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      09-28-2021, 06:42 PM   #3961
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If you're going to put a fake "M" badge on your car, at least learn where it should go! In the case of the X's, it's an X3 M, not MX3.

Or maybe this guy really wants to be driving a mid '90's Mazda....
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How about an M badge on All 4 doors ? M performance stickers on all 4 handles ? and the M badge M performance sticker at the back . I coulndt get a pic but there were the m colors painted by hand on the front grills as well. Sorry for the sideways pictures
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Just saw this on CL I was wondering why the dealer ad was pushing “Limited Edition” so much….till I flipped through the pics
Forget the badge, $19.8…. Guy is smoking something goood stuff.
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      10-04-2021, 11:58 AM   #3966
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Question. Obviously I find M posers hilarious and love this thread dearly. But recently I’ve found myself wondering if I’m not guilty myself.

I have a base F90 and replaced the silver M5 trunk emblem with the black one (which is otherwise only on competition models). I DID NOT put the “competition” part on.

Have I become what I hate most? What’s the crowd say here?
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      10-04-2021, 03:01 PM   #3967
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Question. Obviously I find M posers hilarious and love this thread dearly. But recently I’ve found myself wondering if I’m not guilty myself.

I have a base F90 and replaced the silver M5 trunk emblem with the black one (which is otherwise only on competition models). I DID NOT put the “competition” part on.

Have I become what I hate most? What’s the crowd say here?
Not only are you good with your badging choice, I'm a bit jealous to be honest. I got to do BMW M track day at Sonoma last year and did 8 laps in the M5. All that power and handling is lost on my for day-to-day driving, but I still have a smile painted on my face after that experience. What a ride!
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      10-06-2021, 11:20 AM   #3968
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https://www.motor1.com/news/538729/t...ecial-edition/

The fact that these badges are real somehow makes things worse than if someone had just slapped these fake badges on their corolla...

Toyota Corolla "Nurburgring Special Edition"..... with a vicious 1.8L I4 churning out a ball slapping 138 hp. Mated to a beastly CVT and powering the front wheels. And all the Nurburgring badging to make sure everyone knows what you're packing.
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https://www.motor1.com/news/538729/t...ecial-edition/

The fact that these badges are real somehow makes things worse than if someone had just slapped these fake badges on their corolla...

Toyota Corolla "Nurburgring Special Edition"..... with a vicious 1.8L I4 churning out a ball slapping 138 hp. Mated to a beastly CVT and powering the front wheels. And all the Nurburgring badging to make sure everyone knows what you're packing.
I mean, first thing that comes to mind when I think of the Nurburgring is a Toyota Corolla.

But, I guess it makes sense..
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But, I guess it makes sense..
Yeah I mean.... I wouldn't mock it quite so heavily if they added an intake/tune/exhaust and dropped a proper transmission into it. But it's so typical of Toyota to do nothing other than a few suspension tweaks, slap some badges on it, and call it a special edition.
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Hence the reason for this very thread.
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It might not be a BMW, but I did find a rare C300 AMG in the wild.

If you all think the US has a badge problem, wait until you visit Italy. I saw 4 fake badged //M cars to a single real one during my visit
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I think the other reality is that some people have their non-M cars tuned, sometimes to similar power levels as real M cars and think that means they can justifiably put an M badge on their car. Despite disagreeing with the principle regardless, most people don't understand that 'M' is more than just a power upgrade anyway.
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Where are the badges sold ?
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Where are the badges sold ?
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But, I guess it makes sense..
Yeah I mean.... I wouldn't mock it quite so heavily if they added an intake/tune/exhaust and dropped a proper transmission into it. But it's so typical of Toyota to do nothing other than a few suspension tweaks, slap some badges on it, and call it a special edition.
Isn't BMW guilty of this as well?
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Isn't BMW guilty of this as well?
No?
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Becoz the badge changes the performance not the engine ....
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Isn't BMW guilty of this as well?
No?
No, BMWs not guilty of slapping badges on stuff?

BMW slaps "M" on anything they can. Mini van looking crossovers and SUVs and all in between. More then Mercedes with AMG or Audi with "S Line".

This is coming from a non fan boy perspective. I just call it as I see it.
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No, BMWs not guilty of slapping badges on stuff?
No it's not the same thing. The nurburgring edition corolla is a "special edition".

Special edition BMW's come with serious performance enhancements. I'm not talking about slapping an m badge. This isn't a corolla with random TRD badging... this is a "nurburgring edition". So when you say isn't bmw guilty of the same thing... no they're not. And this is also coming from a non fan boy.
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