Thread 28673091

are the germans allergic to the phrase "all wheel drive" or something?

quattro gets a pass but yeah the rest are fucking dumb

>>28673091 (OP)
when it comes to bimmerfags, a lot of them take off the Xdrive emblem specifically
I have no idea why; it's more expensive and they perform better so keeping them on would be more of a flex than anything

I kinda like that Porsche just uses "4", no need to make it more complicated than it is

>>28673338
Badge removal on any high trim / performance car is usually done in order to disguise what you're really running. Usually for street / roll racing so that you can smoke people that think they can pick on you for driving an easy target, but sometimes also to trick insurance people, at least back in the day.

Worth noting that all of this only works if the car you're driving has an identical poverty-spec.

>>28673091 (OP)
oh shit I honestly always thought the mercs I saw with that badge were advertising they had a 4 speed auto

>>28673351
by which I mean 4matic, that really seems like "4 automatic"
I might be dumb

>>28673356
Don't worry, I thought the same thing until I realized who the hell would still be making, never mind advertising, a 4-speed auto in the 2020s.

>>28673091 (OP)
licencing or whatever the fuck

>>28673091 (OP)
They came up with their own term since awd/4wd are used interchangeably when some of the systems are for 2wd with 4wd capabilities that you'd only use in the appropriate terrain

Germans rely on gimmicks to maintain their base