GTP Cool Wall: 2012+ BMW M5

2012+ BMW M5


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Question is, if you like to do it and you don't care what others think, what sort of vote do you give your own car (in the famine-miata situation)?
I'd say it should be cool since you like it and you don't care what other people think (and there is clearly no reason to pretend you're psychic with an ability to tell what other people think is cool).

Of course that's also biased by my own views... I'm getting to be a bit of an old timer and my car isn't what most of you would call cool (especially since the name is an alphabet soup followed by an entree of explaining what makes it "special"). However, I really like my car and don't give a single... care :sly: ... of what other people think about my car. At the end of the day I'm inclined to say it's cool because it gives me the fun drive and still fills in all the practical day to day issues I run into with work, moving cargo or people, etc.

Btw, it's a turbo 4. :P
 
Porsche 996... the most unloved 911 of all time and roundly criticised for it's looks - though personally, I think the early 996's have aged really well and now look understated, small and delicate compared to more modern sports cars.

On the flip side, It's flipping brilliant to drive and reasonably practical for it's performance.

Would the majority consider it cool? I very much doubt it. Do I care? No. I've never thought of it as cool/uncool, I just enjoy driving it.
 
Referring back to what I said in the Prius thread, and what Top Gear said on the original cool wall, one's own car is always seriously uncool.
 
Voted Uncool. It's not a serious offender, but it's a modern BMW with the soundtrack piped in. It's almost as if it's embarassed of its performance capabilities, which is a subtle difference from earlier generations being more in line with the "speaks softly / big stick" sort of thing.

Sure, it's still immensely capable - and probably more fun than the equivalent rides-like-crap Audi - but it's not nearly as cool as the M5's that came before.
 
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