All because it's a BMW M3

[DML]

Originally Posted by M3ZCPNYC

Wow lucky that Chevy didn't hit the person in front. The Merritt is bad so many turns during high volume times it's hard to go above 45

Above 45 on the parkway in Fairfield County, could happen I guess.

[paliknight]

Originally Posted by nicknaz

Don’t let it get to you OP.

A lot of people are so wound up tight these days, they will get set off over nothing, and a “flashy” car is a big trigger for some people, and it has nothing to do with you

Just enjoy your ride and be happy and ignore all that noise

As for the Porsche comments, I hear from random strangers that the wider the bodywork and the taller the spoiler the more compensation is going on.

The Porsche comments are correct. Since the larger spoiler and wider hipped Porsche's cost significantly more, their buyers definitely get compensated much more than the 911 Base owners.

[ano0oj]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

this morning after going from the Merrit to 287 in my E92 M3 I noticed a 335/340 was tailgating me although I was in the 1st lane... I laughed it off. If I'm going to race some idiot it will not be an idiot in a 335/340...

Same for me in most cases, I either a 35i or 28i will try to egg me on and take off going 100mph

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by paliknight

The Porsche comments are correct. Since the larger spoiler and wider hipped Porsche's cost significantly more, their buyers definitely get compensated much more than the 911 Base owners.

I'll happily deal with the compensation jokes for the keys to a GT3.

[FrenchiedadSF]

911s are known to have some of the best all around cabin visibility. i had a 997 c2s briefly and loved it

[Vehicle]

It happens. I actually used to find that my 7 series caused more aggressive behavior in people. I was once driving on i4 from Orlando to Tampa and someone in an srt neon was being completely insane, getting in front of me and slowing down, then getting over and behind me, riding my ass, then would fly up past me and get in front of me hitting the breaks, over and over. At first I thought maybe they were trying to signal me, but when he got up next to me, I rolled the window down and gave the "what?!" but they wouldn't roll their window down so clearly they were just screwing with me. I have a YAS blue m3, and it definitely gets attention, but mostly people asking if it's fast or just wanting to talk about cars they've had in the past etc. mostly good so far. But every corvette/mustang/civic/wrx/Camaro wants to race, I don't give in to street racing temptations anymore. I got that out of my system in my twenties with much slower cars lol. But I did give into it a few weekends ago early in the morning when there were no other cars on the road except me an a c7, and he pulled a car length on me up to 60, which felt like shit. hah. Be safe out there.

[karlskry]

It’s always WRX’s and brodozer diesel trucks that try to come at me

[einscot]

maybe you're just a douche and drive like one?

[Tall Tom Cruise]

Originally Posted by 2011zx10R

I open the sunroof and give her the make it rain strip club gesture...

Haha c'mon dude it's a CRV for god's sake just ignore it.

I feel you about the Camaros though. Mustangs, Subarus, 3 series, whatever, always have something to prove when they see an F8X on the highway. After Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear drove the F80 he said the below -- which I find applicable.

"In many ways this car is like the perfect dog, it's loyal, it's cute, it doesn't chase sheep and yet, if a burglar comes, it has the power to rip his throat out. Look at me, I'm an attack dog now."

[Fuller]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

this morning after going from the Merrit to 287 in my E92 M3 I noticed a 335/340 was tailgating me although I was in the 1st lane... I laughed it off. If I'm going to race some idiot it will not be an idiot in a 335/340...

Racing on public streets is idiotic. The make and model of the cars involved is irrelevant.

[Fuller]

When I see an m-car, or any other car I like, I take a moment to admire it, rather than waste the opportunity racing to the next stop light - a pointless exercise if there ever was one.

[DJM4]

Open the sunroof and throw pennies up. Make it rain copper on the CRV.

[NYBulldog]

I posted earlier in this thread... now I drove a buddy's M4 for a few days. Wow... people are complete @$$holes. Completely different experience. I get unnecessary and quick trigger honks everywhere. People trying to pass me even in a rain storm. Completely stock non-ZCP black M4. Weird.

[hellokitty]

Originally Posted by NYBulldog

I posted earlier in this thread... now I drove a buddy's M4 for a few days. Wow... people are complete @$$holes. Completely different experience. I get unnecessary and quick trigger honks everywhere. People trying to pass me even in a rain storm. Completely stock non-ZCP black M4. Weird.

I noticed that if I drive like a crazy person, people won’t want to get next or behind me lol

[2011zx10R]

Originally Posted by NYBulldog

I posted earlier in this thread... now I drove a buddy's M4 for a few days. Wow... people are complete @$$holes. Completely different experience. I get unnecessary and quick trigger honks everywhere. People trying to pass me even in a rain storm. Completely stock non-ZCP black M4. Weird.

Originally Posted by NYBulldog

I posted earlier in this thread... now I drove a buddy's M4 for a few days. Wow... people are complete @$$holes. Completely different experience. I get unnecessary and quick trigger honks everywhere. People trying to pass me even in a rain storm. Completely stock non-ZCP black M4. Weird.

Yup!

Was on 87 north near Fordham road and a guy in a Accord very modified pulls along side me... car is popping and banging from his exhaust. Almost no cars around and he is ridding side by side then jumps in front of me. My wife
Asked me what's wrong with that guy

[IB M]

Originally Posted by hellokitty

I noticed that if I drive like a crazy person, people won’t want to get next or behind me lol

Good strategy - be crazier than the crazy people and they get scared off

[Beemerm3]

U try driving my car. They change lane without signaling. I got fed up pass them up in traffic.

[ysung4681]

I notice a lot of drivers are quite an a$$holes when I am out in M3..

[NinjaBum]

This evening we were rolling down a road with limit of 50. This old crappy volvo with two girls in it rolls up behind us at a light and they proceed to tailgate us all the way up to about 60. When I say tailgate I mean I can only really see her windshield in my rearview. I thought maybe she was stuck there in that lane but I look in the other lane and its free for her to go around.

I almost floored it and took off but decided to use the old person defensive driving method for once and let my foot off the gas.

58, still on our ass, 50 still hard on our ass, other traffic starts going around, 45 still there and other lane is free, 35 finally she whips around and floors it. We go back up to speed limit and as we do an undercover cop explorer is coming up in the other lane, flies around us and runs her ass down. He must have seen the whole thing with her attached to our ass in traffic. First time that's ever happened where a cop was right place right time and chose to light em up but it felt sooooo gooood.

If I'd have floored it no doubt I am getting the ticket instead.

[blockdoc]

Originally Posted by NinjaBum

This evening we were rolling down a road with limit of 50. This old crappy volvo with two girls in it rolls up behind us at a light and they proceed to tailgate us all the way up to about 60. When I say tailgate I mean I can only really see her windshield in my rearview. I thought maybe she was stuck there in that lane but I look in the other lane and its free for her to go around.

I almost floored it and took off but decided to use the old person defensive driving method for once and let my foot off the gas.

58, still on our ass, 50 still hard on our ass, other traffic starts going around, 45 still there and other lane is free, 35 finally she whips around and floors it. We go back up to speed limit and as we do an undercover cop explorer is coming up in the other lane, flies around us and runs her ass down. He must have seen the whole thing with her attached to our ass in traffic. First time that's ever happened where a cop was right place right time and chose to light em up but it felt sooooo gooood.

If I'd have floored it no doubt I am getting the ticket instead.

Love it when they get nailed. Doesn't happen often

[Beemerm3]

today i was making a right turn. it was a clear road but it was no turn on red. but yeh drove off. then a stop light, theres a 2 door truck speeds up makes a squeeze to a right turn. i honked at him . but he was wrong for driving fast n squeezing through. i had to adjust to the left real quick. it was him being road rage. i;ve driven a mercedes n that havent happen to me before. the thing was i saw this truck earlier in the day. it had damage fenders

[Poochie]

I live in NYC where the roads are just infested with assholes, so I feel your pain.

I coded my rear fog light switch to instead activate the reverse lights, which has some blinding LEDs. When I'm backing up, it looks like a star exploded.

So when some waste of sperm starts riding my ass, I wait until they build up speed, hit the reverse light and scare the shit out of them.

I almost made a yellow cab run off the road and crash into the median recently - oh well