yesterday I got the bird and a whole lot of abuse from a cyclist because he was trying to get across the road that I had just turned onto, and the 4.8 tends to sound throaty when it kicks down a gear to get the big lump going.

he thought I was trying to 'race' him to stop him crossing in front of me.... firstly a loser to think I have nothing better to do than waste time on that sh#t and secondly I wasn't even going quickly.....

finally though and this might seem a little 'out there', but a number of years ago I slowed down, chilled out, left a gap for cars to enter at intersections, let people merge in front of me yada yada and now, I always get let in, cross through impossibly heavy traffic and don't get any aggro...

I call it karma...

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2006 E53 X5 3.0D
2004 E53 X5 4.8is
2004 E53 X5 4.4 Sport
2011 E70 X5 3.0D with Aero kit
2009 E71 X6 50i Sport
2009 E70 X5 50i Sport
2007 E60 540 M Sport LCI (All time favourite car)
2007 E70 X5 4.8i Sport
2005 E53 4.8is
2003 E53 3.0 Sport

How long does karma take? It sure ain't instant. I'm the one that holds back traffic to let someone make a left onto a busy roadway. I'm the one that moves to the center lane so someone can merge in the right lane. I'm the one that lets someone out of a driveway or side street. The courtesy is rarely returned.

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Current:
2016 X6 ///M Black Sapphire Metallic

That's because you're a BMW driver......

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"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

ahh but are you chilled out or 'hell on wheels'.... he he.... it works for me because I kind of expect it.... like my wife who ALWAYS gets the park at the front door of wherever she's going.... ( I just shake my head time after time)

Cheers

J

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2006 E53 X5 3.0D
2004 E53 X5 4.8is
2004 E53 X5 4.4 Sport
2011 E70 X5 3.0D with Aero kit
2009 E71 X6 50i Sport
2009 E70 X5 50i Sport
2007 E60 540 M Sport LCI (All time favourite car)
2007 E70 X5 4.8i Sport
2005 E53 4.8is
2003 E53 3.0 Sport

I'm a polite and courteous "hell on wheels"

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Current:
2016 X6 ///M Black Sapphire Metallic

I pulled onto a highway (from a business driveway) the other day, and the car I got in front of blew the horn, pulled up next to me, passenger yelling, etc. Thought it may be blondboinsd, but it wasn't. Even though there was about 75 meters between me and the car when I pulled onto the road, they decided I cut them off somehow. Idiots.

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They were probably mad they had to let off the skinny pedal for about 3 seconds... how DARE you!

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"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" (Bender, futurama)

You make something idiotproof, they'll make a better idiot

You think professional is expensive, just wait until you pay for amateur.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

X5 pics

RIP 4.6is.....

2003 4.6is

What you say???

Seriously: (I added a few things) but I ran into this same person driving a Prius a few weeks back.

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"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

I think most Prius drivers hate BMW's.

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