Musings on ideas - rebadging

[Voleurz]

Originally Posted by psi chick

the fiesta titanium edition in europe has features that our ses does not have. therefore it is not a titanium edition or i'm sure they would have called it that as americans love gimmicky names like that (two-tone seats standard, power folding mirrors, EATC, etc are standard on the euro titanium, not here).

i just don't believe in portraying a car as something it's not. to each their own.

Honestly I gladly would have payed extra for these features. Some things the Titanium does not have that we have though:

Power rear windows
Ambient lighting
Heated seats
Carpet on the rear seat backs

[Audrey]

My coworker at my previous job had an Acura something-or-other he riced-out. He also swapped the Acura badge for a Honda one, because in Japan the same car is branded as a Honda instead. So he thought it was showing he knows more about the car and its parentage. I thought that was both cool and sad; why would you want a Honda badge over an Acura one?

Rebadging with something it's not is silly in my opinion, but to each his own. I don't have to drive it!

[Sterno]

Waaaaaaaaaay back in the early-70s a friend of mine had a Chevy K5 Blazer. He took the K5 badges off and replaced them with some Z28 badges he snagged from some wrecked Camaro. He (and I) just thought it was funny.

[plc268]

Originally Posted by justafiesta

And why the heck don't our mirrors fold. Doesn't ford know that keeps em from getting broken off. Always gonna have some fat guy walk by your car in a parking lot and snap a mirror cause he can't fit between the cars. Lol

My mirrors fold. They don't look like they do, but they do trust me. Only reason why I know, is because I was driving with folded mirrors for about a mile because someone must've bumped into them in the parking lot.

I have an SE sedan, if that makes a difference.

[dirtyblueshirt]

Originally Posted by plc268

My mirrors fold. They don't look like they do, but they do trust me. Only reason why I know, is because I was driving with folded mirrors for about a mile because someone must've bumped into them in the parking lot.

I have an SE sedan, if that makes a difference.

They were talking about power folding mirrors. The euro models fold in all the way where ours are more 'breakaway' mirrors.


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[Norm201]

Originally Posted by dirtyblueshirt

Nor is there an outlet anywhere in the parking garage.

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[dirtyblueshirt]

Originally Posted by Norm201

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Or you know, I could wait for a sunny warm day (like today. It's 26 C outside right now) and use that, some dental floss I found in a bathroom drawer, a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and a gentle rag.

[FXSTi]

I have a buddy who has a 4WD emblem from a Toyota truck he owned 20 years ago. He has mounted it on almost every car he has owned since.

It's your car, do with it as you will.

Oh, and since there seems to be a trend here: Roadpro - RPSC-818 - 12-Volt Hair Dryer with Folding Handle

[eRic]

yeah. that's what we need. a hair dryer you can use while driving.

[FXSTi]

Originally Posted by eRic

yeah. that's what we need. a hair dryer you can use while driving.

That might make it hard to text with just one hand.