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Originally Posted by kjx
Well, in all 'loud' cars I've driven, people cruising along at 55 mph in a 60 where the rest of the traffic does 70 do seem to wake up and move out of the way. If you're holding north of 3000 rpm cruising 'gently' (easily possible in D3 or S3), the car's not quiet on the outside.
I easily know when just a 340i is leaving and entering my neighborhood when I'm 80-100 feet away from it deep inside my home with all windows closed. I only know when a Model 3 Perf is leaving when I'm literally standing in my driveway and I see it or hear the fake whine.
This could be a regional thing but there are a ton of oblivious people in the Pacific Northwest who drive below the speed limit in the *passing lane* and hold up traffic. Sometimes two/three of these people find each other and drive side by side in a rolling roadblock.
I find these issues resolve themselves when I'm in a louder car. It's pretty obvious when I drive my X5 in electric mode and get blocked. And then I switch to sport and downshift, and they realize there is someone behind them and move aside.
To be transparent, sometimes I come across the truly driving-challenged and they don't get out of the passing lane like they are *legally required to*. I acknowledge I overtake them on the right at the first opportunity in a lower gear than I need to, accelerating faster than I need to. Often I see them then move aside for all the other people still stuck behind them.
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No, I've been around too long to get offended. NathObeaN summed up my point better than I did. We share public roads and should practice
defensive driving with other drivers of various skills and capacity, and sometimes that means going much slower than we like.
Technically they are suppose to move over but when you create a large speed differential between you and the flow of traffic, you put everyone in danger. Reving the engine, honking, or high beam the other person to get out of your way, on public roads, does sound like a douche, no?