OPPOPOLL The X6M good or bad?

"472CID" (472CID) 01/06/2014 at 14:39 • Filed to: OPPOPOLL

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My vote is a solid bad, and not the good kind of bad.

Gamecat235 > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:40

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Good. No questions or qualifiers*.

*ok, one qualifier, I wouldn't own one.

HammerheadFistpunch > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:41

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ima let Ethan "bubblegum" Tate take it from here.

It's a "Porch-uh" > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:42

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The X6 is a silly vehicle. The //M version just adds to that.

My wife wants one. It will be a cold day in hell.

Party-vi > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:42

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GOOD BECAUSE IT SAYS "FUCK YOU AND WHAT YOU THINK - I BOUGHT THIS MONSTER FOR ME!!!" THIS IS ALSO HOW YOU TALK WHEN YOU OWN AN X6M

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:42

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The correct answer is batshit crazy.

My hovercraft is full of eels > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:42

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Baaaad. And not just the M.

Hermann > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:42

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Can someone please explain me what you guys find so bad about it? I'm not defending it, but I don't get why people hate it SO MUCH.

William Byrd > Gamecat235 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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Same. I wouldn't buy one, but it doesn't bother me necessarily.

"Cars" like this bother me, it just doesn't seem to do any one thing well, just lots of things barely adequately.

Wait, so it does bother me. Hmm

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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Good. The bad kind of good.

Criteria: rusted out Fox-body 4 - good kind of bad (would hoon)

BMW X6 - bad kind of good (kind of like for perversity, but urge to own/hoon is slightly diminished)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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Good.

Because it is Silly.

Just Silly.

For Sweden > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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Remove the rear doors.

X6 fixed.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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Bad. Very bad, if you take into account the people who dream with these, at least in Brazil.

CKeffer > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:43

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It's awesome in the "What the hell were they thinking" kind of way, and it's faster than it has any right to be. For me that gives it a certain cool factor, though I would not want to own one.

HammerheadFistpunch > Hermann 01/06/2014 at 14:47

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Whats to like? Its bad at being an SUV (no load or people carrying ability) and its bad at being sports car...though it does an amazing approximation of an okay sports car with an amazing engine. Plus the looks are...well...tragic. Toss in that its kinda not what we all want to think a BMW is and well...there you go.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:47

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This is why I dislike the X6M:

Take 1 X5M; remove utility, add ugly.

It's fast, no argument there, but so is an X5M and you can put stuff in the back of it and you almost don't look like douche just for being seen standing near it.

Crocket Bernet > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:47

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I love it because it's completely insane.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Hermann 01/06/2014 at 14:48

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Heavy, 4 seats, no trunk, no visibility, terrible off road and on road (ok at both, good at neither), slow, only comes in auto (not even DCT), no rear leg room, no rear wiper.

Solution:

Buy an F10 M5. Lighter, more seats, manual tranny, RWD, and it's not a stupid dumb-head car.

472CID > Hermann 01/06/2014 at 14:48

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For me it's A) ugly B) not very useful C) too big/heavy for an M car D) seems as though it's marketed towards douchebros

Nibby > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:49

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Evil. BURN IT

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:51

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It's hard to call something with a twin turbo 550 hp V8 bad, but that's what I'm calling the X6M. It's a bad BMW and a even worse M car. Unlike BMW, I think you need to do more than throw power at a car to make an ///M version and I don't think any X models should have M versions. Nobody is going to take that big fucker racing, so why is there a BMW Motorsport version of it?

Battery Tender Unnecessary > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:52

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I'm SOOOO torn. On the one hand, you have a SUV (or SAV if you're BMW) that costs more than X5 and offers less space/practicality than an X5, is a shining example of the once taboo idea of a BMW Motorsport SUV. On the other, every person I've ever seen driving or stepping out of a X6M is the stereo type that didn't buy it for the rich history of BMW Motorsport, but because it was the most expensive SUV they sell and they need to feel superior to their peers. ...wait, those were both negatives. I guess I'm not really that torn. It's the antithesis of what BMW Motorsport once stood for. Nope.

duurtlang > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:53

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Engineering marvel (good), the poster boy of what's wrong with modern vehicles (bad), a giant FU in general (good) and a giant FU to taste (bad).

The amount of bad outweighs the good part easily imho. BAD.

55Buick, Oversteer Scientist > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:53

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I think it's cool that they stuffed an enormous engine where it sure as hell doesn't belong. That said, I'll never buy one.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > It's a "Porch-uh" 01/06/2014 at 14:54

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Stop, stop, the whole thing's got too silly. Now, I've noticed a tendency for the X-series to get rather silly. Now, I do my best to keep things moving along, but I'm not having things getting silly. Those last two M-models BMW did got very silly indeed, and that last bit about a Gran Coupe was even sillier. Now, nobody likes a good tourer more than I do, except perhaps my wife and some of her friends. Oh yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good tourer more than I do, but that's beside the point. Now let's have a good, clean, healthy outdoor vehicle. Get some air into your lungs. Ten, nine, eight and all that.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:55

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It is so silly and dumb I really want one....

Apollon > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:55

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The only thing you could use it for is chasing tree-huggers off your lawn. I'd suggest using the hybrid version for increased hilarity.

TulsaMtnBiker (OkieRising) > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:56

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Good. Because crazy.

It's a "Porch-uh" > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/06/2014 at 14:56

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Your first image got kinja'd, but I got the Python reference.

EL_ULY > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 14:59

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it's aight, sucks it's owned by douchers and women

Hermann > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2014 at 14:59

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Well, to be honest it doesn't even try to be a SUV or even a Sports car (yes, by using the M performance badge it should at least try, but it actually doesn't). The looks are questionable. It's terrible at a lot of things, like many of the cars we love so much here *cough* ALFAROMEO *cough*.

But it's powerful, comfortable and can haul a trailer with both your race car and tools if you need it to. AWD and big, wide tires don't mean it's and Off Roader, but these things it can come in hand. It doesn't need love, but I don't think it deserves all that hate.

stuttgartobsessed > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:01

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I vote worse than bad. BURN THEM ALL

Joe_Limon > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:01

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Vote good... Unlike most suvs it doesn't look/drive like a minivan.

J. Walter Weatherman > Gamecat235 01/06/2014 at 15:02

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Same here*.

*ok, not entirely same, I would be ok with owning one, I just wouldn't ever spend my own money on it.

KB Garage > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:02

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I dunno, I mean the Crosstour looks okay to me... Oh, wait.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:09

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When I see one, I think, that would totally rock as a snow car with some more ground clearance and some knobby rubber. Do want.

HammerheadFistpunch > Hermann 01/06/2014 at 15:10

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thing is...it is 100% trying to be both an suv (high ride height, awd) and a sports car (m badge) and thats exactly the market they are after, people who still believe that a Ferrari Hummer exist in real life, or want to appear to others as though...through their means...they have found the way to make it exist.

J. Walter Weatherman > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:13

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Good.

I would absolutely never spend my own money on one, but I don't judge people that do.

It seems that most of the criticism of the car can be summed up as: (1) it is ugly; and (2) it is not very useful.

As far as looks go, that is entirely subjective, so to each his own. I, for one, kinda like the Nissan Juke, which everyone else seems to hate, so who am I to judge?

As far as utility goes, not everyone needs their car to tow a 10,000 pound trailer across the Rubicon with a family of seven comfortably seated inside. If you are someone that needs that kind of capability, this is not the car for you. But if you are not, and all you really need it to do is get groceries and occasionally carry 4 adults in comfort, then this car has more than enough utility.

philipilihp > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 15:18

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Any-series GT: Baaaaad

X6M: Friggin fantastic. Mega engine, big azz chunky tires, what's not to love? Excess at it's best. Because racecar? No. Because can.

Dunnik > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 16:10

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In my humble opinion, it is the stupidest automobile available for purchase in the world today.

thebigbossyboss > William Byrd 01/06/2014 at 20:06

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Agreed.

Bubbles22 > 472CID 01/06/2014 at 23:37

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Best looking SUV out there. But like a super model, not much good at anything else.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 472CID 01/07/2014 at 00:58

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What bugs me is the compromise of performance. For 94k you could buy a M3 that would be just as fast, better looking, handle better (assumption on lower CG) and have all the fancy bits. As well as a Jeep GC, which would be larger and more useful.

I am also completely unable to un-associate with a douche at work.

PardonMyFlemish16 > 472CID 01/07/2014 at 14:30

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X6 is bad, but IMO only because it is so massive. The X4, like the Porsche Macan, makes much more sense visually and objectively.

X-cchannel-M > 472CID 01/07/2014 at 16:07

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Some cars are hard to understand if you are stuck in your ways, unless you try them out. The problem with people's views of the X6 is they are trying to squeeze it into a box. "SUV with poor utility, Double Decker M Car, blah, blah". Just accept it for what it is and quit trying to compare it to things that it is not.

Unlike probably most of you, I have actually driven the X6. You'd be surprised - it does not lose a lot to the X5 in day-to-day utility. The roof slopes down in the rear but it is still perfectly adequate. It offers similar cargo area space to the X5 if you don't stack it to the roof. Unless you are moving house everyday or trying to squeeze a family of five for the weekend, it is perfectly fine. It is way more practical than a Bentley which weighs almost as much.

When did a Jalop ever judge a car purely on practicality? If that is all that matters then go ahead and buy a Toyota Highlander. If the X6 is not your cup of tea then that is fine, just don't hate it for what it's not.

X-cchannel-M > HammerheadFistpunch 01/07/2014 at 17:16

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Hermann - Fantasy WRC Champion is right. It is not trying to be an SUV ala Range Rover. It is a softroader, like all the other crossovers out there. You need more utility? That's what the X5 is for, otherwise it has more than enough utility for the active couple, or more likely the urban person who likes a tall commanding vehicle but does not need all the carrying capacity of an X5. Yes, there are other vehicles that can do that but this one can do so perfectly fine.

If you love a commanding view, fast car, a bit of utility, lots of prestige and a more sporty look, this is a perfectly fine car for that. The Infiniti FX is not any more practical than the X6 yet it does not receive nearly as much hate.

RenamedUser371558 > 472CID 01/07/2014 at 17:24

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Every time I see one on the road, all I see is a 5-series GT that got over-inflated. Poke it with a thumbtack and it'll just PTHBBBB right off the road.

Charles Spratlin > 472CID 01/08/2014 at 01:13

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BAD! Atrocious! Terrible! God Awful!

Charles Spratlin > Hermann 01/08/2014 at 01:16

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But for the money, why not buy a proper SUV? Or if you insist on performance and capability, why not an STR Grand Cherokee?

Why this oddball ass jumbled together compromise that does nothing well except take up space?