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View Poll Results: Does it annoy you that BMW uses your flag on their Mini in order to promote it?
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Yes
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No
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Don't care
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28-03-2008
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#1 (Post Link)
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AO Member
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English flag used to promote german car
I've seen pictures of Minis with the english flag on their roof in BMW dealerships and I've been meaning to ask you english people this: Does it annoy you that BMW uses your flag on their Mini in order to promote it?
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28-03-2008
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#2 (Post Link)
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Location: United Kingdom
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Well it isn't a proper mini anyway...
Can't say it bothers me..  |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
I think you will find its the British flag, the Union Jack that they use |
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28-03-2008
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#4 (Post Link)
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Surely "Don't care" and "No" are the same though?
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28-03-2008
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#5 (Post Link)
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Thank you for the correction, I've always had a hard time distinguishing between British and English and I wasn't sure whether the termn Union jack was appropriate. I hope I didn't insult anyone.
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28-03-2008
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#6 (Post Link)
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Location: Hertfordshire
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
It's actually the Union Flag, if we're being picky...  |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by OperationAlfa
Well it isn't a proper mini anyway...
Can't say it bothers me..
What he said!! |
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28-03-2008
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#8 (Post Link)
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by OperationAlfa
Surely "Don't care" and "No" are the same though?
Not really. Don't care means that you don't care by whom the flag is used while No means that you do care and you think that it is OK for BMW to use it on the Mini.
Subtle difference and I hope I made it clear now. |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by alfasud.ti
Not really. Don't care means that you don't care by whom the flag is used while No means that you do care and you think that it is OK for BMW to use it on the Mini.
Subtle difference and I hope I made it clear now.
Clear to me  I will amend my vote then  |
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28-03-2008
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
I went for 'dont care'! I think the new mini is ugly anyways....
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28-03-2008
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#11 (Post Link)
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Doesn't bother me. British brand, built in Britain by British workers...
Same can be said for Rolls, Bentley, Lotus etc etc...
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28-03-2008
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#12 (Post Link)
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by OperationAlfa
Well it isn't a proper mini anyway...
Can't say it bothers me..
156 ain't a proper Alfa. According to some.
Where do you draw the line? |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by alfaholic
Doesn't bother me. British brand, built in Britain by British workers...
Exactly. I did an assignment in my second year at uni about the effects of foreign direct investment in the UK and used BMW and the MINI as an example, I think their contribution to the exchequer in 2005 was over £1bn, not forgetting all the jobs they provide to skilled British workers in their plants, and also all the other jobs created in the parts production and supply chain.
BMW should be thanked for building the MINI in the UK, they could just of easily built it in Slovakia and probably made a fair whack more profit by doing so.
Alfa 156 3.0 24v V6, Silver, red leather, Q2 diff, GTA Teledials, headlights & inlet manifold, AutoDelta carbon intake, BMC CDA, decat pipe and SuperSprint rear box, Eibach Pro springs & Koni FSDs (Front), FK coilovers (Rear), Dastek Unichip - my 245bhp beast!
Gone but not forgotten: Alfa 156 2.4 JTD Veloce, Angel 'mad map' & BMC CDA, Ferodo DS2500s - the fastest tractor in town!
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Originally Posted by HoagieKat
It's actually the Union Flag, if we're being picky...
Yup, iirc the union jack is a naval flag.
(some fecker gonna go on wikipedia now to prove me wrong, just wait and see.) |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
If my grandad were alive today he'd turn in his grave to think that the Jermans were making/selling Mini's....also that the Jermans now supply the British army with all their vehicle's  |
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28-03-2008
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Re: English flag used to promote german car
Alright by me.
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