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

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...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?