Face to Face with a Beamer - literally

[kskimtahoe]

Maybe slightly off topic but I have to share this with 6000 of my closest friends. I was driving down highway 80 W toward San Francisco last Tuesday. It was raining very hard. I see a glimpse of something approaching from right on my peripheral vision. Half a second later, someone pulls about 5 feet in front of me. It was a Bimmer, going backwards. We were F2F driving (and in his case drifting, I suppose) for a couple of seconds before he drifted to the left lane, barely missing an SUV that was in that lane and got into the median shoulder. I do occasionally attract idiots when I'm on 987 but this is first time it came so close to an accident. Maybe I should just leave Porsche at home on rainy days. Anyone else with a close call due to admirers on the road?

kskimtahoe

[djomlas]

geez man, glad your ok.
it can definitely get scary out there

on the side note:
bimmer= BMW vehicle
beemer= BMW motorcycle
beamer=A personal video station (PVS) that adds video to standard telephone lines at no additional cost.

[SC986]

Wow, that sounds scary, glad everyone was ok.

A few months back it had rained hard all day and night. I cross a bridge on a two lane road going to work. A car coming toward me hits standing water, shoots directly across my path. The car jumped the bridge railing and went into the river with a strong current.

The driver was ok, climbed out into the window and yells back up he can't swim. Another guy stops who luckily had a rope. We tied it to his waist and he jump in. Grabbed the guy a few seconds before the car gets swept under. I held on to them until the emergency crew showed up.

Imagine the post the other guy made on the BMW Forum!

[Bavarian Motorist]

Wow.


I am sorry that happened. Should call the cops :P

[Perfectlap]

I was working with some law enforcement guys and we had to make a very late night drive through downtown Newark,NJ to an FBI office. We went through a really really bad area along the way and we are flying when see a car going about 90 MPH heading towards us....IN REVERSE!!
Back in the days when Newark was the car theft/car jacking capital of the world...
one cop died this weekend in a hot pursuit after being ejected in a roll over, no seat belt I presume..