Droopy Kidneys

Post Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:10 pm

...what is it with the new droopy kidneys on BMWs

Post Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:02 pm

By droopy do you mean larger? They've been more that hsape for a while.

But the X1 would look shite regardless of the grille shape! New 7 looks good now!

Post Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:28 pm

...definitely in some kind of styling rut

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:54 am

I was looking at the brochure for that horible thing the other day. It just reminds me of an oversized toyota prius. Even with all its gadgets and leather i really hate it!

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:24 am

what the hell is that??????

a blown up 3 series, looks nice though

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:34 pm

rh306 wrote:...definitely in some kind of styling rut

Saw one of those on the roads the other day. Was sick a little in my mouth. Made me want to go and punch Mr Bangle very hard, to knock some sense into him...

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:05 pm

Is he still there?

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:34 pm

No.

Post Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:14 pm

andrew_baran wrote:
rh306 wrote:...definitely in some kind of styling rut

Saw one of those on the roads the other day. Was sick a little in my mouth. Made me want to go and punch Mr Bangle very hard, to knock some sense into him...

that looks shite

Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:26 am

x6 is wrong...

5 & 7 series are good!

Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:33 am

Christ BMW have realeased some shite in recent years. Those X series cars are so so shite... bulbous oversized pointlessly low 4x4's street tractors

Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:42 pm

The current crop are not penned by a design team lead by Bangle but instead buy his replacement Adrian van Hooydonk.

Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:12 pm

they definitely took a wrong turning somewhere, what a heap

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:01 am

I'm not a big fan of a lot of their newer designs, but I think that the new Z4 is one of the best looking BMWs in a long time.

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:26 pm

Personally, I prefered the older hardtop Z4.

You just know that as a German hard top folding roof it will leak like a sieve! SL's do, SLK's do, VW Eos's do.

Any convertable you buy should be a fabric roof.

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:44 pm

bss325i wrote:The current crop are not penned by a design team lead by Bangle but instead buy his replacement Adrian van Hooydonk.

And heesh from Holland, yesh?

I thinksh heesh been shmoking some strangshe sheet.

The 5GT is an utter abortion, as is the X1. What were they thinking??

The current Z4 isn't as good as the old one and looks like a Dog taking a sh*t.
The new 5 is very good though as is the E70 X5 and the 3 Series Coupe. The balance between nice stuff and utter toss is about 70/30 at the mo. Merc are turning out some munters as well!

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:48 pm

Oh dear.

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:06 pm

Rich_W wrote:Personally, I prefered the older hardtop Z4.

You just know that as a German hard top folding roof it will leak like a sieve! SL's do, SLK's do, VW Eos's do.

Any convertable you buy should be a fabric roof.

E93 convertibles dont realy suffer from water ingress.

Renault megane coupe cab's on the other hand!

The amount of time ive spent realigning the folding metal roofs on them!

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:13 pm

Blitz wrote:Oh dear.

Now that is so very, very wrong. I know, we'll buy the iconic mini brand and turn it into some podgy ugly version of a corsa!

Genius!

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:19 pm

bss325i wrote:
E93 convertibles dont realy suffer from water ingress.

Patience me old fruit

Their time will come. I guess you are supposed to lube up the rubbers on a service so they "swell" a bit. In due course, they will get convered in rubbish and dry out and then it will begin. Current "fix" for Eos is to replace EVERY seal with a later "modified" part

Most are still in Warranty. First one that's not will be interesting "dear sir, you need £2000 worth of parts and labour to cure it"

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:44 pm

Rich_W wrote:Most are still in Warranty. First one that's not will be interesting "dear sir, you need £2000 worth of parts and labour to cure it"

A bit like the guy who's X5's panoramic sliding glass roof had a mechanical failiure.

£2000+labour thanks!

4 injectors on a E92 320d, £1300+ VAT. Once these turds get old and loose value they will just get scrapped because of unecomonical repairs.

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:53 pm

Andyboy wrote: Merc are turning out some munters as well!

..coudn't agree more, new E class is a complete abortion. Going a bit off topic but Jaguars look cr&*p now too, this looks like a Pontiac FFS

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:12 pm

rh306 wrote:
Andyboy wrote: Merc are turning out some munters as well!
..coudn't agree more, new E class is a complete abortion. Going a bit off topic but Jaguars look cr&*p now too, this looks like a Pontiac FFS

that is truely awful

Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:21 pm

rh306 wrote:
Andyboy wrote: Merc are turning out some munters as well!

I like the new e-class coupe though. reminds me of the old W124.

Would rather have this then a E92.