Two-footed Rebadging
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DIY model 'badge engineering' is pretty common place these days- the guy over the road supposedly has an M318 Touring- but the shear brass neck of this one tickled me:
We went to my cousin's wedding recently, grandfather of the bride had provided the wedding car, a smartly polished silver Chrysler 300C (a bit like below) on private plates and with a special twist; the old chancer had debadged everywhere else and swapped the centres of the Chrysler 'wings' for ones with a prominent white 'B'.
He parked it directly outside the front door of the reception venue where everyone was congregating to smoke or have a drink outside and then spent the whole evening going to and from to drop his jacket off, fetch his camera, drop his camera off etc etc. (is there a PH term for excessive public car lingering?)
The next day both my mum and uncle, knowing my weakness, asked me if I'd seen so-and-so's car- they'd been informed by him "it's the new Baby Bentley"!
What makes a rightly proud grandfather of a stunning bride deceive friends and family like that?!
We went to my cousin's wedding recently, grandfather of the bride had provided the wedding car, a smartly polished silver Chrysler 300C (a bit like below) on private plates and with a special twist; the old chancer had debadged everywhere else and swapped the centres of the Chrysler 'wings' for ones with a prominent white 'B'.
He parked it directly outside the front door of the reception venue where everyone was congregating to smoke or have a drink outside and then spent the whole evening going to and from to drop his jacket off, fetch his camera, drop his camera off etc etc. (is there a PH term for excessive public car lingering?)
The next day both my mum and uncle, knowing my weakness, asked me if I'd seen so-and-so's car- they'd been informed by him "it's the new Baby Bentley"!
What makes a rightly proud grandfather of a stunning bride deceive friends and family like that?!
:-))))))))))))))))))))
T S Magnum said:
He parked it directly outside the front door of the reception venue where everyone was congregating to smoke or have a drink outside and then spent the whole evening going to and from to drop his jacket off, fetch his camera, drop his camera off etc etc. (is there a PH term for excessive public car lingering?)
Followed an Audi S4 down a slip road a couple of weeks ago behind a slow Zafira. When the S4 accelerated past the Vauxhall I gave it some beens (he had a modified exhaust so I could hear he was moving), I wanted to see how much quicker a B6 S4 was than my 740. I nearly went in to the back of him. Turns out it was a 2.0. Good one.
icetea said:
I just think people doing it are pathetic but harmless.... its not even worth mentioning to the owners or getting involved in discussing it with them 
I've never understood why this annoys people.
I saw a CLK55 AMG badged car the other day being driven by a guy in his 60's. It had a single exhaust and "Avantgarde" badges on the side. Made me smile.
I was driving my mum (who bless her, isn't into her cars), in the Bentley over the summer and we pulled up next to exactly what the OP describes. I think t
t, he probably thinks the same and my mum says to me "oh, I really don't like that new Bentley - they've really gone downhill". Had to explain. She then thought tt too and couldn't understand why someone would do that
t, he probably thinks the same and my mum says to me "oh, I really don't like that new Bentley - they've really gone downhill". Had to explain. She then thought tt too and couldn't understand why someone would do that 
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