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BMW drivers

Post by Pinewood » Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:32 am

Looks like bmw drivers speed the most (over 100mph)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35654611
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by Greydog » Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:27 am

Sometimes we need to view statistics like these in perspective, while not defending excessive speeding we know that just about all of us have cruised above the legal limit at some time (statistics say 85mph on Motorways)
So for a bit of sanity Government figures show 31154342 cars were registered on the UK roads in Q3 2015
that does not include Buses Trucks or Vans it also excludes all foreign vehicles.

So for balance 2000 people represents roughly 0.0064% of drivers 

I think the real question is with 31 million cars on the road where the hell did they find room?
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by Pinewood » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:21 pm

LOL.

I never see any cars passing me!  :o
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Post by X5Sport » Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:24 pm

One of my colleagues (Audi driver) unfairly said the BMWs were most probably all stolen!  >:D
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by Pinewood » Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:58 pm

And Audi's all on finance :-)
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by X5Sport » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:49 pm

:)) :)) :))
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Post by graemeX5 » Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:52 pm

I guess it was just the slower bmw models that got caught speeding  :))
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by X5Sport » Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:54 pm

Or the ones that had just overtaken the Audis!!
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by centurion » Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:01 am

Saw 5 x M5's having some fun on A4 tonight ;)...


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Re: BMW drivers

Post by chubbs » Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:59 pm

[quote="Pinewood"]
LOL.

I never see any cars passing me!  :o
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Clearly we've never met :)
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by jaynana » Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:43 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
Or the ones that had just overtaken the Audis!!
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The ones that got left behind by the Audis [emoji39]


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Re: BMW drivers

Post by X5Sport » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:28 pm

[quote="jaynana"]

[quote="X5Sport"]
Or the ones that had just overtaken the Audis!!
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The ones that got left behind by the Audis [emoji39]
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Dream on..... :P
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by chubbs » Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:08 pm

I saw a very nice black BMW speeding, as I drove through Essex today. He also had 2 blue lights flashing in his radiator grille and he was making a funny 'woo woo' noise.
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by X5Sport » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:41 pm

That's cheating!
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Re: BMW drivers

Post by chubbs » Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:57 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
That's cheating!
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Yes - I quietly thanked the Lord I wasn't in my 370z.
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