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      09-01-2012, 12:18 PM   #28
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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.
What you said about BMW in this matter can be true only if:

BMW stops making RWD altogether and makes only FWD

and

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.
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