fedlawman

Thank you Zack for your insightful, informational, and fact-based assessment of the 3-series and it's owners. Acurazine needs more members like you who do their research, state facts without bias or commentary, and articulate them with precision. Bravo!

Tintin

was watching the season finale of top gear, and they were giving out awards.
One of the awards was for the ugliest car of the year, and guess who took it?
the new BMW 3series.

jlukja

Better?

afici0nad0

i don't have an answer, b/c i haven't had any negative experiences with bmw owners...

but, this type of thinking may be similiar to this thread:

http://my.is/forums/showthread.php?t...1&page=1&pp=30

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

Looks like 1sicklex is up to his old tricks again.

I gotta say that I have had some bad experiences with BMW drivers but the reality is that they are not worse than drivers of any other cars on the road. Fact remains, people in this country cannot drive. There are just a lot of BMW drivers.

afici0nad0

^

i am assuming you are familiar with 1slicklex...

absolude tried to defend the tsx, but, to no success.

i didn't realize, until i began surfing car forums, how hostile people can be over X vs Y threads.

enthusiasts or fanboys? depends who you ask, i guess...

joerockt

Many of us "oldtimers" are...Im sure after his bannage from here, Acuras are his sworn enemy now

xizor

he's the ultimate fanboy, his posts make me want to vomit

afici0nad0

ahh...

i see. so it seems as if there's a little history with 1slicklex and acurazine...

ok...

Cgove1

Don't you know? It's because we're better then everyone else.

Just kidding. I see arrogant drivers in all makes and models. The worst offenders I see are usually in modded ricers these days.

When I was a kid it was Cadillac drivers that were the worst.

Mokos23

gosh i started this thread almost a yr ago and it's still going? yeah, actually now the Acura TL and the Honda Civic are the cars where I see now along with BMW weaving in and out of traffic.

05_TSX_GP

haha... yeah, I had subscribed to this from so long ago too!!

The new Civic (Si especailly, what else) is giving me the creeps as I picture young punks barely got their license zipping around traffic in a 197HP "entry level" car... to think I had endured 5 years of the 82HP Tercel before buying my own 195HP Prelude...

Saintor

was watching all the comparos the new E90 was in (North America), one won them ALL, and guess who took it?
the new BMW 3series.

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

It's still ugly though.

Tmetcalf

BMW and MB drivers have the opinion that because they just spend $40K on a new german enginereed car that it also came with a 95% ownership of the fast lane and are exempt from any law of the road so they are allowed to do what they like. Just this morning I had a confrontation with a MB driver that was so anxious to get past me and a bunch more cars on a two lane road that he kept switching back and forth and flasj=hing his lights. WHATEVER !!!

dj Dozhe

See I have the opposite problem. I come across an unpleasant multitude of affluent mongoloids who can't seem to match the speed limit. Those who DO the speed limit seem to enjoy sitting in the passing lane unaware of anyone around them. Thank God I bought a car with riDICulously bright lights. Now if I can just find a way to properly mount a paintball gun controlled from the steering wheel that can fire out the front. A necessary reminder for those who've forgotten the rest of the world matters.

On the other hand I've come across many excellent and considerate drivers of these car. Just trying to be fair.

Cgove1

That's your opinion. I happen to think, as do a lot of BMW owners, that this is the first car in the Bangle era that they got right. I like it better then the E46. As far as the car itself the jury is still out but early returns are that it sets a new standard.

Having said all that I still just purchased a TSX rather then a new 3'er. My main reasons were value (a comparably equipped E90 is at least 10K more) and reduced HP/performance. My wife and son will be driving the TSX and neither care about raw power. The TSX was a better fit for what I was looking for. It has ample enough power, is as comfortable as a 3'er costing 1000's more, handles very well and is fun to drive.

volcomred05

Ok I happen to be 18 yrs old and drive a new BMW and now as of today a new 06 Acura TSX. I do not feel that I am an arrogant person nonetheless an arrogant driver. That's not to say that I dont have fun when driving my car as well. Maybe some people choose to drive that way because (IMO)BMW is a name whore or that while driving a BMW just gives you gives you that freedom. Or maybe the people that dont like BMW drivers are just jealous that we are in a BMW and they are not?

TypeRS

or maybe ur parents really like to spoil u with a nice car

volcomred05

I dont like to put it that way...I think its more on the lines of that i'm just well taken care of

TypeRS

yeah i admit, i say tat too sometimes lol. "im not spoiled, just well pampered"

volcomred05

exactly but im not the kind of guy to flaunt anything tho man and it kind of sucks when people see you in your bimmer and automatically you get labeled "arrogant" or "rich kid". I think its cool tho because all my friends know that im a down to earth guy

.....SO for the record NOT ALL BMW drivers are arrogant and drive like bitches

waTSX

^^And nobody said they were.

volcomred05

no one said anyone said that i was just expressing that

dj Dozhe

Stop being so arrogant rich boy


as a side note I'm ridiculously happy that I went with the 06 TSX instead of a 3 for personal reasons, but that's not to say that jealousy doesn't run rampant in our society. To tell you the truth when someone asks what car I drive I'm always hesitant to tell them it's a brand new Acura because I think they'll judge me negatively. But that's mostly because I grew up in a town where you were a bastard if you had any kind of money.

TypeRS

word up. i live in an affluent area so most of the ppl around my age were given a brand new car for themselves to drive... i was handed down my mom's accord. and even tho now im working and am paying for my TSX on my own, ppl here give you that implied message that im a spoiled kid cuz daddy bought me a tsx.

even my mom's friends upon seeing my car perceive me as being lucky for having such a nice car and they're first comment is "your so lucky that your parents let you have this car"