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Whenever see a BMW, Audi or some sports car driver driving like 45 on a road where they can safety drive 65, or driving like 65 on the freeway, it irritates the hell out of me. And also, if those people don't want to drive that fast, then they why are they always driving on the left lanes? Go to the right lane.
This is true. I don't know where that whole "go slow in the left lane" comes from; you're necessitating me to go around you the only way you left me to when you do that. I know someone that drives like this. 45 maybe 50MPH on a local non-toll highway with lights. I'm in the passenger seat and I really want to say something.. I feel unsafe being in the car lolly doo-doo ing along at 45MPH when people usually do 60 or so.. and she's in the left lane.. I'm like??!!!! But I always reach the conclusion that it is her car, and telling her anything is a waste of my precious breath anyways. People also just go around, as they should. But she is in the wrong and really should be doing that on the right. Hey.
She has an economy car that's more than capable of driving at regular speed....
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This is not about breaking the law, it's about being a good situational driver such as driving at the speed of traffic to not impede traffic flow on the highways. If you have a 400HP car and you feel like driving 10mph slower than traffic. Then you're contributing to highway congestion and there's no excuse for driving below the speed of traffic if you got an Audi S-line car.
Wrong - it is about breaking the law. But I won't go into this because 1) this has been discussed ad nauseam on this forum and 2) there's always people that think they are above the rules.
In my zip code, Audi drivers, particularly those with an "S" on the tail of the car, are the d-bags who cut people off, weave in heavy traffic, blow their horn constantly, run red lights, and the rest of the list. Leased faux "driver's car" and atrocious road manners go hand-in-hand.
The Audi S-package is not dissimilar from Lexus with its F-Sport. There are people who prefer handling within the limits of the law, such as a friend who has a Q5 S-Line that has the better handling and appearance upgrades over a regular Q5, yet is more prone to drive under the speed limit than over it. For real enthusiast level Audi, today, one has to look more to the R/RSS vehicles, which are more akin to AMG variants by Mercedes.
As to how they drive, I tend to find "regular" Audi drivers tend to be the worst, driving with something to prove from their 2.0T A4 versus an S-Line or R/RS driver on regular streets who knows how to handle a vehicle in traffic. Enthusiast level drivers in my experience tend to be much better on the road, when aware of speed, because they take driver education classes for fun and sport, may take a car to a track, etc., so they have no need to try to prove something on a public highway with many more variables than are encountered on a closed circuit track. There is simply no need to prove something to the middle-aged guy in an Odyssey who thinks it's a sports car on a highway when you are challenged in a more capable vehicle, since both of the drivers know that the Audi R/RS, Porsche, or AMG can blow it off the road, but a responsible high performance car driver would not engage in such behavior; that's more the level of the poseur who bought their well used S4 with sketchy provenance and think it's a brand new R8. And, don't even get me started on the badge swappers who put the S-Line badges on regular cars, since anyone who knows the cues knows that it will not be identical to the A4 2.0T that the local preschool teacher drives to work.
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A particular brand of car or amount of "power" should not dictate ones driving habits. Everyone you described in a law abiding driver.
It means that you have no reason not to speed up, it's not like you have only 100HP and could barely hit 70mph. Now, I did not say speeding, is when you are drastically faster than traffic. Speed limit signs should not dictate actual speeds on the highway because it's outdated and many times inefficient. If you feel like driving 45-50 and slower than other cars then just MOVE OVER to the right, I have no complaints.
If you have a 2019 Audi S6 doing 50mph on the left lane and other cars are doing 65mph+ then you are blocking traffic flow. No reason a 400HP+ car could not speed up or simply move over to the right.
It means that you have no reason not to speed up, it's not like you have only 100HP and could barely hit 70mph. Now, I did not say speeding, is when you are drastically faster than traffic. Speed limit signs should not dictate actual speeds on the highway because it's outdated and many times inefficient. If you feel like driving 45-50 and slower than other cars then just MOVE OVER to the right, I have no complaints.
If you have a 2019 Audi S6 doing 50mph on the left lane and other cars are doing 65mph+ then you are blocking traffic flow. No reason a 400HP+ car could not speed up or simply move over to the right.
I'm generally a right lane driver. If the speed limit was 55 mph and I had to move to the left lane for a left exit ramp, then I'm going to do 55-60 in that left lane until I've cleared the exit and safely moved back over. While I'm in the left lane, I'm driving how I want to drive. Feel free to pass me.
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