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Come on then, who's badging a TDI as an S4? At least remove the TDI badge lol
I think I may have seen the same one lol, was it black?I saw a merc c220 diesel with a wonky amg sticker on the back yesterday....looked *****
Silver one near Barton bridgeI think I may have seen the same one lol, was it black?
The worst are BMW owners, every BM is an M
Which is interesting, is this why S cars are good sleepers, as most other cars look like them (lots of s-lines about), and only real knowledgeable people can spot (and hear) the difference....?Audi is just the same with the S-Line trim.
Big M badge is known to give 10-12 extra BHP. Surly you guys all know that?
Yup "M Sport" is a BMW trim spec just like "S Line" is an Audi trim spec. Both mean cars that look virtually identical to the high performance models in the range but can have the lowest spec engine in the range and I don't see an issue with that, like you say it helps the quicker variants fly under the radar which to me is good.
What I do find annoying is what you see above, when "S" or "M" badges get stuck on cars where they shouldnt have them trying to make the car something it's not. An M badge on the bootlid of a 1 Series annoys the **** out of me having had 1 Series cars for the past 6 years, even if it's on an MSport spec car that has M badges scattered over it's interior its just tacky, the only BMWs that have M boot badges are proper M cars or the halfway house M cars with some M input like the M135i etc.
BMW put the extra badges on for you; my wife has an M-sport X5, its not the M, just the M-sport trim and it has11 M badges on it from the factory, we got it new and they were already there. It seems a bit excessive to me for a 3.0ltr Diesel all be it almost 300bhp.
Its not always the owners fault.
My RS4 has four RS badges on it and two fo those are inside.
To be fair I have more respect for this, even if it's not too my taste, than daft badges!This thread reminded me of this from Carfest South last weekend. Kind of the opposite effect. Someone took a Fiat 126 and put a V8 in it....
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2k09ndnptn099uk/P1060632.MOV?dl=0
Which is interesting, is this why S cars are good sleepers, as most other cars look like them (lots of s-lines about), and only real knowledgeable people can spot (and hear) the difference....?
I followed an old R reg Corsa, in eye catching 'hedge green' a couple of weeks ago. On the tailgate? A 'VXR' badge Goon!
So did I chop. I always had Vauxhalls, culminating in a Vec VXR before I got the Audi. I'm all for people personalising/upgrading their cars, but a 1.2 VXR? Just behave yourself!!! lol