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Old 03-04-2019, 02:04 PM
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If you debadge a TTS will this result in more Honda Civics challenging you at stop lights? My car was originally badge delete (option 498) but someone stuck a badge on.

Thinking I'd like to keep the car original but not if it means having to do a gorilla dance at every red light until eternity comes.

If they see the turbo s script they probably know better.
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If you’d like it better without the badge, then remove it. Who cares about the Honda Civic guys? Just don’t engage them.
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Mexico Blue TTS and stealthy. Pick one
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Mexico Blue TTS and stealthy. Pick one
LOL - yeah - I'm screwed.
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Originally Posted by MexicoBlueTurboS
If you debadge a TTS will this result in more Honda Civics challenging you at stop lights? My car was originally badge delete (option 498) but someone stuck a badge on.

Thinking I'd like to keep the car original but not if it means having to do a gorilla dance at every red light until eternity comes.

If they see the turbo s script they probably know better.
That's funny...I've never had anyone but an M4 and an 800 HP GT500 want to go.
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I've being going badge-less since I switched to my GT2-hood a couple of years ago and haven't noticed any change in behaviour from the ricer crowd, or anyone else for that matter. But too be fair, I haven't hung around the neighbourhoods where these things are more likely to happen.
Old 03-05-2019, 12:55 AM
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I think that we'll all be dead within 50-80 years here so it doesn't matter what you do. Just go badgeless if that's what you want to do. Personally, I LOVE my badge and would never remove it. It's part of the reason I bought the car. I'm serious. Different strokes.

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I haven't had anyone challenge me in the TTS. In fact no one even notices the car. It's just another 911.
Old 03-06-2019, 11:41 AM
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I don't mind the single "turbo" badge on the back but the newer 991 cars , that have like a sentence " PORSCHE 911 TURBO 4 S LOOK AT ME " is way to much...
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The color alone screams 'lookatme'. The first time I stopped for gas, a crowd gathered around it. Another half dozen people peered out the station window and there were a dozen questions to answer. At least one person comments at every fill up and drive thru. I didn't expect this. I drove a silver C4S for a year and not once did that happen. Bottom line is the color makes people happy. I think I am going to debadge back to original condition before the sun fades different tones in the paint. The car is safely back in Texas where it was originally delivered to.


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Originally Posted by 997.1TT
I don't mind the single "turbo" badge on the back but the newer 991 cars , that have like a sentence " PORSCHE 911 TURBO 4 S LOOK AT ME " is way to much...
Agree, the badging on the new cars is horrible. Like they say, you should leave something for the imagination.
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The German badging is even worse - I just did the Porsche factory tour and museum visit and saw this on one car -

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My .1 came with " turbo leaking coolant ". Is that an aftermarket badge?
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Is that the Mexico Blue TTS that sold on BAT several months back???

I think I recognize that pic near the trains.

I'm not a blue can fan but that particular car is the one that changed my mind on Mexico Blue!!!

I still love my GT Silver TTS, but if I were to ever wrap it, I think I might go Mex. Blue! I'd need the black wheels though.
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I'd be happy to take someone's badging off their hands if they've pulled it off... I'm talking if you're gonna throw it away style.

I have a little project in mind.


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