will have good karma.
Although i never let out people with caravans if possible.
bmw are ok as long as it is driven by a midlleaged person old folk and young folk they will wait as they are too dangerous to get stuck behind 4x4 and other big cars go in front as if hit me it would make a mess
If They Look As Though They Are Good And They Are Smiling Then I Will Let Them Out ,
This Sometimes Does Not Work And They Don't Wave Thank You ,
But What The Hey,
There Are Rude People And Polite.
It depends on the traffic flow and what the driver behind me is like.
To generalise, I would prefer to have a bad driver in front of me where I can see what they are doing rather than behind me so would let out all boy racer type of cars if at all possible.
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