Trex
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In another thread we were discussing aerodynamics, shape (butt ugly came up once :lol etc and this was brought up.
I hope you do not mind me quoting you here Tipper.
Now please note that last bit "the aggressive behaviour of other drivers towards the BMW".
So that is what happens over there as well as here!
I once owned a BMW that I worked bloody hard to be able to buy as at the time it was considered a "drivers car" and it was a great driving car. But it was expensive to buy parts and service and some people here were just jealous you owned a car like that, we call that the "tall poppy syndrome" over here, and tried to cause trouble.
Now it was the same with the Toyota Prius I once owned. Smallish car, hated by the V8 brigade etc and people sometimes tried to push into non existent gaps between you and the car in front that they would never do if you were driving a bigger car. It also looked "different" so you tended to stick out like "dog's balls" so that probably did not help.
My son drives a Toyota Camry Hybrid, medium size car, looks just like all the other Camrys and never any problem.
Then there is the PHEV. Bigger again so you have no problems with the V8 brigade, looks like every other Outlander so no sticking out like "dog's balls" but all that technology hidden away from other's prying eyes. So no problem here with others trying to steal it. To most its just another Outlander.
Yes I love travelling incognito in the PHEV.
But that is just my opinion.
Regards Trex.
ps For that reason alone I probably would not buy the BMW i3. It "stick out" trying to show off its eco credentials which could be bad news here.
I hope you do not mind me quoting you here Tipper.
Tipper said:And yes I bought and run my own car which is currently averaging around 70 mpg over the last two years or so. I'm more than happy with that as it's much better than my previous BMW diesel and doesn't suffer the aggressive behaviour of other drivers towards the BMW.
Now please note that last bit "the aggressive behaviour of other drivers towards the BMW".
So that is what happens over there as well as here!
I once owned a BMW that I worked bloody hard to be able to buy as at the time it was considered a "drivers car" and it was a great driving car. But it was expensive to buy parts and service and some people here were just jealous you owned a car like that, we call that the "tall poppy syndrome" over here, and tried to cause trouble.
Now it was the same with the Toyota Prius I once owned. Smallish car, hated by the V8 brigade etc and people sometimes tried to push into non existent gaps between you and the car in front that they would never do if you were driving a bigger car. It also looked "different" so you tended to stick out like "dog's balls" so that probably did not help.
My son drives a Toyota Camry Hybrid, medium size car, looks just like all the other Camrys and never any problem.
Then there is the PHEV. Bigger again so you have no problems with the V8 brigade, looks like every other Outlander so no sticking out like "dog's balls" but all that technology hidden away from other's prying eyes. So no problem here with others trying to steal it. To most its just another Outlander.
Yes I love travelling incognito in the PHEV.
But that is just my opinion.
Regards Trex.
ps For that reason alone I probably would not buy the BMW i3. It "stick out" trying to show off its eco credentials which could be bad news here.