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"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel) 06/01/2017 at 18:59 • Filed to: None

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My grandfather’s new car. BMW 440i xDrive with a six speed. Looks really good with the M package.

His beloved E46 M3 developed an issue with the VANOS system which simply cost too much to repair so he replaced it with this.

feather-throttle-not-hair > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 19:04

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Hold up, you can get AWD with a manual again?

Chariotoflove > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 19:06

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Dat Kia tho. Mmmm.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 19:09

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ME GUSTA

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > feather-throttle-not-hair 06/01/2017 at 19:10

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This one has it. I believe it is a 2017 but it may be a 2016.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Chariotoflove 06/01/2017 at 19:11

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#RentalCar

McMike > feather-throttle-not-hair 06/01/2017 at 19:13

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Yup, looks like it.

Noah - Now with more boost. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 19:46

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Such a good looking car. BMW has been on fire lately.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Noah - Now with more boost. 06/01/2017 at 19:47

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I would still personally go for a 2 series but the 4 looks properly mean with the M package.

Noah - Now with more boost. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 19:49

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Agreed, these things are huge up close. M235i please!

E90M3 > feather-throttle-not-hair 06/01/2017 at 19:52

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That you can.

McMike > E90M3 06/01/2017 at 19:56

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LOL

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/1795741727

Under_Score > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 20:05

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I know they’ve worked hard, but it’s still weird to me when old people have very nice cars. Maybe it’s from experience, but a 2007 Chevy even seems very new for an older person’s car. Congrats on his purchase, though! An old man that comes to my work has a beautiful red 4-Series. It might be an M4.

RPM esq. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 20:08

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That is a very handsome car and I bet it’s great to drive, but I wish they called it the “sport” package or something instead of utterly diluting the “M” designation.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > RPM esq. 06/01/2017 at 20:41

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It makes sense that it is called the M package because it pulls cues from the M cars. They do a similar thing with the JCW appearance package on the Minis.

feather-throttle-not-hair > McMike 06/01/2017 at 20:57

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To be fair, immediately after commenting I did the same thing. But here’s the good news: We all picked different color cars (i picked red.) So...you know...we didn’t do the EXACT same thing.

McMike > feather-throttle-not-hair 06/01/2017 at 21:00

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I don’t remember picking the color, I was too busy with the 100 clicks it took to find the damn transmission options.

:)

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 21:59

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This is like the perfect spec. I’m pretty sure I built one just like this on the configuration once. What color is the inside? My dream 4-series is black outside with the red sport seats.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 06/01/2017 at 22:10

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It has the black leather interior.

RPM esq. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/01/2017 at 23:17

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I know what it means, and it’s asinine. It doesn’t “make sense” except from a perspective of short-term stock prices. It was not that long ago that “M” literally meant that the Motorsport division had a hand in engineering the car. “Drawing design cues from” is very much not the same thing. Also, this isn’t just “get off my lawn” stuff: from a trademark perspective it’s almost by definition detrimental to dilute the M brand this way: If you take away the real distinction that makes a unique brand desirable, you may bump sales in the short term but you destroy the difference that made it valuable in the first place.