Strange badge engineering
Huw Powell
human747 at attbi.com
Sat Dec 21 15:20:14 EST 2002
> Friend of mine used to run an old Escort Van with the lettering rearranged
> to read 'C O R S E T'.
> And two weeks ago I was in the daily traffic jam behind a crappy old Opel
> Corsa TR (the sedan kind) with the badges cut and shut to read 'OPA'
> (grandpa)- very appropriate for the vehicle.
Reminds me of my old Nissan truck, on which I had, um, rearranged all
the logos, including the big stamping on the tailgate, to read "HUMAN"
> > A 'little' more macho- at a German car show I saw a tuned Opel Astra in
> the
> > parking lot, with the emblems reading 'Opel Viagra'. Very creative
> > cut-and-shut with Vectra and Tigra?
>
> Considering the oft-repeated reason for men owning powerful cars, this might
> be apt.......
So is the reason I'm content with my normally aspirated 101 hp coupe and
130 hp 90Q just a matter of coming to terms with it?
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Huw Powell
http://www.humanspeakers.com/
http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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