The inappropriate badging thread

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Malcolm's car has AMG body kit and SL65 AMG wheels but has no badging. Nothing at all. Only the reg plate gives away that it's an SL500.
Is it pretending to be something it's not? Maybe but it's not announcing it blatantly with a bodgy aftermarket AMG badge.

Which are often made from cheap shoddy plastic !!
 
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If you RhodiBill had not ignored us at Portsdown Hill the other Saturday, you would have seen the countermeasures I deployed in order not to be tarred with the same brush as the AMG badgers :geek::rolleyes:;):D

Perhaps Russ might post the pics he took :D:D

I didn't come down on the up train, me no daft :geek::rolleyes:;):D:cool::cool:

I do drive an AMG Line version, it was bought as a tug, so is diseasel :rolleyes::geek::D
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Them mats need shaking :rolleyes:

yeh, but they're 'AMG' mats, the first ones Ive had, so they can stay as used ;):geek::rolleyes::D

I did mask all references too, no matter where on me car :p
 

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I have noticed just lately that the SLK 32 'wanna be's are removing the 0 from the boot lids on their SLK 320's.
They are probably part of the same brigade that just buy an SLK 320 and do nothing at all to them but use and possibly abuse them as well as not getting them serviced and totally ignore the advisories that have formed a part of a pending horror story and then expect to get top money when they off-load them on to the unsuspecting potential new owner.

I came across a double badged SLK 230 recently with Barabbas badges on the grill and the boot lid.
 

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Just seen this one on an Instagram store for maguires it might just be my dodgy eyes but is that a Audi wheel with a ferrari caliper?? Screenshot_20191020_093945.jpg
 

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followed on the way to work tonight:

I suppose his "buyer's" point of view is "Why buy the car, when I can just buy a badge?" But I think people who stick up-market badges on their cars are just wasting money because they're only fooling themselves (and making a fool of themselves in the process) :D !
 

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cant believe somebody would put a mcdonalds sticker anywhere on a AMG never mind there:eek:. wouldn't put it on my wheelie bin:D
 

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cant believe somebody would put a mcdonalds sticker anywhere on a AMG never mind there:eek:. wouldn't put it on my wheelie bin:D
It is amusing though. :)
 

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