"ChampagneChariot" (champagnechariot)
08/24/2014 at 08:48 • Filed to: Idiots, BMW
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"ChampagneChariot" (champagnechariot)
08/24/2014 at 08:48 • Filed to: Idiots, BMW | 0
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...80% of 1-series owners thought their car was front-wheel drive.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> ChampagneChariot
08/24/2014 at 08:49 |
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Most people dont know anything about which wheels are driven, isn't important to them. Most 1 series are bought because it's the cheapest way to get the badge, that is all.
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> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
08/24/2014 at 08:56 |
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get a badge of a company that makes 0 fwd cars though.. if they wanted a BMW that badly, they should probably know that
ToyDeathbot
> CPT Speedbump
08/24/2014 at 09:14 |
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well now there's the 2-series Active Tourer...
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> CPT Speedbump
08/24/2014 at 09:44 |
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They only want the badge because BMW=Premium. Not because of the performance reputation we like them for.
McMike
> ChampagneChariot
08/24/2014 at 09:44 |
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A good buddy of mine told me several times that his wife's Maxima was rear wheel drive. Mentioned that's why it wasn't good in the snow, etc...
The guy is really smart, just doesn't know enough about cars to know the difference. I never corrected him in front of others, I just let him talk about it. We were usually in a group of non-car people, and I let it go.
One day while I was putting brakes on the Maxima with him, I worked it into a comment. At that time, he told me he thought it was RWD, then I told him, "Nah, there hasn't been a RWD Maxima since '83." as I pointed out the drive shaft.
I didn't ask him why he thought that. I'm assuming someone told him, or he read that the first gen was RWD on Wikipedia, and didn't know any better.
I'm not surprised that there are that many people that don't know this.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> ChampagneChariot
08/24/2014 at 12:09 |
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I guess this also means 80% of 1 series drivers don't drive the car the way it was meant to be driven either.
2tonic
> ChampagneChariot
08/24/2014 at 17:01 |
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This 1-series owner knew which end was driven and even had VAC Motorsports build a Quaife limited slip for that rear axle:)
Oppo, indeed.
If you do some research on the 1-series, and especially the 128i, you will find that it's been referred to as "the last real BMW". Naturally aspirated 3.0 liter N52 straight six, hydraulic power steering, 6MT, RWD, and simple interior. A lightly spec'd 128i comes in around 3100 pounds and has a similar power to weight ratio of the US E36 M3. Definitely not Wrong Wheel Drive territory for those in the know.
BMW North America M brand manager Matt Russell said the 2008-2012 BMW 128i with M or Sport Package offered the purest BMW driving experience available at the time.
Happy oversteer