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      07-09-2007, 01:00 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by esquire View Post
this is a great point....that a large part of bmw's repute has been based not on people's first hand experience with the car, but on magazine reviews. i know for myself, years and years ago, i became enamored with bmw when reading the glowing reviews of the e36 M3 in its first year, before i was even old enough to drive.

this holds true even now. the M division mythos and repute is created in large part by the literature... and the literature now is unconvincing, and doesn't impart the impression of convincingly segment-leading performance as it did for me quite some years ago.

if it continues.... will the M divisions image be diluted? perhaps. but my stomach tells me this car will live up to the hype, and then some. and with the release of the DCT, doubts will be put to rest.


All somewhat understandable, but it's still quite a bit early to be forming such concrete opinions of the car with only a few limited test reviews.

Patience is a virtue many seem to lack these days.
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