B a d g e S p a c i n g

B a d g e S p a c i n g

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dasbimmerowner

364 posts

140 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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Leins said:
Firstly, kudos to the OP for the thread title!

Secondly, I miss obscure badging that denotes a technical feature of a car:
This morning on my commute I spotted a Fiat Brava with a "6 Speed" badge on the back and it brought back a whole load of memories of my excitement of moving from a 4 speed gearbox to a 5 speed; then on to thinking about how drivers nowadays don't need to worry about using a choke or the joys of non-powered steering. The difference between my current car and my first car is just staggering and that's only over the course of 25 years or so.

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

134 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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LochTay said:
One for the Bad Parking thread smile

Dr Interceptor

7,743 posts

195 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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ziontrain

284 posts

120 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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Dr Interceptor said:
FTFY


jeremyc

23,335 posts

283 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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Flumpo

3,685 posts

72 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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Saw this on a Navara on the motorway today. This is a stock photo, but looks like it’s applied as standard...


Maybe on one of those back window dealer stickers, but on the actual car?!

In case you can’t see, it says this car comes with a 5 year warranty.

ReaperCushions

5,951 posts

183 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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Do certain dealers still stick their brand on the back of cars these days (On the actual bodywork, not the back window).

I seem to remember Mangoletsi was a particular culprit.

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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ziontrain said:
FTFY

Sophisticated humour of the highest order, you'll go far.

ruhall

506 posts

145 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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[quote=Nickbrapp
Jaguar is the worst, there’s not enough room on the boot lid really so it just looks messy




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That almost indicates that the designers aren't sure that people would know what car it was; contrast that to the original XJ6 where the only Jaguar badge was the small badge on the front grille, Lyons' view being that everybody would know it was a Jaguar.

P5BNij

15,770 posts

105 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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The 'S' tacked onto the end on the Mk1 Austin Cooper S always looked like a cheeky afterthought...



The Ford influenced badging for the Mk3 Minis introduced in late '69 were quite neat looking...





The later ones much less so...


Matt Cup

3,143 posts

103 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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P5BNij said:
The 'S' tacked onto the end on the Mk1 Austin Cooper S always looked like a cheeky afterthought...

It looks like it’s tripped and began to fall over.

ruhall

506 posts

145 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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I hadn't heard of a Mini 1275 E but now know it was a short production run in S Africa.

Of course, some cars also used to have a separate 'automatic' badge on the boot, others (MK 2 Jag) had a small disc badge badge on the rear bumper to warn the following driver that the car had disc brakes, although you'd need to get fairly close to read it!

PartsMonkey

315 posts

136 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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Whenever I see baking line this, it makes me think Vauxhall



ReaperCushions said:
Do certain dealers still stick their brand on the back of cars these days (On the actual bodywork, not the back window).

I seem to remember Mangoletsi was a particular culprit.
The Kia dealer I used to work for still does it. Company logo on the tailgate and both front wings. I also notice Vindis group do it last time I looked. I kind of expect it on a Korean hatchback but when you see an R8 with Vindis written on the boot lid, it seems rather tacky

miniman

24,827 posts

261 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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PartsMonkey said:
The Kia dealer I used to work for still does it. Company logo on the tailgate and both front wings. I also notice Vindis group do it last time I looked. I kind of expect it on a Korean hatchback but when you see an R8 with Vindis written on the boot lid, it seems rather tacky
That's right on my list of bad dealer behaviour! You're right Vindis is a major culprit.

Olas

911 posts

56 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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InitialDave said:
When I'm king, M badges will only be permitted on E30 and E46 M3s, and E34 and E39 M5s.

Anything else? Cooler. Two weeks.
Make this man King!

supacool1

365 posts

178 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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Second Best said:
I didn't realise extended badged were a problem, they've been around on loads of cars. I remember the first time I saw a Subaru in the late 90s as a kid, that was the first time I clocked the wide-spaced badge. I've had two Imprezas and they've both had the recognisable spaced badge on the back.

Literally the first thing I did when I got my Impreza wagon and my FSTI was to remove the S U B A R U letters off the tail gates. I couldn't take the FORESTER STI letters that they would have left behind holes....

swisstoni

16,850 posts

278 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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I quite like letter spacing.
But frankly I never gave it a thought before this thread.

I’m reminded of the very creepy opening credits of Alien
https://youtu.be/6EeaMhutZlk

Dr Interceptor

7,743 posts

195 months

Saturday 29th February 2020
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On the flip side (and non-car related) there are some occasions where a bit of spacing would have been beneficial.


Hackney

6,811 posts

207 months

Saturday 29th February 2020
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swagmeister said:
Does this keep you awake at night and worry you OP ?
If people only posted what kept them awake at night then this would be a very dark place.

Hackney

6,811 posts

207 months

Saturday 29th February 2020
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ReaperCushions said:
Do certain dealers still stick their brand on the back of cars these days (On the actual bodywork, not the back window).

I seem to remember Mangoletsi was a particular culprit.
Vindis do it, but only on their used cars.