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Scott en Aztlán - 21 May 2007 04:54 GMT

Leaving a restaurant this afternoon (Black A(g)nus - YUMMY!) I am in
the main driveway of the mall; a white Mercedes is in one of the
intersecting parking aisles. He sees me coming, but he drives a
MERCEDES, which clearly gives him the right-of-way, so he pulls right
out in front of me.

Up ahead, the road bifuractes into a couple of left-turn-only lanes
and a couple of right-turn-only lanes. Mr. Mercedes gets into one of
the left turn lanes, but the light is red. I pull into the right turn
lane next to him and make a right turn on red. Mr. Mercedes decides
he's too important to wait for the light to change, so he makes a
right turn on red also - FROM THE LEFT-TURN-ONLY LANE.

The question is, is it arrogance that leads people to buy expensive
German cars, or do expensive German cars make their drivers arrogant?

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Brent P - 21 May 2007 06:26 GMT

> The question is, is it arrogance that leads people to buy expensive
> German cars, or do expensive German cars make their drivers arrogant?

Arrogant shallow people think the price of their vehicle determines right
of way. Some Corvette owners (not pointing at you) even show these
tendencies... it's a price of vehicle thing. Not bowing to one these
arseholes creates some interesting situations.

Remember I posted about the woman driving the mercedes SUV that ran a red
light in front of me, stopped in my path when I sounded the horn and
then flipped me off with both hands? She called the cops on me. That's
how arrogant these people are.

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Murderous Speeding Drunken Driver - 22 May 2007 12:34 GMT

>The question is, is it arrogance that leads people to buy expensive
>German cars, or do expensive German cars make their drivers arrogant?

Yes.

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Magnulus - 22 May 2007 23:00 GMT

They've got money so they think they are great drivers because of
it.

I'd still take a Mercedes driver any day over some kid in a Sentra.
At least the Mercedes driver has some experience.

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Scott en Aztlán - 23 May 2007 04:04 GMT

Magnulus <magnulus@gmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving:

> They've got money so they think they are great drivers because of
>it.
>
> I'd still take a Mercedes driver any day over some kid in a Sentra.
>At least the Mercedes driver has some experience.

Not necessarily. The kid could be a member of the Lucky Sperm Club and
driving Daddy's Mercedes instead of a Sentra.

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Matthew T. Russotto - 25 May 2007 21:06 GMT

> I'd still take a Mercedes driver any day over some kid in a Sentra.
>At least the Mercedes driver has some experience.

While the kid in the Sentra is unskilled, inexperienced, and
inattentive, there's a few offsetting issues. The Mercedes driver is
probably MORE inattentive, sitting on his cell phone trying to do
business deals so he can make the next car payment (the teenager
forgets about his job as soon as he takes off the paper hat). The kid
has a better reaction time so when he sees you he's more likely to be
able to avoid you. The Sentra is smaller and thus easier for you to
avoid. The Sentra is louder and thus more likely that you will hear
it in time to avoid it.

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Scott en Aztlán - 26 May 2007 01:48 GMT

russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew T. Russotto) said in
rec.autos.driving:

>> I'd still take a Mercedes driver any day over some kid in a Sentra.
>>At least the Mercedes driver has some experience.
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>probably MORE inattentive, sitting on his cell phone trying to do
>business deals so he can make the next car payment

You proceed from an unstated assumption: that the Mercedes driver is
some middle-aged person of sufficient wealth and/or credit to at least
be able to afford the lease payments.

If the Mercedes driver is a teenaged car thief, then your whole post
goes right out the window. :)

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