Gandalf The Silver

I don't drive aggressive or anything...never tailgate. Was day time so the Xenons weren't on (though I'm Canadian, so the fog lights were on as the auto DRL's).

I've driven several cars over the years, and have never seen so many cars move out of my way on such a regular basis (from left lane on both Canadian and U.S. highways).

Guess they have no idea that I'm only packin' 170 horses (or maybe the chip controversy has spilled over into the mainstream and they fear that I have been GIAC'ed!). 8^)

motorwaffen

what's the mix of cars in your locale? My A4 comes in Tuesday, so I'll test your theory then.

Cool sig...if Gandalf pilots an Audi, what would Saruman drive?

trifona

The B6 looks like a much more substantial car in the rearview over the B5.....almost A8'esque

Gandalf The Silver

Mix of cars is pretty large -- I've noticed this on drives from Toronto to Buffalo (1.5 hrs.), and Toronto to Detroit (4 hrs.) so on 2nd thought, the bulk of the driving has been on Canadian highways, with the A4 so far.

An example of this involved a Lexus ES300. There was a line of 3 cars in front of him, and I was behind him, for at least a good 5 minute stretch. After the ES 300 changed lanes to exit the highway, the remaining 3 cars systematically moved over, one by one, as each one saw me (slowly!) approaching, in their rearview mirrors! Similar examples happened often enough that even my girlfriend noticed it, without me ever mentioning it.

(As for Saruman, he drove all sorts of evil Bimmers, until his final demise.... >

Gandalf The Silver

I know what you mean.

I walk by a Silver B5 every day on the way to my B6, in my condo's parking garage.

It's unbelieveable how much smaller it looks, considering how small the dimensional changes are on paper.