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Thank you.
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04-09-2016, 09:28 AM | #55 |
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Strangely like my 330d badge and kept the C320 badge on the Merc, but removed both 318 badges years ago and the Merc C220 badge.
All bit show for me - hide the lesser power ones, proudly happy to say there is a 3.0 litre engine in this one. Agree the X Drive badges look a bit cheap. Who remembers the 1980/90s cars, many had ABS on the back, to show they had the anti lock brakes, some said turbo, some injection, V6 I spotted a nearly new Audi TDI recently and the driver/owner put a V6 chrome badge on the back
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I would have thought that too, I watched the videos and read the words, my friendly and of so professional detailer spent over 1 hour, 2 rolls of dental floss, a professional heat gun and many bad words to do mine.
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01-13-2019, 04:13 PM | #58 |
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I've always de-badged my motors (irrespective of engine size) ever since my VW days many years ago.
In fact, I remember when I was younger when a friend of my Dad (a German) told us that it's popular in Germany because it's no-one elses business which engine you have (especially if you were rocking a 6 cylinder petrol instead of a smaller 4 cylinder petrol) - Germans are quite reserved and don't like to make a song and dance about what they drive. Made sense, especially after seeing lots of high spec BMW & Mercs de-badged (as well as the base models). Since the VW Vento which started it for me all my cars have been de-badged (including our petrol engined Mercedes C320). Same for my parents, their cars have always been de-badged either from factory order or by the dealer or us after purchase. Looks much cleaner and keeps people guessing. |
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01-14-2019, 04:47 AM | #60 |
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One has to ask the question - why do BMW feel the need to adorn the rear/(side) of their cars with a badge indicating the relative performance of the vehicle with respect to other cars of the same model? All it really becomes is a self serving ego trip for owners by creating an artificial hierarchy for "My car is better than your car" type shenanigans
Am I right in thinking that BMW is one of a diminishing group of car manufacturers who badge their cars in such a way?
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01-14-2019, 05:01 AM | #61 |
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Nope, Audi have taken it to the next level with the badge denoting the engine output.
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The cars of 70s often had automatic badges on them if they were - helped those behind to understand why it set off so slowly whilst the torque converter and three gears did its stuff....
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01-14-2019, 08:38 AM | #65 |
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De badged mine prior to her winter polish/wax coat. Took no time at all and done it with the Mrs hairdryer. Picked off the sticky residue and polished out. Looks sooooo much better!
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I'm not de-badging as I don't want anyone to think I'm driving a diesel.
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