05-30-2011, 09:17 AM
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I've removed all stickers and type badges, as I don't like them at all.
Stickers are the best way to make a car look cheap IMO.
It just says "Volvo" in fake chrome on the rear, and I might even remove that as well - shaving of another 20-25 grams (1/20 lbs) 
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05-30-2011, 09:06 PM
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Stickers are the best way to make a car look cheap IMO
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It just says "Volvo" in fake chrome on the rear
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Still smiling from that one, and giggling a bit  .
Besides, you haven't seen my new gaffertape rear wheel mods. Now THAT makes it look cheap  ( actually it's just holding in the spray foam until it hardens). |
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05-30-2011, 10:40 PM
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I passed one last week that I didn't get until after he was gone. It was an Impreza and the sticker said:
I GET 30 AT 55
THAT'S WHY
I was drafting a guy doing somewhat more than that. I'd like to say that I didn't hit my window to give him a wave because it would have hurt my glide, but really I was just a little too slow on the uptake. I can't get 30 over a whole tank. Maybe the nut just needs more adjustment...
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Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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05-30-2011, 11:25 PM
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I'm not sufficiently motivated to go out and photograph it, but mine says:
Critical Thinking
The Other National Deficit |
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05-30-2011, 11:27 PM
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I've removed all stickers and type badges
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I did that with my Aspire 2 months ago. Mistake. People did not know what it was since Aspire was a sticker. 
Last month I fixed that. I recieved a fine sticker: fordaspire.com  I won't remove that again  |
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05-31-2011, 12:08 AM
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I did that with my Aspire 2 months ago. Mistake. People did not know what it was since Aspire was a sticker.
Last month I fixed that. I recieved a fine sticker: fordaspire.com I won't remove that again |
I liked the Dodge-related one of years ago that asked "How's your Aspen?" |
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05-31-2011, 06:11 AM
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I got fed up with all those wanabe racers around me with these stickers
oh yeah, you really have taken your brand shiny new 330 coupe round a race track. So I got one of these.
EDIT - all my original badging (F A B I A and the VRS Stripe) on the back came off by themselves and live in a bag in the glovebox - the Skoda badge is now hanging by the skin of its teeth too.
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05-31-2011, 06:31 AM
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EDIT - all my original badging (F A B I A and the VRS Stripe) on the back came off by themselves and live in a bag in the glovebox - the Skoda badge is now hanging by the skin of its teeth too.
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In the glovebox? Why carry that around? Just toss it in the drawer at home with other car related stuff and have more room for mint candies
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05-31-2011, 02:09 PM
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I'm not sufficiently motivated to go out and photograph it, but mine says:
Critical Thinking
The Other National Deficit |
Me too:
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06-01-2011, 12:25 PM
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I went the other way, kind of like an ecomodding ricer. The day after I bought the car I removed the "2.5 GT" nameplate to make it look slower and more efficient:
Here's the original look (not the blue paint, silly):
Removing that chrome gave me 3 MPG and a lower FA on traffic radar.
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Originally Posted by sheepdog44
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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