The new 'Mondeo duct tape bumpers?' - Insignia front badges

[anonymous-user]

280E said:

Not a 'PH car', so many may have missed the 'missing chevron phenomenon' that afflicted the Citroen Xsara's front grille.

Lot's of Citroen C1s seem to lose their chevrons and badging off the glass hatch too. My brothers is sporting the debadged look after it's last trip to the carwash.

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CTS86 said:

I also get a feeling of satisfaction at a Mk1 Yaris with a dented lower rear bumper.

My god I thought I was alone and also thought it was an Australian thing.

[Perd Hapley]

This one's from the same era as gaffer tape Mondeos and is largely gone now, but how about 'smiley' transits with that one bit of the front panel snapped off.

[anonymous-user]

The traditional rusty Vito


All long since dead.

[Silverbullet767]

The Audi A4 had a similar problem with missing door trim. My old one included.

Google pic below...

[sebhaque]

I noticed the Insignias missing a bonnet badge a few years back. It's obviously not been addressed by VX, unsurpisingly.

Along the the same lines, there are also quite a few small "Bentley" V8s rumbling around:


I must admit whenever I see a 300C the first thing I check is if the bonnet badge is that of a Bentley. They must hate it.

[Howard-]

How about the ubiquitous "mk6 Fiesta with missing B-pillar trim"?

[Muddle238]

I've seen a few variations of Pug 107 and 207, usually something along the lines of PEUGEO , PE GEOT, EUGEOT or P G O

Also countless Astra H's with the VX badge missing from the boot. Suspect some of them are deliberate, which makes it look a bit council.

[HIAO]

dme123 said:

Lot's of Citroen C1s seem to lose their chevrons and badging off the glass hatch too.

In the case of my old Peugeot 107, the rear windscreen was replaced after being broken into one night.

The replacement did not come with new badges and I don't remember what happened to the old ones.

[Decky_Q]

Sales reps at work all have Insignias, I called vauxhall to order a new badge for one and was told I had to order the entire grill, or I could have an Opel badge on its own instead. I then realised why so many badges hadn't been replaced.

[MorganP104]

CTS86 said:

Pleased to see someone else has spotted this. Even my other half notices it now.

I also get a feeling of satisfaction at a Mk1 Yaris with a dented lower rear bumper.

Along similar lines, when was the last time anyone saw a Mk3 VW Polo without a dented rear valance?

[Steve vRS]

Can I suggest the flapping fuel filler err flap on Transit vans, the one beside the passenger door. I often see those waving at me!

[topalwaysdown]

My nomination goes to the 'hockey sticks' under the headlights on the Peugeot 306 which are nearly always loose or missing. After new clips on mine failed to fix the issue I stuck them down with invisible tape, could only notice very close up.

[Screechmr2]

Vw/audi/seat broken rear wipers that have failed mid sweep of the screen. That's a very common sight.

[p4cks]

[anonymous-user]

Screechmr2 said:

Vw/audi/seat broken rear wipers that have failed mid sweep of the screen. That's a very common sight.

On my Mk2 Golf that was the default parking position. It's a 5 min tweak to get them to lay horizontally. I would guess it's something to do with aerodynamics or preventing the wet and grubby blades sitting on metal bodywork.

[Jimmy Recard]

sebhaque said:

I noticed the Insignias missing a bonnet badge a few years back. It's obviously not been addressed by VX, unsurpisingly.

You mean apart from the facelift nearly four years ago including a completely new bumper, grille and badge?

[Riley Blue]

Howard- said:

How about the ubiquitous "mk6 Fiesta with missing B-pillar trim"?

Ours too... and the door trim fell off my old A4.

[The_Burg]

Mine fell off while jet washing at the weekend. I couldn't see where it was broken, now knowing they are glued on i know why.

And indeed it is an 09.

[Hub]

Seen a few Qashqais looking like this lately, which reminded me of this thread!
That but of trim seems prone to falling off.