Im referring to those that haven't learned to keep their yaps shut.The problem with worrying what others think of you is that they aren't even thinking of you at sll.
Bruce
A V70 diesel here in Europe is concidered a big luxury vehicle, just under a big SUV. Driving an older BMW or Merc or Audi in the same class will get you hate, because those are bought by status sensitive types and you will be assumed to be just that. A V70 doesnt have that general preconception here.I have a used mazda 3 hatch back, the price was good and it is good on gas, I use it to drive to work (6h) drive one way ... every one at work think I am crazy since I drive it through moose country and through every winter storm winter throw at me while I have a truck park at home.
That conception generally applies here as well. I just now came in the door fuming about my last half mile before reaching home. A VW Diesel Passat cut in front of me twice without signaling, so close I had to brake. Then at a multi-lane left turn a larger BMW went from behind me to start the turn at my left. Only my horn prevented him from finishing his turn in my center lane. Then he turned right at the first block ... from behind me. He could have just followed me to start with. BMW's apparently don't have convenient turn signals or else the type who buys them just doesn't care.an older BMW or Merc or Audi in the same class will get you hate, because those are bought by status sensitive types and you will be assumed to be just that.
Funny how conceptions differ between continents....
Whether they are compensating or not there's a lot of people out there with horrible tastes... the guys that take a perfectly good truck and put 8" offset wheels so they stick out near the whole tire width, shorter than stock tires, 8" lift and like 30" wheels with rubber band "mud terrain" tires (in quotes because with 2" or less sidewall they're useless) and think they're cool, and somehow they're always spotless meaning they've never left pavement for even a minute... (anyone that has tires that stick out past the body knows what I mean...). It's just as bad as the people that lower hondas and whatnot to the point they have to slow down to .01mph to enter a parking lot at an acute angle, and they don't even want to think about speed bumps... I have this thing about function over form, it only looks good if it works or performs a task better than it would stock, and highest priority in automotive modification, you still have to be able to drive it on roads to be useful!![]()
That conception generally applies here as well. I just now came in the door fuming about my last half mile before reaching home. A VW Diesel Passat cut in front of me twice without signaling, so close I had to brake. Then at a multi-lane left turn a larger BMW went from behind me to start the turn at my left. Only my horn prevented him from finishing his turn in my center lane. Then he turned right at the first block ... from behind me. He could have just followed me to start with. BMW's apparently don't have convenient turn signals or else the type who buys them just doesn't care.