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In general. Having a car only looking good in White or Black doesn't mean anything. Any car can look good in those colors. A car in black or white is just a blank canvas. Nothing more. There isn't anything wrong with that but it isn't any indication of a good looking car if its just "It looks good in Black."
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03-02-2021, 11:58 PM | #3259 |
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Even in all black I don’t think the car looks good because you can still see a lot of the design queues throughout the car that makes no sense.
It looks better, but not good. From its best angle the side looks fine but the rear still sticks out like a sore thumb and you can see it’s bulges very clearly and I’m not a fan of how outwardly pointy and sloping squaredish it is. |
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I hope no one orders it in LSB or else it might ruin the color for me lol
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We can all banter about comparing this color or that color, but it's all preference I suppose. In the individual compilation threads, I found myself not caring for half of the colors. Some of the colors would need significant mods to pull off while some would pass in OEM guise. The F8X, for example, can pull off Signal Green really well. That color would look horrible to me on any prior iteration of M3. |
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Yup, the G8x prolapsed rectum rear is worse than the grille.
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Soooo... I don't like Dakar on any car but that's purely a personal preference as I don't like yellow cars period (one exception for Austin Gold, but not Phoenix Yellow strangely enough) - so I couldn't say it doesn't work on E9X. I would put it this way: F8X has very sculpted and defined body lines, and I think it benefits primarily from metallic colors as they shift light in a way that really highlights and accentuates its bodylines and shifting shapes within the crevices of the lines - it's a very three-dimensional design language. No color in my mind does this better than Sakhir Orange, its shift from orange to red really works well with F8X. With non-metallic colors it's case by case to me and even then I think it needs to be a high contrast/vibrance color since it will be relying on shadows to show the lines (example Fire Orange and LSB still work on F8X, although I prefer LSB as an E46 color). With that in mind, one color that in my mind really doesn't work with F8X would be Mint Green, or any other pastel color really. The washed out nature of pastel colors really nullifies the lines of F8X. Also, as a personal preference, I am not a fan of CQM - I know there are a few out there, and I had the option to buy one but that color specifically doesn't do it for me. E46 has defined lines but they aren't sculpted, they're more like carved in but while maintaining a very two dimensional design language. This is expected because in my mind, E46 is really the car that began to define the design cues of the last 3 generations of M3, of which E9X and F8X sourced their inspiration/cohesion. In this case, I think dark metallic colors and non-metallic colors work very well. Lighter metallics work but they don't shift color in the way that they do on F8X - again due to the lack of sculpting. My two favorite E46 colors are LSB and Steel Grey (although it was discontinued). *Checks flame suit is still on* I don't like Dakar on the E46 because I think like Mint on F8X, it washes out the lines - so I would probably not utilize any pastel colors here either. Controversially, I also do not like Alpine White on E46 as I find that color really washes out the lines like pastels do and E46 doesn't have the sculpting to makeup for it with shadows. Now all of this brings me to E9X, which is somewhere in between as it has more sculpting than E46 but less definition in its lines so in a way it's a softer while transitioning to a more three-dimensional design. This kind of makes it a bit of a chameleon in that I think just about any color can fit E9X's design characteristics. Every color I've seen works although as with the other two, I'd probably stay away from pastels - though I've never seen any on an E9X. If I had to choose a color that I like on the other two but isn't as well executed on E9X, it would have to be LSB - I think lines are just too soft for it. My all time favorite color on an E9X is Silverstone (I know... I'm basic). If I had to pick one color for each of the listed generations, they would be: E46 - LSB E9X - Silverstone F8X - Sakhir Orange
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I have a massive amount of experience at the track with both the cars and its owners. Many times, that brand is like a mental illness for people who were never fast to begin with at the track, but who become convinced that instead of taking their driving from 6/10 to 7/10, what they need is to switch cars. You can recognize those afflicted by this disease with some symptoms: -They are not fast -They place their trust in technology and the vehicle, instead of learning to drive -Commonly speak of 'dedicated sports car', as if they drove fast enough to notice the difference between that and a watermelon -Whenever things come up in their cars and they don't perform as expected, it's because they did not tick the right option box. Not their fault for their cretinous driving. Their GT3 RS is not fast enough vs a M3 because they did not tick the Weistec package box. Boo hoo. -Despite having 'purpose built sports cars', they have the most mods of the entire paddock -Do strange things like upgrade to a GT3 brake booster in their Cayman, then say it's no longer possible to rev match. Proven wrong immediately after. -Whenever their dedicated sports car gets its ass handed to it, they come look at your car. Then point things out like 'but you removed the rear seats!!!' as if they had rear seats in the first place, and as if that were the difference for their loss. Of course they overlook they run full aero, or that my brother and I were screwing around and both of us were in the car when the incident happened
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Sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with the stuff I read. Car brand has orange/red wheels and PORSCHE lettering only the blind could miss for the past 10 years, considered classy.
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Speaking of opinions and the entire basis for this thread. How would you feel being a long time member here if they banned you from this section. No warning, no nothing, just for having a counter opinion and from own words, some trollish etc behaviour in this section/thread? |
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I don't think it's that odd. I have friends who drive Porsches. I've driven most Porsches and have enjoyed a few, particularly a 991.2 6MT GT3. I don't have friends who, when they hear a XXXX is going to cost YYYY, immediately answer 'I would not pay that for a XXXX'. And it's not just a thing of BMW, it's for any brand. If Miata's going to come out with some strange special edition that's going to cost 100k, I at least wait for some reviews. Edit: answering your question, I would not like to be banned. I was in the G8X section while the bans started happening. I don't like censorship, but it seems like some topics invade all others and derail every conversation. I suppose that's why people started getting banned, but I'm not a mod here. The only people I'd ban are ones who literally have nothing to add to the conversation and every single post is them hating on the brand this forum is meant to discuss.
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I’m not sure if ppl missed it but the car I posted is still available.
I don’t remember ever seeing that with F8x on the 1st cars hitting dealers. I’m sure it will sell OK but definitely not the same excitement due to the controversial styling....... |
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I'm hoping reviews won't echo this. I think M could put in a bit more work into their ride and handling balance as of late. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the X3M.
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In all honesty I am not totally adverse to getting into a G8x but that forum is like nails on a chalkboard painful. I wonder if it will ever not be that way if no enthusiasts buy them? Meaning it will stay painful for ever because interest and adoption was so low by people who are passionate about them.
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