Re: how to catch BMW

[Phil@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <3343966D.5EC9@tiac.net> Allan Jones writes:

>> It has nothing to do with "Putt-Putt Land".  Ever been on an Autobahn?  It's
>> the _BMWs_ that clog up the fast lane, going nowhere.  Seriously - BTDT.

> I'm supposed to picture a pack of BMWs too fat to get out of their own
> way while a line of Audis are chirping their tires in 5th gear at 210
> KPH just waiting to blaze by the wheezing 850s and M5s? Ahh, unless some
> of the BMWs' top speeds are electronically limited over there too and
> Audis are free to go, I doubt that's a real scenerio, ...

 First of all, note the BTDT.  My post was based on ten years' experience
 and close to 600,000 Autobahn kilometres.  No - the 6xx and 8xx don't
 get in the way at all - but they're rare beasts.  If you're very lucky
 and also drive a car without "eingebaute Vorfahrt" like I did with a
 souped-up Passat, one of the rare treats is pulling out behind a 6 or
 an 8 and being offered a "weave".

 The system is that the guy in front does a little weave, and stops.  The
 answer is to turn your lights on.  If his are on, and conditions permit,
 he'll turn them off and then start _very_ gentle weaving from side to
 side, well within his lane.  You fall in behind, weaving in the opposite
 direction.  The effect is that drivers in front see one or the other of
 your headlights alternately - the "flashing" effect is much more
 noticeable than either driving along with your blinker on (which is
 also illegal) ir just plain headlights.

 I set an office record for Frankfurt --> Stuttgart once - weaving
 behind a 6xx from Frankfurt to Viernheim.  When the BMW pulled off I
 resigned to a slower second part of the journey - then an AMG Mercedes
 came out from Saarbruecken, cut in front of me, and instantly offered
 a weave.  Bingo!

But I hold the position - underpowered BMWs clutter up the Autobahns.
And the 5xx is the worst of all, "M" or not.

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