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Old 10-28-2012 | 03:37 PM
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my favorite part of the car lol
Old 10-28-2012 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by LaCostaRacer
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Sorry Monkey- CsMeance only misspelled the name- he's correct otherwise. This is what the indent actually is. Here's a great link on BMW's lineage of this: http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/pag...-design-detail
Same link in my reply ...

An indent along the length of a car is NOT the same as a rear window corner.

That's like saying holding a bag over my head when it's raining is an umbrella ... it's not.

"The Hofmeister kink is a small design feature of BMWs. It is the name for the small cutout of the rear side windows on the C-pillar of the car."
Old 10-28-2012 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyTrucker
Curious why nobody has "shopped" a comparison yet?
Done and done.

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Old 10-28-2012 | 03:44 PM
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Done and done.
Can't look any worse than painting a car orange or blacking out rear taillights...

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Old 10-28-2012 | 05:31 PM
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the orange car is actually nice
Old 10-28-2012 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LaCostaRacer
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Sorry Monkey- CsMeance only misspelled the name- he's correct otherwise. This is what the indent actually is.
Hate to say it, but OP Monkey is right-- the H- kink refers to the C-pillar reverse in direction...
Originally Posted by MonkeyTrucker
An indent along the length of a car is NOT the same as a rear window corner.
An indented crease or line is called a "character line," IIRC. Edit: wikipedia says I'm right.

The 3G TL's contemporary Honda Accord(2004-2007) does not have the character line, so you might get a feel for what the TL would look like by looking at a profile of the Accord sedan.
To me, the Accord sedan looks slab-sided and boring compared to the TL, while the Accord coupe seems slab-sided and bulbous.
Old 10-28-2012 | 06:23 PM
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What's with all of these old threads being bumped?
Old 10-28-2012 | 11:43 PM
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the orange car is actually nice
One of them is ...
Old 10-29-2012 | 12:09 AM
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i like both.
Old 10-29-2012 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyTrucker
Curious why nobody has "shopped" a comparison yet?
Here you go. Took me all of 5mins. Keep in mind i'm not a pro by any means and this is actually my first time doing something like this.


And to OP, like everybody said please don't do it.

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Old 10-31-2012 | 05:42 PM
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Its one of my favorite things about the car and mainly what caught my attention when I first saw it.
Old 11-01-2012 | 10:05 PM
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Hmmm... looks like a 1st gen TSX without the indent line.
Old 11-03-2012 | 06:36 PM
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Yea that looks sort of weird, I think someone wants an A spec kit =)
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