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Originally Posted by Fraggy
There are a lot of good points in this post. I think the reason so many people are upset, is because BMW is acting like a hypocrite.
For several decades now they have told us, preached to us, and basically indoctrinated us, to believe and to feel that rearwheel drive is the ultimate way to drive a vehicle.
Now, to simply make extra money, they are abandoning all that they preached about simply for the sake of dollar bills.
This would be like a preacher, becoming a pornographer, or a thief or a bank robber or a criminal.
They are going against everything they said made their vehicles superior to everybody else's vehicles, and many people see that as hypocritical.
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What you said about BMW in this matter can be true only if:
BMW stops making RWD altogether and makes only FWD
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one has been naive enough to only have driven BMW because of what they "preached"
Another example from a different industry but also of hot debate. I have only bought iPhone as my personal smartphones since 3G, now using a 4S. I am given Blackberry from work, use it only when I HAVE to, absolutely hate it. Have not really used any Andriod phone, have only played in stores or friends', I would love to give it a real go but it just hasn't happened for me yet. My point? Just because I've been iPhone user (some may think that makes me a fanboy), doesn't mean I have to listen to what that brand pushes; use my own observation and judgement to choose the device/car that suits the need and desire.