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Run in with a 540i last night in the rain, LOL......

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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 07:50 AM
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Default Run in with a 540i last night in the rain, LOL......

Alright, this guy was a real shumck, and he kind suckered me into being a dumbass too, but at least I have quattro.

He comes up on my left doing about 70, I'm doing 50, speed limit. We hit a broad left hand sweeper, I pull in behind him in the far left lane as we go past a couple of cars (we are both doing speed limit), at this point he stomps on the gas, makes an abrupt lane change across three lanes to the far right lane. I follow him with out half the hoopla of sliding and swerving across lanes.

He now starts getting on the gas around a broad sweeping downhill right hand turn. I am dead on his *** as you can see his car start to wiggle around a bit, but he keeps pressing on.

I have to admit - this guy was actually really ballsy, or plain ole dumb, because he was right on the verge of wrecking. The only reason I didn't swing out into the middle lane to blow past him is because I was afraid he was going to lose it around the turn.

(at this point no one was around us anywhere).

So I just stayed behind him in his lane and as we come out of the turn he floors his car - and I run right up into the back of his car - snap switch lanes into the left lane pull even with him, blink my brights and back off. i had zer o problems realing him in and pulling up next to him.

Anyway, this guy continues running out to about 5 car lengths, and then throws on his hazards - signalling that he's done. Puwhahhahahaha, that killed me man.

To think though, he probably thought I was racing him thru the turnies in the rain. Saying to his friend - "**** quattro, you see, he can't catch me in the turn in the wet." In reality, I was just waiting back to see if he was dumb enough to push the car to the point where he lost it.

Alright, flame on.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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Still sounds a little dangerous, K. Where were you? Belt?
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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Default yeah in the wet, it's no contest.. the 4.2 rules over the 540i...

but take both cars... stock for stock.. equiped with sport packages on a track and the 540i will run circles around the 4.2.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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quattro is king!!!!!
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 07:58 AM
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eh..that was cheesy, how's quattro kicks a$$
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:01 AM
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Default Where the BQE splits into the Belt and the Ft Hamilton Pkwy towards....

the VZ, 1st left hand, then down hill right hander. Dude, I could see him just whiping out across all three lanes. I kinda felt like adickhead afterwards - that although he was dumbass, I probably made him push it to the limits of his car - and that wasn't really fair.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:03 AM
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Default I wouldn't argue that one - just dude shouldn't be braving it in the rain....

just goes to show that guys BMW driver mentality - that he thought he could outrun an AWD car in the rain around a turn.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:06 AM
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Default but you still wish you made the pass in the turns...you know he feels he got you and that's eatin

at cha ;-)
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:06 AM
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Default heh heh.. i totally agree there. I get them same dumb @sses up here in Seattle...

I swear, everywhere I look there's a BMW... *sigh*
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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Default I would have liked to, absoTooTely!!! But all the same.....

I was right on his bumper, he must have been ****ting his draws because he was wiggling man.
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