Badging your car as something else

[sub39h]

hi guys,

there's a guy who lives in the same block of flats as me who drives a B8 A4 S-Line. i think he's got a dual exhaust Milly recently, so it looks like one of the V6 cars (rather than twin exhausts on one side like the 4 cyl models)

BUT

he's also put an S4 badge on it 

don't get me wrong, it's a nice A4. but i thought that anyone who would care enough to notice an S4 would also notice that this isn't an S4 so what's the point?

i'm not gonna say it "grinds my gears" or whatever, because it doesn't. (reps however, do. i don't understand why ppl make their SDIs or 1.6s look ike S3s or GTIs or whatever else.) with said exception of reps i'd say you should do what you like with the car, but putting badges on it to make it look like a car it's not seems a bit pointless. what do you guys think? 

[graeme123]

Things like this annoy me aswell and I just giggle at the poor people that have to do this

But on the other hand the people that don't know much about cars will just think its the real deal

[Greeners]

The debate has been had many a time on here and I think the general feeling was that people can do what they like to their cars but putting a badge on claiming its something it isn't is just dumb!

[KevMK5]

i know what you mean about badging it up to make it look like something its not, but each to there own.

[monte]

Used to see it ALL the time in the late 90's with BMW M3's  
(M3's with 1.6 exhausts and beige cloth interiors)  

[Andy]

It's like putting the gti front end on a diesel and leaving the badges on

[Degudodger]

When you say badged as something do you mean along the lines of.......

 

[sub39h]

The debate has been had many a time on here and I think the general feeling was that people can do what they like to their cars but putting a badge on claiming its something it isn't is just dumb!

worst one i've ever seen was a guy on Audi-Sport who wanted to put the new "SUPERCHARGED" wing badges from the higher powered V6 TFSI A6s on his wings instead of his S-Line ones. it didn't make ANY sense! he drove a 1.4T and NONE OF THE 8Ps ARE EVEN SUPERCHARGED. had a massive arguement with him about it lol.

yeah ETTO and all that, but if someone's doing something retarded somebody needs to educate them


EDIT:

When you say badged as something do you mean along the lines of.......

^that's worse. Merc roundel isn't even in the middle!!!

[Phil Miller]

It's like putting the gti front end on a diesel and leaving the badges on

When I fitted my GTI front end I made sure the GTI badge was removed, I did consider the GT TDI grill But at the time I preferred the red insert on the GTI grill, it is very much each to there own, but one things for sure when I had my Astra cab I fitted a v6 vectra lump in it but didn't/forgot to remove the 1.6 badge, it would raise a smile when Saco owners tried and failed off the lights

[Hurdy]

I've seen a 500bhp S3 with a TDI badge on - now that's worth doing! 

[the bruce]

he's also put an S4 badge on it 

 

My GTI is my first car that has a badge on it (just because it's obvious it's a GTI
and I like the red 'GTI' + rabbit from the US 2001 anniversary). Formely I always
praticed some kind of understatement.

I remember when I was a child some GTI owners liked to put a GTD badge on
their cars or just a 'Golf' or 'Rabbit'. That's the way to go !!

 

[monte]

When you say badged as something do you mean along the lines of.......

 

What car is it anyway??? 

Is it one of those sanyokingkong ones???

I've seen a few of those 4x4 where they've swapped to merc badges 

[rich83]

Seat Toledo I think

[skard]

I've seen a 500bhp S3 with a TDI badge on - now that's worth doing! 

Was it white by any chance, lad in the North East owns it?

[monte]

Seat Toledo I think

Ahhh  Seat-Benz