In Puerto Rico, some Mitsubishi Mirages carry the Evolution V and VI badges, but of course all of us car guys know, a Mirage is FAAARRR from anything to do with an Evo.
Another example, I see Honda Civics with both EX and SiR badges on the same car.
And in San Juan, I saw two "Civic Type R"s.... they don't exist.
I guess the basic question is, are the automotive import companies throwing on badges, or does everyone feel the need to put misleading and annoying things on their car? Especially when it isn't even CLOSE to a Type R anything, nor will it ever be worthy of the Evolution status.
2007-03-08 14:16:00 · 4 answers · asked by Pan B 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
Adding more details. You're right, I forgot Civic Type R's do exist. But in Japan. They didnt ship them to the US or PR, and especially not left side drives.
To restate the question, Do people add these badges (Evolution V to a Mirage as an example, or DOHC VTEC to a Camry GTS, or even SiR on an already EX badged Civic) or do the companies put them on before the car is bought? I see way too many of them in the same spot to be just people smacking badges on their unless it came with the car. I can see the dumb blonde who bought the car and then added SiR because her boyfriend slobbered over old SiR's, but both SiR and EX... please... just stop. I have to wonder, do the people driving the OMG UBBER COOL Mirage Evolution V's (j/k) realize that its a fake?
2007-03-08 15:48:41 · update #1
Yeah, I totally agree with you. People just put badges and stickers on their cars just to make them look cool when it really makes them look stupid. And a real car enthusiast can tell if a car doesn't have "VTEC" or isn't a Type R.
Like, I saw a Neon with a "VTEC" badge on it...and Dodge doesn't even make VTEC's!!!
Oh yeah...the Civic Type R does exist actually...but I highly doubt those guys in San Juan had one lol
2007-03-08 14:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it. I think it's dumb when people put stuff like that on their cars. I saw a corvette that had a Ferrari badge on it once, and then there was a Toyota Tundra with a Lexus badge on the grille. The dumb thing didn't even have leather. On eBay, you can get Lincoln Mark LT 'kits' to transform your F-150 into a Lincoln. They wanna look like they have money, even though they don't.
2007-03-12 06:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by Brad K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bought some steeda badges for my 71 volkswagen superbeetle... i am restoring it, and while the paint looks like boiled a$$, i thought it would be sorta funny. wonder where i can get a big windup key to stick out of the motor?
2007-03-09 03:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by michael_oxgood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a show off pretending to have some thing better that you do and no one is fooled by it
2007-03-08 14:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
these are people that we called them wanna be. they can"t afford the model so they change the decal
2007-03-08 14:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by LEXUSRY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋