No, people don't test their cars' performance against mine. Despite having among the worst power to weight ratios, I'm usually the fastest thing on the road. Even when I had a 240D, I was often the fastest thing on the road.

I'm continually frustrated by the "drivers" who can't seem to discover the purpose of the skinny pedal on the right. Most of the time all I want to do is get up to my preferred cruising speed of ten miles over the limit* reasonably quickly and stay there. I frequently find kindred spirits driving diesel Rams. Most others do the speed limit or less, have no respect for the passing lane, and no consideration for the people stuck behind them.

*Every police agency around here will let you do ten over all day long. Fifteen or more over is iffy. If I were free to choose my speed without concern for legal sanction I'd be around speed limit+20 under most circumstances (in the car-the bike is a whole other matter).

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.