"d" rear badge added to '11 X5 35d

[Diesel Guy]

Can't get past that Fugly license plate frame

Fight On !

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by Diesel Guy

Can't get past that Fugly license plate frame

Fight On !

U----C----L----A, UCLA...fight, fight, fight!!!

[xoutpostking]

Originally Posted by Diesel Guy

Can't get past that Fugly license plate frame

Fight On !

Agreed on the frame.

First of all, who puts their name on their license plate? Bob Smith maybe?
Second of all, theres no such thing as X5d, only the 35d.
Lastly, if you are doing it, at least get a d that's italic to match the X5.

having said all that, I think you ruined it. But in order to be sensitive to others feelings and be PC on this forum.... It looks "great"!!

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by xoutpostking

Agreed on the frame.

First of all, who puts their name on their license plate? Bob Smith maybe?
Second of all, theres no such thing as X5d, only the 35d.
Lastly, if you are doing it, at least get a d that's italic to match the X5.

having said all that, I think you ruined it. But in order to be sensitive to others feelings and be PC on this forum.... It looks "great"!!

Wow, someone got up on the bitchy side of the bed today

Bob Smith is the name of the BMW dealership in Calabasas, CA where I bought the car!! I DO NOT have CA license plates yet (CA DMV is backed up, due to budget cuts!) Yes, I wish it was called BMW of Calabasas or Calabasas BMW, but alas... it is called Bob Smith BMW (the Bob Smith dealerships have been in the area since about 1920!)

If you find an italic "d", then mail it to me. To my knowledge, I do not think one exists!

And in my experience...those who do not like UCLA; either are not smart enough to be accepted or they went to USC

[brian5]

Originally Posted by deutsch100

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If you find an italic "d", then mail it to me. To my knowledge, I do not think one exists!

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Bimmian sells both D and D. First is 7/8" and second is 1" tall. They are not lower case.

Here's pics

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by brian5

Bimmian sells both D and D. First is 7/8" and second is 1" tall. They are not lower case.

Here's pics

Since the sides of the car say 35d, I think it would look odd to have a capital D, whether italic or not. What does BMW even use the capital D for? All their diesel models, even going back to the mid 80's 5 Series, said "d".

[brian5]

Originally Posted by deutsch100

Since the sides of the car say 35d, I think it would look odd to have a capital D, whether italic or not. What does BMW even use the capital D for? All their diesel models, even going back to the mid 80's 5 Series, said "d".

Ummm. It's not BMW selling them. It's Bimmian...

They just make/sell them in the BMW font style.

[SkipSauls]

Originally Posted by brian5

Bimmian sells both D and D. First is 7/8" and second is 1" tall. They are not lower case.

Here's pics

Those look pretty cool on the site, but when I saw the price I figured they had to be decals, which the info confirmed. I've put lots of decals on race cars over the years and even used the "fake" Porsche emblems a few times, but they just seem a bit out of place on a street car. Race car paint jobs and decals are meant to look good at "50 feet and 50 MPH" but won't always pass scrutiny up close.

I agree with those who think that BMW should have made it more apparent that these are diesels. No one except for another BMW owner (and probably not many of them) would know to look on the side, and those emblems are pretty hard to make out unless you happen to be sitting in traffic. The emblems on the rear are easy to read and are "obvious" to most people. However, I would also bet that 99% of the drivers out there really don't care if it's a diesel, hybrid, electric, etc., and if they do, they're already driving a look-at-me Prius or other nerd-mobile.

I also think that the tailpipes should have been different in order to distinguish the 35d from the 35i. That being said, I'm not really sure what they could have done as round and rounded rectangles are taken. Maybe they could create a new ad campaign that shows how to spot a BMW diesel by the lack of nasty black soot on the tailpipes?

[brian5]

Originally Posted by SkipSauls

Those look pretty cool on the site, but when I saw the price I figured they had to be decals, which the info confirmed. <<snip>>

They are not decals (or at least weren't decals). I bought some a couple of years ago from Bimmian to spell out my town's name on my painted license plate. They matched the X5 letters on the back (but were obviously a lot smaller). They have held up well too.