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      06-22-2016, 01:15 AM   #1233
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      06-22-2016, 01:18 AM   #1234
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Don't quite understand all the rage here. I see many here where I live, on a daily basis (will post pictures later today).

My own opinion is that if I'm privileged enough to drive an M, I enjoy it without caring too much about M wannabes. This possessive mentality is to me a little pointless. What does it achieve? In fact be happy people are so ready to slap on the M badge, it really reflects the prestige the emblem carries.
I don't thinks it's rage, I laugh every time I see some poser with a bunch of fake badges. I shared here to let others laugh too.
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Don't quite understand all the rage here. I see many here where I live, on a daily basis (will post pictures later today).

My own opinion is that if I'm privileged enough to drive an M, I enjoy it without caring too much about M wannabes. This possessive mentality is to me a little pointless. What does it achieve? In fact be happy people are so ready to slap on the M badge, it really reflects the prestige the emblem carries.
Some feel that the "prestige" isn't what it used to be. BMW is slapping M badges on everything these days. All about the $$$$:
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Wifey found this on the BMW CCA NY chapter Facebook page. Caption stated: only in Brooklyn. LMAO!
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      06-22-2016, 12:38 PM   #1242
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Don't quite understand all the rage here. I see many here where I live, on a daily basis (will post pictures later today).

My own opinion is that if I'm privileged enough to drive an M, I enjoy it without caring too much about M wannabes. This possessive mentality is to me a little pointless. What does it achieve? In fact be happy people are so ready to slap on the M badge, it really reflects the prestige the emblem carries.
While you look at the comments here as rage oriented, it really is a level of disbelief, humor and maybe even awe.

When someone takes an item and adjusts the look of said item to be something it is not, it boggles my mind. To take a non-///M car and to portray it as an actual ///M is for the most part silly to me and rather entertaining.

We all are amazed when we note someone is wearing a toupee, a fake Rolex, various body augmentations, fake anything, etc. This amazement is based on the level of vanity, low self esteem, etc. it takes to push ones self to portray things that are not. And as one has noted already, find it rather laughable.

We as ardent fans of BMW ///M are just as amazed to see people push the levels of good taste as they augment their cars into something they clearly are not.

Now maybe you are right and there are far better things for us to focus on. Should we laugh at someone's low self esteem, balding head, fiscal lot in life, improved body image gone awry, of course not. Be happy in our own world, right? I get that. Should we share in our common amusement of people trying to fool others into thinking they have an Ultimate Driving ///Machine???

You bet your ass we should!!
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Some feel that the "prestige" isn't what it used to be. BMW is slapping M badges on everything these days. All about the $$$$:
This might just be true, there is an argument that the ///M brand is increasingly diluted.

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While you look at the comments here as rage oriented, it really is a level of disbelief, humor and maybe even awe.
Fair point buddy, I'm just a lot more blasé about it, probably because I'm not fully appreciative of how exclusive the ///M division used to be.

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Wifey is becoming quite a good fake M spotter. Here is a 328ci M.
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Saw this sick m3 today. Even had the side badge/grill lol
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Saw this sick m3 today. Even had the side badge/grill lol
That looks like a bawling 328 M3. Gotta love that M exhaust
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That looks like a bawling 328 M3. Gotta love that M exhaust
I pulled up next to him and he acted like he never saw me
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That looks like a bawling 328 M3. Gotta love that M exhaust
I pulled up next to him and he acted like he never saw me
I know exactly where you took that Pic. Van Wyck Expressway
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And a fake M3...

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Yup, it's a 228i. And a lady driving. When we ended up stopped next to each other at the next light, I told she had the wrong badge on her car. She said her husband was "a car collector" and he "did it on purpose." She seemed quite proud of him, as if it was a good thing to pretend your 228 is an M3. Sad. I wanted to tell her what I thought of his insecurity, but I have a feeling she already knows.
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