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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is a car guy, always has been...it's his curse. He reads car forums, tinkers in the garage, watches racing on tv and goes to events, all of it. He's always purchased what he could afford, which usually meant a used car (he's had Audi S4s in the past). A few years ago he finally bought his dream car - a 4-door BMW M3. I actually agree with the asshole BMW driver stereotype but there are exceptions and those who are true car enthusiasts. DH is a very frugal and practical guy, this just happens to be the splurge he plans and budgets for.

[b]I've felt the judgement from people like OP when we're out and about in our cars, even though we both drive courteously. I truly don't care what I drive as long as it gets me safely from place to place; not sure why OP cares![/b][/quote]

+1 We have a regular, no frills (bought used) Korean sedan and a 3 series BMW, and I can feel the judgment while driving it, although I know that we can afford it and it makes little difference in our finances. My husband thinks I'm just being paranoid, but I swear people drive differently when I'm in the BMW![b] It seems like drivers are more aggressive and cutting me off [/b]just to prove a point, so I don't know.
It's so bad that I'm thinking of trading it in for a used Audi, which seems to have an overall lower profile than BMW and Mercedes, and less cause for resentment from judgmental drivers. [/quote]

Maybe.  Or maybe they are aggressively getting in front of you because they doubt you'd ever let them in otherwise.  I've rarely seen someone driving a high-end European car who follows that "rule" of each person letting one car merge so it goes smoothly and quickly.   [/quote]

So? Just because they have a reason doesn't mean that people are more aggressive to BMW drivers than the other way around, and it doesn't make it okay. A jerk driver in a Honda is still a jerk, even if they're aggressive against BMW drivers.

[b]PP who drives the Tesla, what are the kinds of reactions you get when you drive it? [/b][/quote]

For the most part, people think it's really cool.  We do have the occasional BMW driver that tries to out-accelerate it but still turns heads.  Friends and family all want to take a ride in it.[/quote]

mmm hmmm.  sure they do.  I mean they never ask, but that's just because they don't want to bother you.  after all you're too busy saving the environment.
You do know it runs on a mix of coal and natural gas obtained thru fracking, right?[/quote]

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