Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?

Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?

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ashway

532 posts

164 months

Thursday 13th March 2014
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Hope those badgers didn't make too much messlaugh

jayemm89

4,005 posts

129 months

Thursday 13th March 2014
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Must have badgers on the brain - hit one the other night.

Damn you badgers!

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

davyvee

295 posts

134 months

Sunday 16th March 2014
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Seen a 1 series yesterday complete with hub caps and M badge. I was more shocked with the hub caps tbf.

Wanted to get a picture but alas it had gone on my return.

Cambell

324 posts

246 months

wax lyrical

881 posts

240 months

Monday 17th March 2014
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You mean like BMW AG putting an 'M' badge on a M135i ??!

Shocking, I agree. smile

pscl227

248 posts

147 months

Monday 17th March 2014
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The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M cool

Fox-

13,228 posts

245 months

Monday 17th March 2014
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pscl227 said:


The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M cool
When it has two of them on the wing already from the factory its quite difficult to argue he's put it there because he thinks its an M Power car, though...

MartiniBianco

140 posts

149 months

Friday 21st March 2014
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pscl227 said:


The lesser spotted M-Power 320d, I was parked a few spaces along in my 1M cool
Well, that's an ///M colour, isn't it?

Alex L

2,575 posts

253 months

Friday 21st March 2014
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MartiniBianco said:
Well, that's an ///M colour, isn't it?
An ///M Sport colour, Estoril Blue

Adam3441

77 posts

139 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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I saw an M badge on an old Jag last week. It also had a Type R badge.....and a private reg number. Incredible.

Ed T

462 posts

138 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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Ha, new levels

JCHill

159 posts

145 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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...you can stick a badge on it...



...but it's just not the same thing...


Fox-

13,228 posts

245 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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JCHill said:
...you can stick a badge on it...

That is a factory standard LCI 5 Series M Sport. Sadly that's how they come now.

JCHill

159 posts

145 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Fox- said:
That is a factory standard LCI 5 Series M Sport. Sadly that's how they come now.
Like I say...it's just not the same, even if the factory do it. wink

Cambell

324 posts

246 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I'm just back from a local dealers and whilst in the showroom I played "find the car with no M badge" There was only 2 of them. Its just pish !

forest172

687 posts

205 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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i find it funny how people badge their cars different to factory standard. However most of these cars are actually what BMW sell as a M-sport version and in turn the owners are putting M sport badges on. Not an m5,m3 etc badge

But when I`m sat in my m5 and somebody with a bmw badged upto the hilt with m badges on it does make me chuckle

alanw89

459 posts

213 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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But not all M cars are badged m3, m5 etc though



This isn't an m sport roadster for example.

But ultimately who really cares that much. Is there not a saying that goes a long the lines of, those who care know, and those who don't know don't care.

RossP

2,523 posts

282 months

Friday 9th May 2014
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161BMW

1,697 posts

164 months

Friday 9th May 2014
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alanw89 said:
But not all M cars are badged m3, m5 etc though



This isn't an m sport roadster for example.

But ultimately who really cares that much. Is there not a saying that goes a long the lines of, those who care know, and those who don't know don't care.
Never heard of such a saying
Those that care are insecure!

I have E30 325i Sport.
I have M-Technic (M) badge in the front grille.
Apparently these were not factory fitted but fitted by some BMW Dealers when New.
So there!