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In all fairness I think this post was created in a momentary fit of anger or lapse in judgement on behalf of the OP..hes owned various BMWs..I mean to state you're writing off a car for something as silly as a badge just doesnt compute.
Look to the engine, the suspension, the body styling..i could go on but you get the picture..the M badge doesnt hold the same meaning it held 30 years ago..its called brand evolution..its lost its true homolgated heritage and roots..either way as long as BMW makes the "king of the hill" M cars I will continue to aspire to drive them...regardless of a poseur with an M steering wheel |
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And, BMW isn't the king of the hill anymore. As proof with the new m5.
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Perhaps I am a grumpy old man and you know what when you come to my age you can enjoy the same privilege to say whatever your heart desires As for poor judgement yes I had a few of those in my life time. Let me assure you when I posted the OP I meant what I said. I once thought the world of BMW no longer, wait till you get screwed over by them, then you might be of a different frame of mid. Quote:
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Our 1987 535is will be with us for a very long time and my M3 for as long as I like to drive her. However, when it is time to change it will no longer be a BMW. As you said BMW is no longer the King of the Hill, our DD is better looking to me every day.
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I removed my post reply ... As dad told us long ... long ago "you will learn something new every day" I never heard of "Napoleon Dynamite" guess was too busy making money to pay for my cars
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M3 is a pretty decent car.. I used to hate the hood and side vents but over time they did slowly grow on me.
I took my m3 and drove it on the track 3 weeks ago at Little Talledega in Alabama.. That was a lot of fun and I was grateful to only chew through used stocker tires and not wreck.. The M3 performed excellent but I wasn't overly wowed by it.. I think I like it cause it will allow me to go to the track and then take it home the same day.. The parts are a little less expensive and i bought mine with low mileage, 2008, and let somebody else take the depreciation.. its heavy, its my daily driver and really common so it does the job. I definitely won't be buying another M3 cause I plan on never buying the same car twice.. and I haven't done that yet. I guess I have a little brand loyalty but only to a point.. I want to try new vehicles and get the best I can afford at the time.. My truck payment was about the same monthly price of a used 2008 with low mileage so I got it to satisfy me till I upgrade to what I really want. The car is fun and there is parts of it I probably miss a little but overall its like dating..... sometimes you just want to try one out for a while.
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haven't seen merc do that besides offer AMG rims on some regular models.. |
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i agree.. and with all due respect, it's foolish to think other big corporations such as merc or audi don't have the technology to produce performance cars like bmw.. those other companies/brands are just appealing to a different market for production vehicles |
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They dont put M badge on any bimmer? M's are strictly M. There's just an m sport package for most of the sedans and coupes but thats not even nearly as close to the real M's itself. They are still special and will always be because they are a separate division from BMW. It's a different company taking BMW's and turning it into a motorsport car which is the fact. tuning, chassis, engine, exterior, interior are distinguished from the regular bmw's. Watch the vids about ///M cars on the bmw website. you'll be surpised.
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We all know about the fine work the ///M Division Engineers and Designers are doing some of us even visited there facilities and meet some of these fine and dedicated people. Believe me when I say that slapping the ///M Logo on the trunk of other BMW models is like spitting into the faces of the ///M Division folks. At least Mercedes would never slap the AMG logo onto a Mercedes trunk if it came with a AMG package. If you click on my signature link below you will find all the videos that most of the folks here by now have seen ... The ///M Division takes a normal series 3, 5 or 6 and changes 50% of it's components then modifies some 80% to make it a true ///M car. Think about this ... imagine you are part of this hard and dedicated ///M Division team then one day the Accountants and Marketing people decide to slap the ///M logo onto other models just because some ///M division component is now part of that car. How would you feel? and how do you think some of your customers feel after they put $60K to $90K on the table for a true ///M car. That my Friend is what this is all about ... just to clarify Here you go see the ///M Logo on that X6 M ... Mercedes would never do this.
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?? The X6M is a ///M Product. It's not a X6 50i with an Msport Package. It's as Much an M product as a 5000+ pound SAV can be. Enough components are different than the standard vehicle that it somewhat qualifies the distinction.
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X5 M/X6 M are both developed by M Division...it's not just an appearance pkg. And of course MB would do the same thing, it's called a GL63 AMG |
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If M really stood for racing only, then I wonder why they only put a single pot front brake n no front brake air cooling ducts for the E9x.M. Take the honda FD2R for instance, it came w factory fit brembo 4 pots n front brake air ducts...
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Did you all buy in for the badge or car?
The nice thing about this is that only true enthusiasts will be buying the new M3/M4 since everyone that cares about the image will have abandoned the brand.
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