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you paint a pretty picture :-). sounds like a cool moment that could so easily have passed unnoticed.
 
I hear you OP. Highways are a strange thing.

On a good day you've got a chilled person in front of you doing 120 on the dot, and a chilled person behind you doing 120 on the dot. Drive a couple of kms like that & then everyone feels comfortable with those around them & then the rest of the journey is just so easy. You don't even need to pay attention anymore - after a while its just like "that car - follow at 20m - go". This is especially great on long distance trips. Hell I've had 100km+ stretches where its 3 cars just rolling together all the way - super low stress. Now BMW drivers have a bit of a patchy rep, but on the whole I've found middle aged BMW drivers to be the best for this purpose - specifically the kind that stay at 120. If they ever exceed 130 then they're no good for this.

On a bad day you've got a person in front of you with *all* their brake lights broken (and half their running lights). And a fcker in a hilux (its always the 4x4s :rolleyes:) behind you thats thinks 1.43m is an appropriate following distance (somehow their high vantage point makes them misjudge distances). Oh and a chop in a toyotta yaris trying to merge into that 1.43m. Maybe that just Gauteng though...

Experienced both today (minus the 100km+ part). I tend to just shuffle around until I find a crowd that works for me.
 
As a guy the only A1 I would drive is the Clubsport quattro
 
HavocXphere said:
I hear you OP. Highways are a strange thing.

On a good day you've got a chilled person in front of you doing 120 on the dot, and a chilled person behind you doing 120 on the dot. Drive a couple of kms like that & then everyone feels comfortable with those around them & then the rest of the journey is just so easy. You don't even need to pay attention anymore - after a while its just like "that car - follow at 20m - go". This is especially great on long distance trips. Hell I've had 100km+ stretches where its 3 cars just rolling together all the way - super low stress. Now BMW drivers have a bit of a patchy rep, but on the whole I've found middle aged BMW drivers to be the best for this purpose - specifically the kind that stay at 120. If they ever exceed 130 then they're no good for this.

On a bad day you've got a person in front of you with *all* their brake lights broken (and half their running lights). And a fcker in a hilux (its always the 4x4s :rolleyes:) behind you thats thinks 1.43m is an appropriate following distance (somehow their high vantage point makes them misjudge distances). Oh and a chop in a toyotta yaris trying to merge into that 1.43m. Maybe that just Gauteng though...

Experienced both today (minus the 100km+ part). I tend to just shuffle around until I find a crowd that works for me.
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Both drivers were over 40

Haven't had that feeling in a car for a long time - get it regularly on motorbike - the turbo on the A1 is pretty effective so you can just gently press and 'whoosh' - of course on the motorbike it's effortless - slight twist of the wrist and you ease your way through traffic like it's standing still.

PS: Perfect day for the bike in Cape Town today - blue skies, slight nip in the air, just stunning.
 
It is the small things in life that can make the big differences!:D
 
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