Being told to slow down while doing 27 in a 25

bimmer456 · 10-10-2017, 12:26 PM

This person wasn?t a very good judge of speed.

5ilver-5amurai · 10-10-2017, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmer456

This person wasn?t a very good judge of speed.

I find that the average Joe associates loud sound with high speed. In the past couple of years, I've had a one or two pedestrians visually tell me to "slow down" even though I was driving at or below the limit. I guess having a semi-loud exhaust makes your car look like it's traveling faster than it actually is.

alf_17 · 10-10-2017, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 5ilver-5amurai

I find that the average Joe associates loud sound with high speed.

I have the exact same experience after getting a louder exhaust on my car.
Most of the time when I am way below the limit.
Especially if I am driving at higher than normal RPM to increase engine response.
My current car is not a high torque BMW, but a normally aspirated MX5 with only 150Nm of torque, so revs are essential to acceleration

Calvin36 · 10-10-2017, 01:12 PM

Well.. you are going over the speed limit to be honest. Lol valid request.

jeffc83 · 10-10-2017, 02:28 PM

Calvin36 has a good point; you were speeding!

I think it was either your exhaust, the BMW, both or just the BMW!

Calvin36 · 10-10-2017, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffc83

Calvin36 has a good point; you were speeding!

I think it was either your exhaust, the BMW, both or just the BMW!

Probably the BMW.

zinner · 10-10-2017, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Calvin36

Well.. you are going over the speed limit to be honest. Lol valid request.

The speedo read 2 mph fast so technically doing the speed limit.

Mouse · 10-10-2017, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by zinner

The speedo read 2 mph fast so technically doing the speed limit.

Exactly! lol

When I used to have my Z06(catless and electric cutouts) I would have to go 5 under thru my neighborhood or everyone would freak out. My wife drives her stock Jetta thru the same neighborhood 15-20 over and no one cares.

jmg · 10-10-2017, 03:59 PM

The speed limit is the LIMIT. You still need to go at a safe speed based on the situation. Were you near a crosswalk? Lots of information missing...

donkey · 10-10-2017, 04:05 PM

It's a dick move to go 25 in a residential neighborhood with a lot of kids

bimmer456 · 10-10-2017, 04:16 PM

Yeah they saw a bmw and it being a 340i had a louder exhaust. Plus I was driving manually and had it at a higher rpm than the mini van in front of me that was going faster than I was.

bimmer456 · 10-10-2017, 04:17 PM

I?m not sure exactly how fast I was going as it said about 30 and the speedo is overstated so I estimated about 27. There were no children present just a couple of peacocks which I avoided.

jeffc83 · 10-10-2017, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmer456

I?m not sure exactly how fast I was going as it said about 30 and the speedo is overstated so I estimated about 27. There were no children present just a couple of peacocks which I avoided.

Wait; peacocks? This changes EVERYTHING!

Mouse · 10-10-2017, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffc83

Wait; peacocks? This changes EVERYTHING!

Calvin36 · 10-10-2017, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffc83

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Originally Posted by bimmer456

I?m not sure exactly how fast I was going as it said about 30 and the speedo is overstated so I estimated about 27. There were no children present just a couple of peacocks which I avoided.

Wait; peacocks? This changes EVERYTHING!

LOL SERIOUSLY. You good now. The peacocks waived you off. You good.

spuntyb · 10-10-2017, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmer456

This person wasn?t a very good judge of speed.

I have a piggyback tune, resonator delete and an axleback from Active Autowerke, and I get dirty looks from people around town all the time, even when I?m going at or within a few mph of the speed limit because people think loud = fast. I mean, I get it, so if I actually talk to them face to face I usually just apologize and say the car is louder than it is fast and they?re assuaged.

2000Z3M · 10-10-2017, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jmg

The speed limit is the LIMIT. You still need to go at a safe speed based on the situation. Were you near a crosswalk? Lots of information missing...

you must be a blast at parties

BEAR-AvHistory · 10-10-2017, 08:48 PM

First ticket in my life 26 in a 25 zone. 18 years old driving my new to me 1957 FORD Fairlane 500 retractable hardtop with the roof down.

Hudson County Boulevard Police LEO, had a real bitch on about a "punk kid" driving an almost new car, bagged me near Lincoln Park on what is now JFK Blvd.

Judge threw the case out & had a few words with the LEO on an "officer please approach the bench".

anotheran · 10-10-2017, 10:30 PM

I prefer to drive fast but look slow doing it and blend in with all the other non descript 3 series. Going slow while ppl think u're going fast isn't fun at all.

Vulpe · 10-10-2017, 11:46 PM

Had a passenger ask if I was a "Street racer guy" to which I said no and she followed up with "So you just always drive fast?" that was fast? I was probably doing 35 max. Granted it was in a 25, but I was going with flow of traffic.

torkles · 10-11-2017, 08:13 AM

are you upset somebody asked you to slow down when you were going faster than the speed limit in a neighborhood and now you're posting about it on a bmw forum? is that what's going on here?

zinner · 10-11-2017, 08:44 AM

I think we are about to make the front page of bimmerpost with this thread.

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bimmer456 Major General 2948 Rep 5,984 Posts Drives: 340i Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Pasadena, CA iTrader: (0)	Yeah they saw a bmw and it being a 340i had a louder exhaust. Plus I was driving manually and had it at a higher rpm than the mini van in front of me that was going faster than I was.
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bimmer456 Major General 2948 Rep 5,984 Posts Drives: 340i Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Pasadena, CA iTrader: (0)	I?m not sure exactly how fast I was going as it said about 30 and the speedo is overstated so I estimated about 27. There were no children present just a couple of peacocks which I avoided.
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