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Old 15-12-2011, 08:16 PM   #31
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VE GTS, with a ZO6 badge on it, i have a pic somewhere
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Old 15-12-2011, 08:20 PM   #32
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I saw one as I was heading home today. Wish I had the camera ready.

Was a Commodore with the plates FRDBMB. (it was a stupid numberplate!)

I could have sold him a couple of vowels...and a few more letters to go with them!!
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Old 15-12-2011, 08:23 PM   #33
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6. Any commodore that has a chev badge that doesn't have a V8.
There we go... that looks better.

Why would anyone consider buying a Chev badged Holden? Such a high ****** ratio. Sorry but it's true.

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Old 15-12-2011, 08:52 PM   #34
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Or the name change acompanied by a massive marketing campaign. Just watch your average punter when you dicuss a G6. Then say Fairmont and watch them say ahhh as the penny drops.
Tell me about it mate...If I have to explain to someone one more time what exactly we drive (with the meaningless name G6E), I'll be tracking down some suitably styled Fairmont Ghia badges, I swear...

How about this one I saw on a "Chamonix" import in a carpark...is that a long name or what?


I'm almost reminded of the old Ford Laser (or was it a Mazda 323...?) that had a loooooong sticker low on the door that said "4WD twin cam twin carb EFI five speed"...and so on.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:09 PM   #35
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My mates boyfriend just put gold chev badges on his VS, because they make it look "snazzier". I replied with, "so would replacing it with a Ford". He shutup.
mind you. He also think his VS could outrun the BAXR8....
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:17 PM   #36
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What about factory fails...

The BF cobra

It had a GT badge, a cobra badge, a r-spec badge, a FPV badge and a ford badge. All on the boot.
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:19 PM   #37
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My mates boyfriend just put gold chev badges on his VS, because they make it look "snazzier". I replied with, "so would replacing it with a Ford". He shutup.
mind you. He also think his VS could outrun the BAXR8....

Well if its a 5spd 5.0L it just might.... Lol
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:41 PM   #38
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Someone told me to put Gilmor belt drives (apparently gives a whine like a charger) in my XR8, i replied with "why would i spend money to pretend ive got something i dont?" He says back "but people will line up with you at the lights and think its tough" he is another oxygen thief of the world.
v6 p platers around hear dump the power steering fluid for the same effect
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:48 PM   #39
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One of my mates has FPV and some tuning brand stickers on the sides of his AU Falcon, racing logo style. They are only little ones between the wheel rim and the front door, but they look like crap. Justification? It has an FPV part in it (apparently), so we are all ok.....

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Old 15-12-2011, 11:43 PM   #40
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My dad had his ba mk2 xr6 sedan (in shockwave) re-sprayed by ford cos it started flaking off, they replaced the mkII with mkIII badge, two weeks till he noticed.
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Old 16-12-2011, 06:29 AM   #41
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My dad had his ba mk2 xr6 sedan (in shockwave) re-sprayed by ford cos it started flaking off, they replaced the mkII with mkIII badge, two weeks till he noticed.
Hmmm, my mates BF I XL ute has a MKII badge and I couldn't figure out why, maybe it was in a prang.
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Old 16-12-2011, 06:32 AM   #42
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Tuhoe is a Maori tribe so it's probably driven by a lost Maori.
I've seen DIEHSV on a standard FG XR6.
the truck I drive has MILTCK, suppose to mean my little truck but ya wouldnt think it. Put on there by the previous driver and the owner said there's too much hassle to change it. I farkin hate it.
Ah right, I was genuinely curious about what the number plate meant.
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Old 16-12-2011, 07:28 AM   #43
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What about factory fails...

The BF cobra

It had a GT badge, a cobra badge, a r-spec badge, a FPV badge and a ford badge. All on the boot.
You mean the factory did that?? I saw one in Bundy the last time I was down there, and tried to take a photo of the back...I honestly thought someone had stuck on an accessory "R Type" badge from something like a Skyline...
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Old 16-12-2011, 07:36 AM   #44
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Just saw a Captiva with a Chev badge

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Old 16-12-2011, 07:52 AM   #45
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Well if its a 5spd 5.0L it just might.... Lol
Ha! He wishes, it might cause him slightly less stirring from me...
Mind you, I did give him the K&N air filter from my lexcen... it must go fast!
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Old 16-12-2011, 09:34 AM   #46
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Saw a number plate on a VL bronze wagon with a big bull bar whi h read
F4U IA
I see this car every now and then and can never work out what it means
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Old 16-12-2011, 03:20 PM   #47
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Just saw a Captiva with a Chev badge

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my wifes captiva has a chev bowtie on the steering wheel centre under the holden badge..

back of the stereo has a tag with chevrolet on it too..

this could be why lol http://www.businesscar.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=1468

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Old 16-12-2011, 03:33 PM   #48
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Saw a number plate "idiot" the other week, doing a road service job, so I couldn't get a piccie.

Oh and it was on a blue ba Falcon, Southern burbs of Adelaide
That's hilarious. I'm surprised they let him register that plate, but they probably thought, "ehhh. He's not telling any lies. Why not"

I'd love to see "Moron" "Retard" or "Braindead" as number plates.

They'd be even better on Commodores with Chevy badges on them, with those hubcaps that keep spinning when the car stops.
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Old 16-12-2011, 03:40 PM   #49
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I also saw "WILDGT" on a 80's white laser the other week. Lucky it was on a ford
I see this car everyday, in fact it drove past my office at Kingsgrove maybe 20 mins ago and reminded me of this thread!
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I saw an FG Xr8 in WA once that had a twin turbo badge on it. It really annoyed me because they didn't come out with a twin turbo.
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I saw an FG Xr8 in WA once that had a twin turbo badge on it. It really annoyed me because they didn't come out with a twin turbo.
Was it modded to TT?
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There's a 3 series Beemer running around the Gold Coast with the plate FAR-TED. Bloke has a sense of humour.
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I saw an FG Xr8 in WA once that had a twin turbo badge on it. It really annoyed me because they didn't come out with a twin turbo.

Yeh! They didn't come with 8 piston Brembo's, 4 x Walbro fuel pumps, and a 5lt modular fed by two Garrets from the Ford factory.

Cat factory - different matter entirely.
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Tuhoe is a Maori tribe so it's probably driven by a lost Maori.
I've seen DIEHSV on a standard FG XR6.
the truck I drive has MILTCK, suppose to mean my little truck but ya wouldnt think it. Put on there by the previous driver and the owner said there's too much hassle to change it. I farkin hate it.
Anyone else notice this.

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Anyone else notice this.

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Haha yeah I thought that too. I saw 'My' and 'little' but the last word wasn't truck.
Sorry mate probs just made the number plate a whole lot worse for ya.
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There's a mx5 in town with a massive ralliart sticker across the windscreen..
Also seen a captiva diesel with a chev badge on rear.
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I'm gunna put a chev badge on my victa.
Should get the lawns done in no time.
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Recently saw a white BA XR6 with FPV badges replacing the Ford ovals, then to top it off.. Cobra stripes and badges.
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Any Chev badge on a Holden is wrong. A Holden has nothing to do with Chev other than they shared an engine with a fellow subsidiary of GM. Why don't Holden have Ford badges if they have a 9 inch diff? VLs could have Nissan badges?

A GM badge would be more applicable if people want to show their allegiance to America.
Not the Chev badge thing again...
Yes its been overdone, but it is the same company.. and guys used to do it in the 70's too when they put a Chev motor in.

The V6 is a GM engine too after all.
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