Not an RS and not even an S, it will almost certainly be diesel and in 70% of cases an A6 instead of an A4, strictly in white and will stick to your rear bumper no matter what is happening ahead. If you are cruising and you have to overtake a car in the middle lane, he will suddenly arrive materializing from nothing, gesturing and flashing to get out of his way. Also, if you are in convoy behind other cars and by mistake you’re driving on “his” lane, what is going to happen? He does not care if it was necessary to climb above five cars, consuming the headlights and horn, he would also be able to launch you something, if only he had not his hands busy to play with the smartphone. And do not think you are safe, even if you are driving a 918 with Martini livery, this dangerous individual will want to overtake you anyway and if you decide to brush his front grille, when you forget the reason why you have floored the throttle miles before, he will come back, unaware of what’s happening around. He has to overtake at all costs, almost in desperate search for a personal record, with risky maneuvers and well over the speed limit (will he pay a collection of fines?). This is the same individual that at the toll is going to enter the Telepass’ lane at full throttle, often ending up on the pages of local newspapers like the clown who opened himself in two, like a can of tuna. In some cases, the more adventurous ones might be driving a 3 Series or a 5 Series Touring, or maybe a Class C or E SW: all the other cars, do not seem to be of interest to these characters, that once away from the motorway, seem to vanish into thin air.
Where will they ever end? Into a black hole? Maybe. A parallel dimension developed on a multi-lane motorway and where they could flash to more drivers? Probably. We’re not sure, but after a lot of driving on European roads, we are tired of keeping track of them, and where speed limits allow that, it is fun to see them disappearing in the rearview mirror when we greet their flashing with a pure dose of horsepower.
Just to have some fun, since if you have a white A6 Avant and you can read, you’re not part of that category.
Andrea Balti