misbadging cars

[DickyC]

aspirated said:

DickyC said:

T for Tiptronic.

Pretty sure the B8 S4 has a dual clutch S-Tronic?

Yes, sorry, drink was involved. I was being argumentative.

[Steff1965]

Synchromesh said:

I'm torn between putting this here or in the bad parking thread (the guy clearly wasn't disabled and didn't have a blue badge

You made the right choice as it isn't badly parked.

How about a 2.8 V6 CTS with a V8 badge

[98elise]

matchmaker said:

Cupramax said:

toerag said:

All S4's are misbadged from Audi factory, it's a supercharger ffs!

Technically you dont need an exhaust turbo to turbocharge an engine, a supercharger (belt driven compressor) turbocharges an engine as well, hence, Audi are unsurprisingly technically correct by giving it a T for turbocharged in the name.

Edited by Cupramax on Saturday 7th December 23:37

I thought it was the other way round - a turbocharger should technically be called a turbo-supercharger.

Thats my understanding. Turbochargers are a specific type of supercharger, ie drive and compressor are both turbines

[DickyC]

Got it. Audi are using T in the badge to represent any form of forced induction.

(Did someone say that already?)

[TheAngryDog]

Steff1965 said:

You made the right choice as it isn't badly parked.

Except it's in a disabled bay with no blue badge.....

[Maracus]

TheAngryDog said:

Steff1965 said:

You made the right choice as it isn't badly parked.

Except it's in a disabled bay with no blue badge.....

Illegally parked

[Steff1965]

Maracus said:

TheAngryDog said:

Steff1965 said:

You made the right choice as it isn't badly parked.

Except it's in a disabled bay with no blue badge.....

Illegally parked

That depends if it's private land or not but either way it's parked inside the bay so not badly parked

Selfish, ignorant and maybe illegally parked but not badly.

[Synchromesh]

Steff1965 said:

Selfish, ignorant and maybe illegally parked but not badly.

Selfing, ignorant and illegal are all bad things to most people.

[Steff1965]

Synchromesh said:

Steff1965 said:

Selfish, ignorant and maybe illegally parked but not badly.

Selfing, ignorant and illegal are all bad things to most people.

Totally agree but it's still not badly parked so as far as I'm concerned it doesn't belong in the bad parking thread. There's enough petty pictures that don't belong in that thread already without getting more.

[raceboy]

Synchromesh said:

Sounded VERY 320d-ish too.

Biggest issue is M9VSK appears to be registered to a 316Ti Compact.

[Synchromesh]

raceboy said:

Synchromesh said:

Sounded VERY 320d-ish too.

Biggest issue is M9VSK appears to be registered to a 316Ti Compact.

Oh dear, but in fairness I did take the picture a couple of months ago so it could've been transferred.

[Ari]

Someone's going to have to explain this one to me.

I sort of understand the guy who re-badged a Citreon as Audi, or a 318i as an M3. I think it's pathetic, but presumably they're hoping people will think it's an Audi (or an M3)

But I spotted this today...





He's re-badged his C Class 4 door saloon as a CLK 2 door coupe.

Thing is, anyone who knows what a CLK is will know that that isn't one.

And anyone that doesn't isn't going to care anyway as it won't mean a thing to them.

So what's the point?

[Blib]

To get people like us to stick a photo of his car on the internet?

[Ari]

It worked!

[KM666]

[Cupramax]

KM666 said:

Im not sure posting pics of your own mis badged car counts...

[legless]

Northernchimp said:

No picture but I've seen a) the same or b) two different Skoda Felicia Fun(s) (the yellow pick up thing) in London and Devon with VW badges front and rear. Shame really, one of the best things to bear the badge, should be worn with pride. It's nice to see one that hasn't been put to work on a farm though.

Sure it wasn't a Type 9U Caddy?

Basically, a factory rebadge job of the Felicia Fun...

[gazchap]

KM666 said:

What am I missing here?

[carl_w]

gazchap said:

What am I missing here?

It's actually 400cc bigger than the badge says?

[BFG TERRANO]

carl_w said:

It's actually 400cc bigger than the badge says?

Anyone following when that "let's rip" with all those hidden 400cc will be amazed!