What are the things you dislike most when others make motoring comments.

[DJBG82]

A couple of months ago, I traded out of a C8 for a M4 Comp X. The number one thing I don’t miss about it is the numerous times I had someone approach me and say something along the lines of “nice car, but to me it isn’t a real Corvette” and then proceed to explain why they felt that way. I really couldn’t care less about what others think of my choices in what I drive….but it was boring and a waste of my time.

[Whitetac]

Having owned 4 M3s over the years, it has to be “Nice car, I’ve got an M3 too!” usually followed by pointing to a 320D m-sport with more M badges than my car!

[BenFenner]

Using excuses to drive an automatic, especially daily driving in a city or with traffic.

Bitch that's just that many more shifting events for an automatic to crush you with disappointment. The only place an automatic is almost palatable is on the freeway between exits where you can almost forget you're driving pathetic automatic scum.

[M5Rick]

Why did you buy such big car?

[erickonphoenix]

Big Money Worries

I guess, if you don't take care of it.

[M5Rick]

That BMW you have costs more to service than I paid to purchase my car.

[OC40]

Did you even consider a Mercedes?

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by OC40

Did you even consider a Mercedes?

Waaah! Heard this lately from a ninety year old lady (once befriended with mom) whom I invited to a café. (BMWs are nearly unknown in her one-horse village (except the young guys.)

[OC40]

Originally Posted by Joachim

Waaah! Heard this lately from a ninety year old lady (once befriended with mom) whom I invited to a café. (BMWs are nearly unknown in her one-horse village (except the young guys.)

Funny enough, this was a 50 year old that has owned Audis and BMWs! He somehow thinks MB is “upper echelon”

[RockCrusher]

In just the last week or so my M8 came in for some comments...

First was a couple of guys in a car next to me -- we were stopped at a light -- motioned for me to roll down the passenger window. I did. And heard "Nice car."

And then "What did it cost?" Told them. Got a thumbs up. Then the light changed.

Then just before the snow storm hit was at a local gas station fueling the M8 and a guy in a vehicle at the other side of the pump starting talking to me. Asking me how fast it is -- I told him I don't recall the performance specs but I assured him it was fast -- and then he asked me if I worked for Walmart. Was in Bentonville AR which is where the Walmart Home Office is located so the question was not unexpected.

Told him I was retired and he asked me what I did. Told him I wrote software for 30 years in CA. He offered he was from Van Nuys. That's in southern CA while I lived in northern CA (SF Bay Area). Told him I had been to southern CA on business several times and found the people and place very nice.

He pressed me about have I ever gotten on it...

Told him a bit but the car is so fast and the roads around this area are not really conducive to unleashing the M8 so about the time the scenery begins to blur I have to get off the gas.

[Joachim]

Heartwarming thumbs-ups and comments mostly come from young and rural old people as well as from workers and craftsmen. They are no way envious and just enjoy to see the car and a friendly driver (I'm then behaving discreetly like a rooster, LOL).

Seriously, it always makes the day then when we are chatting eye to eye on the street about the amazing technology and even about the flaws every car has. Once a Turkish guy with a 320D tough me his methods how to enhance the shine of my car, "because he liked it".

It's all like this when there's the conversation about the car's value, not the driver's one. Unfortunately, each country might have many people who have resentments against those who seem to possess something more or better than them, and instead to enjoy the other one's happiness in this one point, they are verbally attacking ad hominem so they feel better.

It feels good to not being alone here.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by c1pher

What’s the fastest you’ve ever gone in it. I have actually had police ask me that question.

Be ready to answer this one from a cop. I say, "Only 156-mph at Virginia International Raceway. I've read that the top is 188."

If it ever happens again, I might add, "How fast have you had yours?"

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by BenFenner

Using excuses to drive an automatic, especially daily driving in a city or with traffic.

This! I drive Southern California traffic from San Diego to Ventura and out to Palm Springs... it sucks no matter what car you're in, so at least be in a manual so you can enjoy the moments of bliss when they happen!

[B58-M340iX]

The one I have grown to really dislike is when people make comments during bench racing back and forths that sound like, "If you do 'x' mods to 'y' car, it'd be faster" in a situation of, say, an NA car getting beaten by a tuned forced induction car (or a stock forced induction car, doesn't matter).

Gee, if they were the same engine, with the same number of cylinders, with the same amount of turbos/superchargers, with the same drivetrain (AWD/RWD/FWD), with the same tires, with the same chassis, with the same blah blah blah...they'd be the same car!! In that moment, car A was faster than B.

[vreihen16]

Don't you find the suspension rather harsh on your BMW?????

[Maynard]

Those who assume a DCT is universally an inferior experience; or that you are not a 'real sports car person/real driver' if you did not choose a manual.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Maynard

Those who assume a DCT is universally an inferior experience; or that you are not a 'real sports car person/real driver' if you did not choose a manual.

Invite those a-holes to the track.

[Maynard]

Stay classy guy. I'm at Watkins Glen several times a year, and you are cordially invited. If you weren't so busy overcompensating, you might notice that the DCT is just perfect for track work.

[Leucosticte]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

This! I drive Southern California traffic from San Diego to Ventura and out to Palm Springs... it sucks no matter what car you're in, so at least be in a manual so you can enjoy the moments of bliss when they happen!

I had this mentality for a while but eventually I relented in NJ traffic, there is simply nowhere where I can have fun for more than a few seconds during my commutes. I bought an E60 528i daily driver, the 6HP is passable but could use a service, I plan to swap to an 8HP in the coming months which is the only auto I can really tolerate. I think the 3 stage + 8hp combo will make it a lot better to drive.

I still have my E92 but now it's only used for fun drives and I love the car more for that, maybe I'm less of an enthusiast than I thought?

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by Leucosticte

I had this mentality for a while but eventually I relented in NJ traffic, there is simply nowhere where I can have fun for more than a few seconds during my commutes. I bought an E60 528i daily driver, the 6HP is passable but could use a service, I plan to swap to an 8HP in the coming months which is the only auto I can really tolerate. I think the 3 stage + 8hp combo will make it a lot better to drive.

I still have my E92 but now it's only used for fun drives and I love the car more for that, maybe I'm less of an enthusiast than I thought?

8HP is such a great transmission... ZF really perfected that thing!

[M5Rick]

''What's an M3? I thought it was just a motorway..

[Smooth_Operator]

I have an F30 with bluetooth and navigation, which is enough tech for me. If one more person asks me about installing CarPlay I'm gonna take a hostage