• CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    344·
    10 hours ago

    Another reason not listed: fuck the manufacturer. I don’t pay, I don’t drive around town, I don’t live my life to be an advertisement for you. ¯\(°_o)/¯

    Ford has done me wrong. Ford has done America wrong. But for the right price, I still might consider driving a Ford. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? But you bet your ass I’d debadge that motherfucker. Ford doesn’t deserve to be publicly acknowledged by me on my goddamned vehicle, bought with my goddamned money, to be seen by others. Nah. I’m not doing that.

    Get a salvage Ford, or a really ugly/deformed Ford, debadge it? Hell yeah. Let’s go.

    I also don’t like explicitly branded clothing. Why do we pay to advertise for these people, like it’s some kind of privilege or status? 🤨 Especially the most basic bitch stuff out there, manufactured by foreign slave labor. Idk, it’s all dumb.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      101·
      8 hours ago

      Has Ford owner I can tell you debadging a Ford won’t stop anyone knowing its a Ford. They design it specifically so you don’t need the emblem. Hell it fades off on most trucks and cars in a few months.

      What I remove is any mention of the dealership. That I will advertise for.

        • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 minute ago

          I blacked all mine out with plastidip, at least the ones I couldn’t remove without leaving a massive spot open and look even worse

      • limelight79@lemm.ee
        9·
        8 hours ago

        I’m usually anti dealer badges, but when we bought our Accord, the dealer said if we kept the dealer license plate frame on, we’d get free car washes for life. We took advantage of that many times. Seemed a fair trade to me.

      • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        4·
        7 hours ago

        I agree, people will know, but debadging even that little oval? Taking it out of the grill? That is very intentional, it doesn’t occur by accident, it might even make some people go, “…huh.”

        I would refuse to have their emblems on my vehicle. I have my reasons. Unless somebody wants to buy me a nice one & leaving badges on was part of the conditions, by all means, drop thousands of dollars on me & make me a hypocrite. I am nothing if not practical. But if it’s my money, on my Ford vehicle, all badges & emblems are being stripped off.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      99% of the time I HATE advertising, however in this circumstance I can’t relate, I love my Kia Soul and I really like how down to earth the old Kia logo was. More importantly it feels like a part of Sir-hops-a-lot’s personality that id be removing and I don’t want that.
      (yes, I have named and personified it a bit so I’m not really the average customer lol)

      beep beep frog car incoming!

      nyooom! 🐸

      I do agree on clothing, if it’s not funny (apparently there’s a brand named ‘lorem ipsum’ that makes shirts) or like a YouTubers merch or experience (ex. a museum tshirt I have), I don’t understand why you would pay extra.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      12 hours ago

      Yeah, usually the debadged cars I see around me are 3-series and other entry-level luxury sedans. I think the owners want to try and trick people into thinking they’re actually driving an M3, etc.

      If you debadge an M3, RS3, etc then I think that’s actually a pretty cool flex

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    Cybertruck 2025: now with complimentary anti-vandalism Fuck Musk wrap

  • janNatan@lemmy.ml
    14·
    12 hours ago

    The top reason: the badge fell off for some reason, and I do not care enough to replace it.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    10 hours ago

    it comes and goes but some years school age kids will gain a car emblem theft fixation. I lived on the same street as a high school and every second year or so any remaining emblems on cars parked outside would be stripped off