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      02-25-2010, 09:44 PM   #21
DieselDog
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Drives: 1994 E36 Coupe 318is "Gunter"
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Harrisburg, PA

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IMHO

Color: interesting

Wheels: design looks too angular and contrasts too much with the sleekness of the car's overall form.

Graphics: s u u u u c k

Front wind-split & LED foglight combo: nice form, but man do I hate the dot-dot-dot look of LEDs. The headlight rings and taillight bars are lit by LEDs and don't have a dot-dot-dot appearance. Why won't the lighting engineers devise some clear prisms or lenses that can aim the light without the dot look?

Overall concept: too complicated for my taste. I'll take a 530d with a manual transmission without the variable-ratio electric steering. I'll have more control, more fun, feel more connected to the road, feel more connected to the machine, probably get better mileage, worry less about electronic nannies and probably have a better long-term ownership experience. Oh, yeah...right. BMW won't let us in the USA *HAVE* 530d models. They think we want THIS electric crap. FRIGGIN' IDIOTS!!!!
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