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80 Percent Of BMW 1-Series Owners Think Their Car Is Front-Wheel Drive

Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Grabbed this off another forum

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80 Percent Of BMW 1-Series Owners Think Their Car Is Front-Wheel Drive

Any enthusiast would almost instantly recognize whether a car is front, rear or all-wheel drive once they hop behind the wheel but according to a survey run by BMW, most new car buyers are clueless on the issue.Speaking to analysts following the release of BMW?s 2009 financial results last week, CEO Norbert Reithofer revealed that 80 percent of 1-series owners believe they are driving a front-wheel drive car.

Reithofer explained that he is not worried about adding a front-wheel drive model to BMW?s lineup, but he did admit that the survey results on the 1-series came as ?quite a surprise? to the automaker.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ron_cb550
Grabbed this off another forum

http://www.motorauth...ont-wheel-drive

80 Percent Of BMW 1-Series Owners are MORONS



Source: MotorAuthority.com (http://www.motorauth...ont-wheel-drive)
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 01:52 AM
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idiots....
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 01:59 AM
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I'm sure that 99% of E60 drivers in U.S. don't even know how to drive with three pedals, so this ain't too bad
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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Some say the best anti-theft device you can get for the North American market is a clutch pedal.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by v_therussian
I'm sure that 99% of E60 drivers in U.S. don't even know how to drive with three pedals, so this ain't too bad

whats the third pedal for? ejecting the dead hooker from your trunk?
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by danno530
Some say the best anti-theft device you can get for the North American market is a clutch pedal.

Hahahaha most definitely

or, at worst, no cupholders
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Well, they won't be wrong in the near future!

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...0318-qgj6.html

Kinda sucks if you asked me!
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Originally Posted by ron_cb550
Hahahaha most definitely

or, at worst, no cupholders
Cupholders are ok, they can stay
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by danno530
Some say the best anti-theft device you can get for the North American market is a clutch pedal.
LOL. my friend's gf though the foot parking brake was a clutch haha
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