Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?
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Just wondered what the mentality is?
Guy drove past me yesterday on the motorway in a very nice white 3 series, 58 plate, coupe, had an "M3" badge on the back. No carbon roof, no bonnet bulge and more importantly a single exhaust pipe.
Anybody who doesn't know much about cars will think "that's a nice car" and won't have a clue what an "M" is, anybody who does know will look and think "you're sad".
So why do people do it, if you don't want to advertise it's a 320D or whatever then get the badge removed and have it with nothing on, don't try and make it something it isn't!
Guy drove past me yesterday on the motorway in a very nice white 3 series, 58 plate, coupe, had an "M3" badge on the back. No carbon roof, no bonnet bulge and more importantly a single exhaust pipe.
Anybody who doesn't know much about cars will think "that's a nice car" and won't have a clue what an "M" is, anybody who does know will look and think "you're sad".
So why do people do it, if you don't want to advertise it's a 320D or whatever then get the badge removed and have it with nothing on, don't try and make it something it isn't!
Yeah but it doesn't make the car look any better, it's just trying to advertise it as something it isn't.
Don't get me wrong, I put a full red "TDi" badge on my golf when it should have had a silver "i" (150/130bhp) but of course nobody looked and thought "that's not got 150bhp", this isn't the same thing though!!!
Don't get me wrong, I put a full red "TDi" badge on my golf when it should have had a silver "i" (150/130bhp) but of course nobody looked and thought "that's not got 150bhp", this isn't the same thing though!!!
Daz507 said:
Yeah but it doesn't make the car look any better, it's just trying to advertise it as something it isn't.
Don't get me wrong, I put a full red "TDi" badge on my golf when it should have had a silver "i" (150/130bhp) but of course nobody looked and thought "that's not got 150bhp", this isn't the same thing though!!!
Of course it is!Don't get me wrong, I put a full red "TDi" badge on my golf when it should have had a silver "i" (150/130bhp) but of course nobody looked and thought "that's not got 150bhp", this isn't the same thing though!!!
You're still rolling a turd in glitter, no matter how far up the automotive ladder.
Daz507 said:
Just wondered what the mentality is?
Guy drove past me yesterday on the motorway in a very nice white 3 series, 58 plate, coupe, had an "M3" badge on the back. No carbon roof, no bonnet bulge and more importantly a single exhaust pipe.
Anybody who doesn't know much about cars will think "that's a nice car" and won't have a clue what an "M" is, anybody who does know will look and think "you're sad".
So why do people do it, if you don't want to advertise it's a 320D or whatever then get the badge removed and have it with nothing on, don't try and make it something it isn't!
How about this one!!!!!!! - http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/08/r850i-russian...Guy drove past me yesterday on the motorway in a very nice white 3 series, 58 plate, coupe, had an "M3" badge on the back. No carbon roof, no bonnet bulge and more importantly a single exhaust pipe.
Anybody who doesn't know much about cars will think "that's a nice car" and won't have a clue what an "M" is, anybody who does know will look and think "you're sad".
So why do people do it, if you don't want to advertise it's a 320D or whatever then get the badge removed and have it with nothing on, don't try and make it something it isn't!
The worse ones I've seen are the 'M-power' ones off ebay, usually already very faded by the time there on a car.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-M-POWER-MTECH-M3-M5-CAR-...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-M-POWER-MTECH-M3-M5-CAR-...
I'm with the OP
My first car was a brand-new Cirtoen AX 'Memphis'. The dealer gave me the 'Memphis' badge on some sticky paper and said you can put this on if you want to...
I chucked it in the glovebox and there it stayed...
Fair play to the dealer - he recognised that it was a s
te as I thought it was...
My first car was a brand-new Cirtoen AX 'Memphis'. The dealer gave me the 'Memphis' badge on some sticky paper and said you can put this on if you want to...
I chucked it in the glovebox and there it stayed...
Fair play to the dealer - he recognised that it was a s
te as I thought it was...Great Pretender said:
///Mike said:
Nothing wrong with an ///M badge on a BMW with M Sport bits.
M3 badge should be reserved for M3s though etc etc.
Apart from the fact it signifies nothing other than some plastic tat and an overly firm ride you mean?M3 badge should be reserved for M3s though etc etc.
Its a shame that "Sport" wasn't enough for these cars, and "M" had to be included at the same time .... The M brand was cheapened, and the "Sport" models lost some of their individual merit that the E34, E36, and E30 had, for example.
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