Bloke in a BMW X5 this morning....

UndercoverElephant
UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
... hung back so that he didn't have to overtake me when there was a bollard in the middle of the road.

Yes, that's right, it was both a BMW and a 4x4 and he showed great consideration when driving.

Who'd have thunk it? :shock:
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    ... hung back so that he didn't have to overtake me when there was a bollard in the middle of the road.

    Yes, that's right, it was both a BMW and a 4x4 and he showed great consideration when driving.

    Who'd have thunk it? :shock:

    Probably wasn't his car.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    ... hung back so that he didn't have to overtake me when there was a bollard in the middle of the road.

    Yes, that's right, it was both a BMW and a 4x4 and he showed great consideration when driving.

    Who'd have thunk it? :shock:

    Did you thank him?
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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    I do a cheery thumbs up for that sort of thing.

    I once did a lazy wavy turned into a Papal benediction when I realised I was outside an RC church.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    I also do the thumbs up, or at least a wave. I treat drivers like the Supernanny would, and try to give out five times more praise than tellings-off. That said, a Vectra driver the other day who tried to wipe me out on a roundabout definitely needed a sit on the naughty step.
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  • lardboy
    lardboy Posts: 343
    My signal for changing lanes turns into a thumbs up if a driver holds back or slows to let me past a stopping bus, or just shows that they're not a pr*ck on the road. I hope it's appreciated, and they don't think I'm giving them the w*nker hand gesture!
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  • clanton
    clanton Posts: 1,289
    On a similar note, on a narrow road this morning, cars parked either side, a woman in a blue BMW waited patiently behind me. When the road widened slightly I pulled left and waved her through, she smiled and waved thanks and I waved back. Everyone proceeded happily.

    Maybe its the weather?
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    BMW drivers are getting nicer, I know 3 really nice guys who drive Bee-Emms

    Audis are now the car driven by c :evil: cks, you heard it here first (well, on Top Gear actually)
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    On my non-cycling days, I drive an Audi 8) I'm a mess of self-loathing since I took up cycle commuting.
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  • Jehannum
    Jehannum Posts: 107
    the standard of BMW and [particularly] VOlvo driving improved drastically with the advent of the people carrier. :?

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Probably learned a lesson from the last cyclist he annoyed.....still paying for the new headlights and the facial reconstruction surgery.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    Jehannum wrote:
    the standard of BMW and [particularly] VOlvo driving improved drastically with the advent of the people carrier. :?

    J.

    your point is????
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    your point is????

    er, I assume that we shouldn't be that surprised by decently driven BMWs because a load of the bad drivers are now in people carriers???

    Not sure that I agree that many BMW drivers moved to people carriers though....
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    jedster wrote:
    your point is????

    er, I assume that we shouldn't be that surprised by decently driven BMWs because a load of the bad drivers are now in people carriers???

    Not sure that I agree that many BMW drivers moved to people carriers though....

    No, but this former Audi driver did :twisted:
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    will3 wrote:
    Probably wasn't his car.

    Yeah - he'd probably nicked it :lol:
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  • vintage_stumpy
    vintage_stumpy Posts: 13
    That is a strange one up here as most of the X5's I see are driven by the 'yummy mummys' and they are always on the phone :twisted:

    BTW UE, whats your commute route? I'm an East Lothianer myself :D
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Those Audi Q8 things are a warcrime. They are very nearly two lanes wide!
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    vintage_stumpy wrote:
    That is a strange one up here as most of the X5's I see are driven by the 'yummy mummys' and they are always on the phone :twisted:

    BTW UE, whats your commute route? I'm an East Lothianer myself :D

    I'm Longniddry to Leith, you? I only started a couple of months back, but I racked up my 500th mile last night.

    I find the Yummy Mummies to be quite happy to follow behind me for a stretch, TBH. It's less usual for a bloke.
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    The Commander currently has his usual Merc in for service at the moment and has an Audi on loan for the time being. Yesterday he became one of those cocks in an audi when he picked me up from work in Exeter and proceeded to shout at a cyclist who shot out in front of him.

    It was a :shock: moment when both of us realised it was all the fault of the car as he is normally a placid driver especially when in uniform (setting examples and such)

    He also made an impression on a few of my work colleagues who were outside at the time!

    So if you drive an Audi and act like a cock it's the cars fault...FACT! :lol:
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  • vintage_stumpy
    vintage_stumpy Posts: 13
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I'm Longniddry to Leith, you? I only started a couple of months back, but I racked up my 500th mile last night.

    I find the Yummy Mummies to be quite happy to follow behind me for a stretch, TBH. It's less usual for a bloke.

    That's a nice run. I assume you take the coast road all the way? I used to do Fountainbridge to Leith docks a few years back. Lovely downhill all the way in the morning, and not so lovely uphill all the way back in the afternoon. :wink: Is the seafield treatment plant still stinking? Not nice to have that catch the back of your throat after 10 miles :evil:
    I'm just about to start Whitekirk to Gullane after a house move :)
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Gussio wrote:
    Those Audi Q8 things are a warcrime. They are very nearly two lanes wide!

    The drug dealer's vehicle of choice - must be black with blacked out everything. Although, based on what I saw a few days ago, about to be superceded by this..
    BMW_X6_concept_rear.jpg
    but with black wheels, innit.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    vintage_stumpy wrote:
    That's a nice run. I assume you take the coast road all the way? I used to do Fountainbridge to Leith docks a few years back. Lovely downhill all the way in the morning, and not so lovely uphill all the way back in the afternoon. :wink: Is the seafield treatment plant still stinking? Not nice to have that catch the back of your throat after 10 miles :evil:
    I'm just about to start Whitekirk to Gullane after a house move :)

    Yup, coastal all the way, unless I'm really struggling with a headwind on the way back, in which case I tend to go through Wallyford instead, so that I take my hill in the middle of the route instead of right at the end. As for Seafield? It all depends on what the locals had for dinner the night before I suspect :roll:

    Whitekirk to Gullane should be a fantastic commute, with a good chance to mow down tourists in North Berwick :lol:
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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    And you can go to the Gullane Super Fry - how exciting!

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