Years ago I read something online about “target fixation” which can occur when walking past someone. It’s basically that thing when you lock eyes with someone walking towards you and neither of you can decide which way to go?
Anyway the thing I read said just look past the person, like just focus behind them and you can usually avoid this weird awkwardness. I’ve found it totally works!
Altered headline is a bit of a trainwreck, to be honest.
Both things can be true though, bmw does have marketing which will effect our impressions of driving one but at the same time there are objective differences in quality between a 3 series bmw and say a Honda Civic that you will definitely notice when driving one.
You can argue the beemer is overpriced and that marketing had an effect but that doesn’t eliminate the differences entirely.