Aero Package Reveal!!!

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by X5only

Even the cave man complained about the pen and written word. Yep, he also said the millennials are the most disrespectful, self serving, indoctrinated generation he has ever seen. Which is said about each and every generation.

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households."

Socrates 469 BC

It's rare that such humor could ever bare such truth! Well done!

[bcredliner]

I am not demeaning or complaining about any generation. My comments are the choices individuals in all generations made or are making when communicating in writing using any format. Social media has only dramatically expanded the audience in more recent generations and therefore the impact of those choices.

I was responding to one particular post. In my view it is much harder for someone that receives such a response to challenge the sender. I felt bad for Crystalworks and that prompted my initial post. I thought it worthwhile to suggest that it is better to apply the adage that has been valid since human interaction of any kind--if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all. I have no idea why that is funny or discounted.

Yes, I know Crystalworks is very capable of defending his choices and stated he was not bothered at all. But I would be very surprised if he expected a member would completely trash his body mods as in--I am posting pictures of body changes I have made and and look forward to hearing from members that hate hate hate it. Anyway, the post I challenged is just one example of a style of negative posts that have become more prevalent over the last year.

[bmw540san]

I think it looks very modern and not over the top. I like it in red and with those wheels. Not sure about different colors / wheel combination. Great work!

[itscoo2pyopants]

not a big fan of the kit, but I appreciate the effort. it took a lot of work to get you x5 to where it is now. looking forward to seeing some updated polished pics. imola is

[BigBody]

Originally Posted by X5only

Bcredliner, welcome to the vagaries of the connected world You're going through what every generation does. Even the cave man complained about the pen and written word. Yep, he also said the millennials are the most disrespectful, self serving, indoctrinated generation he has ever seen. Which is said about each and every generation.

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households."

Socrates 469 BC

Whow.. that was deep lol...

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

I am not demeaning or complaining about any generation. My comments are the choices individuals in all generations made or are making when communicating in writing using any format. Social media has only dramatically expanded the audience in more recent generations and therefore the impact of those choices....

...have become more prevalent over the last year.

I appreciate the empathy, but when I post on public forums among fellow guys/gals who are enthusiasts, I don't expect everyone to like what I've chosen to do. I also expect them to voice that opinion so long as it's in a reasonably respectful manner, which I think all here have done, and certainly don't feel the need to defend anything. I don't consider the forums quite the same as social media, more like a campfire gathering.

Thanks all for the input. Both supportive and critical. Mouse is here this weekend and saw it in person for the first time. Maybe he can come in with his thoughts.

Updates coming later today... In here and in the audio thread. . I now have a TV in my dashboard. And it is beautiful!

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Updates coming later today... In here and in the audio thread. . I now have a TV in my dashboard. And it is beautiful!

[740ilDuke]

Looks great! A lot of work & wampum.

[bcredliner]

Are you connecting to stations via internet? If not, how well does reception hold up when driving? Pass the smores.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

Are you connecting to stations via internet? If not, how well does reception hold up when driving? Pass the smores.

Internet. WiFi hot-spotting off the phone. I confirmed satisfactory YouTube streaming and YouTube TV. I wanted to take a pic of the Superbowl on in the truck but we were hosting so was unable to break away.

Because of said Not-so-Superbowl... I did not get any pictures or anything to update the thread with regarding the aero kit. Will go update the other threads though with pics from the weekend regarding the audio install and its progress.

But, the truck did get buffed today and it looks pretty "fresh." Goes in tomorrow morning for a full Xpel wrap on the front end and the side skirts. They said it's going to take 3 days due to needing to be hand cut. "What? You mean Xpel doesn't have any patterns on file for the aero package e53 X5!!!??? I'm shocked." No big deal. As I've said... rather it done right than fast.