misbadging cars
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67Dino said:
In fairness, this is an MR2 based replica 355 so by definition is misbadged. But given it’s manual and targa, why put the F1 spider badge on the inside? Rhetorical question...
The old adage with a Ferrari replica 'put Ferrari badges EVERYWHERE' pop down Halfords and get a Ferrari badge air freshener too.The life of an MR2 Ferrari replica pilot;
7am, alarm clock, awake.
Repeat,
"I drive a Ferrari"
"I drive a Ferrari"
"I drive a Ferrari"
"I drive a Ferrari"
I'm sure over time they really believe they do.
PixelpeepS3 said:
67Dino said:
Grindle said:
I saw a 66-plate BMW X5 M50D with 2.0D rear badge at a car meet.
Fairly sure it was the top of the range 376 bhp version i asked the owner to make sure i was right. Well i was and i wasn't. It was an M50D but it had 435 bhp courtesy of DMS Automotive.
Asked what the reasoning behind the rear badge change was, he said that Gary-boys in their hot hatches hate it when a 70 year old bloke in a 2 litre diesel 4x4 wastes them regularly.
He's ageing well!
I like the idea of ‘down badging’. That’s coolFairly sure it was the top of the range 376 bhp version i asked the owner to make sure i was right. Well i was and i wasn't. It was an M50D but it had 435 bhp courtesy of DMS Automotive.
Asked what the reasoning behind the rear badge change was, he said that Gary-boys in their hot hatches hate it when a 70 year old bloke in a 2 litre diesel 4x4 wastes them regularly.
He's ageing well!
The ultimate stealth car.
Following the great success with the "Authorities" X5 spec that BMW have supplied to traffic police teams up and down the country...
it seems there's now an MoD trim for the Armed Forces. Rare X5 MoD up for sale on Car Gurus today
Seller forgot to remove the 30d XDrive badges from the sides though
it seems there's now an MoD trim for the Armed Forces. Rare X5 MoD up for sale on Car Gurus today
Seller forgot to remove the 30d XDrive badges from the sides though
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
8bit said:
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Trying to make the old model look like the new model....using Halfords letters.
8bit said:
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Bentley used to be class and style, now slipped so far into chav and pleb.
5490 said:
8bit said:
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Bentley used to be class and style, now slipped so far into chav and pleb.
5490 said:
8bit said:
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Bentley used to be class and style, now slipped so far into chav and pleb.
I did think Rolls Royce possibly, but then there's the pretty horrific Cullinan which doesn't have much class or style...
5490 said:
8bit said:
So technically I guess it's not "mis"-badged as such, but why the need to spell out BENTLEY on the arse end of what is already clearly a Bentley, using those cheap, stick-on letters you get in Halfords?
Unless I missed something and there was some variant of this car that had these as standard, in which case I'll get my coat...
Bentley used to be class and style, now slipped so far into chav and pleb.
No pictures but I saw an 'RSQ8' last week. While I'm no expert I can't seem to find such a car, it comes back as a Q8 TDi when checked. It's a shame because it's a nice car (if SUVs are your kinda thing) it's been kitted out with ABT stuff and has had a few quid spent on it, but fake badges cheapen it a bit tbh.
Not misbadging as such, but magpie badging
This poor thing was covered in stick on chrome crap, badges up the wings, the lot. I've found it's almost exclusively old blokes (55+ say) who do this; were they traumatised that their Cavalier only had 11 badges on the back and not 12 back in the early 90s, while Nigel in the Accounts got the full 12 badges because he had ABS??
2nd photo a bit crap, but you can see the wing badges and stuff on the bonnet too.
This poor thing was covered in stick on chrome crap, badges up the wings, the lot. I've found it's almost exclusively old blokes (55+ say) who do this; were they traumatised that their Cavalier only had 11 badges on the back and not 12 back in the early 90s, while Nigel in the Accounts got the full 12 badges because he had ABS??
2nd photo a bit crap, but you can see the wing badges and stuff on the bonnet too.
stickleback123 said:
2nd photo a bit crap, but you can see the wing badges and stuff on the bonnet too.
Good grief, that's terrible. Stickers, crap badges, those chrome grill replacements. Poor MX5 subjected to such awful tat, the Mk.1 ones were just as susceptible to that kind of abuse.Krikkit said:
stickleback123 said:
2nd photo a bit crap, but you can see the wing badges and stuff on the bonnet too.
Good grief, that's terrible. Stickers, crap badges, those chrome grill replacements. Poor MX5 subjected to such awful tat, the Mk.1 ones were just as susceptible to that kind of abuse.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff