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      03-01-2008, 09:29 AM   #23
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Look closer, looks like 50/50 to me. Hard to say for sure though, zoomed in on the pic, it could go either way, but I'm still thinking it says 50/50.
Does not really matter if is it "5050" or "50/50" that was a very minor/forgivable point. The real f-up is the 50/50 power to weight ratio. What the meant was two points. 1. A (near) 50/50 weight distribution and 2. A very high power to weight ratio. Things got totally mixed up.
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Does not really matter if is it "5050" or "50/50" that was a very minor/forgivable point. The real f-up is the 50/50 power to weight ratio. What the meant was two points. 1. A (near) 50/50 weight distribution and 2. A very high power to weight ratio. Things got totally mixed up.
Calm down man. Who cares? Are you not going to buy the car now or what? Life is too short to sweat shit like this.
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Calm down man. Who cares? Are you not going to buy the car now or what? Life is too short to sweat shit like this.
Calm down yourself. I am not even excited. I simply find it embarrasing for BMW to let such terrible language get through in their ads. Excellence in cars deserves excellence in advertising as well.
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Ok fellas, sorry for leading you into the wrong door.. I found this ad on google after I saw it in the economist (was too lazy to scan), now everyone knows how unreliable google is sometimes, lol.. anyways I just dug up my issue of the economist that had the ad in it, and the wording is def. different.. it states.

"Introducing the all-new 2008 BMW M3. Just when you think yoiu've seen it all, another BMW M is unveiled, this time in the form of a sedan delivering an unexpected rush of 414 horses. Built from the ground up, this is one racecar that could not be confined to a racetrack. Every inch meticulously redefined, there is simply no more fat left to trim from this first-ever production V-8 M3 Sedan. Amazement. Crafted at BMW M. ///M"

Here is a picture of the ad.. sorry for the bad quality, taken with my camera phone.
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That's the ticket.
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Ok fellas, sorry for leading you into the wrong door.. I found this ad on google after I saw it in the economist (was too lazy to scan), now everyone knows how unreliable google is sometimes, lol.. anyways I just dug up my issue of the economist that had the ad in it, and the wording is def. different.. it states.
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Thanks for the update/clarification. The other ad looks fake to me. As I posted that terrible error in the wording would never make it by BMW. I got a PM from BMW North America Marketing and they are investigating this bogus ad. You should post the link as they will be able to use that.
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Thanks for the update/clarification. The other ad looks fake to me. As I posted that terrible error in the wording would never make it by BMW. I got a PM from BMW North America Marketing and they are investigating this bogus ad. You should post the link as they will be able to use that.
yeah, heh.. sorry for the confusion I didnt even read the wording, just assumed it was the same..
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      03-03-2008, 06:48 PM   #30
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yeah, heh.. sorry for the confusion I didnt even read the wording, just assumed it was the same..
Link??? (per my original request...)
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Link??? (per my original request...)
Hey, sorry I didnt respond, I was at school and my laptop ran out of batteries and I didn't have my charger
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      03-03-2008, 10:23 PM   #32
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ok.. I can't find the link... too many websites in my history and I tried looking for clues on the PDF file but no luck..
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Thanks for the update/clarification. The other ad looks fake to me. As I posted that terrible error in the wording would never make it by BMW. I got a PM from BMW North America Marketing and they are investigating this bogus ad. You should post the link as they will be able to use that.
Looks like you ended up being right on that one. My apologies.
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Ok, fellas I found the url from my downloads history .. (Mac FTW) anyways here it is, http://www.markrayportfolio.com/BMW_Quote.pdf
If you go to the link without the BMW_Quote.pdf you can see the actual site and i think the persons name is Mark Ray and its his online portfolio???.. YUP I found it on the site.. at the main page http://www.markrayportfolio.com on the left side (navigation) click on the 2nd from top (Prints) then click on BMW, then its the first one starting from the left. hope this helps..
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