Oppo QOTD: What The Weirdest Example of Car Badges?

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 09/18/2014 at 13:54 • Filed to: None

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Sometimes cars advertise their features on the outside of the car to show your wealth to the peasants. It gets weird sometimes. But whats the weirdest?

I'm gonna go with the ABS center. I know I just posted about them but some other people started posting other weird stuff too. So I'm running with it.

Sweet Trav > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 13:59

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If you had outsource the suspension to someone, what does that say about the build quality on the rest of the car?

505Turbeaux > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:01

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spare me the knowledge your E9 has a slushbox

Sn210 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:05

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I saw these tires on a Fiat at Pebble Beach. I think they're non-skid

As Du Volant > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:06

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Another GM thing: Interior badging. As if you didn't already know what car you were driving.

Jonee > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:09

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I always get a kick out of this oxymoronic one.

MC20 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:10

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This x 1000000 me and my dad were talking about this a while back.
Maybe its just because they're standard on everything now...

Mattbob > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:11

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cars that have an SOHC badge on them. Usually you keep that sort of thing to yourself.

webmonkees > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:12

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You didn't say factory..

crowmolly > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:17

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Preface: not an exterior badge.

However, BEHOLD:

*drops mic*

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > crowmolly 09/18/2014 at 14:19

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Oh shit dude, a Lambo!

crowmolly > As Du Volant 09/18/2014 at 14:22

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A lot of these cars were utterly forgettable so every now and then the driver needed a reminder.

Sweet Trav > crowmolly 09/18/2014 at 14:23

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I fucking love that interior.

Overheard at product development

Employee: Hey boss, the new smog-o-matic V8 doesnt make any power and we added 300lbs in 5mph bumpers, im concerned about the Camaro being sporty

Boss: Fuck it, just put the name of the car on every vertical and horizontal surface of the interior. They'll think thats Bitchin'

Boxer_4 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:23

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I saw a set where the owner tried to cover it up.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Sweet Trav 09/18/2014 at 14:24

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That it is much more reliable?

MonkeePuzzle > Sn210 09/18/2014 at 14:25

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that's totes adorbs, I love it!

MonkeePuzzle > crowmolly 09/18/2014 at 14:25

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in what kind of car?

crowmolly > Sweet Trav 09/18/2014 at 14:25

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Rumor has it that it was spawned the day a GM worker replaced the M&Ms in the candy dish with quaaludes.

MonkeePuzzle > Mattbob 09/18/2014 at 14:26

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perhaps trying to say they have OHC at all is better than the NASCAR tech?

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > crowmolly 09/18/2014 at 14:27

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Just in case, some day you're driving along and happen forget what car you're in. Now that's forward thinking.

MonkeePuzzle > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:27

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crowmolly > MonkeePuzzle 09/18/2014 at 14:27

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I'll bet there's at least one asshole that has this interior... and still spells it "Camero"

Brian, The Life of > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:29

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"Look everyone! We have an O2 sensor!"

MonkeePuzzle > Boxer_4 09/18/2014 at 14:31

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just keep stacking them on like the yearly stickers on a licence plate

Mattbob > MonkeePuzzle 09/18/2014 at 14:31

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I'd rather have push rods than an sohc. No timing belt to change. Also is NASCAR tech a bad thing? They go over 200MPH.

MonkeePuzzle > Mattbob 09/18/2014 at 14:32

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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

fhrblig > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:32

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I don't have a picture of it, but I have heard that the Mazda 626s sold in the UK had an "Air Conditioning" badge on the trunk.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:33

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I will hear it for this...but I always hated the Gold Chevy Bowtie. Just looks weirdly cheesy and low budget.

Mattbob > MonkeePuzzle 09/18/2014 at 14:34

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I got baited pretty hard there. I don't even like nascar. sigh. Only a half hour left to work though.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:38

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New Fords:

"What in the world is that large suv thats on our a**, hunny?"

"Looks to me like it's an...EXPLORER!"

...It just wants some attention ;(

Coty > 505Turbeaux 09/18/2014 at 14:42

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ACVWs too.

Coty > Jonee 09/18/2014 at 14:43

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Do you understand how that works?

T5Killer > Mattbob 09/18/2014 at 14:45

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Not all SOHCs are shameful ;)

T5Killer > crowmolly 09/18/2014 at 14:47

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There are so many things about the 3rd gen Camaro that is a WTF and this is the KING of WTF was GM thinking.

Tareim - V8 powered > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 14:50

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pretty sure it's a Bugatti dude.

crowmolly > T5Killer 09/18/2014 at 15:04

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Easily.

Mathematically speaking, this is 1/1LE

Jonee > Coty 09/18/2014 at 15:05

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I do understand how VW's version worked, yes. I had a Karmann Ghia with one for a brief period. I did get a kick out of driving it, but it was slow as molasses. It was basically a vacuum activated clutch with a torque converter for idling. Subaru on the 360, and a few other makers, had an auto-clutch stick that used magnetized iron filings mixed with magic that I find totally confusing when it's been explained to me.

ly2v8-Brian > T5Killer 09/18/2014 at 15:16

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This

ljksetrightmemorialtrophydash > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 16:46

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twochevrons > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 18:42

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JDM, yo. And yes, that is a manufacturer badge.

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/18/2014 at 21:49

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I always thought it odd that Cadillac had designer series for years and now they have designer parts like this gauge cluster designed by Bulgari in the base XLR.

And then they design a watch named after the car

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mr_gofast > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/19/2014 at 11:47

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freude > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/19/2014 at 16:47

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jimz > MonkeePuzzle 09/20/2014 at 11:26

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I have a decepticon one on my Ranger