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innatepirate
i wish the site had any explanation what that means
BoorishBears
It'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
It's a website where you can find kinks near your location and register which ones you have tried. What explanation could be needed.
timoteostewart
The 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
Seriously, BMW? How about you use the money you spent on that to offset offering a few more cars with a manual transmission?
sentientslug
All the ones in my area that I clicked on barely resembled the image that they showed. Anyone else had better results?