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Context is hard, isn't it? Next time I'll try to be more pedantic so you can understand the point I'm trying to make. |
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Throw 437Ms or 666Ms on a F30 335i and on quick glance you're 50% of the way to a F80 visually. Power dome, side grills, and //M mirrors gets you 90%. What's left? Rear fenders? Where were people expecting BMW to take the current M3 style wise in a world where the m340i exists? It came out of the box looking even more like what you would expect from a current M3 when using the same ol tired formula. |
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What was pretentious about his statement? It's not like your response to his comment was diplomatic by any means. He made a point that has been stated plenty of times across many automotive forums. |
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You're crying about the design of a $100k car. You think that since BMW didn't design it to your exact spec it's now below you and your "I've owned 100000 M3s and a S2000" preferences. Yet I'm pretentious? Oh the irony. |
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I originally replied in a sarcastic manner to your comment, im assuming you didn't like it, and I thought your subsequent reply sounded pretentious, you're free to disagree with me. Now you're going on some tirade about how a $100k car is beneath me? My original statement was about how people can and should complain and offer criticism about whatever they want regarding a BMW, especially on a BMW forum. The car can be $5k or $500k, that's why a good number of people frequent these forums. In hindsight I shouldn't have called you pretentious, I apologize for that. I actually think you sound like a huge cunt. Use whatever words you want. |
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06-03-2021, 05:28 PM | #119 | ||
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Also, it's a false dichotomy to paint "same old" design vs. more "individualized" G22/G8x design, because the answer to deviate from the "same old" isn't to make something that looks ugly. Even some who don't dislike and bought-in, chose a dark color to hide the design. That tells something is not right and they could have chosen a different path away from "same old." That said, I do agree that the persistent complaints of the new design are getting a bit overboard. However, as you say, us "enthusiast forum dwellers, are a loud, vocal" bunch, and when we see something we don't like, we will loudly and passionately express our opinions. From this view, it seems incongruent to leverage passionate enthusiasts to express their opinions, but then cancel them when they express an inconvenient opinion. |
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Yes, the internet and forums existed in the late 90's, but they were not the universal access, no consequences free-for-all they are now. Trolling has risen to an art form, it was just a fad back then... |
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06-04-2021, 12:12 PM | #122 | |
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Another funny anecdote. Even the E46 M3 had grille haters
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Well, I stand corrected. Angry BMW folk were early to internet. Some fun reads in that archive.
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Also, more than a few initial reactions to the first E46 M pics compared it to a Civic, LOL. The E46 M design was more love/hate in those early days than one would think (mostly prior to actual cars hitting the streets). Obviously, nothing like the G8x reception, but the love wasn’t quite as unanimous as one might expect. |
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