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Powershift posted:Great news! And here I thought I was maybe being too harsh when I commented on the existence of the X6 in this thread...
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Powershift posted:Great news! what on earth lmao the mercedes thing looks dumb as poo poo in person I can't wait to see how bad this looks, surprised I haven't seen it yet around Seattle / Bellevue
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Jul 10, 2021 22:39
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Powershift posted:You can't make this poo poo up. That's cheaper than I thought it would be, although I guess how much does it cost to add some LEDs to a grill
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Powershift posted:Great news! My hatred for modern BMW is more and more justified every day
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MomJeans420 posted:That's cheaper than I thought it would be, although I guess how much does it cost to add some LEDs to a grill THAT IS AN EXCELLENT PRICE CONSIDERING THEY USE FINE, GERMAN L.E.D.S IN THAT GRILLE.
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Jul 10, 2021 22:49
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drat, I never realised how inconvenient non-illuminated grilles are until I saw the option. Do you think it can be added to my 2020 X6 or will I have to turn the lease in early and upgrade?
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Jul 10, 2021 22:51
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dissss posted:drat, I never realised how inconvenient non-illuminated grilles are until I saw the option. You may just need to pay a yearly subscription to have them turned on for you.
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Jul 10, 2021 23:04
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Only if you are the second owner, it is included for the first three years for whomever leased it.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:My hatred for modern BMW is more and more justified every day As a big, biiiig Bimmerhead, I can’t agree more. I mean, I love my E71 (maybe not as much as the E31, but very close), and I’m totally fine with everyone making jokes about that car, but the stuff BMW put out in recent years (I’d also agree that the breaking point was sometime around the E90/91/92-time) is just so absolutely awful, design wise. The i8 was cool and good and similarly over-the-top designed that I loved it. But recent X7, 7series, 5series, X6, X5….there is absolutely no elegance left that imo used to define a lot of iconic Bimmers. Now that I already set the stage for ridicule: they are going into the right direction with the M4. If you want to blow that kidney up to new proportions, go all out. Not that 7series or X7 poo poo, or all the crooked, oversized stuff on the other models. Redefine the front of the car in a bold way. There, I said it, in the correct thread: the M4 kidney owns……up until a license plate has to be installed, and then everything falls apart again…
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AmbassadorofSodomy posted:THAT IS AN EXCELLENT PRICE CONSIDERING THEY USE FINE, GERMAN L.E.D.S IN THAT GRILLE. Oh no no no. Those LEDs will be baked right in to the grille. The entire thing will be a separate part number. When you think about it, $500 for a whole new grille is a bit of a bargain. Imagine how much it will cost to replace it when the warranty is up and one of those LEDs shorts out or the integral fuse on the strip pops.
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MomJeans420 posted:Those new huge kidney grills are awful, I don't know how anyone thought that was a good idea. Probably the only thing worse are the light up Mercedes emblems that have been out for a year or two. BMW introduced illuminated emblems on the i8 in 2014. Also while we're at it: Acura debuted in 1986, 3 years before Lexus. First year of the Navigator was 1997, a year before the Escalade.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I had this advertised at me today. A bendable weight to hang off your Tesla's steering wheel so you can jerk off or do anything else other than pay attention during your drive. Again, Tesla proves that what people really want most is an autonomous, self-propelled couch that whisks them away to their destination while they zone out, doze off or do other crap.
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Finger Prince posted:Oh no no no. Those LEDs will be baked right in to the grille. The entire thing will be a separate part number. When you think about it, $500 for a whole new grille is a bit of a bargain. Imagine how much it will cost to replace it when the warranty is up and one of those LEDs shorts out or the integral fuse on the strip pops. Brings to mind my MKV GTI where the only way to replace the center brake light should anything go wrong was to cut the spoiler off the top of the car and glue/paint a new one on.
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tuo posted:As a big, biiiig Bimmerhead, I can’t agree more. I mean, I love my E71 (maybe not as much as the E31, but very close), and I’m totally fine with everyone making jokes about that car, but the stuff BMW put out in recent years (I’d also agree that the breaking point was sometime around the E90/91/92-time) is just so absolutely awful, design wise. I actually quite like the M2. There are clearly still people trapped in the machine that understand it, but they’re way down under the waterline at this point, and the ship is still sinking under the weight of all the silly bullshit that’s been welded to the superstructure to help them chase quarterly earnings. 
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90s Solo Cup posted:Again, Tesla proves that what people really want most is an autonomous, self-propelled couch that whisks them away to their destination while they zone out, doze off or do other crap. ...I mean, is this a surprise? That's basically what public transport and taxis are.
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MrYenko posted:I actually quite like the M2. The M2 owns and I thought about adding it to my shitpost. Not only had someone at BMW apparently a stroke while pricing it (especially the competion version), because it's basically a steal (in regard to other BMWs), it looks awesome and uses a lot of the design work from the E90 series, it also comes in awesome colors stock and the exhaust is great. Put it in nice mode, and you can easily drive it early in the morning without anyone caring, then open it up to......be loud. Neighbour has one (sadly not the competition model), and it owns. I also like the new M2 they just anounced. It's lile BMW doesn't really know what it wants to be at the moment. I'm sticking to my old-rear end bimmers, seeing how they figure it out, similar to the first Bangle-years. In hindsight, I'd really want one of those bangle 6series.... (I care about my E24 CSi, but they age badly in regard to modern coupes) tuo fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jul 11, 2021 |
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90s Solo Cup posted:Again, Tesla proves that what people really want most is an autonomous, self-propelled couch that whisks them away to their destination while they zone out, doze off or do other crap. I just want a high speed rail network in the US so I can do that-- and then I can own a fun car when I actually want to drive. But of course we can't have nice things.
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Most people want to get to where they want to go without drama or fuss. So a grey econobox is fine right now but hey if it drove itself so they could be more “productive” even better! The part that is missing from a lot of conversations is the productive part. If people are commuting an hour each way but now it is in a self driving car we all know people will start booking meeting during that time so your 8 hour work day really is 10 hours you just spend two of those hours in your self driving sofa.
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Powershift posted:Great news! 
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90s Solo Cup posted:Again, Tesla proves that what people really want most is an autonomous, self-propelled couch that whisks them away to their destination while they zone out, doze off or do other crap. Literally anyone who is being made to commute wishes that. I mean, I wish for fully automated space communism, and concept of "employment" following billionaires into extinction. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jul 11, 2021 |
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Wasabi the J posted:Literally anyone who is being made to commute wishes that. Is it OK if it's gay space communism? Some of us have a preference. Some of us also have a preference on how the billionaires get to extinction. We all want commuting to go away, I think.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:Is it OK if it's gay space communism? https://youtu.be/9RMHiasESnA
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Powershift posted:Great news! Domo arigato, Mr Bimmer 
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Spun bearings in the oil pan, With air bags recalled from Japan, This car not meant for man.
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lol jesus christ. the obvious thing happened both times (tip, and then un-tip). dont people get into wrenching because their brains are good at spatial reasoning?
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I don't even understand how he got to the point of it tipping in the first place. Wtf kind of slope is that street? I'd think that anyone smart enough to pull a motor knows better than to do it on an incline like that, but I'm in enough car groups on Facebook to know that there's a lot of idiots out there.
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Looks like the illuminated grille is quite a bargain for the budding aristocrat.
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From the OSHA thread in GBS.
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PitViper posted:I don't even understand how he got to the point of it tipping in the first place. Wtf kind of slope is that street? I'd think that anyone smart enough to pull a motor knows better than to do it on an incline like that, but I'm in enough car groups on Facebook to know that there's a lot of idiots out there. This. I was trying to figure out how it got over to the side to begin with. As to how to get the hoist back out, you jack the car up and put stands under it, you meathead.
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My assumption: He's doing this on the side of a public road, and he cannot get the stand up on the walkway, so he's trying to swing the engine over to his(?) sidewalk. Its a stupid thing to do and this could've gone much worse.
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Dave Inc. posted:How did he not realize the engine was way off center well before getting it above the body? He did it on purpose to get it up on the sidewalk I think.
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Terrible car adjacent for one of the Project Binky crew https://twitter.com/richardbrunning/status/1415254854344351747?s=19
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Hope they get better, but also he's been vocal against lock downs and masks. https://twitter.com/richardbrunning/status/1307055529127223296?s=20
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hot take: project binky has been terrible car stuff from the beginning. i will not be reading replies
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Uthor posted:Hope they get better, but also he's been vocal against lock downs and masks. https://twitter.com/richardbrunning/status/1307073549446901762?s=20
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Uthor posted:Hope they get better, but also he's been vocal against lock downs and masks. God dammit. Now I regret giving them money for a mug and t-shirt.
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Someone in the UK who has the money to be able to go racing in is a Tory wanker shocker.
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