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Originally Posted by tommy
IMHO, if BMW wants the positive from Mish badging, they should also be willing to take the negatives as well. So everyone should put on their big boy pants and realize that it's a pretty lame idea, just as lame as Audi and Caddy, where they think that people really can only understand one letter at a time. They certainly could have called it anywhere in the A-N range to denote these less than M cars (or even done a whacky lower case m "solution"), and chose to intentionally muddy the ranks for obvious reasons.
On the other hand, reviewers really need to get over the current BMW badging issues. They're being lazy and picking the low-hanging fruit. Once you get past his silly chest-thumping, it's a pretty good review, which is good.
But I have to agree with the OP - the lack of temp gauges is annoying and I would have to say just plain wrong. It's almost as dumb-headed as Mercedes killing the dipsticks (which are now starting to reappear, thankfully). And having to pony up $389 to stick something in my vent is an answer to a question that shouldn't have to be posed.
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How many frickin versions of Mustangs and Camaro's are there? Maybe 10 each and no one seems to bitch about GT, GT350, GT500, Boss 302 and on and on and on for both cars and where is the mass confusion? BMW adds an additional level and people are frickin dumbfounded.
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