Is this BMW's F30 335i, or is it just overdone...?

SaMaster14 · 08-10-2013, 03:38 AM

Going to start by saying that I LOVE the wheels, rear spoiler and diffuser, but I can't believe that anyone would brand a personal car this much...

The stripe is okay I guess, but all that MPerformance badging everywhere kinda made me laugh...

Take all of those stickers off, and would possibly be the nicest F30 I've seen in person!

It was dark, so the pics aren't that great, I tried to edit a bit in photobucket.

Jamesons Viggen · 08-10-2013, 07:26 AM

With badges like that on the rear, it's used for advertisement. This is how the cars at NJ Headquarters were dressed,

cricriF30 · 08-10-2013, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamesons Viggen

With badges like that on the rear, it's used for advertisement. This is how the cars at NJ Headquarters were dressed,

That's exactly what I was thinking. Probably a dealership car or something.

hollandog · 08-10-2013, 10:22 AM

hate those racing stripes

OC40 · 08-10-2013, 10:30 AM

I believe I saw that car around Irvine a couple of weeks ago. My dealer had a similar one that I test drove.

Pauleebe · 08-10-2013, 10:35 AM

Most of those items you noted aren't stock and have to be ordered from the dealer ...

drob23 · 08-10-2013, 11:03 AM

Hmm...thought that they would either use "M" plates for manufacture or "D" plates for dealer...presumably for tax purposes. Those wheels are just ridiculously sick! Agree that the racing stripe is too much (esp cause it's asymmetrical), but that giant bumper advertisement is downright laughably tacky.

JN1 · 08-10-2013, 11:22 AM

It has DST plates which are manufacturer plates.

zamboni · 08-10-2013, 11:41 AM

Simply advertising for M performance products, have seen a Melbourne red with those stripes on sport package which isn't bad.

tturedraider · 08-10-2013, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JNLBC

It has DST plates which are manufacturer plates.

this

BMWMico · 08-10-2013, 04:20 PM

That is a factory or BMW FS rep doing rounds between dealers. The one that visits us in SF drive the same or an identical car.

E92Carrera · 08-10-2013, 04:31 PM

I've saw this car downtown about a month ago.

drob23 · 08-10-2013, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JNLBC

It has DST plates which are manufacturer plates.

Cool, makes sense, in MI they look like this (which is very similar to standard plates) -

while dealer looks like this

Atombyte · 08-10-2013, 09:55 PM

Someone I work with has a Dodge Charger with a stripe very similar to that. Somehow it kinda works on the Charger. It does not on the 335.

btbossman · 08-11-2013, 01:14 AM

Begging.

Steve33 · 08-11-2013, 03:18 AM

is that the MPE? I definitely don't have those tips on my 335. Mine look better

Presario · 08-11-2013, 03:28 AM

Is that Hurry Curry plaza on Sawtelle?

Yeah not a fan of the stripes but the rest of the car is sick. They had these badged M Performance cars in Vegas for the fleet drive Jason was a part of.

SaMaster14 · 08-11-2013, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Presario

Is that Hurry Curry plaza on Sawtelle?

Yeah not a fan of the stripes but the rest of the car is sick. They had these badged M Performance cars in Vegas for the fleet drive Jason was a part of.

Yes, it's the plaza where hurry curry is located.

And thanks to everyone else for confirming my thought that it was a BMW dealer car. It looked good... But all that badging and the way the stripe went over the 335i badging killed it for me...

AndDown · 08-11-2013, 10:18 PM

Saw one similarly dressed last year at the Ultimate Drive we did at the Palm Springs BMW, only it was for show only and not part of the test drive.

mcabr · 08-12-2013, 04:44 PM

Local dealer had a few of these cars. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would be one that had those awful stripes on it. Sorry if anyone on these boards actually put money into one like that.

Alpine F31 · 08-12-2013, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JNLBC

It has DST plates which are manufacturer plates.

DST= "Distributor"
MFG= "manufacturer"

JN1 · 08-12-2013, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpine F31

DST= "Distributor"
MFG= "manufacturer"

Right, I forget as i get them mixed up all the time. I worked in dealerships and directly with a manufacturer for years yet I still get them mixed up.

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