My dream vehicle is no longer BMW!

Most of us have a vehicle that entertains our dreams, whether we can afford it or not.

Ever since I set my eyes on the BMW X6 a couple years ago, I could no longer see the other vehicles as I used to. I have been unable to "like" anything else. Whenever you say "vehicle" to me, the first thing that springs to my mind used to be BMW X6.

It is one hot vehicle. The sexiest I have ever seen. An animal! 

Yes, I know, for some it might be too bulky, fierce, ugly, etc etc, but everyone has their own taste right, and mine is/was this... I seriously drool when I see this vehicle or its images. I had been making plans on purchasing one... If I could ever afford one, but seriously, no more!

You may ask, why? Why oh why...

Check out this photo:

Now, the above photograph is from an automotive show in Turkey. These two young ladies road test vehicles on the show. This particular vehicle is the MINI Cooper...

BMW vehicles in Turkey are distributed by the automotive giant Borusan. Following the images of a hijabi alongside the non-hijabi (the non-hijabi is actually a famous rally driver, Burcu Cetinkaya), Hakan Bayulgen, who is the Brand Manager for MINI Cooper in Turkey cancelled their sponsorship agreement with the rally driver Burcu Cetinkaya based on these photos. He shamelessly said, "The hijab is ruining BMW's image." Then he continued to say, "It's not us, they didn't like this when they saw the images overseas."

So he is putting the blame on the original BMW company. I don't know how true this is, it might be that he is just throwing the crap on 'the boss', thinking nobody will approach them regarding this, but I don't care. Either way, this is unacceptable. Hijabis are fine and acceptable when splurging a fortune to purchase BMW vehicles, but when advertising them, hijabis ruin the image.

I am extremely pissed and turned off by this... Especially since the western media tries to include more and more hijabis in the media etc to address us all. Shopping centres of all sorts, even Myers wrap shawls on their mannequinns as hijabs and turbans to show that their clothing items also target the hijabi community. Despite certain racism, discrimination issues (which is sad but actually normal and common around the world for all, not hijabis alone), there are great developments that give hope. 

And what about the country of my origin? Turkey... Where approximately 80% of the women are hijabis... Where you walk out onto the street and the majority of women are wearing hijab everywhere... and now they are even accepted at universities (there used to be a hijab ban at schools and all other government offices)... But turn on the TV, and you won't see a single hijabi presented, EXCEPT on the couple of channels and publications that represent themselves as Islamic/Muslim. It's quite sad actually. They use the media to ignore that we even exist, whereas it is the opposite in the west...

Anyhow, I should end this post now...

So... goodbye and good riddance BMW. If I ruin your image with my hijab, you are never ever getting a penny from me. Don't let my money ruin your rep either!

Well, what is your fave vehicle? I think I am going to stick to loving Harleys, and end up buying a scooter. I've always loved Harley Davidson's but have thought they are too heavy for me to manage. Unless I have a kiddo or something, I'm seriously considering a scooter... it would be awesome in Turkey if I end up moving back there. :)