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12-15-2011, 10:55 AM | #45 |
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Obligated is probably the wrong word to use... I simply find it difficult to not drive fast(er).
As far as being the first at a stop light, eh, I don't bother. I know the ///M isn't built for stop light to stop light speed. I rather prefer being the first on/off an entrance ramp and distancing myself from those behind me on the twisties |
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12-15-2011, 12:53 PM | #46 |
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No. It's actually the opposite. I purposely drive slower with my M3 (in most circumstances).
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12-15-2011, 01:50 PM | #47 |
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I don't.
I find it amusing everybody around me feels the need to race out in front of me...I guess to prove their mini van is faster. But...I try to keep in check with a "if you speed up, who's the cop gonna pull over?"...and just let them go.
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12-15-2011, 06:07 PM | #48 |
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As OP I am quite interested in the responses. Throwing out the fringe answers, the majority of the responses indicate that posters drive their ///M3 in a very responsible manner while occasionally experiencing the thrill of driving one of these fine machines (like on a freeway onramp, or on a twisty back road, or at a stoplight). I fall squarely in that group as well. Keep the responses coming.
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Person A is driving 63mph in freezing rain in a 2-wheel-drive 16 year old pick-up truck. The speed limit is 65. He is following the law. Person B is driving 90mph in an M3 on a deserted rural highway in dry sunny weather. The speed llimit is also 65. He is breaking the law. In my book, person A is being far more dangerous than person B. The problem with "the law" is that is applies the same standards to all people in all conditions. In this regard, it is inherently imperfect. There really is no better option in a civilized society, but when it comes to enforcing the law, discretion should be used. There are people with far superior intelligence and/or driving skills and reflexes than others. There are cars that are far more capable in all regards than others and yet the same standards are applied to both in the name of "the law". From a standpoint of real logic, this makes no sense whatsoever. If the government can tax me at a higher percentage because I make a high income, then why can't it grant me the privilege to drive faster in my expensive sports car that can stop form 60 in 108 ft as opposed to some beat-up old pick-up that takes 200 ft. Other than certain obvious laws for real crimes against people, most of these regulatory laws are there to satisfy some special or disguised agenda. Most interstate speed limits, for example, exist for revenue generating purposes. They have absolutely nothing to do with public safety. Police really are not to blame. If you find an officer that uses discretion, then great, but this is really not their job or their obligation. Their job is simply to enforce the law, not to judge whether your action was appropriate or inappropriate. That is the job of the courts, but as we all know traffic based revenue is just too easy to generate. In my state of Massachsetts, back years ago when the speed limit was 55, the police tried the concept of "moving roadblocks". Police cruisers took up all lanes and cruised at 55 to regulate the speed of the traffic. The amount of congestion and number of accidents that ensued was astronmical. The concept was quickly abandoned, and yet 55mph was "the law". Have I made my opinion on this matter clear?
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First, I'd like to say that I AGREE with your post.
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Though the chances of him being ticketed (unless he got in an accident, in which case they love to tack on an extra ticket ) are obviously rather slim |
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12-15-2011, 07:53 PM | #52 |
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I don't rip at stop lights unless I'm relatively the only car there. The funny thing is I used to drive a lot faster and more aggressively in my E92 335i because it was more low key in looks and sound (cops, nobody would bat an eye). Now I drive this loud, rip roaring M car, I'm more careful when I go all-out, bat s*&T fast.
I do feel people are driving a lot slower around me more often than before haha...I guess it just seems that way because I always want to drive fast. |
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To answer the OPs question. I don't drive my M3 any differently than I drive any of my other cars.
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When I leave work there's a nicely curved 90 degree right turn lane. I can take it at 60ish without an issue in the M. One day some idiot in a SUV tried to follow me through the curve at my speed, needless to say he was quickly spit out into the roadway beside us. I'm glad no one was there. It made me laugh.
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12-15-2011, 10:12 PM | #57 |
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I drive my weekly rental cars faster on avg...M3 usually 78-79 on hwys granted I catch more attention doing so than a standard grey sedan.
Plenty of double speed limit on/off ramp action and backwoods roads. It is what I bought the car for right?
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Now they may not be able to do two hard brakings in a row and may overheat their shitty brakes in one shot, but emergency braking is no better in your m3 than a 84 honda civic, actually civic probably will stop sooner! |
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12-16-2011, 12:43 AM | #61 |
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I just cruise at 75-80 on the freeway in the M...same on the streets. I like the attention! On ramps are always fun to gun through, the same goes for the twisties and the occasional spirited driving when by yourself on a highway.
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12-16-2011, 02:08 PM | #63 |
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+1 (as long as my daughter is not in the car with me).
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12-16-2011, 02:14 PM | #64 |
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I'm starting to drive more aggressive, but that's only b/c DC area drivers are aggressive. I never use to be this way when I lived in Ohio where everyone is easy breezy
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12-16-2011, 02:47 PM | #65 |
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Well put... +1
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