Just attended one of my former fellow grad. student's Halloween party on Saturday.
When some of the girls there saw the white '89 M3 they immediately labeled it a "gangbanger-mobile"... They asked why I "added" the fenders and the rear spoiler to the car. This happened before at the dept. summer get-together (with the black car).
I have explained many times to these folks that this car, and the black one as well, are not "customizations" and that they are original M models with respected lineage and a most notable record of wins in the European Car Championships... It all falls on deaf ears. I cannot overcome the ignorance. Bizarrely, I like the cars more than I like the company.
That is all...