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I'm mystified with the amount of "up-badging" I see..... is this just a S. FL trend ?

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Old 11-20-2008, 05:40 AM
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Default I'm mystified with the amount of "up-badging" I see..... is this just a S. FL trend ?

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/95439/posuer.jpg"></center><p>this guy obviously spent some time chasing down the badges....

I respect that we all have different tastes and visons for our cars ( and mine certainly bears some critisism rightly so perhaps), but why blatantly try to represent your car as something it's clearly not.



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Totally ridiculous and tacky if you ask me. You either have an S/W12/V10 or you dont. Anyone doing that is a poser and has some self esteem issues.

I respect a person's right to have indiviual tastes, but trying to make others think you have a more expesnive car is not a stylistic choice, its being fake.

Id rather see someone de-badge an Audi rather than up-badge.
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Default Agreed. There's a guy here with W12 badges on his A8L

I know it's not a W12 because I had to show the techs where the badges went. It's the only one I know of in town though.
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In that guy's online persona he's chief of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Don't hate me for my Audi Sport license plate bracket!!! &lt;lol&gt;
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doh - I'm guilty of that too.......
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phew!!!&lt;wipes sweat from forehead&gt; thought I was the only one!! :P
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I'm afraid to ask, but how do you guys feel about a couple of discreet "S-Line" badges?
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I'm ok with the s-line badges..............sorta..........
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