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12-30-2019, 08:48 AM | #92 |
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12-30-2019, 10:33 AM | #94 |
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Don't we wish BMW had stuck to their guns. The brand is so diluted now.
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12-30-2019, 10:47 AM | #95 |
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Different times. The brand is doing well and has adapted/responded to market forces and changing customer tastes well.
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12-30-2019, 01:08 PM | #96 |
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Looking at these adds make one think people were dumber in old times. I mean come on. This is overt to the point of cringy. Want the girl, get the car, be the real manly man.
But then I turn on the TV and there's the add for the newest V8 monster truck, with the very manly voice that tells you that to be a man you ---need--- that truck that can tow 5 tons of rubbish and can go offroad, even though you'll use it 100% for suburban commute on the clogged interstate and do 5 mpg doing so, but in style, I guess. But hey, what abuot these 4 2x4 you brought back from home depot last year!!?? (hint, they fit in a crossover just fine). So it may turn out that we are not that much smarter finally. |
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I have an infatuation with sexy cars - with "hips" and curves (ala 911 and even my M4 from certain angles). I think those old ads were probably written for personalities like mine even tho the cars were boxes on wheels. LOL. Love it!
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The ad states that it does 40-60 in 4.8 seconds, which was probably okay for its day. My, how things have changed.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Well maybe there is progress:
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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01-02-2020, 07:57 AM | #109 |
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The level of intelligence cars now have, and will have soon, is so mindblowing compared to 1976. Great example!
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