Tuesday, November 02, 2004

V12 powered Range?

So, I saw the kid with the Range Rover with a V12 on the back again this morning. I almost asked him about it, but I didn't. My passion about this seemingly trivial matter made me query: What is it about this that bothers me so much? I can't really come up with a clear answer, but it has to do with people trying to mislead others, to do with poseurs, to do with people who want recognition without earning it.

There is a number of things that I have seen along these lines that bother me quite a bit. Some of them are:
- M badges on normal 3-series;
- M badges on normal 5-series;
- DOHC badges on single-cam Hondas;
- Vtec badges on non-Vtec Hondas;
- Type R badges on either (1) non-ITRs, or (2) cars that aren't even Integras [Civics, Accords, etc. (that are not available in Type R trim in the U.S.)]
- Z28 badges on 6-cylinder Camaros
- SS badges on Z28s or 6-cylinder Camaros
- and maybe the one that pisses me off the most--Cobra emblems on (1) Mustang GTs, or even worse (2) 6-cylinder Mustangs
- oh yeah, one that I saw at the gym just the other day--a B6 Audi A4 (not an S4) with the 1.8T engine (!!!) with a RS4 badge on the back; this is wrong on so many levels. To start it was a freaking A4, not an S4. It had a freaking 4-cylinder, not even a 6-cylinder, let alone the 4.2L 8-cylinder that the B6 S4 has. And maybe most importantly THERE IS NO B6 RS4 (even in Europe--there has never been one (even the B5) in the U.S.). This guy might be an even bigger idiot than the V12 Range Rover kid. Close call, though.

Anyway, that is my rant for today. I may get up the sack to ask the kid why he has a V12 badge on his SUV someday, we'll see.