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      05-10-2022, 08:32 PM   #67
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Allow me to be concise: Bull f-ing Shit.

Please explain why you think you're above the law.
Do you only drive the speed limit? That doesn't make any sense
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Allow me to be concise: Bull f-ing Shit.

Please explain why you think you're above the law.
No need to get upset.

And I do feel like I'm above the law at times.

The reason is simple; speed limits are made for the average person driving the average car paying the average amount of attention under average circumstances with average skill.

I find that there are times when even an average person can speed safely, and certainly those in above average cars, with above average skill in an above average circumstance can speed even more.

I respect the law when it makes sense.

So, you go ahead and wait at that stoplight at 2 am when you can clearly see that no one is coming. Me, I'm running it.
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      05-10-2022, 08:50 PM   #69
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^ Don't disagree but we have drifted away from the OP's question. OP's situation was a very different situation than a stoplight at 2am with no one coming...
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^ Don't disagree but we have drifted away from the OP's question. OP's situation was a very different situation than a stoplight at 2am with no one coming...
You are correct, I was only remarking that I think there are times when breaking the law can be done prudently.

As far as someone coming up on me at 90, I'd just move over and let them pass (if they tail-gated me). Usually I'm pretty aware though, and would have moved over way before he got to me.
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      05-10-2022, 10:27 PM   #71
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Was just seeing that the blinkers are an option. Is that really true?
I believe newer models have blinkers, but that blinker fluid runs out quick and we all know BMW owners can't be bothered with such peasantries as filling fluids... or opening the hood.

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What part of "Slower Traffic Keep Right" confuses people?
But I'm going the speed limit! And....



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Allow me to be concise: Bull f-ing Shit.

Please explain why you think you're above the law.
Just because I'm not above the law doesn't mean I have to agree with all laws. I don't recall being consulted when the speed limits were set. Plenty of stupid asinine laws in the books. Typically the more important and less asinine a law is the greater the punishment for breaking it. Going 95 in a 65 is what? Couple hundred bucks and a call to the ticket clinic? Are you breaking the law doing 95 in a 65 at 3am with no one on the road? Yes. However you are also breaking the law when you jay-walk or share your Netflix password or use the wifi from the Mcdonalds across the street.
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By leaving a massive gap, you essentially become the left lane hog instead of the person in front of you.
believe me if there was space to pass on the right safely (in a m3 don't need much space, I would have weaved around and gave a slight honk.


theres also the notion that you aren't going anywhere faster when the traffic is medium thick

no point in weaving in/out of lanes when the traffic is thick, like how much more ahead are you going to get
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      05-10-2022, 11:31 PM   #73
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i move over. if i feel like the car is going to be at my bumper before i can pass the upcoming cars in the right lane i'll still move over, slow down, let them pass and then get back to the left.

the guy in the left lane coming up behind me shouldn't have to hit his brakes or wait.
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      05-11-2022, 07:02 AM   #74
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I believe newer models have blinkers, but that blinker fluid runs out quick and we all know BMW owners can't be bothered with such peasantries as filling fluids... or opening the hood.
FYI, it's a sealed system with a lifetime fill.....
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Yep - that's exactly right. I leave a large gap also because I hate tailgating people.

And that's the situation I'm talking about - waiting to pass safely but some jerk is tailgating you and when you change lanes they do so first and almost rear end you.

Glad you understand where I'm coming from!
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FYI, it's a sealed system with a lifetime fill.....
then why?
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then why?
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then why?
For the drivers of less prestigious car marques, where the blinker fluid system isn't sealed and needs frequent topping off.

Speaking of sealed systems that aren't, I have to hit, er, I mean visit the auto parts store later this afternoon and buy an economy size bottle of brake fluid for the Mighty Dodge.....
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Speaking of sealed systems that aren't, I have to hit, er, I mean visit the auto parts store later this afternoon and buy an economy size bottle of brake fluid for the Mighty Dodge.....
If you would quit romping on her and giggling like a drunk infant the entire time, you could just get a standard 55 gallon drum.
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For the drivers of less prestigious car marques, where the blinker fluid system isn't sealed and needs frequent topping off.

Speaking of sealed systems that aren't, I have to hit, er, I mean visit the auto parts store later this afternoon and buy an economy size bottle of brake fluid for the Mighty Dodge.....
I don't get the not using the blinker thing. I don't even have to think about it. It's hard wired between my brain and my left hand.
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I don't get the not using the blinker thing. I don't even have to think about it. It's hard wired between my brain and my left hand.
Because you don't use all the other "technology enhancements" in the vehicle, you still have time for blinkers.
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believe me if there was space to pass on the right safely (in a m3 don't need much space, I would have weaved around and gave a slight honk.


theres also the notion that you aren't going anywhere faster when the traffic is medium thick

no point in weaving in/out of lanes when the traffic is thick, like how much more ahead are you going to get
What's funny is the people commentating are the same ones who tailgate and expect you not to leave distance...the irony is pretty rich. Literally, these are the people I was talking about that merge all the way left when they enter the on ramp. Worst drivers
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If you would quit romping on her and giggling like a drunk infant the entire time, you could just get a standard 55 gallon drum.
It's probably cheaper to buy a 55 gallon drum of DOT 3 brake fluid than it is to buy the equivalent quantity of diesel fuel these days. When I drove past the local fuel station two hours ago, diesel was $6.59/gallon! (I put in cheap DOT 3 fluid because I just need to drive it a few miles to the repair shop, and it will mostly leak out on the way.)

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I don't get the not using the blinker thing. I don't even have to think about it. It's hard wired between my brain and my left hand.
Left hand? Are you saying that the turn signal stalk is on the LEFT?

Most people around these parts also do not know that NY State law says that you must signal all turns at least 100 feet in advance. Still in the learner's permit handbook, and I remember this from back in the olden days before I had a license.....
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I rarely signal if I'm blowing by you switching lanes. If I'm cutting it close I'll use it. Turns always
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If you're going faster than me then you're REALLY trying to break the law, I'm getting out of your way fellow villain.

But seriously the passing lane is for passing, which 99% of the drivers don't seem to understand because in the US anyone with a pulse gets a license. I wish that we had stricter rules when it comes to that
^^^^ this…on point af.

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On a related point, I can't f'n stand people that do not understand the rules of the road. I'm talking simple shit like who has the right-away at an intersection. Morons that think they have the right-away though they're turning left at a signal and forcing their way before the people opposite from them that are turning right. It's infuriating and I see and experience it almost daily!
Same. People that are making a left in the intersection when you're making a right and come up right behind you or you have to brake to let them in.
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