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      05-04-2013, 03:40 PM   #67
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Not at all, it's nice to see someone creative take on their car. As far as how much money you spend, we'll that a personal choice. My only point was if you don't have a M, why spend more than it would cost to buy a M modifying a non-M to be a M knock off. As an example, I met a guy that had a E60 528. He wanted an E60 M5. Instead of just selling the 528 and taking that money and buying the M and doing some tasteful mods to that, he spent almost north of 30K building his 528 into a M5 clone with the badges to boot. It really looked the part except it didn't have the M5 power train ( no V10 and no SMG). So at the end of this adventure he had a nice looking M5 look alike that was worth no more than the 528 he started with. I'm all for modding, I've yet to keep a car stock that I've owned
For the record, I think your cars looked great.
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Im putting a 525I badge on my Real M5 and see what people would say......would be instresting .
I heard somewhere that this is what some European BMW owners do - i.e. faux downgraded badges
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I heard somewhere that this is what some European BMW owners do - i.e. faux downgraded badges
I suppose this makes sense if:

1) Social unrest means a backlash against the wealthy. However the proletariat is quite nuanced, and they would smash up M5s, but not 523is. Pretty unrealistic scenario IMO - if they go after BMWs it will happen en masse.

2) You have inherited wealth but work in middle management. You wouldn't want your colleagues to realize you're a spoon boy so you try to hide it. This could be plausible.

3) You think it might get you off a ticket by telling the cop that the 523i isn't capable of 150mph. Also not realistic because the insurance card and registration will give you away.
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