I really irks me when...

[Dirichlet]

I see a BMW with an M3 or M5 tag that is CLEARLY not an M... why do people bother to de-badge their cars and purchase a fake badge - do they think people won't know the difference... WTF???
(Sorry, I needed to vent - just saw an "M5" that had a single pair of exhuast tips, no side grill, standard 5-series trim, and 17" wheels. M5...BS!)

[SMOODY]

Was it dark blue with tinted windows? If so, I think I have seen this car also.

I guess this falls into the same category as the folks that put "Turbo" badges and huge spoilers on their cars.

The ones I really love are the folks that graft BMW parts on their econoboxes trying to make everyone think they have a BMW. Click the link below for more horrific things being done to poor helpless cars.

http://www.jimmy540i.com/bmwnightmare.htm

[Dirichlet]

http://www.jimmy540i.com/bmwnightmare.htm

OMG!!! There's 15 friggin' pages of them!!! That's it... it's official... the world is coming to an end.

And yes, it was a dark blue "M5"... pathetic

[Biggins]

OMG!!! There's 15 friggin' pages of them!!! That's it... it's official... the world is coming to an end.

And yes, it was a dark blue "M5"... pathetic

I pray you never see any of the modded "M cars" that I see all the time out here in Hagerstown.

[OwnedbyDuncan]

Hey my new Honda Element is now an "M" Element "CSL".

Dave Apker and the collies

[woodym3]

In April of 1987 I took European Delivery of a 325is. During the 10 days I traveled around Germany and Austria I noticed a good number of BMW and Mercedes owners had removed the model designation from their trunk lids, and a good number of the BMW owners were carrying the M emblem on everything from 316s to the 7-series. So the first thing I did upon receiving my car back in the States was remove the 325is emblem and replace it with an ///M (not an ///M3). Yeah, I took some grief for it, but I always looked on it as showing my support for the ///M team - just like someone who wears a Redskin jersey. I don't think they're trying to fool people into thinking they are a Redskin player. As to that 5-series with the M5 emblem, well. . . . .?

[1996 328ti]

Just got to let it go.

[SharkD]

I put a GT40 mkIV data plate on the race car... do you think I've convinced anyone that it's a vintage LeMans racer? (Maybe if I put a faux Gurney bubble on it?)

[Biggins]

I put a GT40 mkIV data plate on the race car... do you think I've convinced anyone that it's a vintage LeMans racer? (Maybe if I put a faux Gurney bubble on it?)

I saw your car at Summit on Sunday... it looked awesome!!! I like the Navy paint scheme that another guy had too.

[SharkD]

Chris, you should have come by the SpecE30 quarantine zone and said hi.

Glad the car looks fast. Unfortunately, in a spec series, insufficient negative camber, a stock exhaust and 100lbs of extra weight really are killing my lap times. (Entry speeds being the same, Chris Cobetto and Jens Scott both were able to walk away from me through the apexes and down the straights.)

George "Brain" Perry is a naval aviator (I believe with VFA-105), hence the "Fly Navy" scheme.

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For the first few months that I owned it, the E24 was simply a "CSi" -- doubtlessly a brazen attempt by the previous owner to cash in on CBS' #1 crime drama.