A Day in the Diary of a BMW Driver (Page 2): BMW lane. Funny. Whenever I'm in the BMW lane, driving my beat-up 22 year old F150, passing drivers stuck in the "Civic lane," I smile my...

salmander

BMW lane. Funny. Whenever I'm in the BMW lane, driving my beat-up 22 year old F150, passing drivers stuck in the "Civic lane," I smile my self-satisfied smile as I whizz past them. But I'm always on the lookout for a BMW driver to come along to make me feel embarrassed, like someone trying to take over what I don't deserve, as I should. Also, I have to be ever on the alert, in case my truck breaks down, again. Several years ago, my left rear wheel FELL OFF on the interstate. Phew! Fortunately, nothing bad happened, but still, we can all have our BMW dreams, can't we? LOL

(The age of my truck and what happened to it are true, however.)

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

salmander wrote:

BMW lane. Funny. Whenever I'm in the BMW lane, d... (show quote)

F150 rules. 😀👍👍👍

pilgrim1951 Loc: New Jersey

Great line from a song about identifying drivers by their cars I heard on Car Talk a while back.

"My BMW draws applause, I am not bound by traffic laws."

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

pilgrim1951 wrote:

Great line from a song about identifying drivers by their cars I heard on Car Talk a while back.

"My BMW draws applause, I am not bound by traffic laws."

Did you drive your Chevy to the levy??

rpena2860

German engineering is not to be scoffed at. BMW, Mercedes, even the VW Golf GTI and R are nice driving machines. American cars are starting to come around and cater to the enthusiast driver as well,with the new Corvette and Cadillac CTS-V, etc. Here in Texas we have HOV lanes which folks mistake as a High Occupancy Lane. Silly, they don't just don't get that it's a High-Speed Opulent Vehicle' lane. ;)

As it relates to our two-wheeled brethren ...

It is a bit disconcerting when hospital workers refer to motorcycles as 'donorcycles'. :O

FrankR Loc: NYC

That may be the case in the UK, but here in the USA, we are a far more inclusive and egalitarian society. We permit and in fact encourage, anal orifices on our highways and byways, regardless of the vehicle type they are pretending to operate. My absolute favorite of them is the one who is doing ten MPH below the posted limit, who speeds up as soon as you attempt to pass.

salmander

FrankR wrote:

My absolute favorite of them is the one who is doing ten MPH below the posted limit, who speeds up as soon as you attempt to pass.

Yep, they're bad all right. We need signal lights on the rear of our vehicles - one to indicate "f-you" and the other one to mean "learn to drive, you idiot." We could use either one, or both together, at our discretion.

rpena2860

salmander wrote:

Yep, they're bad all right. We need signal lights on the rear of our vehicles - one to indicate "f-you" and the other one to mean "learn to drive, you idiot." We could use either one, or both together, at our discretion.

I would need an ample supply of replacement bulbs, if that were the case.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Sounds about right.

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Marionsho wrote:

And the majority of them MUST think they're top notch riders.
They're the one's that are SURE they don't need a helmet.

I like the ones that ride with a tank top , cutoffs or shorts and sandals or flip flops. A friend of mine hit a yellow jacket, (bee) with no shirt on and boy was he sorry. Another friend of mine hit a bird and the bird ended up stuck in the inside of his crotch beak first all the way in. Speed will get you eventually unless you learn to get over it and just ride or drive for the pleasure of driving.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

DaveO wrote:

Did you drive your Chevy to the levy??

And then dump it in?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Funny, but driving into town today, I was passed by two BMWs doing at least 55 in a 45 MPH zone. Unfortunately, the highly diligent State Police didn't get them.

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

Mike Hardisty wrote:

This was written with driving in the UK in mind but you should get the general idea.

The other day I was cruising along as usual coming onto one of my motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars. First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road!

I had to squeeze into a barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! The driver of the car behind me did realise his mistake though and honked an apology to me with a long blast of his horn. Unbelievably, I had to do the same again before I could get to the BMW lane.

Anyway, once I was in the BMW lane and posing along at 110 mph enjoying the adulation that the inferior car drivers were giving me, I noticed an inferior car ahead of me which was not only in the BMW lane of my motorway, but was driving at a ridiculous 70 mph! Naturally, I got within a foot or so of his rear bumper and flashed my headlights to remind him he shouldn't be in the BMW lane of my motorway and to get out of my way.

Of course, once he realised it was a BMW behind him, he did just that, but I could hardly believe it when he pulled straight back out behind me! He also tried to keep up with me and when he realised I would out-run him, he put on some blue lights in his front grill and urged me to get onto the hard shoulder so that he could congratulate me on my excellent car.

Needless to say, I was eager to oblige and when we had stopped, the man gave me a piece of paper confirming what I already knew - that my car goes fast! Apparently he wants everyone to know what a superior car I have, so I had to take my driver’s licence to a police station to be sent away to have some points put on! (They're not free points either - they're £20 each and I was only allowed 3.)

But the man at the police station said that because I drive a BMW, it won't be much longer before I earn the full 12 points, and then I won't even NEED a driving licence, so they will take it off me!

See, now THAT'S the sort of respect you get when you own and drive a BMW!

This was written with driving in the UK in mind bu... (show quote)

Yup! That's the way many BMW drivers do it. And Benz drivers! I find myself cursing these guys. Now, I drive a Beemer, but follow all the rules of the road. Perhaps that's because I also drive a Kia. Or, because I'm 71! Funny piece!
Steve

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

StevenG wrote:

Yup! That's the way many BMW drivers do it. And Benz drivers! I find myself cursing these guys. Now, I drive a Beemer, but follow all the rules of the road. Perhaps that's because I also drive a Kia. Or, because I'm 71! Funny piece!
Steve

Yep! BMW & M-B drivers are interchangeable, with Audi quickly joining them.

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

I have always thought that about BMW drivers. Thanks for the post.

Jack