This prejudice against Beemers is just as irrational as some peoples prejudice against Nissans which stops them buying the Zed. Just my opinion.
I would sum it up as they make good (even the odd great) cars but once normal people get behind the wheel they turn into a-holes. And it gets rammed down your throat how exclusive they are when they're the most common company car going. IMO anyway....
How many have you owned then and what were they?
I've never owned one Kev and wouldn't at the mo. Where have I indicated I've owned one?? Driven many, lots of tests. Like I say, I'm happy to accept people's opinions that they make some very good cars, certain M cars etc. However, the experience of drivers on the road is how I find it, and many others. No attack at you at all.
I would have agreed with your initial comments if you had written "once some normal people get behind the wheel". Beemers are ten a penny, the 3 series sells better than the Mondeo. I see literally hundreds on any long drive and whilst some are badly driven the vast majority aren't. Are you really saying that all BM drivers are ass-holes? Do you judge all Muslims by the idiots who bomb innocent people - I'm guessing but I'm sure you don't. Stereotyping is unsafe in any context. IMHO of course.
Of course it's not a blanket statement that every individual in a BM is an a-hole - I'm saying I know plenty of nice enough, courteous people that turn into g!ts on the road when in their BM. Of course, there are plenty of good drivers out there. But you can be sure that if you're driving along in an overtaking lane on the motorway and there's no space for another car in front of you, that doesn't apply to an indicator free BM driver. Not all of them at all. Often it's the decent ones driven well, M3 drivers (whichever one is new at the time) tend to be fine. But like you say, they are ten a penny and the most common ones have normally lost at least 2 cylinders from where the mustard is.
TBH honest, don't really appreciate my opinion on a car being linked with religion and people losing their live's though.