Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 14:53:49 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <alistairdorenospamo.com> wrote in message news:zqBDd.19305$C8.5523nospamnews.blueyonder.co.uk... > Beamers are superbly engineered cars, and deserve their fine reputation > for drivability and reliability. > > HOWEVER, you only drive one in the UK if you never want anyone but another > Beamer driver to let you out at junctions, or into the traffic queue from > a slip road. > > The image of the nob-head sales manager in his 3 series welded to the back > of your vehicle whilst doing 80mph in the third lane is not a stereotype. > > Until recently I drove in excess of 25k a year and in my experience BMW > drivers are the rudest, stupidest and most dangerous on our motorways bar > none. Don't get me wrong, I know several decent upstanding citizens who > drive BMW's. On balance though I have seen far more stupid, arrogant > behaviour from beamer drivers than drivers of any other car.....although > 4WD(SUV?) drivers come a pretty close second, usually blonde, D&G > sunglasses and on the school run.... > > I suggest a move away from our beloved SAAB should be to a Mercedes, > superb German engineering, without the attitude problem. Certainly a > Merc' is on my wish list,(if you're listening Santa) > Al, You are making grand generalizations based entirely on your single vantage point, being from the UK. In the US (and I assume *many* other countries as well) while BMWs may project a certain "snob appeal" the drivers are on average no worse than the general population of other marquis drivers, and in fact, since one of the largest single make car clubs is the BMW CCA, which promotes advanced driving skills more than anything else, a pretty good size population of BMW drivers are actually better. Also, nob-head sales managers do not get BMWs here as company cars. The Fords and Chevies and Chryslers unless they opt to buy them themselves. Many (most?) US companies will not provide their employees any non-domestic brand cars. IMO, Mercedes does not compare on a performance level to either SAAB or BMW. In fact, it's rather difficult to find a merc with anything but an automatic transmission on this side of the big ditch. -MaltHound
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