A cosmetic modification: C 250 (for 2.5 V6)
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A cosmetic modification: C 250 (for 2.5 V6)
Not quite comfortable with the C230 badging, partly due to my aversion towards the original 2.3 liter motor, I went ahead and corrected the trunklid badging. No other changes are planned.
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Originally Posted by Nostromo
Not quite comfortable with the C230 badging, partly due to my aversion towards the original 2.3 liter motor, I went ahead and corrected the trunklid badging. No other changes are planned.
Or does MB want to maintain their traditional/historical(??) badging numbers?
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hahhaa misnamming...so wood the ML500 be ML499.75 or something???
haha imagine someone did that....lols If i had a SL65 AMG, i'd so rip everything off and stick on a "SL180 Kompressor" on it...so i'd fly all these ***** that think me ride is gay
haha imagine someone did that....lols If i had a SL65 AMG, i'd so rip everything off and stick on a "SL180 Kompressor" on it...so i'd fly all these ***** that think me ride is gay
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Originally Posted by Nostromo
Not quite comfortable with the C230 badging, partly due to my aversion towards the original 2.3 liter motor, I went ahead and corrected the trunklid badging. No other changes are planned.
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Originally Posted by kmchow
Yeah, I really hate it when MB and other car manufacturers start "misnaming" their models. My only guess is that while the engine needs to be bigger for performance reasons, manufacturers still need to show a visible difference between the models. But what's wrong with a C250, C300 and C350?
Or does MB want to maintain their traditional/historical(??) badging numbers?
Or does MB want to maintain their traditional/historical(??) badging numbers?
sometimes, having the correct numbers is very important. I was watching this one show on tv and the reporter said there was a time MB had problem selling the 400 series in HK because it sounded like death. Alfa Romeo had bigger problem when they released the 164 series because it sounded like "death all the way" in cantonese.
BMW probably can't sell the Z4 very well in HK
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Originally Posted by Nostromo
Not quite comfortable with the C230 badging, partly due to my aversion towards the original 2.3 liter motor, I went ahead and corrected the trunklid badging. No other changes are planned.
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Originally Posted by mick1
sometimes, having the correct numbers is very important. I was watching this one show on tv and the reporter said there was a time MB had problem selling the 400 series in HK because it sounded like death. Alfa Romeo had bigger problem when they released the 164 series because it sounded like "death all the way" in cantonese.
BMW probably can't sell the Z4 very well in HK
BMW probably can't sell the Z4 very well in HK
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Originally Posted by kmchow
Yeah, I really hate it when MB and other car manufacturers start "misnaming" their models. My only guess is that while the engine needs to be bigger for performance reasons, manufacturers still need to show a visible difference between the models. But what's wrong with a C250, C300 and C350?
Or does MB want to maintain their traditional/historical(??) badging numbers?
Or does MB want to maintain their traditional/historical(??) badging numbers?
There would have been nothing wrong with C250, C300 and C350.
Just like the 1.8L C230K's should of really been badged C180K's.
Originally Posted by nostromo
Not quite comfortable with the C230 badging, partly due to my aversion towards the original 2.3 liter motor, I went ahead and corrected the trunklid badging. No other changes are planned.
I like your C250.Carlos
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Originally Posted by revstriker
It looks stupid. It's a C230. There's no such thing as a C250.
Why don't you just say what you're really trying to do: Distinguish yourself from those lowly 1.8 C230s.....
Why don't you just say what you're really trying to do: Distinguish yourself from those lowly 1.8 C230s.....
hey, i have an idea! let's go around with a bunch of Audi/VW "1.8T" badges and ninja-badge all of the 1.8 C230's! Yeah that would be fun!
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Originally Posted by b3d_sage
hey, i have an idea! let's go around with a bunch of Audi/VW "1.8T" badges and ninja-badge all of the 1.8 C230's! Yeah that would be fun!
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Originally Posted by mick1
sometimes, having the correct numbers is very important. I was watching this one show on tv and the reporter said there was a time MB had problem selling the 400 series in HK because it sounded like death. Alfa Romeo had bigger problem when they released the 164 series because it sounded like "death all the way" in cantonese.
BMW probably can't sell the Z4 very well in HK
BMW probably can't sell the Z4 very well in HK
400 is "say bat" and death/to die is "say" usually chinese ppl dun like the #4...and 164 is worst lol... 164 is "yut look say" and it sounds like "yut Low Say" which means, "continue to die" I duno about the Z4...but chinese ppl love 8s...like 168 is "yut look bot" and sounds like "yut low fat" which means "continue to get rich" lols... interesting right?
to tell you the truth..when I picked out my lisence plate # from the DMV, i had 8198- which supposedly mean something like "if your rich, ur really rich"
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Originally Posted by advans
400 is "say bat" and death/to die is "say" usually chinese ppl dun like the #4...and 164 is worst lol... 164 is "yut look say" and it sounds like "yut Low Say" which means, "continue to die" I duno about the Z4...but chinese ppl love 8s...like 168 is "yut look bot" and sounds like "yut low fat" which means "continue to get rich" lols... interesting right?
to tell you the truth..when I picked out my lisence plate # from the DMV, i had 8198- which supposedly mean something like "if your rich, ur really rich"
to tell you the truth..when I picked out my lisence plate # from the DMV, i had 8198- which supposedly mean something like "if your rich, ur really rich"
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Mercedes really annoyed me with the badging. For the c230 m271 they put the dumb 1.8 badges on the side to help distinguish it. If they believed that making a C180 would make the car seem "worth less". Why didn't they make the c230 a c250, wouldn't the public think it's "worth more"?
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Originally Posted by r3v1ls
Mercedes really annoyed me with the badging. For the c230 m271 they put the dumb 1.8 badges on the side to help distinguish it. If they believed that making a C180 would make the car seem "worth less". Why didn't they make the c230 a c250, wouldn't the public think it's "worth more"?
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Originally Posted by benzmodz
What is the Chinese number that says "Drives really well" I would be happy to meet that guy.
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Originally Posted by mbny
it's his car, his dime, let him do as he wishes. at least he's not a poser sporting a motor he doesn't have.
Sure, it's his car and he can do what he wants. No problem there. But when he posts pictures of his posing, looking for opinions, he will get them; good and bad.
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Originally Posted by revstriker
To be honest, I don't see a difference. He's "sporting" a model of car that he doesn't really have because MB doesn't make it. To me, if he would have put S500 AMG on his car it would have been equally as silly.
Sure, it's his car and he can do what he wants. No problem there. But when he posts pictures of his posing, looking for opinions, he will get them; good and bad.
Sure, it's his car and he can do what he wants. No problem there. But when he posts pictures of his posing, looking for opinions, he will get them; good and bad.
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Originally Posted by revstriker
To be honest, I don't see a difference. He's "sporting" a model of car that he doesn't really have because MB doesn't make it. To me, if he would have put S500 AMG on his car it would have been equally as silly.
Sure, it's his car and he can do what he wants. No problem there. But when he posts pictures of his posing, looking for opinions, he will get them; good and bad.
Sure, it's his car and he can do what he wants. No problem there. But when he posts pictures of his posing, looking for opinions, he will get them; good and bad.
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Originally Posted by mbny
true he will get mixed opinions. but i see no harm. he does in fact sport a "250" under the hood so it's cool with me. obviously S500 would be posing. not an S class or a 500 and putting an AMG badge on non-AMG car i'd consider posing as well. even if my car does sport the "AMG" kit, it's still miles away from one. i've seen quite a few on here posing AMG badges.
