misbadging cars

[bongtom]

Barchettaman said:

Yours for a mere 4,995:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/chrysler/2007-chrysler-3...

I think you will find the % of drivers who own those cars who are dheads is pretty high. Slightly less so if it is a V8 Hemi and with no added accoutrements!

Used to see an unusually high amount of them around Heathrow airport. Maybe they are the poor mans Mercedes E class for taxi "chauffeurs"?

[DickyC]

67Dino said:

History of coach building Jaguars. Although not the current XK, of course, so not a whole lot to do with it I grant you.

So there is no elusive chapter in the histories of Jaguar and Aston Martin that I'd missed. That's a relief.

I enjoyed the winged badge comparisons above. If I remember correctly, the Aston Martin Tickford badges used on the AMT Capri and Metro were the AML badge with the word Tickford adjacent to it.

My interest in AML fizzled out after the DB7 which, as we all know, started life as the XJS replacement and was largely Jaguar under the skin. I didn't know if I'd missed a subsequent Jaguar/AML tie-up. Incidentally, owning a DB7 seems a sensible choice for a car enthusiast without a bottomless pit of money; spares will be available for many years to come. "Not a proper Aston," is a cry that was heard about the DB2, so no one should be put off by that.

[PorkInsider]

bongtom said:

I think you will find the % of drivers who own those cars who are dheads is pretty high. Slightly less so if it is a V8 Hemi and with no added accoutrements!

Used to see an unusually high amount of them around Heathrow airport. Maybe they are the poor mans Mercedes E class for taxi "chauffeurs"?

Why do they put Bentley badges on them?

Why not Ferrari or Mercedes or something?

They look no more like a Bentley than a Ford Focus does.

[KillerHERTZ]

PorkInsider said:

Why do they put Bentley badges on them?

Why not Ferrari or Mercedes or something?

They look no more like a Bentley than a Ford Focus does.

The Grill

[Europa1]

KillerHERTZ said:

The Grill

Your favourite restaurant?

[zooky]

M1C said:

This annoyed me yesterday morning.

I mean...it's annoying!

Like...the one a few back of the old Ka with 'RANGE ROVER' on the back - now thats funny because it's obviously the owner having a laugh. Thats fine! Good, even!

However, when you see something like the below...i dont suspect the owners are trying to have a laugh. I suspect they are a moron.

YOU MUST NOT PUT AN M BADGE ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AN M!!!!! PLEASE!!!

I mean! What are you wanting people to think? "Wowwww, look at that M.....116i....???!!!

I saw that on the A19 at Middlesbrough the other morning. The manner in which it was being driven was certainly consistent with "Rhys" being a moron and doing his best to perpetuate all of the hackneyed BMW stereotypes.

[Filibuster]

No pics I'm afraid, but seen two misbadged Porsches today.

First a 996.1 C4 Convertible badged as a Carrera 4 S and a wrongly spaced new style P O R S C H E badge above
And then a 997.2 Carrera S with a 911 S badge at the rear.

OK the second one is not misbadged as such but still very wrong...

[MrT8064]

Surprisingly the driver of this C250 CDi was a respectable looking chap in his 50s/60s...

[Cupramax]

It actually is an C250 AMG Sport according to reg check, so perhaps we need to start a mis exhausted cars thread.

[V10 SPM]

Barchettaman said:

Yours for a mere 4,995:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/chrysler/2007-chrysler-3...

Why is this wrong?

[Cupramax]

V10 SPM said:

Barchettaman said:

Yours for a mere 4,995:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/chrysler/2007-chrysler-3...

Why is this wrong?

Which part of the Bentley logo on the front are you missing

[V10 SPM]

Cupramax said:

Which part of the Bentley logo on the front are you missing

It isn't a Bently logo. Isn't it a Chrysler wings logo with a Startech/Brabus "B"?

[clonmult]

bongtom said:

Barchettaman said:

Yours for a mere 4,995:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/chrysler/2007-chrysler-3...

I think you will find the % of drivers who own those cars who are dheads is pretty high. Slightly less so if it is a V8 Hemi and with no added accoutrements!

Used to see an unusually high amount of them around Heathrow airport. Maybe they are the poor mans Mercedes E class for taxi "chauffeurs"?

The only person that I've known who had one of these was an absolute tt/cock/idiot/fkwit/etc And it was a V8 too.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

No photo, but yesterday I was passed (was on foot) by a Golf R400, which was suitably chaved up - window tints, red alloy protectors. As it passed I thought something was astray, and as he dropped a gear for the hill he was approaching I realised I was listening to a diesel engine.

[NooBish AbbZ]

Driving an M sport 340i It does really annoy me when people put the M badge on their bootlids ahead of any model designator. The other day outside Halfrauds (ironically) I saw a white 1 series with 'BMW' in black text stuck onto the bootlid, (bent, may i add)Like...why..? So bloody strange

[Harry Flashman]

Note the "63" numberplate to complete the illusion that this C-class of the wrong era is actually a V8 C63 AMG.

Out of shot is the wobbly and crooked 4 exit exhaust, spewing white smoke from one side only.

I actually feel a bit sorry for the guy, if I'm honest.

Rear foglight left on, for bonus points.

Untitled by baconrashers, on Flickr

Edited by Harry Flashman on Tuesday 23 January 10:35

[David87]

I have a new neighbour. Not directly next door, but a couple of houses away. Close enough to say 'hi' on occasion. Everyone else in the vicinity drives boring cars, but I soon spotted this guy has a 997.1 Turbo in the garage. Okay, it's the worst kind of Turbo as it's a cabriolet and a Tiptronic, but nonetheless it's a 911 Turbo.

Problem is, they other day I saw the back of the car for the first time and, to my horror, saw that it is badged as 'Turbo S'. Any self-respecting car nerd such as myself will know that the Turbo S was only available on the 997.2 model, so basically do I compliment the guy on not driving a diesel hatchback like everyone else or blank him for all eternity for sticking an extra letter on his car?

[MWM3]

David87 said:

I have a new neighbour. Not directly next door, but a couple of houses away. Close enough to say 'hi' on occasion. Everyone else in the vicinity drives boring cars, but I soon spotted this guy has a 997.1 Turbo in the garage. Okay, it's the worst kind of Turbo as it's a cabriolet and a Tiptronic, but nonetheless it's a 911 Turbo.

Problem is, they other day I saw the back of the car for the first time and, to my horror, saw that it is badged as 'Turbo S'. Any self-respecting car nerd such as myself will know that the Turbo S was only available on the 997.2 model, so basically do I compliment the guy on not driving a diesel hatchback like everyone else or blank him for all eternity for sticking an extra letter on his car?

Without a doubt the latter.

[Prinny]

My alltime favourite from my travels.

[MorganP104]

MWM3 said:

David87 said:

I have a new neighbour. Not directly next door, but a couple of houses away. Close enough to say 'hi' on occasion. Everyone else in the vicinity drives boring cars, but I soon spotted this guy has a 997.1 Turbo in the garage. Okay, it's the worst kind of Turbo as it's a cabriolet and a Tiptronic, but nonetheless it's a 911 Turbo.

Problem is, they other day I saw the back of the car for the first time and, to my horror, saw that it is badged as 'Turbo S'. Any self-respecting car nerd such as myself will know that the Turbo S was only available on the 997.2 model, so basically do I compliment the guy on not driving a diesel hatchback like everyone else or blank him for all eternity for sticking an extra letter on his car?

Without a doubt the latter.

Agreed. But I'd go further. Get a Sharpie (other brands of marker pens are available) and write "REALLY?" in big letters on a brightly coloured Post-It Note (other sticky notes are... You get the idea).

Affix your well-prepared note to the back end of said neighbour's car, just to the right of the letter "S".