BMW logic

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 06/02/2020 at 22:16 • Filed to: None

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This is the cheap coupe, which has taller than wider grilles

This is the expensive coupe, which has wider than taller grilles, but you can notice the grilles are narrower relative to the headlamps than in the cheap one.

This is the cheap four door car, it has wider than taller grilles

This is the expensive four door car, it has wider than taller grilles, but you can notice the grilles are wider relative to the headlamps than in the cheap one.  

This is the cheap SUV, it has wider than taller grilles

This is the expensive SUV, its grille is almost squared off , but you can notice the grilles are wider relative to the headlamps than in the cheap one.

ugh. 

way2blu does a rev update > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:40

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The 4 Series’ number plate truly cancels out any chance of the Tall Nostrils looking good. Gonna withhold judgment on the design until I see one with an offset  tow hook mounted plate.

Gone > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:40

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They all look like cheap knockoffs of not only each other, but as cheap Chinese knockoffs of an actual BMW. Weird.

Obviously looks are subjective , but man they’re all terrible to me - each in their own way no less. Yikes.

404 - User No Longer Available > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:41

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I’m certain a refresh is coming for the 8 to ruin it.

dumpsterfire! > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:42

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Ouch, my head hurts. Thanks BMW.

shop-teacher > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:45

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And they're all ugly.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:45

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10 years ago if you’d asked me what my favorite brand was I’d have said “BMW 4eavah bro!”

But I’m much wiser now. I’d buy any new equivalent Genesis or Audi over a BMW today.

ranwhenparked > way2blu does a rev update 06/02/2020 at 22:50

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Why do manufacturers do that? They know most jurisdictions require a front plate, why not create a space in the design for the plate to go that looks appropriate with the rest of the lines of the front end?

Thisismydisplayname > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 06/02/2020 at 22:53

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Audi did a similar uglifying of their lineup in the past couple years too.  Must be a German thing that we don’t understand.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 22:53

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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 06/02/2020 at 22:57

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My sister and BIL both drive BMWs, and they bought a new X2 as their son’s first car (which he wrecked on the way home from the dealership). After owning several BMWs in the past, my attitude these days is ‘any other brand, please’.

way2blu does a rev update > ranwhenparked 06/02/2020 at 23:00

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The 4 Series isn’t even the worst offender. Chevy’s *optional* front plate bracket for Camaros is a painful afterthought:

To add insult to injury, that front end doesn’t even have a tow eye. “Universal” offset plate brackets aren’t even compatible. 

ranwhenparked > way2blu does a rev update 06/02/2020 at 23:05

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God, that’s bad. I have the generation before, where it bolts flat agains the black plastic grille under the bumper, which doesn’t look too bad. 

I live in a rear plate only state, so just had to take off the bracket, drill out the holes, and plug them with black plastic caps. No painting needed, and you can barely tell it was ever there.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Spanfeller is a twat 06/02/2020 at 23:07

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fintail > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 06/02/2020 at 23:16

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I read a joke that if BMW product planners from 1983 saw what the brand is doing now, they’d jump out the window.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > way2blu does a rev update 06/02/2020 at 23:28

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Makes it look like a dodge cross hair, which is not currently used so maybe they can have it.

Jim Spanfeller > way2blu does a rev update 06/02/2020 at 23:32

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This is one of the major underrated benefits of classic car styling. They used to design cars with a clear and obvious place meant for the license plate that didn’t look weird. In fact, it kinda looks weird not to have a front license plate on a classic car. Why they stopped doing this, I don’t know.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fintail 06/03/2020 at 00:14

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Yeah probably

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jim Spanfeller 06/03/2020 at 00:59

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One day the front plate and bracket fell off of my E34. For those jurisdictions that didn’t require a front plate BMW kindly offered a clean blanking piece to fill in that gaping hole in the bumper and so I installed it, cleaning up the looks of the car immensely. For some reason the next owner of my car took that off and went back to a front plate despite the fact that it would probably have been a minor issue if he was caught without the plate.

T hen again, maybe he got pulled over too many times for not having it. He was such an asshole on the road that it wouldn’t surprise me if the cops just started picking nits when he inevitably got detained, writing him up for every violation they could find.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Spanfeller is a twat 06/03/2020 at 04:26

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they all look horrible

404 - User No Longer Available > way2blu does a rev update 06/03/2020 at 09:03

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GM has been doing that for a decade.

stuckMTB > Spanfeller is a twat 06/03/2020 at 09:23

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palate cleanser.

Vicente Esteve > Spanfeller is a twat 06/03/2020 at 10:41

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There was a photoshop going around of the new 4 Series with the 8 Series grilles that looked just about perfect.

Hard to be a fan of the brand these days.

Tapas > Spanfeller is a twat 06/03/2020 at 11:03

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Enjoy the normal grills while we have ‘em .

Soon, they will all be enlarged.

Spanfeller is a twat > Tapas 06/03/2020 at 15:59

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by 2022 bmw will be building icebreaker hulls...

Spanfeller is a twat > Vicente Esteve 06/03/2020 at 16:02

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I feel like the rear end isn’t that much better, it’s just so bland... identical to the 8er if you ask me. at least the old 4er and 6er were differentiable. I think Audi and BMW have lost it a bit with grille design, while merc has gotten its shit together so, I hope it’s reflected on sales. 

arl > Spanfeller is a twat 06/03/2020 at 17:12

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Ugly cars with no manuals? Is this really BMW?

How the mighty have fallen.