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Post by Tim on May 29, 2020 13:41:05 GMT
I've got a shed full of them after some gardening adjustments. What size of stake would you deem correct  |
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Post by michael on May 29, 2020 13:42:58 GMT
I've no idea how tall he is. High enough to make an example of him.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 8:32:05 GMT
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 8:32:55 GMT
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 8:35:23 GMT
Is it just me or do those adverts have a curiously dated feel to them? Swop the BMW for a MGB and you'd be back in the 70s.
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Post by michael on Jun 1, 2020 8:39:59 GMT
What a very unpleasant looking thing that is. If it was a person they'd be offered cosmetic surgery.
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 1, 2020 8:44:52 GMT
Is it just me or do those adverts have a curiously dated feel to them? Swop the BMW for a MGB and you'd be back in the 70s. Not helped by the fact that they appear to have superimposed a photo of Joan Jett across the bonnet. |
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Post by bryan on Jun 1, 2020 8:46:47 GMT
Is it me, or does she have very long legs? 😆
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 9:25:57 GMT
Is it me, or does she have very long legs? 😆 Models generally do. I've usually required a stepladder. |
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Post by garry on Jun 1, 2020 9:41:14 GMT
Is it me, or does she have very long legs? 😆 Models generally do. I've usually required a stepladder. To do what exactly? |
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Post by michael on Jun 1, 2020 9:46:02 GMT
In these gender-non-binary times it probably isn't the done thing to use a good looking woman to advertise a car these days - it might just be the gopping front end of the car but I wonder if that isn't the only thing quite right in that image.
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Post by johnc on Jun 1, 2020 10:07:03 GMT
It looks like a genuine car (although the model is a humungously bad photshop, sitting on the bonnet but her legs still touch the ground!)
We will just have to wait and see what it looks like on the road if anyone is brave or stupid enough to part with their cash.
I really think having two changeable front ends for different markets would have been a much smarter move by BMW.
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 1, 2020 11:06:03 GMT
So, the future is ugly :-(
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Post by PG on Jun 1, 2020 11:50:04 GMT
Is it just me or do those adverts have a curiously dated feel to them? Swop the BMW for a MGB and you'd be back in the 70s. At least an MGB was decent looking. If that front end is a true picture, then WTAF are they thinking? As chris said, if it points to the future, it points to an ugly future. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 12:06:11 GMT
I'm trying to be positive; I had similar revulsion when Audi introduced their "beard" grille on the A4. The numberplate softened it to "acceptable" in Audi's case - I'll reserve full judgement until I see it in the flesh.
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 1, 2020 12:12:21 GMT
I was thinking along the same lines as Bob, largely based on the fact that familiarity would soften the blow.
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Post by michael on Jun 1, 2020 12:43:13 GMT
You're both too generous. It's that accepting attitude that lets them get away with it. Remember, they're all going to be white with a black grille that'll make it look like it's missing part of its face. It should be called the Danniella Westbrook.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 1, 2020 14:20:27 GMT
I was thinking along the same lines as Bob, largely based on the fact that familiarity would soften the blow. They do say that once you've had that first blow delivered to your face with a frying pan, the subsequent ones are less painful. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 17:29:42 GMT
Ask the other Bob.
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Post by racingteatray on Jun 2, 2020 13:20:31 GMT
Oh dear.
Presumably there'll be the option to "upgrade" it with an expensive "black pack"...
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 2, 2020 13:53:10 GMT
Once Alpina has worked its magic we'll all fall in love with it again.
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Post by racingteatray on Jun 2, 2020 14:24:07 GMT
Once Alpina has worked its magic we'll all fall in love with it again. Love seems a strong word. I don't even love the current 4-series and I own one! I think the current 4-series is a handsome, elegant and largely cohesive design (although it's not perfect by any means and very wheel-sensitive) but it doesn't make me go weak at the knees with desire. I have however always looked at it and thought "that's a nice-looking car". This new car looks like a fairly bland effort afflicted with Bugs Bunny's front teeth infilled with BMW's weird new grille mesh (although I dare say traditional horizontal slats may at this point look even worse). At no point do I look at it and think "ooh, that looks nice". I expect that painted a dark colour and with blacked out trim, it will be less offensive to the point of being bearable. But that's not really the point. It's a shame to be asked to buy a car that's supposed to appeal at least partly on the strength of attractive styling and then give it a nose that only a mother could love. I did buy such a car once, when I bought my M135i, and whilst it was a great little car to own and drive, the front end styling was undeniably ugly and I missed having a car that prompted me to look back over my shoulder at it. |
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Post by Martin on Jun 2, 2020 14:45:42 GMT
Painting it black might help as it can hide a lot of poor design features (as it does nice features which is one of the reasons I don't like it), but it won't help anywhere near enough to make that look OK.
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Post by Tim on Jun 2, 2020 15:09:03 GMT
A decent starting point would just be to paint the silly bits inside the grille black.
I'm not sure what I should refer to them as, they're certainly not vanes in the old sense.
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Post by Martin on Jun 2, 2020 17:18:28 GMT
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Post by michael on Jun 2, 2020 17:33:10 GMT
Bizarre that they’ve chosen to add the black rubber body protection strips to the performance package. I suppose it’ll prevent a few parking dents that might otherwise improve the looks.
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Post by Martin on Jun 2, 2020 17:41:44 GMT
Bizarre that they’ve chosen to add the black rubber body protection strips to the performance package. I suppose it’ll prevent a few parking dents that might otherwise improve the looks. Isn’t it just a sticker? That’s what they have for all the other models. |
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Post by Andy C on Jun 2, 2020 18:50:48 GMT
No, even with a number plate it still looks dreadful. A lot of cars (Audi's) seem to hide shitty grilles quite well with number plates, but not this. Awful
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Post by PG on Jun 2, 2020 19:52:53 GMT
At least Spongebob is amusing....... |
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Post by racingteatray on Jun 2, 2020 20:28:05 GMT
That really is quite ugly.
The white one is especially naff. What on earth has it got just in front of the front wheels, and that side blade doesn't work well on a Macan, much less here.
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