Tailgating king, Not BMW,not Audi, its Merc C Class!

[Devil2575]

BGarside said:

Plenty of tttish driving in the city, but then it's full of overpaid oil-industry muppets with more cash than brain cells.

I suspect that if they work in the oil industry and are earning decent cash they actually do have quite a few brain cells

[gizlaroc]

Devil2575 said:

I suspect that if they work in the oil industry and are earning decent cash they actually do have quite a few brain cells

Let's not let jealousy get in the way of prejudice!!

[ecurie]

We've got a very special kind of tailgaiters.

During weekends we have a lot of drug couriers/tourists on the motorways around Antwerp on their way to/back from Amsterdam.
Most of them drive five up and at full speed in their clapped out small French hatchbacks (Peugeot 205, Renault Megane, ..., only inches from your rear bumper. I always let them past as I don't expect that they have ever spend a penny on insurance, so it's not worth it.

[jdw1234]

GreenArrow said:

...Driving along the M25 and M3 on Friday night and again yesterday, my wife and I were debating which is the most aggressively driven car these days as we observed the usual appalling bad manners and downright aggressive driving on those roads. As a marque I reckon Audi probably has the edge for overall motorway tailgating, but the standout model for me is now the W204 Merc C Class. Yep, whenever a C class diesel is around, especially in sporty wannabee AMG spec it spells trouble IMO and the chump out of these is the C200 CDI. Yep, with its modest 134 BHP, pilots of this car obviously feel the need to impress on everyone how fast their rattly four cylinder diesel is, to justify the 30 grand list price (or £350 per month PCP payments) and boy is it wearing, especially as they really aren't all that impressive, as I proved with my 9 year old modestly powered petrol Mazda 6 today. Just for a bit of fun and to give matey a bit of his own treatment, I harried one up a slip road today from about 30-70 and watching it trying to get away whilst blowing its cheeks out with diesel fumes was pretty amusing! I eased off and watched him fly off up the boot of his next victim... My theory as to why Merc has got so bad is that they were sold in massive bulk with mega cheap lease deals in recent years, meaning that the really brand obsessive wanna get on company car drivers to some extent deserted the less (in their eyes) illustrious Audi and BMW brands to buy Merc.

So what do you think?

Maybe it was a combination of the annoying 50mph cameras and the fact you were by Mercedes Benz World in Brooklands?

[berlintaxi]

GreenArrow said:

...Driving along the M25 and M3 on Friday night and again yesterday, my wife and I were debating which is the most aggressively driven car these days as we observed the usual appalling bad manners and downright aggressive driving on those roads. As a marque I reckon Audi probably has the edge for overall motorway tailgating, but the standout model for me is now the W204 Merc C Class. Yep, whenever a C class diesel is around, especially in sporty wannabee AMG spec it spells trouble IMO and the chump out of these is the C200 CDI. Yep, with its modest 134 BHP, pilots of this car obviously feel the need to impress on everyone how fast their rattly four cylinder diesel is, to justify the 30 grand list price (or £350 per month PCP payments) and boy is it wearing, especially as they really aren't all that impressive, as I proved with my 9 year old modestly powered petrol Mazda 6 today. Just for a bit of fun and to give matey a bit of his own treatment, I harried one up a slip road today from about 30-70 and watching it trying to get away whilst blowing its cheeks out with diesel fumes was pretty amusing! I eased off and watched him fly off up the boot of his next victim... My theory as to why Merc has got so bad is that they were sold in massive bulk with mega cheap lease deals in recent years, meaning that the really brand obsessive wanna get on company car drivers to some extent deserted the less (in their eyes) illustrious Audi and BMW brands to buy Merc.

So what do you think?

I think you obviously have a chip on your shoulder about current mercs and their drivers, try working harder and you may be able to afford one.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[willld]

I wouldn't even know what a mind numbingly dull C class even looked like zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[panholio]

berlintaxi said:

I think you obviously have a chip on your shoulder about current mercs and their drivers, try working harder and you may be able to afford one.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Ha ha busted!

[stumpage]

willld said:

I wouldn't even know what a mind numbingly dull C class even looked like zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Always great to see this type of comment from people who keep their profile garage empty.

[P-Jay]

For me it's white 1 series and Passat CC's sat 2 metres off my back bumper as if trying to push me up to the guy in front.

I'm not sure if it's the same one, or small group of them, but the Passat CC's near me seem to be driven by really aggressive blokes, lots of hand signals, arm waving and such - and I don't drive like an old lady, just not like a fking idiot, I especially hate they way they'll happily do 40-50 on busy residential streets.

[willld]

stumpage said:

Always great to see this type of comment from people who keep their profile garage empty.

I'm not sure it really matters what I drive, but I'll humour you, it's a 335i, which is also pretty dull to look at and lose in a sea of 3 series diesels, however, these soon become very small specks in the rear-view mirror.

[alpha channel]

Around my way occasionally it's 320D's, a 318 once but mostly it appears to be Passat CC's and Qashqai's (usually in white or black and usually the older diesel models). As for C classes, yep get the occasional one, dull, kinda, boring, characterless (from a driving perspective), certainly, looked good from the front though (looked like an ugly upturned whistle from the rear three quarters mind).

[ess]

Aldi A5's surely ?

There must be a chapter in the owners handbook regarding the need to identify dealer details at the bottom of other vehicle reg plates.

[okie592]

Insigina.

[gizlaroc]

okie592 said:

Insigina.

Is that a cheap after shave?

[Poopipe]

I had a 5 series all over my arse through a 30 today - swerving out into the other lane, gettimg close, backing off etc etc.

Ergo 5 series are the worst.

It wasnt an m5 or he'd have been able to keep up when we entered the nsl

[lord trumpton]

Devil2575 said:

BGarside said:

Plenty of tttish driving in the city, but then it's full of overpaid oil-industry muppets with more cash than brain cells.

I suspect that if they work in the oil industry and are earning decent cash they actually do have quite a few brain cells

Just not clever enough to realise that wifey is spending his money and shagging about whilst mr brainbox is over on the platform for months on end

[MrBarry123]

gizlaroc said:

If you have constantly got people trying to push you out of the way I would think that you're probably hogging the overtaking lane a bit too much?

[rich83]

Toyota pious. Either doing 56mph or tight up your chuffer in the outside lane!!!!!

[babelfish]

Definitely the VW Passat

[Dog Star]

berlintaxi said:

I think you obviously have a chip on your shoulder about current mercs and their drivers, try working harder and you may be able to afford one.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

First thing I thought; the OP does go on about cost, does down the PCP thing and makes out how he "harried" one in his 9 year old Mazda.

Think you've got something there, Berlintaxi.