E61 Touring Discussion The touring is also known as the wagon version of the 5 series.

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Old 10-09-2011, 12:25 PM
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I don't think it looks bad at all, especially on a car with chrome window trim

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E61-BO...item1c1eeeff79

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Old 10-09-2011, 02:31 PM
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Hm.. that actually looks.. really nice. Kinda 7-series-ish.
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Damn!

I thought I would see the picture, go "yaak!" and diss it completely. But this looks rather nice! (unless you have M-sport - then I don't think it fits)
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It probably doesn't look so bad on that car as it's silver. On a dark car I think it would look out of place.

It's a bit like the Saab 9-5 with those stupid 'glasses' around the headlights. On silver cars, you hardly see them, on black cars they look ridiculous.




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Good point, Kell!
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That chrome piece is so tasteful that even ENVY didn't have it...and he had a lot of chrome:
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...as tasteful as it is though, I'm not so much a fan of that chrome strip...I love my rear end naked and chrome free (not even a round BMW emblem or a 550i badge):
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Originally Posted by west
That chrome piece is so tasteful that even ENVY didn't have it...and he had a lot of chrome:
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Originally Posted by west
That chrome piece is so tasteful that even ENVY didn't have it...and he had a lot of chrome:
Attachment 127423

...as tasteful as it is though, I'm not so much a fan of that chrome strip...I love my rear end naked and chrome free (not even a round BMW emblem or a 550i badge):
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Your car looks stunning but the lack of badges, to me, means it could be a 520d for all I know. I like to know what I'm looking at.
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Originally Posted by AJH
Your car looks stunning but the lack of badges, to me, means it could be a 520d for all I know. I like to know what I'm looking at.
Really? Having lived in Europe and seen most high end cars debadged (mainland Europe, I should say), I thought that's the norm? I didn't know if it was b/c those with the lowest version wanted to blend in with the higher end models, or just that people wanted not to be seen as showing off.

I personally like the debadged clean look anyway and debadge my cars, and on top of that, want to keep people guessing as to which car just spanked them when I pass them and they struggle to keep up!

"Whoa! What was that?" They say...
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