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Old October 21st, 2007, 08:41 AM   #1
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My connection's been capped so I'm just gonna post a direct link to the source,

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evospyshot...w_3series.html
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Old October 21st, 2007, 08:48 AM   #2
 
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hmmm, some minor changes....looks alright....
http://www.evo.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_447/car_photo_223803_25.jpg



w...t...f...?!
http://www.evo.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_447/car_photo_223798_25.jpg

edit: nvm, the backlights are taped up, no wonder it looked like a Hyundai for a second there...heh
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I was expecting it to look like the coupe from the front but ended up seriously underwhelmed. What's new?
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Nothing much from the looks of it, tail looks a bit different, but that's it.
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'Tis just the same...
If it looks the same, what's the point of a new one?
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'Tis just the same...
If it looks the same, what's the point of a new one?
its not new, its only a facelift.
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Can't see the difference.
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Can't see the difference.
Well it's taped and in disguise and so. I think it's the point you don't recognise it properly.

I'll judge the facelift when it's in the stores images/smilies/wink.gif
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Old October 21st, 2007, 02:47 PM   #10
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Is anyone missing the button on bodykit that car has got?
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& They STILL won't get rid of that horrid rear!
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its a spy shot, you are not suppose to see the difference, unless u have see thru the disguise
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It's doing that thing where Raikonnen tries to smile, at the front. Take it away from my sight.
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looks just like an old jetta from the back. soon itll look as appealing as an old hyundai. what is BMW thinking ?
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those look like covers on the bootlid part of the lights.

but the front looks like a fat kid's face trapped in an elevator. >_<
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Obviously thinking correctly, because they're shifting more and more of them.
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So it's an ass-lift then; Because they didn't change the ugly front whatsoever. images/smilies/bmwpoo.gif
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4 words. It still looks ugly!
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Its the dullest looking 3-series anyway, a facelift can't help it.
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