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Originally Posted by cbertels
If the M3/M4 had lambo-level performance at its current price-point, it's still too ugly for me personally to ever consider. I want to love that car and have seriously considered undertaking a bumper swap just to justify getting out of the F80 and into one.
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Serious question for you. After all these months, amidst the constant war of legitimate as well as less-legitimate appearance questions, trolling, and everything in between (not by you, specifically, but by such a variety of folk), I continue to have a personal conflict over the thought that the appearance of a car is more important than the driving experience.
If I'm buying something to hang on the dining room wall, appearance comes first, of course. But buying something to drive, appearance has always been secondary to the experience for me, so I hit a wall trying to understand how a car enthusiast can reverse that priority.
I STILL, after owning this car since March 7th, don't enjoy the appearance of my car as much as I did my M2 (though I personally thought the back end of my M2 was as atrocious as my think the front end of the G8x is). I dislike sedans overall due to the extra breaks in the side created by the rear doors and the appearance of b-pillars in general. Yet I own a sedan as function of the car overrides the aesthetic for me. Sticking with just my own reactions to the various cars on the market, the G8x doesn't come anywhere near the Tesla 3 and Y in pure horrid looks. Yet I could still BUY a 3 or a Y if I wanted what they offered as devices.
I recall the old Top Gear episode where they tried to prove that a car can be art and failed to win over the art folk they had on the show. Obviously it was done for laughs, but the point was solid. A car CAN be art despite being mass-produced, but cars that achieve that level of beauty or uniqueness are quite rare.
So, the serious question is: What is your car to you? Is it a status item? Fodder for Instagram more than a device to experience? I'm not looking for why you don't like the G8x, that's been made clear by tons of people, I'm looking for why the device matters less than the shape. Why do the aesthetic factors override the functional factors of the device (for you or anyone else that wants to actually answer the question)?
Last comment to try and make it clear that I'm not trying to start a war here: Whatever your answer is, as long as the answer works for your life and makes you happy, that's all that matters.