 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  10-27-2005, 12:54 AM | #1 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |  Poll
I'm doing a poll on bimmerforums.com and i'd like everyone's opinion on it. It is posted in the Off Topic section so you have to be a member to look at it. But basically i said in another post that the new M5 is one ugly looking car and a couple people bashed me cause i said that and cause i have a 318ti. Basically saying you shouldn't be talking look @ what u drive. So i posted a poll want you guys to vote on it. It says which looks better a stock m5 or a stock 318ti.
Yes the new m5 is nice but as far as exterior it is one ugly bmw. I'll swap that engine in my car in an heartbeat. Wish i had the link to the person that has done this. But back to my poll,everyone thats a member there should vote on it and throw in ur 2 cents. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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www.myspace.com/avusblueti |  |  | | 10-27-2005, 01:09 AM | #2 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Sorry dude. M5>318ti __________________ 
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 10-27-2005, 02:00 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
IMO the E60s, M5 included are a bit goofy looking. A VERY tastefully modified 318ti may be better looking, but the M5 looks much more aggresive. They are so completely different cars, that it's hard to say.
A bit off topic, but on another forum I said the Corvette had inferior interior quality vs. BMW. A guy ripped me and pretty much said since I owned a 318ti, I had no idea what I was talking about. | | | | | 10-27-2005, 02:31 AM | #4 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
I'm just saying the m5 looks ugly and imo the ti is much nicer looking. I'm not saying this cause i own a ti i just think the new m5 looks horrible,the side shot is the worst part. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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www.myspace.com/avusblueti | | | | | 10-27-2005, 02:03 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW of Chicago Posts: 111 |
I say the ti looks better than the new M5. It might look a little bit dated but the new M5 design looks like its not finished to my eyes, as far as the exterior. | | | | | 10-27-2005, 02:10 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
I still see nothing wrong with the E30.  __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 10-27-2005, 02:18 PM | #7 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
 VS.  I don't think you can even compare the two cars. The M5 is a race-ready sedan that sells for $80,000+. The 318ti is an economy car. It's like comparing a Civic hatchback to an NSX. I think the new styling is classy. __________________
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 10-31-2005, 06:04 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cary, nc Posts: 2,259 |
dude TI's are much nicer! well at least i like the TI better, but im also biased since i own one... __________________ 1995 318ti Active
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I'm not a fan of Chris Bangle nor his designs.
As for doodmeister on bf.c, remind him that ad hominem is the "poor man's" argument.
Furthermore, your basis on the aesthetic quality of cars is based on your eyeballs, not what you yourself own; i.e. anybody with proper vision can be a judge.
Lastly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder . . . unless she's fat, leaving no where to get around her. Literally! (ba-dum tss!) __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 10-31-2005, 07:57 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 484 |
I love the look of the Ti but come on now, I'll take the M5 anyday. 500hp N/A __________________ 
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ill have 500hp in a TI!
i think owning a TI does make me biased...kind of like when i say my girlfriend is the most beautiful lady ive ever seen! __________________ 1995 318ti Active
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Hartge does do that 5.0 conversion still on the Ti. | | | | | 11-02-2005, 12:30 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 368 |
I think the ti is a cool little car, and most who've read what I've written on the E60 know I'm not a huge Bangle fan. But I spent all day last Thursday driving a new M5 including 300 miles on back roads in NY, MA, and CT, ending with about nine laps at Lime Rock including 130-mph dives into the braking markers entering Big Bend. There's nothing ugly about the way that car moves! Trust me!  | | | | | 11-02-2005, 12:34 AM | #14 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
yeah, at least you can't see how ugly it is from the driver's seat!  how does it feel? the previous (non-M) 5-series i've driven have felt BIG. in that respect, the ti is way more tossable and fun (but of course it doesn't have gobs of HP on tap). __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
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Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 11-02-2005, 02:59 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 528 |
Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder. Seriously though, it's comparing apples to oranges. The M5 is a sedan, while the ti is, well, a compact. I actually agree with the Honda analogy, it's like a CRX compared to NSX. The ti may beat out the M5 in economy, the M5 can take it in handling, acceleration, braking, ride quality, and it's got that nifty "Track Mode" button...whereas the ti has . . . a hatch. Don't get me wrong, I love my car, but I'd take a '90's-early '00s M5 any day. | | | | | |
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