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06-05-2006, 06:52 AM | #1 |
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Faking an "M"?
I saw an e46 yesterday with an M badge on the back, but it was a sedan and only had two exhaust tips paired on the far left side of the bumper. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but the e46 M3 only comes in a coupe (or cabriolet), and has four exhaust tips in pairs on the bumber about a third of the way in from each side.
Why would someone try to pass their sedan off as an "M"? Anyone who knows about cars and BMW's will know that the M3 doesn't come in a sedan (in the e46 bodystyle anyway), and therefore wil know it's just a fake badge, and anyone who doesn't know about cars doesn't know what the heck the M means anyway and therefore won't be impressed by it (vs seeing 325 or 330). Thoughts? (the car I saw was parked in someone's driveway, so I might go back and try to snap a picture if anyone's interested)
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06-05-2006, 06:58 AM | #3 |
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I have seen a few fake "M" BMWs. It's funny, the people who actually care about "M" cars are probably for the most part BMW connoisseurs... but there is no way to fake out a BMW enthusiast that you have an "M" car LOL
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06-05-2006, 08:18 AM | #4 |
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i see that quite often. in fact, i just saw that on a 525i. the funny thing was they still kept the 525i badge and added an ///M badge right next to it and also stuck one on the grille.
pathetic.
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06-05-2006, 08:36 AM | #5 |
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the funny thing about this is that some people actually dont know the difference between the M version and a non M and beleve that its an M and start saying wooooooow that car is an M it looks great (thats where i start laughing my a$$ up )
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06-05-2006, 08:51 AM | #6 |
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I posted this on bimmerfest about some poser who changed his e90 325i badging to 335i. The same logic can be applied to people who make non-M cars into "M" cars...
Cost of replacing the "2" with a "3"............................................... .............$5 Dual Custom Exhaust........................................... .......................................$300 Making people think you have a 335i.............................................. ............retarded Having everyone in the car community know your car is badged as something it's not, and that you're a douchebag...................priceless For some things in this world, there is the real product, for the morons who are insecure about what they own so they pretend they have something better, there is upgrade rebadging...
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06-05-2006, 10:21 AM | #9 |
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I saw a 325 sedan with the side grills and the m badge....
yesterday, i saw an old 5 series with the M badge...it was not even put on right, it was really slanted |
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06-05-2006, 10:24 AM | #10 |
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I see them all the time in the San Diego area... What really confuses me is people who obviously spent some time/cash on new rims, lowering, etc and then stick an M badge on. It's like doing up your house in National City and claiming you live in La Jolla.....
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Just as when I found my car, they changed it.
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Now thats sick!
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06-05-2006, 11:44 AM | #18 |
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1.) This thread topic is among the oldest in the BMW forum book.
2.) Who cares. I've often thought about temporarily slapping a fake plastic M badge onto my own car (and intentionally crooked, no less!) and then snapping a photo of it just so I can watch all the small minded "enthusiasts" freak out about it. No offense intended, of course.
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06-05-2006, 12:19 PM | #19 | |
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Finally, for someone with a quote like that from Jeremy Clarkson in your signature, you sure do have a lot of posts on this forum. And how else would you know the topic is old and repetitive without yourself repetitively visiting web forums and reading the threads? No offense intended, of course.
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06-05-2006, 12:45 PM | #20 | |
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And no, this isn't so much of a "car club" as it is a simple medium for the exchange of information. You don't see me attending meets or actively soliciting friendship amongst the membership base, now, do you? However, I believe I'm still entitled to take an interest in the subject at hand. To each their own.
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06-05-2006, 12:47 PM | #21 |
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it's always fun to laugh at the posers with m3/m5/etc badges.
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06-05-2006, 01:07 PM | #22 |
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reading the thread title fleetingly, thought it read "fucking a M" , got me all intrigued until I reaized it's faking as in fake-ing.
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