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      02-26-2022, 03:05 PM   #1
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God help me, I think I like it !

I was kinda, fantasy browsing my next car, you know, If I won the lottery kinda thing, also maybe when I get the old letter "hey we wanna buy back your car"

God help me, I was looking at the 4, and kinda like the new grill?

Have I been brain washed ? with all these influencers and youtubers, who all say, "yes this is controversial but I like it"

God if I go for a 4 , I'm kinda wanting with the new front end.

Is BMW using some subliminal advertising, considering my disappointment with the brand, and still looking at my next BMW and one with those God awful front grills nonetheless.

Help me out of this insanity PLEASE !!!
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      02-26-2022, 03:07 PM   #2
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      02-26-2022, 03:45 PM   #3
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Saw one up close at the local car wash. Front end design does take some time to appreciate.
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      02-26-2022, 03:56 PM   #4
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Nothing wrong with wanting the new 4 series. It seems like a very capable BMW. I seen several and the front is ok in person.
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      02-26-2022, 04:05 PM   #5
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Have it. It's a terrible looking car, and the front isn't even the worst part. The side profile is far worse than the front, and the rear of the car is atrocious. There isn't one angle that the new 4er looks good from. It's a styling disaster.
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If you like it get it. Personally, I do not; but there is a mod that splits the snout 4 ways that makes it look much better IMO. Something I would actually get.
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It's not the grill that ruins the look of this car, although in the 3/4 it looks like an enormous pig snout. It's the absence of the Hofmeister kink. I didn't even know or wonder what it was until recently, but now that I do I see the ultimate importance of it: without it the car looks like crap (I mean, like Audi).
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      02-26-2022, 04:57 PM   #8
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Oh really ? I must google that up

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If you like it get it. Personally, I do not; but there is a mod that splits the snout 4 ways that makes it look much better IMO. Something I would actually get.
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      02-26-2022, 04:59 PM   #9
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I had to google that up, looking at cars with and without that, I didnt see it ? LOL
Maybe the big grill has me hypnotised

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It's not the grill that ruins the look of this car, although in the 3/4 it looks like an enormous pig snout. It's the absence of the Hofmeister kink. I didn't even know or wonder what it was until recently, but now that I do I see the ultimate importance of it: without it the car looks like crap (I mean, like Audi).
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      02-26-2022, 05:22 PM   #10
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The grille is less offensive in a dark car. Tends to blend in a bit more and that helps (a tad).
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It's not the grill that ruins the look of this car, although in the 3/4 it looks like an enormous pig snout. It's the absence of the Hofmeister kink.
Exactly. BMW marketing bullshit aside, this car is a 3 series coupe. The fact that BMW would put a 3 series on the road without the Hofmeister kink is something BMW should be ashamed of.
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      02-26-2022, 06:34 PM   #12
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Some people get round it by color coding it
but as I like it. meh LOL

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      02-26-2022, 06:55 PM   #13
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Looks like shit and always will.

The design is basically BMW admitting "we no longer have the influence on the industry like we used to, so here is a desperate cry for attention."
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Exactly. BMW marketing bullshit aside, this car is a 3 series coupe. The fact that BMW would put a 3 series on the road without the Hofmeister kink is something BMW should be ashamed of.
Well it seems like from reviews as well as my own driving impressions, this thing is more of a mini 8-series than a 3-series coupe. It is less sporty to drive than its sedan counterpart.
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what about the M4 ? any thought ideas on how that drives ?

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Well it seems like from reviews as well as my own driving impressions, this thing is more of a mini 8-series than a 3-series coupe. It is less sporty to drive than its sedan counterpart.
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I to had been fantasy building my ultimate fantasy car. Sometimes I see something and it just looks right.
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what about the M4 ? any thought ideas on how that drives ?
Haven't driven it but reviews seem relatively positive.
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      02-26-2022, 09:30 PM   #18
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not liking that red, I personally think something similar to Melborne Red,
but either the green, blue or something a bit brighter in Red


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      02-26-2022, 09:33 PM   #19
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like this
also Black Sapphire is a really classy color, I love it on my 2
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Oh what the hell, I could just wrap it

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      02-26-2022, 10:02 PM   #21
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I think it looks okay on the m cars with the wider fenders but on the base g22 its awful.
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There is nothing pretty about the 4 but it is very capable.

And if I had to choose, I would rather own one than a lot of other cars.

But I can’t find a good angle. I even hate the stupid speaker grill on the dash. Only BMW would feel it necessary to draw your eye to a speaker grill.
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