Advantages Of Not Being First

jrainlay · 04-28-2013, 05:58 PM

I already posted this little story on a couple other BMW sites, but thought I would share it with this group. Take whatever lessons from it you will.

http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/jrainlay/story/15477

Kgolf31 · 04-28-2013, 06:59 PM

Regardless if I'm on a group drive or not, I am never the main person in front speeding.

I like to have another willing driver (which there are plenty of these days) speed in front of me and I'll stay ~1000-2000 ft back and jack-rabbit behind them. Very easy to stay ticket free that way.

rkstar9 · 04-29-2013, 07:09 AM

Whenever someone speeds ahead of me to show me "what they can do" I always say
That's it baby take all liability while I use your dumb ass for cover, In fact I'm gonna follow real close see if you can show the LEO up ahead how fast u can go.

These are usually loud as hell cars with an oversize wing and tinted windows. Might as well put on a sign that says "Ticket me please I'm an irresponsible idiot"

jrainlay · 04-29-2013, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rkstar9

Whenever someone speeds ahead of me to show me "what they can do" I always say
That's it baby take all liability while I use your dumb ass for cover, In fact I'm gonna follow real close see if you can show the LEO up ahead how fast u can go.

These are usually loud as hell cars with an oversize wing and tinted windows. Might as well put on a sign that says "Ticket me please I'm an irresponsible idiot"

Haha... But I think one of the lessons here is that even if someone else is leading, you don't want to be too close behind!

psygnosis · 04-29-2013, 04:09 PM

There are advantages to not using photobucket too

jrainlay · 04-29-2013, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by psygnosis

There are advantages to not using photobucket too

Just curious... what's wrong with PhotoBucket? I gather you and some of the other forum members are having trouble accessing the story. Just thought I'd try this new functionality, but if there are problems with it, I won't use it again. I can't see the problems from my end.

rsutoratosu · 04-29-2013, 08:45 PM

the site has text overlapped in ie and chrome.. i can't tell what its saying.. does it appear correctly on another browser?

jrainlay · 04-29-2013, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rsutoratosu

the site has text overlapped in ie and chrome.. i can't tell what its saying.. does it appear correctly on another browser?

Thanks for the info... it looks OK in Apple/Safari and Firefox/Google. Sorry for the problem. I'll pull the thread.

psygnosis · 04-29-2013, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jrainlay

Thanks for the info... it looks OK in Apple/Safari and Firefox/Google. Sorry for the problem. I'll pull the thread.

Check out imgur.com

beta · 04-30-2013, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jrainlay

Thanks for the info... it looks OK in Apple/Safari and Firefox/Google. Sorry for the problem. I'll pull the thread.

That's odd, doesn't work in my safari.

XMetal · 04-30-2013, 01:39 AM

Doesn't work correctly on my Firefox/Explorer/Chrome either, with texts getting cut out, can't scroll, etc...

JoJo56 · 04-30-2013, 10:36 AM

We visited some friends in Surprise last summer and took 89 heading toward Flagstaff. Beautiful drive. Hit 130 on a particularly long straight stretch before the wife started to complain about getting a ticket. I told her they don't give tickets in Arizona if you're going fast enough, you get free overnight accommodations!

rsutoratosu · 05-01-2013, 10:45 AM

so apparently the article is resolution sensitive, at work, im on my wide screen and it shows up fine.. at home im on my 12.1 laptop that max out at 1280x768 resolution.

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Kgolf31 Brigadier General 460 Rep 4,531 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4MC, 2012 128i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio iTrader: (4)	Regardless if I'm on a group drive or not, I am never the main person in front speeding. I like to have another willing driver (which there are plenty of these days) speed in front of me and I'll stay ~1000-2000 ft back and jack-rabbit behind them. Very easy to stay ticket free that way.
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JoJo56 New Member 0 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2006 Z43.0Si Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Missouri iTrader: (0)	RE: 89 We visited some friends in Surprise last summer and took 89 heading toward Flagstaff. Beautiful drive. Hit 130 on a particularly long straight stretch before the wife started to complain about getting a ticket. I told her they don't give tickets in Arizona if you're going fast enough, you get free overnight accommodations!
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rsutoratosu Captain 114 Rep 779 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	so apparently the article is resolution sensitive, at work, im on my wide screen and it shows up fine.. at home im on my 12.1 laptop that max out at 1280x768 resolution. __________________ -Roranji
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