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That doesn't look fake to me, it just looks tucked away. That's fine. What I personally hate is when the actual pipes are hidden like in this picture, and then put "openings" (that aren't really openings) on the bumper where they might have put the exhaust instead.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
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That doesn't look fake to me, it just looks tucked away. That's fine. What I personally hate is when the actual pipes are hidden like in this picture, and then put "openings" (that aren't really openings) on the bumper where they might have put the exhaust instead.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
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BUT, people are still buying houses, and they are still buying cars. It surprises even economists...
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i was talking about the front lights. Sorry didn’t have a picture of it.
I’m aware they’re not fake. The previous gen has similar design like the previous gen audi you posted.
That doesn't look fake to me, it just looks tucked away. That's fine. What I personally hate is when the actual pipes are hidden like in this picture, and then put "openings" (that aren't really openings) on the bumper where they might have put the exhaust instead.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
One of the big offenders is the Audi SQ5. The previous generation had a true quad exhaust exiting through the bumper:
But in the current one, they hid away the real exhaust tips, and then put this fakery nonsense in the bumper cover in some misguided attempt to make it look sporty:
If Audi did what you showed in your picture, I'd be a little disappointed because it lost some of the cool factor. But I wouldn't be offended like I am now.
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Well this belongs in the Dumb Driver's thread, because that warning is there because that's what people do. Multiple times I've been at the dealer and the guy at the loaner desk is super-grumpy because they are short on loaners because customers said "Oh I'll bring it back tomorrow", or worse, just didn't show.
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Well this belongs in the Dumb Driver's thread, because that warning is there because that's what people do. Multiple times I've been at the dealer and the guy at the loaner desk is super-grumpy because they are short on loaners because customers said "Oh I'll bring it back tomorrow", or worse, just didn't show.
To be fair, my car has been there since 8AM and has not been started (I have the valet on so it will text me), which means it hasn't even been looked at. I had it in a different location of this dealer in December, they had it 4 business days and never even looked at it, I wound up just telling them to give it back to me. All the while I'm in a car I can't drive more than 100 miles a day or outside a 75 mile radius or they're going to charge me .25c a mile.
If they are in no hurry to look at my car and get the job done, I dont see why I should be in a hurry to drop everything and rush their loaner back to them as soon as they finally tell me the car is done.
This is a big difference between Lexus and Mercedes, Mercedes takes their sweet time when working on a car, I can never recall having my Lexus not looked at by the dealer the day I drop it off in the morning...and it was always very rare I was in a loaner overnight, and certainly not for multiple days...I don't think the S560 has ever been in the shop and given back to me the same day, even for just maintenance. And its not like I walked in, the time in December I scheduled that 10 days out, this one I scheduled 5 days out...