07-10-2024, 10:00 PM | #5237 |
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I actually like what he did with this one. If you remove the m performance sticker on the rear spoiler, the competition under the M1 on the rear and the M1 badge on the front grille I think you have a cool looking old school homage thing going on. The vintage turbo and Motorsport roundels bring it a 2002 vibe. |
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07-14-2024, 05:33 PM | #5240 | |
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That said, this stuff doesn't really bother me anymore. Just low-IQ stuff. |
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07-14-2024, 05:45 PM | #5241 | |
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The fact is, the 535 did not roll of the line as a M. |
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07-14-2024, 09:09 PM | #5242 | |
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07-15-2024, 04:27 PM | #5243 | |
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A Civic is a FWD, nose-heavy car with suspension geometry designed for comfortably and inexpensively moving people and getting groceries. It will never be an M3 or a 535. That said some tinkering can make it passable and fun for sporty driving, if one adapts to the fundamental issues one cannot engineer out. The X6 is a tall, nose-heavy car designed almost entirely for getting groceries, albeit in inclement weather or where one deals with the occasional muddy farm road. The X6 is RWD or rear-biased AWD, but apart from that, it has no place as a performance car, IMO. The 535 would definitely be in my garage over an X6M, as the handling characteristics are completely different, and shocks, springs, and bushings aren't really that expensive, all things considered. |
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07-15-2024, 06:04 PM | #5244 | |
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On a thread about fake badges (i.e., did the car company from the factor with the suspect badging), you made a post implying that because a 535i has superior handling/chassis characteristics than an X6M, that a fake M badge on a 535i is somehow, justified. You then made a further post to support this proposition by saying that if the same level of "M tinkering" was applied to a 535i, that the 535i would have superior outcomes. Both posts are irrelevant in the context of this thread. It is not a thread about "would XXXX car perform better than another M car with modifications". If I drove a 330i, would you then say “to be fair the 535i has 2 more cylinders and the has more M chassis than the 330i”? Seems ridiculous. The 535i, regardless of the extent of tuning/tinkering, did not come out of M and did not roll off the line with those fake M badges. Similary, a G31 540i, regardless of the tuning, modifications, or "M-Sport" upgrades, did not come out of M nor did it roll of the line as an "M540i". It will officially be a 540i with M-Sport package and nothing else. Nothing wrong with that. The X6M, regardless of how poorly the handling/dynamics as compared to more abled cars, did come of M as an X6M. It is officially an X6M. The above are facts, not opinions. Your opinion about whether you would prefer to have a 535i in your garage vs X6M, is completely irrelvant with the fact that, the 535i had fake M badges. Nor is "how expensive would it be mod an X6 to have similar X6M characteristics" relevant to this thread. So I should walk into the BMW dealership and demand that they sell me an X6M at the price of an X6 plus the additional costs it would take to “tinker” the suspension etc, add 2 more cylinders etc? Take the L. |
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07-16-2024, 06:10 AM | #5245 | |
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07-16-2024, 06:47 AM | #5247 |
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07-16-2024, 07:34 AM | #5248 | |
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That some dude putting a discreet M badge on the left of his trunk has you in such a tiff is most amusing. Not as amusing as the existence of an X6M, but amusing nonetheless. |
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Rather than get upset and create scenarios that you think constitute an argument against basic physics, just accept reality and move on. Then there won't be a need to discuss further. Reality: A RWD or rear-biased AWD chassis that has a low COG, polar moment, and good weight distribution will always be better in road applications than a chassis that does not have those things or fewer of those things. You can tinker with the suspension kinematics and geometry, but some qualities cannot be engineered out. |
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07-16-2024, 04:58 PM | #5250 | |
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Tiff? You are attempting to take the "grown man" angle but let's not get it twisted. I posted pics of a fake M535i (the badges were not discreet - not that it even matters for this thread) which is the whole point of this thread? Seems you just couldn't handle an X6M owner posting a photo of a fake M535i and proceeded to argue how 'inferior' the X6M is to the "M"535i and the physics. Talk physics all you like - it doesn't change the fact that the M535i is fake. Accept the fact that the M535i is fake, no matter how much better you think it is than the X6M. All I did was point out that the physics etc are irrelevant to fact that the M535i is fake. You seem to have some weird superiority complex in that you are fixated on "the X6M is not a worthy M car". Would anything change if I drove a 218i? What if drove a 540i? Or 540i with x drive and special M Sport tack ons? I used to point out fake badges all the time when I drove a 328i. Your posts defending a fake M535i and knocking the poster's X6M in a "Fake badges thread" is telling. You probably have/had fake badges on your “540i Xdrive m sport aero package”. Your logic seems to be that - if the X6M has M badging then the 535i and your 540i (as the successor to the 535i) should be worthy of M badging, which why it is so important for you to specify that your 540i is an xdrive with m-sport stick ons in your profile to distinguish it from the lowly 540i “Luxury Line”? Your insecurity is painfully obvious. The fact is, your 540i is still just a 540i. I’m more than happy to accept that the 535i or any other cars may drive better than the X6M. More than happy to accept the physics. More than happy to accept that it is a "nose heavy grocery getter". You can knock the X6M all you like. No slight on me and all it does it further highlight your insecurity and doesn’t change the fact that the 535i badges are fake and that the X6M is an M (because it came out M?), and that your 540i is just a 540i with or without Msport tack ons. Accept that fact and move on. You will also see that at no point have I defended the X6M in any way, other than to point out to the fact that it is an M. My next or 2nd daily driver is likely to be a G30 530i or G20 330i. It will be "just a 530i" or "just a 330i" but I'll still be posting fake M pictures. Last edited by I Luv BMW; 07-17-2024 at 12:06 AM.. |
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Am I allowed to post there even though my x6M s a tall, nose-heavy car designed almost entirely for getting groceries, albeit in inclement weather or where one deals with the occasional muddy farm road which has no place as a performance car and the CLA200 AMG has better driving dynamics?
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The worst offenders are the people who put the M colors on the grill of non M's. I see it all the time on base X3's / X5's / etc. I have no idea what would compel someone to do this
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How dare I post this photo??? Surely I can only post this if I am driving at a minimum, a "CLA 250 AMG" or a 540i (not just any old luxury line 540i, but one with xdrive and msport package)? |
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07-17-2024, 02:28 AM | #5254 |
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The 5 series ///M is the M5. It has the S63 engine. Yours?
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What's hilarious to me is the X6M "grocery getter" has the S63 engine and would blow the doors off any 5 series besides an M5.
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Slightly off topic and not really sure what all this is means, but OK.
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