Re: 4-door M3 (was Re: BMW Bashing) -Reply

[Andrew Fletcher <FLETCHA@citec.qld.gov.au>]

>>> Steve Valin <steve@ipecac.engr.sgi.com> 26/March/1997 11:51am
> only the '92 325's had unpainted bumpers.  The 318 had them up
> until '94 or '95.  It could have been worse than you imagined - it
> could have been an M badge on a 318i!  Talk about inferiority complex...

More common in Australia than one would wish is the 318i or 318is fitted
with bootlid spoiler and wheels with an M badge. 

The driver is more often of Asian descent. This is in keeping with
the vast quantities of Honda's etc with dress-up kits and motorsport
stickers with not even a VTEC engine. To some I guess image is
everything, performance is nothing.

>From someone who tries to hide the true potential of my car from
police/vandals/hoons I can't understand why you would advertise that
you have a small one and couldn't afford (money or taste) a bigger one -
metaphorically speaking.

regards
Fletch
'81 urq ... the paint is done and bits are going on....