An open letter to the world on behalf of BMW drivers everywhere
Dear everyone,

Sorry. Just, sorry.

I realise that my brother Bavarian chariot riders can, on occasion, cause some discord on the highway, and I would like to apologise. I read the board this week, and I've never felt so hated. It seems that we're taking more flak that traffic wardens, chavs with R&B spewing phones, and many other sources of your vitriol.

Might I just say that in my defense, I make every attempt not to:

- tailgate;
- drive too aggressively;
- keep my foglights on;
- talk on the phone (even with a bluetooth headset);
- talk on the phone (ESPECIALLY with a bluetooth headset);
- Crowd cyclists (I'm one of you too when I can)

Also, I observe what's going on around me, and let people out at junctions and in where traffic merges. Please afford me the same courtesy on occasion?

Please understand that there's a good chance that quite a few BMW drivers ARE reasonably good drivers. Probably 80% are company cars, and might do 30,000 miles a year or more. That's a lot of driving, and you would hope that the experience would pay off. There's no doubt that there's a lot of badge snobbery involved in the choice of car - many people would probably be better off with a Mondeo or something - but some of us chose the car because it felt solid and had the best engine.

Yes, we might be in a hurry a lot of the time, Unfortunately that's often not our choice - sales targets, traffic problems, lingering goodbyes to our loved ones in the morning... All of these add up to a stressful life on the road.

Now, bastard Audi drivers on the other hand...

Yours,

Fireflier
320d SE (in Metallic Grey which looks purple in the right light)
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Wed 7 May 2008, 15:05, 2 replies)

"lingering goodbyes to our loved ones in the morning"
aka Morning Sex?

Assume I'm not talking about your children...
( Cawl, Wed 7 May 2008, 15:07, closed)

oi!
Herr Stuttgart! What's wrong with we Audi drivers?

Vorsprung durch technik (unlike a pig on coils carrying a midi unit in its mouth, which would be "Foursprung Pork Technics"), as they say...
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 7 May 2008, 15:24, closed)