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No thread on this site is complete without a little gratuitous bmw bashing, so I'm glad we've checked that box.
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My comment wasn't meant to insult that hallowed Bavarian brand that so many dedicated affecianados swear by.

I'm sure you recall there were a couple of chaps (one actor and his mate/son of a famous director: they were on the TV once or twice recently ) who used this brand and in some peoples opinion went OTT with respect to their preparation and backup. Their prep included anti-terror/kidnap training. Hence my tongue in cheek comment in reference to defending oneself with solid objects/compressed gas.

I wholeheartedly, out the bottom of my ring-antenna, apologise for casting any doubt on the utter wonderfullness of that superior German marque. If you were to ever reread my above post, please substitute "GS" with "random other brand".

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I'm sure you recall there were a couple of chaps (one actor and his mate/son of a famous director: they were on the TV once or twice recently ) who used this brand and in some peoples opinion went OTT with respect to their preparation and backup. Their prep included anti-terror/kidnap training.
I remember that they were given a set of tools but did not learn how to use them, but they did get trained how to run in a zig-zag pattern if they were being shot at.
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My comment wasn't meant to insult that hallowed Bavarian brand that so many dedicated affecianados swear by.
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I wholeheartedly, out the bottom of my ring-antenna, apologise for casting any doubt on the utter wonderfullness of that superior German marque. If you were to ever reread my above post, please substitute "GS" with "random other brand".

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Their prep included anti-terror/kidnap training.
First, no apologies necessary, you are simply one of many on this site who seem to find it entertaining/amusing/ego-boosting to bash BMWs and their riders. I will say, however, that where I come from apologies worded in such a manner are worse than no apology...it must be a British thing?

Second, regarding those actors--given that they are relatively high-profile, that they would be considered fabuously wealthy in many of the areas that they rode through, and that their movements were generally reported in the local media, their risk profile was totally different from most people on this site, and I think it would have been rather foolish of them not to take any precautions whatsover. Whatever "training" they took probably didn't have much value, but for all we know it was a requirement for some kind of insurance policy, sponsorship, etc.
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First, no apologies necessary, you are simply one of many on this site who seem to find it entertaining/amusing/ego-boosting to bash BMWs and their riders. I will say, however, that where I come from apologies worded in such a manner are worse than no apology...it must be a British thing?

Second, regarding those actors--given that they are relatively high-profile, that they would be considered fabuously wealthy in many of the areas that they rode through, and that their movements were generally reported in the local media, their risk profile was totally different from most people on this site, and I think it would have been rather foolish of them not to take any precautions whatsover. Whatever "training" they took probably didn't have much value, but for all we know it was a requirement for some kind of insurance policy, sponsorship, etc.
Spot on, IMO. On both counts...

And I would say it is a British thing, if you want to apologise without apologising... That is how I woud have taken it....
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