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Hello fellas, i felt like sharing this one with you guys. I have been lurking around MBworld.org for a while now and there is this incessant thread that has been going on for close to 5 years now and this topic is about who should display the AMG rear boot emblem on their vehicles. Now this is what i call sisyphean effort. Toss-up arguments and no one will win the debate because there are loads of subjective views to back up people’s stand point.
Some forum members devised a strategy to capture the images of any Mercedes vehicle that is not supposed to display the AMG boot rear emblem badge and expose them on the forum so that genuine AMG owners could have their fair share of laughter. In my opinion, capturing the image of any vehicle without the consent of its driver could lead to some sort of altercation and that could be malefic.
Now i believe that such a thread in a UK forum would have a transient moment because when things get out of hand like it did on this MBworld.org forum, some non-AMG owners used incendiary words like prejudice, hate and so on to strike at AMG owners with diatribes. I was in a state of awe, consternation at how things took a downturn as the main subject bifurcated. Some forum members saying how they saw an Asian lady with flat buttocks at the petrol station filling-up her SL350 AMG and how they wanted to ask her if her SL350 AMG was a special wack series model. Some said how they saw some ghetto gangstas leaning back, smoking blunts, listening to rap music, windows down with CLS 650 black series slapped with an AMG badge and insipid 22’s wheels on it. Could this prejudicial statements be targeting a certain race? I would leave that to you guys to determine.
Some trolls who came on as well to participate were known to have brought a reputation of petulance, inflammatory and extraneous messages. For me this egregious act to violate people’s intimacy for the sake of fishing out fake AMG posers is really callous. Now, in the UK forum moderators will intervene with immediate alacrity either to bring to a halt the existence of the thread. But for some reasons, this thread on MBworld.org pushed on even when people feared the worst. For the fun of it, it was really boisterous and I laughed so hard.
The AMG car owners adopted this slogan "NO ENGINE NO BADGE". The argument behind it is that anyone without an AMG engine who displays AMG badge and thus gets beaten in a drag race, will not only demean the exclusivity of the AMG brand but will also indirectly help perpetuate across AUDI, BMW, FORD, TOYOTA & VW forums of how a base model sports car of any of the brands above gave an AMG car a true run for its money.
Some argued that they have every right to have an AMG badge on their vehicles based on the fact that they purchased a car with an AMG sports package ie AMG alloy wheels, AMG front/rear bumpers, AMG side skirts, AMG steering wheel & AMG floor-mats. Now from the stand point of a mediator, neither of them is wrong. Another valuable argument was put forth by a member who argued that his SL500 was purchased directly from Mercedes with an AMG badge on it. Now who is to blame for the AMG badge wrongly displayed on a non-AMG car? Mercedes or the individual? AMG owners are saying blame it on the individual. Some said blame it on Mercedes who has deliberately put the badge for the sole reason that the vehicle came fitted with AMG products.
But one thing is sacrosanct, every culture has a way of doing things. In America, some people would proudly flaunt their AMG bagdes to show who has got the biggest (not generalising here) while in certain European countries, debadging high performance cars is the norm because people fear constantly for their lives should they display luxury badges which in turn could make them the hunted individuals.
Personally, would i put an AMG boot rear emblem on my n/a car? NO! Why, because i don't deem it right to have it since my engine is not hand-built with a signature to back it up. Would i at some point buy AMG accessories to enhance the look of my car? YES! AMG accessories will help to accentuate the look of a already beautiful car and the rule of thumb is that it could be done, but in no way does AMG accessories equate to Performance. At the same time, I understand those who stick the badge up there purely on the fact that the vehicle was purchased with AMG packages.
Now the question is, who should legitimately display the AMG badge on their vehicles? Both the owners with the AMG engines and AMG sports package accoutrements or only AMG engine owners. I would like to sound your thoughts and opinions on this fellas. Thanks for reading and contributing.
Some forum members devised a strategy to capture the images of any Mercedes vehicle that is not supposed to display the AMG boot rear emblem badge and expose them on the forum so that genuine AMG owners could have their fair share of laughter. In my opinion, capturing the image of any vehicle without the consent of its driver could lead to some sort of altercation and that could be malefic.
Now i believe that such a thread in a UK forum would have a transient moment because when things get out of hand like it did on this MBworld.org forum, some non-AMG owners used incendiary words like prejudice, hate and so on to strike at AMG owners with diatribes. I was in a state of awe, consternation at how things took a downturn as the main subject bifurcated. Some forum members saying how they saw an Asian lady with flat buttocks at the petrol station filling-up her SL350 AMG and how they wanted to ask her if her SL350 AMG was a special wack series model. Some said how they saw some ghetto gangstas leaning back, smoking blunts, listening to rap music, windows down with CLS 650 black series slapped with an AMG badge and insipid 22’s wheels on it. Could this prejudicial statements be targeting a certain race? I would leave that to you guys to determine.
Some trolls who came on as well to participate were known to have brought a reputation of petulance, inflammatory and extraneous messages. For me this egregious act to violate people’s intimacy for the sake of fishing out fake AMG posers is really callous. Now, in the UK forum moderators will intervene with immediate alacrity either to bring to a halt the existence of the thread. But for some reasons, this thread on MBworld.org pushed on even when people feared the worst. For the fun of it, it was really boisterous and I laughed so hard.
The AMG car owners adopted this slogan "NO ENGINE NO BADGE". The argument behind it is that anyone without an AMG engine who displays AMG badge and thus gets beaten in a drag race, will not only demean the exclusivity of the AMG brand but will also indirectly help perpetuate across AUDI, BMW, FORD, TOYOTA & VW forums of how a base model sports car of any of the brands above gave an AMG car a true run for its money.
Some argued that they have every right to have an AMG badge on their vehicles based on the fact that they purchased a car with an AMG sports package ie AMG alloy wheels, AMG front/rear bumpers, AMG side skirts, AMG steering wheel & AMG floor-mats. Now from the stand point of a mediator, neither of them is wrong. Another valuable argument was put forth by a member who argued that his SL500 was purchased directly from Mercedes with an AMG badge on it. Now who is to blame for the AMG badge wrongly displayed on a non-AMG car? Mercedes or the individual? AMG owners are saying blame it on the individual. Some said blame it on Mercedes who has deliberately put the badge for the sole reason that the vehicle came fitted with AMG products.
But one thing is sacrosanct, every culture has a way of doing things. In America, some people would proudly flaunt their AMG bagdes to show who has got the biggest (not generalising here) while in certain European countries, debadging high performance cars is the norm because people fear constantly for their lives should they display luxury badges which in turn could make them the hunted individuals.
Personally, would i put an AMG boot rear emblem on my n/a car? NO! Why, because i don't deem it right to have it since my engine is not hand-built with a signature to back it up. Would i at some point buy AMG accessories to enhance the look of my car? YES! AMG accessories will help to accentuate the look of a already beautiful car and the rule of thumb is that it could be done, but in no way does AMG accessories equate to Performance. At the same time, I understand those who stick the badge up there purely on the fact that the vehicle was purchased with AMG packages.
Now the question is, who should legitimately display the AMG badge on their vehicles? Both the owners with the AMG engines and AMG sports package accoutrements or only AMG engine owners. I would like to sound your thoughts and opinions on this fellas. Thanks for reading and contributing.
