RaleighSport

Oh I get it now, was taking it literal before. Haven't seen one since the 90's

thinncrispy7

definitely bmw in southern calif and any electric car because you cant hear them sneak up on you!

dstrong 

Black pick-up trucks are the biggest offenders in our area.

We got smoked by one last weekend (I think it's referred to as "rolling coal"). On Monday, it was reported by a group taking advantage of the holiday, that they were preparing to make a left, had taken the lane and were signaling their turn when a black pick-up passed them at high speed on the left! Scared the crap out of them and put a damper on the rest of the ride.

WhyFi

This has to be one of the dumbest trends that I've recently seen. Do you know what the story is with it? Is it legal? Is it a destructive mod?

dstrong 

Wikipedia says: Rolling coal is the practice of intentionally disabling the Clean Burn Programming of a computer controlled diesel engine, so that the vehicle is able to emit an under-aspirated sooty exhaust that grossly and visibly pollutes the air. Practitioners tamper with their vehicles' emissions controls in open defiance of environmental regulations. It also may include the intentional removal of the particulate filter[1] Practitioners often additionally modify their vehicles by installing smoke switches and smoke stacks. Modifications to a vehicle to enable rolling coal may cost from $200 to $5,000.

Rolling coal is a form of conspicuous pollution. Targets of rolling coal often include owners of hybrid vehicles as well as bicyclists and pedestrians.

hueyhoolihan

good habit to cultivate. motorists love it when you do that! way out of proportion to what it costs us to be aware and move over, if it's safe.

and BTW, even though i've seen that cartoon drawing a number of times, it still cracks me up.

hueyhoolihan

not a very popular car. mostly in and around Detroit, and few still left on the road, or running for that matter.

i've never even seen one in California.

RPK79

+1

Bigsid was totally in the wrong and a complete french shower container.

rms13

Hilarious. I have one neighbor on my street who owns a white Toyota Tacoma and a black Accord and I've had several run ins with him until he finally threatened my life and the police were involved. Haven't seen him since

TrojanHorse

Both of them?

TrojanHorse

How tough is it to let a car go by when you're NOT EVEN MOVING!

Seems like a little courtesy would go a long way.

bikepro

It's just a good thing BMW doesn't make a pickup . . . Oh, and I've driven BMW's for nearly 30 years. The truth is, a jerk driver might be driving anything.

RR3

Democrats in Priuses. The worst.

rms13

In the city I live in, it is generally BMW or Mercedes driven by people who then park them on the street in front of their crappy apartment buildings where they go and share an apartment with their entire extended family. Priorities!

cmc0108

I haven't had any run ins with cars...luckily I live in an area thats really popular for biking running, so most people around here are used to it.

SpeshulEd 

I hate them...all of them!

FrenchFit 

As a driver of both a BMW 740i and a 5.9L Dodge Ram Truck, I take offense at these posts. If you low brow losers can't compete for your lane space, HTFU or get off the road. Talk about entitled !

Seriously, these generalizations about certain vehicles and drivers are silly, and too often slide over into being gender bashing or racist. However, those people, and you know who you are, that drive on the extreme right side of the lane scare the crap out of me. If I was a cop I'd harass the heck out of them, every time.

RaleighSport

There was actually an eagle dealership in Asti of all places (up here in northern Ca) that plugged the hell out of that car.

SundayNiagara

Here in South Florida, it's rice burners.

BoSoxYacht

Isn't it crazy how often we get buzzed by people from that cult?

bigsid

Not blocking. I was on the left side of a single lane, 3 ft. from oncoming traffic. Construction cones on the right. Nothing I could do.

SpeshulEd 

haha, no doubt! They're all so "christlike" aren't they!?!

mrodgers

What is with the lack of BMW love. Don't you know how awesome they are and how superior they are around you commoners?

A Day In The Life Of A BMW Driver

The other day I was cruising along as usual coming onto one of my interstates, 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 entrance ramp! 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 drivers 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!

WhyFi

You were blocking. Even if the lane is just wide enough for a car to get through (because of hypothetical I-don't-want-to-look-like-a-****** construction), a cyclist at an intersection has the room to move to the left and forward enough for a right-turning car.

profjmb

I used to drive one. And 2 years ago was hit by one.

plus maintenance is killer once warranty runs out.