Why do other drivers feel inferior to a BMW driver?

Jeff Strickland formulated the question :

Your response is proof.

The fact that you have an inferiority complex and have thus resorted to name-calling, automatically makes a BMW user superior. Dat simple, really.

I feel for ya' :-)

You keep your hands off Jeff. He might not be into that kinda thing. lol

Best wishes all, Dave.

Yes, it appears far more rhetorical now than when I asked it.

Well, I don't think FWD is bad in small cars with small motors... or in cars that have no sporting pretensions...

But a Mini has never been RWD.....

If you want a silly, over-priced, RWD hatchback, buy a BMW 1-series.

We won't laugh. Much.

Uh huh. So why is a Mondeo 2.0 faster than a BMW 320 around the same track? And, come to that, why does the Mondeo handle better than the

The BMW 1-series for people who really, really miss the Chevette.

Oooh, I know the answer to this one.

It's because BMW haven't made a decent car since the E30/E34/E32 ranges were replaced.....

Or a used 318i.

Dan

Well, price is up to the buyer. But apart from that, the 1-series is 350 lbs. lighter, faster, and better handling than an equivalent 3-series, all of which sound like plusses to me. I don't care about giving up rear seat room.

-- Larry

Steve Firth (%steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

To be fair, at least the CLC has decent sized rear seats and a proper sized boot. Neither of which the 1-series has. Mostly because the CLC is quite a large car in comparison.

SteveH ( snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Steve, you owe it to yourself to stop living this lie. Come out of the closet. Denial is not cool.

Heh. Yes, I know it's a bit (OK, a lot) 'hairdresser' and it's camper than Butlins, but.... it ticks most of the boxes that I'm looking for - lots of kit, 140bhp-ish diesel and slushomatic box.

As in a proper slushomatic box.

All the alternative diesels with self-shifters are flappy paddle jobs. And the new A4 may not be available with flappy paddle and the 2lt diesel until next year.

Which doesn't leave me with too many options, given that I *need* an automatic diesel on account of my rather mashed up knees.

SteveH ( snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

See, it was easy. Congratulations.

If it was a proper Mini it wouldn't have RWD anyway!

Halmyre (Halmyre ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

If it was a proper Mini, it'd _be_ "mini"...

Because the 320 is a piece of junk designed to appeal to morons who can't look past the badge?

(One of the blokes who works for me bought one and sold it shortly thereafter because he thought it was dangerously slow - he said joining a motorway was a struggle.)

That's getting even farther away from it. I don't expect to be replacing my 2002 any time soon.

--scott