Fake Cars

[Barks]

Also we could probably save the planet if car manufacturers sold fake versions of their high performance cars to women who a) don't know the difference and b) never drive them to their full potential.

If all those women-driven Golf GTIs actually had 1.2s under the bonnet think of the reduction in emissions

 

[Django x2]

You've all left your lights on

I drive a fake BMW. It's a diesel but says M Sport somewhere in the paper work.

 

[agw_01]

I know this really isn't in the same league as Ferrari MR2s and BMW M520i's as most people wouldn't think twice about it, but those that do get a taster always look a little bit sick afterwards.

I can't begin to imagine why?!

 

[NickXX]

lol petrolheads paradise

why couldnt i find room mates like you when i was younger i ended up living with some right *&%£'s at uni :/

Lol, I'm the same age as you

 

[lordrobs]

To be honest underbadging cars bugs me more than those that put a higher spec badge on. Can't really explain why but when someone shoves a 2.0 engine in a small hatch and then sticks a 1.2 badge on the back I always end up doing a little internal roll eyes

 

[PeterNem]

Lol, I'm the same age as you

Old git

 

[agw_01]

To be honest underbadging cars bugs me more than those that put a higher spec badge on.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I know this really isn't in the same league as Ferrari MR2s and BMW M520i's as most people wouldn't think twice about it, but those that do get a taster always look a little bit sick afterwards.

I'd be suprised if anyone notices much less actually cares. Most people dont even know what a 418SD is anyway.

 

[agw_01]

Must just be them getting nurfed by an old Rover that makes them look pig sick then

 

[[TW]Fox]

Must just be them getting nurfed by an old Rover that makes them look pig sick then

Its more likely to be your imagination running wild with you as you justify the car to yourself in your head If you've just 'nurfed' someone they'll be far behind you so you wont get a chance to look at the facial expression.

 

[agw_01]

Yeah, but when I have to stop for red traffic lights, they eventually catch up

Its more likely to be your imagination running wild with you as you justify the car to yourself in your head

Classic Fox reply though. I don't need justification

 

[[TW]Fox]

They are probably fed up of watching the local yoofs burning up the traffic lights in old cars again, you know, like the look of dissapproval old people give when they see a Saxo with a baked bean can exhuast.

 

[lordrobs]

I'm in the minority so I wouldn't worry about it

 

[Dup]

I'm in the minority so I wouldn't worry about it

What if say, someone puts a tuned 1.6 Saxo VTS engine in a 106 XN Graduate chassis? Is that underbadging?

 

[MikeHunt79]

The most retarded car is a Mini Cooper with an M and a 330i badge on the back which I see parked everyday on the commute to work. I mean WTF, WHY? IDIOT!

Perhaps he just put them there to wind people up?

 

[Biohazard]

I smothered my e36 with M badges today, makes it faster it does. fact.

 

[agw_01]

They are probably fed up of watching the local yoofs burning up the traffic lights in old cars again, you know, like the look of dissapproval old people give when they see a Saxo with a baked bean can exhuast.

It doesn't take much for you to take the bait eh? I knew using the word 'nurfed' would get you riled up.

It's harmless fun in my eyes, and despite what you might think, people in modified old cars don't go around purposely looking for people to race If anything, I find it's completely the opposite, some clot in a BMW 330i or Audi S3 driving like a *** thinking that they're somehow better than everybody else because of the badge on their car. Never heard of the BMW lane?

If I see a car with similar performance nailing it along a nice empty motorway, yeah I might drop a cog every now and then to match their speed, but it's more my curiosity of seeing how my car compares to that of today. I didn't make them put their foot down before they've even overtaken me, did I?

I guess you really have to be there to know what I'm talking about. My post probably comes across as though I drive in an aggressive style... not at all. I wouldn't average 350 miles to a tank if I did

 

[BigglesPiP]

Seen an old bile yellow "M3" with a big spoiler that had "pole position" written on the back of it. 10 to 1 it's actually a 316i, which is actually a 1.9, with an automatic gearbox.

 

[Scania]

I was having a chuckle at a Dutch registered Scania 17 ton rigid a few weeks back, it had "164L" and "580" badges on the front grill (where they should be) most 17Ton Scanias I have driven have a 9 litre 220BHP Six and I assumed this was the same, until he started it up!!!

Turns out it was used to pull box trailers and did indeed have a 16litre 580BHP V8 under the cab!!!

 

[atpbx]

I was having a chuckle at a Dutch registered Scania 17 ton rigid a few weeks back, it had "164L" and "580" badges on the front grill (where they should be) most 17Ton Scanias I have driven have a 9 litre 220BHP Six and I assumed this was the same, until he started it up!!!

Turns out it was used to pull box trailers and did indeed have a 16litre 580BHP V8 under the cab!!!

HA HA!

Those crazy dutch truck drivers. What will they think of next?
Oh hang on.....
Thats just someone having a better truck than you thought.