I was on my way to the UK last Friday, beautiful sunny afternoon, music on, windows down cruising at 90mph, bare in mind I cam back via a German motorway.
There was only my car on the road, nothing in my mirror for as far back as I could see and the same in front. I then notice a car coming into view in my mirror and it wasn’t hanging about, my first thoughts were, Police, eventually he came into view, BMW X5.
So, the driver came past me I would estimate at about 130mph, with a hand out the window giving me the finger, as it went past one of the passengers in the back gave me the ****er sign, the plates were from the UK.
What’s a guy to do, provocation, well I thought why not, so I changed down to 4th raged it to the red line (120ish) changed to 5th while keeping the right pedal to the floor. I had an indicated 152mph when I came up behind the X5, I was hard on the brakes and sat a few meters behind, he tried to accelerate, managed 142-145 and had nothing left, this was the bigger engine model with the 2 dustbin zorst either side and the sound of a chieftain tank.
So I flashed him, nope wouldn’t move, so I flashed again, by this time the passenger in the back was looking back at me with a look on his face I will never forget, his eyes were about to pop out of his sockets.
Eventually he gave in and moved over while accelerating, I pulled away with a speed indicated just over 160mph and gave them a little royal wave as I went past, do you think he would give up, NO, what is it with BMW drivers, you meet them in public and they are the nicest people you could meet, they get behind the wheel of a BMW and turn into something sinister.