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      09-24-2013, 10:41 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by arachnyd View Post
I know a lot of jerks with BMWs growing up. Frankly, I hated BMW for most my life and the idea of buying one made me sick because I didn't want to be "one of them".

Now I am "one of them". I'm an asshat. I say "I'm driving a bmw so its ok to be an asshat". I consciously think it when I cut someone off, or take up two parking spots. I do things in my BMW I would never do in my corvette or pickup truck. I don't mind giving BMW owners a bad name because most BMW owners I know are asshats too. They are obnoxious, think they are better than everyone, and act like it.

When in rome, do as the romans do.

Every car has their stereotypes. When people find out my wife's husband has a corvette they think she married some real old guy, when really I'm just a year older than her. When I was looking at Maserati's, I can't tell you how many people told me I "don't have a stuck up my butt enough to drive one of those things". When we were looking for a car for distance traveling (I'll often travel hundreds of miles a day for work) we looked at a Dodge Dart, and my wife said, "I don't want people to think of us as rednecks". We had a tough time looking for cars because while we love the BMW, we hate the way people look at us, treat us, and draw conclusions about us for driving one.

So I guess in short, there are a lot of "asshat" BMW drivers. That doesn't mean you are. It doesn't mean most people on here are. In fact, I would disrespect BMW owners any time I could until I met some that raced with me who WEREN'T asshats. Then I became an owner, but once I became an owner, I became an asshat (but only in the BMW).

When it comes down to it, no matter what you drive, people are going to draw conclusions. You've got to drive what you love, and ignore everyone else- you can't control them!

Side note, I never heard of the word asshat before and I just used it about 50 times.
Wait a second, you take up 2 parking spaces for your 330ci?

I got in a debate about this the other day with some friends. They saw some riced out Honda taking up 2 parking spots in a lot. They were like "if it was a supercar, I'd understand, but not for a Honda!" I didn't agree. IMO it doesn't matter if you are driving a Ferrari, BMW, or Honda. Unless you are at a car show or something, you are allotted a single parking space per car. My friends were like "but you're saying that you would park a Ferrari in a spot in this lot and risk getting door dings?". No. If I was driving a Ferrari I wouldn't bring it out to park in a lot like that where I can't get a single good parking spot (end spot or similar).

I don't drive a supercar but for the "nice" cars I've had, I would never take them out to park in a lot where I'd have to take 2 spots to avoid being next to another car. I always would just park in a single end spot or far away from others and never had any problems.
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