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BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them::The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.

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[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re recouping the costs of hiring an in house orthodontist to fix all them buck tooth grills they made.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They’re hideous. I feel bad for all the people that were finally in a financial position to afford an M3/M4 and have to drive around that monstrosity.

Do they try to fool themselves into thinking it looks good?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

😔 I really wanted an M4 but my oh my are they fugly.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean the 3/4 is… questionable. But have you seen the 7/X7…? Not to mention the godawful monstrosity that is the XM? Like… what the actual fuck were the designers thinking? And moreover, what fucking imbecilic marketing yahoo thought it was a good idea to unabashedly bastardize literally everything that ///M division was supposed to be about since it’s inception? Like, honestly, I don’t view it as a real “performance” (sub)brand anymore. It’s that bad.

I actually prefer the 7 series over the 3 series looks. They’re both ugly, but at least the grill on the 7 series fits on the front of the car. The 3/4 series has to extend the hood upwards to fit the grill.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What’s sad is that the motor is amazing, and the rear end and 3/4 view is beautiful. That front though instantly ruins it. It could have been an amazing car, but that front is just awful.