Why would you do this????

[pork911]

Kermit power said:

crofty1984 said:

Because it's their car and it makes them happy?

That goes without saying, but I really don't understand why it makes them happy?

Sure, people have different tastes, but this????

What idiots they are, anyone regardless of their own personal taste would undoubtedly be far happier with say a bright green MG estate.

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

If the green Rover in the OP's profile is his, then people in glass houses etc etc...

[ZOLLAR]

Issi said:

Can you imagine the state of the owners house?

I saw one of these recently that had Mrs K**R, displayed proudly on both bonnet and boot lid.

Why?

White Evoque and in the Swansea area?

If so I saw it by Dyfatty lights a few weeks ago, looked awful.

[Kermit power]

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

If the green Rover in the OP's profile is his, then people in glass houses etc etc...

You mean the unmodified (except wheels, which were as close as I could get to factory fit) V8 which was exactly how it left MG Rover? You'll have to explain that one to me.

[berlintaxi]

Kermit power said:

I am rather bemused by it. Why would someone do this to their car?

Why do you care? Each to their own live and let live.

[speedking31]

Numberplate is almost straight.

[MrBarry123]

I agree OP - funny people do funny things.

Everyone's different I suppose!

[Kermit power]

berlintaxi said:

Kermit power said:

I am rather bemused by it. Why would someone do this to their car?

Why do you care? Each to their own live and let live.

I'm just interested by the thought process.

I don't find it offensive or anything, and I have no problem with the owner putting the badging on. I just wonder at the thought process behind it. I also wonder why it's almost invariably done to Range Rovers.

[pork911]

Kermit power said:

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

If the green Rover in the OP's profile is his, then people in glass houses etc etc...

You mean the unmodified (except wheels, which were as close as I could get to factory fit) V8 which was exactly how it left MG Rover? You'll have to explain that one to me.

your taste falls in line with MG Rover without modification, good for you!

[Crush]

Impasse said:

Quhet said:

There aren't many things I hate more than modified Range Rovers...Sports are chavvy in the extreme anyway, why in god's name would you want to make it any more?

I'm chavvy, yay! Especially as mine's modified with All Terrains, some Polybushes and harder brake pads. Such a council dweller.

You need All Terrains to get over the speed bumps at McDonald's

[Issi]

ZOLLAR said:

Issi said:

Can you imagine the state of the owners house?

I saw one of these recently that had Mrs K**R, displayed proudly on both bonnet and boot lid.

Why?

White Evoque and in the Swansea area?

If so I saw it by Dyfatty lights a few weeks ago, looked awful.

Spot on, I saw it twice in the same day, the second time coming into town on Fabian Way, whereupon it suddenly decided that it didn't want to be in the RH lane and so swerved right across to take the turning into SA1. Tidy!

[Kermit power]

pork911 said:

Kermit power said:

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

If the green Rover in the OP's profile is his, then people in glass houses etc etc...

You mean the unmodified (except wheels, which were as close as I could get to factory fit) V8 which was exactly how it left MG Rover? You'll have to explain that one to me.

your taste falls in line with MG Rover without modification, good for you!

I might not have chosen the colour had I specced it new, but given they only made about 20 Mk1 V8 estates, I didn't have a great degree of choice on the second hand market at the time. Other than that, what's not to like about a front wheel drive, transverse mounted V6 car which the loony makers decided to turn into a rear wheel drive, longditudinally mounted V8 with no space for an ashtray in the front (gear box too big) half the spare wheel well taken out by the rear diff and the other half by the battery, ECU and various other bits of electronics which no longer fitted under the bonnet, and was artificially limited to 155mph, despite the fact that its natural top speed was, er, 155mph?

It was superb to drive (even if it did chew through rear tyres in 6,000 miles even with a light right foot)m and it's certainly one of the more interesting and individual cars of the last two decades, which I don't think can really be said of a Rangey Sport with some aftermarket badges on it.

[sc0tt]

Funny because if it was all in gold and owned by that plonker Gulzar, you boys would be sucking him off.

[Steven_RW]

Because some people don't follow anyone's guidelines.

Part of me is jealous of them just doing whatever they like and not remotely caring what any of the judgmental types have to say about it.

[pork911]

Kermit power said:

I might not have chosen the colour had I specced it new, but given they only made about 20 Mk1 V8 estates, I didn't have a great degree of choice on the second hand market at the time. Other than that, what's not to like about a front wheel drive, transverse mounted V6 car which the loony makers decided to turn into a rear wheel drive, longditudinally mounted V8 with no space for an ashtray in the front (gear box too big) half the spare wheel well taken out by the rear diff and the other half by the battery, ECU and various other bits of electronics which no longer fitted under the bonnet, and was artificially limited to 155mph, despite the fact that its natural top speed was, er, 155mph?

It was superb to drive (even if it did chew through rear tyres in 6,000 miles even with a light right foot)m and it's certainly one of the more interesting and individual cars of the last two decades, which I don't think can really be said of a Rangey Sport with some aftermarket badges on it.

good for you but since yours is 'certainly one of the more interesting and individual cars of the last two decades' what choice does everyone else have but to make the best of the rest?

[Mandalore]

Ex VeeDub owner?? Although, I doubt it.


I am sure the owner/operator thinks that it is uber cool to look at - because people keep stopping to point and take photographs.


Or, he works for a shiny sticker and badge company, and needed to justify a demo car purchase.

Whatever his motivation, its a pretty good anti-theft deterrent.

[Kermit power]

pork911 said:

good for you but since yours is 'certainly one of the more interesting and individual cars of the last two decades' what choice does everyone else have but to make the best of the rest?

I'm starting to suspect that it might be yours?

[pork911]

Kermit power said:

pork911 said:

good for you but since yours is 'certainly one of the more interesting and individual cars of the last two decades' what choice does everyone else have but to make the best of the rest?

I'm starting to suspect that it might be yours?

i can but dream as that was my second choice after a green mg estate (aka 'the pinnacle')

[Quickmoose]

sc0tt said:

Funny because if it was all in gold and owned by that plonker Gulzar, you boys would be sucking him off.

The great leveller. Nail hit.

[Impasse]

Crush said:

You need All Terrains to get over the speed bumps at McDonald's

Nope, I take my Aston to McDonald's. I'm not some common oik, y'know.