not out here in CA.. BMW are dime a dozen unfortunately. I was at a stop light once here in pleasanton and there were 2 E39 M5's along with mine, a gallardo and a continental GT right next to me. Really depends on where you are...
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Originally Posted by ravenheart
I think you are right. A few days ago my wife and I were driving on 696 (expressway in Detroit) heading home - it was about 10 pm - and we were doing 80 mph - as most people do in the lefthand lanes - and we pass a minivan - the guy then promptly overtakes us and shoots ahead. We both kinda laugh and keep up with him until we are doing 100mph - thats when we catch up with some slower traffic - but the minivan continues - changing lanes like crazy to get ahead. We stop keeping up (we are not that crazy) but we are both dumbfounded by why this guy reacted like he did.
Another example - also involving a minivan - On mothersday we were driving down Woodward - we were just past 14 Mile, when we passed a minivan - we were doing a little over the limit - and the road was pretty clear. The minivan overtakes us (we are not looking for a race on woodward - that road is a speedtrap if ever there was one). Ahead we see a black SUV - my wife instantly recognices it as a sheriff car and slinks over to the right and slows down - but the minivan comes roaring up besides the SUV, and then slows down as he sees its a cop. The cop goes after him and seem to be pacing the minivan for a while. By this time we turn - but it didnt seem like the cop was pulling the guy over. Still we had a chuckle.
In general people do seem to "want to beat" us. Typically other european cars (especially Audi's and VW's) will try their best to get ahead of us if starting from intersections. Granted - the X5 has a natural ability to leave everyone behind when accelerating from a standstill - so the reaction from other drivers are not that unatural - they must think its on purpose and just to annoy them, while in fact we are just enjoying our car. When we were driving a Ford Escape we didnt notice any of this behavior (though we saw plenty of crazy drivers), but then again - we werent enticing people by (that much) spirited driving, and Ford is not a Ego-emitting car like the BMW - so I think its a response to our driving style, and the brand.
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