# Well, that was scumbuckety! Car-related complaint

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317 "2017-06-18T21:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317/41 "2017-06-25T02:57:16Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> I find it on the website if I go to X3, models, and then Build Your Own. One of the options from there is “M Sport”.

Ah, yes. The M Sport option package. Both my wife’s X3 and my 135i have the M Sport option. It’s not the same thing as being an “M” model in that it’s primarily a trim upgrade with firmer suspension. The true M models come with an uprated (and once upon a time, hand built) engine and a even more stiff suspension package.

BMW is really milking the M cash cow. My car has a bazillion M badges even though it is in no way the hardcore machine that the 1 Series M or the M2 are. And despite how cynical I am about the marketing exercise, I still paid extra for it.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317/42 "2017-06-25T03:49:29Z")

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Yep. I got rooked on the money, and definitely didn’t get the power.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317/43 "2017-06-25T05:34:30Z")

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Ya’ll shoulda got your M badges from the junkyard, like I did! 😃

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