MB drivers: good or bad?

[JumboBeef]

I do a lot of motorway/A road driving and I notice that the make of car most driven badly (driving too fast, or too close) is................an MB.

Have all the BMW drivers who moved to Audi now moved onto MBs?

(Of course, everyone here is a good driver, never speeds or drives too close )

 

[grober]

If you are going for generalisations ( not a good thing) the people who are the most aggressive drivers are those who don't bear the major cost of running their vehicle- buying+servicing+fuelling/ VED or the fiscal consequences of wrecking it. Its largely independent of marque driven. They range from transit WHITE VAN MAN---Like I'm on a mission from God init ! to Audi Q7--- Get these "paysan" out of my way can't you see from my imposing vehicular conveyance I'm on a mission from God!

 

[JumboBeef]

Yes true but, as I said, the most common make of car (ie: not a white van) I have seen driven badly is the MB.............

 

[glojo]

Yes true but, as I said, the most common make of car (ie: not a white van) I have seen driven badly is the MB.............

That is strange because you would think that if there are 5000 Toyota's compared to perhaps 1000 Mercedes-Benz... You would expect there to be more incidents involving the Toyota?

I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA OF NUMBERS OR PERCENTAGES, but I do know that more Toyota's are sold compared to Mercedes-Benz. Could it be that carsyou might pay more attention to Mercedes drivers?

I bet FAR more silver cars are involved in accidents compared to green cars,but most folks will say green cars are unlucky?

 

[wemorgan]

If anyone likes statistics then there's this report from the SMMT.

 

[st4]

If anyone likes statistics then there's this report from the SMMT.

Thanks for an interesting article, worthy of its own thread TBH

How come a 3 series is upper medium and C class executive? Both E and C are executive and therefore in the same class.

Also interesting to see the spread of diesel which dominated the upper medium, exec, 4x4 and MPV segments but still in the lower medium, mini and supermini segments, particularly the later is dominated with petrol motors. I'd love to see that report in 10yrs time and see how it compares. More diesels and hybrids. VWs new blue motion polo set for under 90g/km CO2 and thats a TDi with no fancy hybrid stuff. Hybrids and batteries have a lot to compete with.

 

[robertjrt]

I do a lot of motorway/A road driving and I notice that the make of car most driven badly (driving too fast, or too close) is................an MB.

Have all the BMW drivers who moved to Audi now moved onto MBs?

(Of course, everyone here is a good driver, never speeds or drives too close )

Do they have a Private Hire badge? Another clue is the jacket hung up on the rear passenger grab Handel.

I found when I used to drive my "white van" nobody would move over, mind you it was a rusty Renault Extra van and quite old, but, very well maintained.

I found when I drove my S500L, the further from London I went the worse the driving, perhaps its because if you drive in a crowded city the joy of driving more than a hundred yards without stopping become euphoric!

 

[lynall]

The reason they wouldnt move out of the way for the ren extra was because they knew it didnt have enough power to get past them.


Lynall

 

[Deleted member 6183]

SEAT drivers are currently the worst, they seem to be the poor man's Beemer.

 

[crockers]

Hmmmm we were discussing this the other day whilst driving to London - it appeared to us that the older peugeots / citreons / Fords etc driven by youngsters were tearing up the overtaking lane..... on the ratio the slower the car the faster it is driven ............."because I can"..

Oh and white van transits .............I think MB vans are taking over that mantle...

 

[renault12ts]

Do they have a Private Hire badge? Another clue is the jacket hung up on the rear passenger grab Handel.

I found when I used to drive my "white van" nobody would move over, mind you it was a rusty Renault Extra van and quite old, but, very well maintained.

I found when I drove my S500L, the further from London I went the worse the driving, perhaps its because if you drive in a crowded city the joy of driving more than a hundred yards without stopping become euphoric!

What's it got to do with Handel?

 

[glojo]

What's it got to do with Handel?

Everyone knows his bach is worse than his handel .. I'll go back into haydn now

 

[ackee911]

I live in London so apart from ambulances and fire brigades, everyone is a bad driver. However when I get on the motorway, I find Range Rovers are the worst (well most 4x4s but expecially Range Rovers)

 

[st4]

Experience tells me Audi and BMW drivers are worthy of the watching.

 

[whitenemesis]

Driving the M4 more than I really want to it seems it's Corsa, Astra and BMW that thrash past. Followed by Audi. MB tend to cruise along in the middle lane.

 

[renault12ts]

Driving the M4 more than I really want to it seems it's Corsa, Astra and BMW that thrash past. Followed by Audi. MB tend to cruise along in the middle lane.

But assuming the left lane is clear shouldn't they be there. That would be good driving.

 

[glojo]

What makes me smile is how we are all perfect drivers

I know I am but I have my doubts about all you aother guys and gals... Especially all those that drive Mercedes-Benz

 

[JumboBeef]

What makes me smile is how we are all perfect drivers

I am (and it's offical: I have the certificate to prove it )

 

[Shude]

I commute about 100 miles per day (mostly motorway) and in recent experience when someone has done some cheeky/aggressive/borderline danagerous driving it's nearly always a black Audi A4. It used to be the 3-series that held this crown.

I commute the same journey daily so there's always the chance that it's the same bloke!

The BMW 3-series and Audi fall into the lower-management company car bracket, young go-getters and junior mangers or mid-level salesmen. This way of driving is often the way they talk to people and generally go about life: the car is simply an extension of this.

 

[stevieb15]

Experience tells me Audi and BMW drivers are worthy of the watching.

my experience tells me its anything not driven by a person who habitually wears trousers and shoes greater than size 6