smurfslayer
Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. We’re hunting sasquatch77
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Yup, we can agree, the Raptor is neither luxury car, nor sporty coupe.
We will agree to disagree about bmw drivers fantasizing about having a Raptor instead. Most of them are only one step above prius drivers. You can deny all you want, but ask a few bikers. In fact, my other neighbor, once removed started a HD poll for worst BDCs - that’s ‘brain dead cager’. Cager is a pejorative, derogatory term bikers refer to car drivers for those wondering.
In order of response, the perceived worst drivers were ...
BMW
Lexus
minivan, regardless of make
prius
others.
BMW drivers won - well, lost actually, but a large margin.
This is repeated on various biker forums across the ’net, and isn’t news.
ok, that’s not jealousy, it’s just that the marque attracts poor drivers generally. Which is kind of a shame, because I remember the -shock- at how many M3’s were making damn good laps at my fist auto cross. Alas, the less than 1% of those enthusiasts do not overcome the masses of abysmally poorly skilled drivers piloting their cars. Yeah, i know, still not jealous, but I try not to miss getting a dig in on a brand whose engineers are entirely too impressed with their own abilities and the customer base they attract.
It pains me greatly to admit, but I will have to admit that the M5 that blew past us on the a-bahn at 125+ was one of the best sounding cars I’ve heard, even over the weeping, gasping Fiat Punto turbo diesel, which was good for 171 kmh if you’re ever stuck in one.
so yeah, my neighbor with the beemer envies my truck which is not a luxury sedan, or a sport coupe, yet is faster accelerating than his 3 series TT - proven, not suspected, has lots of comfort features and only more cheap plastic because it’s bigger and, the Raptor can hard mount a machine gun for use as a technical.
It’s like Clarkson said about the prius, really - bmws have no redeeming qualities.
ok, maybe that one M5 did.
but hey, we’re on a Raptor forum, so does it really matter what any of us says about bmws?
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before we were dating, I spied my current co-worker and soon to be wife at an ATM, after she let a “friend” color her hair. I asked her what happened ‘your hair is 3 different colors now’
man, she was not amused 1 bit.
later on, she reluctantly admitted that the encounter convinced her I’d noticed her and she knew it.
Now I’d probably get fired even though it happened outside work, or she’d have firebombed me on social media. I’m glad we met a while back.
she’s a keeper, she didn’t just agree with the Raptor purchase, she helped.
