08-29-2013, 11:54 AM | #1 |
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Hello everyone I would like to share a story that happened to me this morning. So I was driving on 275[Michigan Freeway] and spotted a X3 speeding along in traffic and decided to jump on it. I figured what the heck, I'm in a hurry to get somewhere too. After about 10 mins of driving there was a split in the road in which my exit was approaching ,so I jump on it to get in my right lane. I'm clear up front and see a few cars behind me I passed including the x3 I saw earlier. My exit was coming up and I had to get over to my right one lane to get on the off ramp. As soon as I put my blinker on and check my rear view as I inch over I see the X3 flying up behind me so fast I jump back over. I couldn't believe he was that much in a rush to get off and mind you I'm already doing 80!! At the end the ramp is a light that's already red anyways we both come to, he's going left I go right. I happen to pull up behind a yellow s4, who hesitated to make the right on red turn & when it changed drove off in a steady manner. I just thought to myself how aggressive some BMW drivers are for no reason lol. I'm somewhat a aggressive driver myself but mainly on open road, n don't purposely make maneuvers to interrupt the flow of traffic. Especially in the way he did. Any thoughts?
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08-29-2013, 12:38 PM | #2 |
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The aggression of the driver isn't linked to the badge of on the front of his/her car...
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08-29-2013, 02:30 PM | #3 |
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Yes but it is harder to be aggressive in a Yaris....lol..
Mind you what does "somewhat aggressive" mean?
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We sold the Disco and have an XC60 D5 on order... and in the meantime are borrowing the OH's mums Yaris T3 1.3 VVTI as a second car... I tried to keep up in the Yaris with the OH driving my X3 the other day. Embarrassment ensued... she wasn't even pushing it! (But i'm going off topic )
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08-29-2013, 05:46 PM | #5 |
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That goes to show you, not matter how crazy you think you are, there is always someone crazier. This just goes to prove that this article is true:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...age-wheel.html |
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08-30-2013, 05:06 AM | #6 |
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My daughter is changing her Yaris to a 116 - think she will notice a lot of differences (except her monthly payments are only a little more!) - hope she doesn't get a blue one (as all her cars have been blue!!)
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I have read this a couple of times and to be honest I think some of this, in fact a fair bit, is self inflicted!! Quote:- 'to jump on it. I figured what the heck, I'm in a hurry to get somewhere too' 'I couldn't believe he was that much in a rush to get off and mind you I'm already doing 80!!' Hardly the actions of an innocent non-aggressive driver!!! |
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08-30-2013, 03:02 PM | #13 |
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I actually felt the most heroic when I was driving a Fiat while vacationing in Hawaii...No parking space was immune to my parking mojo and I could merge into any space in traffic without annoying anyone.
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Oh no, they could be talking about me. Interesting article, I always thought the color would be red.
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