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Debadging a car (lemmy.world)

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[–] JustZ 4 points 1 day ago

There was a dude in Connecticut in the late '90s early 2000s who had a red Mitsubishi 3000 GT.

I drove one for a while myself. It was a great car. If memory serves, it was a straight six with one, maybe even twin turbos? Had the tightest transmission of any car I have driven before or since. It hauled ass and was just fun to drive.

Anyway, this other dude had one and he had taken off all the Mitsubishi badges and logos, and replace them with Ferrari ones. He would wear a Ferrari jacket and a Ferrari hat. I mean every badge, the hood ornament said Ferrari, the wheel caps, I think he even had some yellow racing stripes or maybe even the word Ferrari painted onto it. From a distance it actually looked like a Ferrari, certainly if you didn't know cars you think it was one.

Anyway, I saw him one day walking into a store and I didn't know better to realize he wasn't quite all there, and I asked him, even starting with a compliment, saying hey cool car man, "does it have like a Ferrari engine in it or something?" He gave me the dirtiest look honestly that I think I've ever gotten in my life and said, like "do you want to make something of it?"

And I was just like no man, just thought it looked cool...from a distance.