bucketfoot wrote

Frankly you have to decide if you give a damn about other people.

It is a no-win situation. To an M-car owner M-Performance cars like the M240, M340, etc. are not M-cars despite BMW calling them such on the BMW USA website. Then there are the M-Performance car owners who will say that a cars with the lowly M-Sport package should not have M emblems, despite the fact that BMW themselves put them in many locations on the vehicle.

My 230i with the M-Sport package has if I remember correctly 11 spots with the M logo from the factory. Ultimately I de-badged my car simply because I like the look better this way.

Personally I think the whole thing is just another case of penis compensation

decaf wrote

I've been pondering if my 2023 BMW X1 XDRIVE28I with M-SPORT package has "fake" badges or not. It is absolutely not a "M" car. I only ordered the M-SPORT pack because I liked better-looking bumpers, sport seats, M-style steering wheel and paddle shifters(the last one being the most to me, as they are only available of the X1 is ordered with the M-SPORT package).

My X1 was one of the very first U11 X1 to arrive in the US, according to my dealer. It was ordered in 2022 as soon as BMW announced it for the US. Thanks to the pandemic shortage, it has a few things that got deleted. However, it also came with these fender-mounted "M" logo badges on both the left and right fenders.

It was NOT supposed to be on any US-market X1...(or any other BMW, according to my dealer) Yet when it rolled off the truck a few months later, coming from BMW's port in Brunswick, Georgia, that was the first thing I noticed. There were a few other people watching the truck driver unload it, because it was the very first X1 to arrive at my dealer.(in fact, it arrived even before the demo/loaner X1 they ordered) My salesman said I got bonus free badges. None of the other BMW X1 I saw on the road or at the dealership ever since had them.

However, in the last couple of years, I've had people on the street asking my why I put those on. (other BMW drivers, obviously) I explained that it came like that. Then I discovered this thread and apparently putting these on a US-market BMW is considered to be "fake" badging? Are they really "fake" if they were attached to the car by the BMW factory in Germany?

smokinjoe64 wrote

Wait What?!?
'F Sport' post...what's with the 'whatever Lexus' banter in a BMW related "Fake" thread?



...already got nuff 'fakes' in this thread jus with 'Bimmers'?

25 V8 IS wrote

Yeah but now I have a fake "F" car and can back it up with how it drives!

25 V8 IS

IcewaterPete wrote

Found this one today.

smokinjoe64 wrote

25 V8 IS no worries ...'banter' intended only as 'good funnin'

If runnin' Lexus V8, consider a few comprehensive, well sorted aftermarket enhancements to provide whip feel/performance desired...make it a 'project'? [ie tune, suspension, etc.]

Lexus V8s, particuraly GT3/GTDs, have consistently been competitive IMSA winners...absolute 'monsters' for several years.

I Luv BMW wrote

Toyota Kluger TRD + M mirrors. That’s a first

smokinjoe64 wrote

Which M model mirrors are you referencing as 'similar'?

25 V8 IS wrote

There are just so many cars on the road right now that have M styled mirrors. It's an awful trend.