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BMW's application for finding roads that resemble the Hofmeister Kink
- innatepirate 4y agoi wish the site had any explanation what that means
- BoorishBears 4y agoIt's the first images you see, the "D-shaped" bend in the car body shape on the left is referred to as the Hofmeister Kink The roads on the right resemble the curve formed by the Hofmeister Kink pictured on the left
- tveita 4y agoIt's a website where you can find kinks near your location and register which ones you have tried. What explanation could be needed.
- timoteostewart 4y agoThe site used machine learning to identify roads that have the same shape as the BMW’s rear window. Evidently it’s a distinctive design detail. You can find roads with this shape near you and mark them as “I’ve driven this” and strive to up your numbers. From Wikipedia: The Hofmeister kink is an automotive design feature consisting of a rearward/forward angle near the base of the rearmost pillar. It is named for Wilhelm Hofmeister, who was BMW's design chief from 1955 to 1970, though it appeared on other-brand cars made before Hofmeister's tenure at BMW.
- Kaibeezy 4y agoSeriously, BMW? How about you use the money you spent on that to offset offering a few more cars with a manual transmission?
- sentientslug 4y agoAll the ones in my area that I clicked on barely resembled the image that they showed. Anyone else had better results?