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_Sloth Whisperer_
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From: Malaysia Air Flight 370
Uh, so?
Sounds like a good idea to me. It's not like there's a badge for each car that reads "C5" or "C6".
Crossed flags is crossed flags. All they represent is the fact that it is a Corvette. If the guy wants to take styling cues from newer vettes, like their emblems, who cares? I think it's clever, and would be a neat, subtle custom touch for a couple-year-old Vette.
Man, some of you guys are either just elitists, or have no sense of creativity.
Sounds like a good idea to me. It's not like there's a badge for each car that reads "C5" or "C6".
Crossed flags is crossed flags. All they represent is the fact that it is a Corvette. If the guy wants to take styling cues from newer vettes, like their emblems, who cares? I think it's clever, and would be a neat, subtle custom touch for a couple-year-old Vette.
Man, some of you guys are either just elitists, or have no sense of creativity.
Pro
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From: Arvada CO
I was at the corvette shop a few weeks ago getting my 07 dynoed. An 07 base model pulls into the lot next to mine and the guy gets out and starts up a conversation since we both had the same color, Monterey Red. The thing is on his vette he has the Z06/505 hp badge on each side. It was the proverbial elephant in the living room. Suffice to say the conversation was short.
Pro
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Minneapolis MN
Uh, so?
Sounds like a good idea to me. It's not like there's a badge for each car that reads "C5" or "C6".
Crossed flags is crossed flags. All they represent is the fact that it is a Corvette. If the guy wants to take styling cues from newer vettes, like their emblems, who cares? I think it's clever, and would be a neat, subtle custom touch for a couple-year-old Vette.
Man, some of you guys are either just elitists, or have no sense of creativity.
Sounds like a good idea to me. It's not like there's a badge for each car that reads "C5" or "C6".
Crossed flags is crossed flags. All they represent is the fact that it is a Corvette. If the guy wants to take styling cues from newer vettes, like their emblems, who cares? I think it's clever, and would be a neat, subtle custom touch for a couple-year-old Vette.
Man, some of you guys are either just elitists, or have no sense of creativity.
_Sloth Whisperer_
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From: Malaysia Air Flight 370
But when you're simply updating an older Corvette with newer Corvette cues, like say, putting C6 wheels on a C5 (which is the identical concept), or the like... I dont understand why someone would find that so apalling.
Pro
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Minneapolis MN
Yes, it is tacky, when you're putting metal badges on the side of your car that denote a random option code box you happened to check upon purchase, i.e. Z51 badges, or F55 badges, or "AL" badges to denote that your car has the hallowed Ambient Light in the passenger visor.
But when you're simply updating an older Corvette with newer Corvette cues, like say, putting C6 wheels on a C5 (which is the identical concept), or the like... I dont understand why someone would find that so apalling.
But when you're simply updating an older Corvette with newer Corvette cues, like say, putting C6 wheels on a C5 (which is the identical concept), or the like... I dont understand why someone would find that so apalling.
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IMO the intent is obvious when someone puts Z06 badges on a C6 or when someone blatantly advertises his car as something that it really isn't...they're posers plain and simple.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
Le Mans Master
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From: hardyston new jersey
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IMO the intent is obvious when someone puts Z06 badges on a C6 or when someone blatantly advertises his car as something that it really isn't...they're posers plain and simple.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
To each his own.
Pro
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Arvada CO
IMO the intent is obvious when someone puts Z06 badges on a C6 or when someone blatantly advertises his car as something that it really isn't...they're posers plain and simple.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
The difference between the C5 and C6 crossed flag emblems, however, is more subtle...the guy using the C6 crossed flags emblem (on the C5) may not have known or even noticed there was a difference.
You make an excellent point when you say the guy with the flags may not have known the difference.
Le Mans Master
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From: West coast CA
Lighten up, Francis
The crossed-flags is the Corvette emblem, after all. Now people are going to pretend to claim some kind of ownership over the particular rendering of it on the C6?
Le Mans Master
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From: West coast CA
Drifting
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From: Lakeland FL
Who do you think he was trying to fool? Non-Corvette people don't have a clue what emblem goes with what Corvette. Corvette people certainly know the difference and aren't going to confuse a C5 with a C6. I doubt he was trying to trick anybody and likely just thought the C6 logo looked nicer.
Melting Slicks
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From: Florida
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I see no reason why someone would replace a C5 badge with a C6 badge on purpose. Most people (including owners) don't even know the difference in the badges so why in the world would someone want to badge a C5 with a C6 badge? More than likely the guy needed to replace his broken/missing C5 badge and ordered/bought the wrong one and does not know the difference.
The C5 badges are cheap looking plastic where as the C6 badge looks a little more classy. Given that, I suppose there is a chance that the owner just liked the look of the C6 badge better. The bottom line is I would not call him a "poser". It's not like the badges say C6, C5, 400HP or anything... It's just another version of the bow tie
The C5 badges are cheap looking plastic where as the C6 badge looks a little more classy. Given that, I suppose there is a chance that the owner just liked the look of the C6 badge better. The bottom line is I would not call him a "poser". It's not like the badges say C6, C5, 400HP or anything... It's just another version of the bow tie
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: S.F. Bay Area CA.
There are a bunch of things people do to their cars, trucks, and Corvettes that, in MY opinion, look tacky and devalue the vehicle. I'm a long time Harley owner and many Harleys fall victim to this. For Corvettes the list is long, lowering, crappy window tint jobs, color matched interior plastic, talk about ricer, crappy wheel tire combos, droning exhaust systems, big rear spoilers, air brushed hood liners, chrome side vent spears, giant chrome checkered flag license plate frames, how about a shift ball with a spider in it, looking good, the list could go on and on. Corvette owners love their cars, and spend allot of time and money doing things to their Vettes that they think are going to look great, personalize, and maybe impress others. If you don't like it, who cares, keep it to yourself. 
Le Mans Master
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From: Boston's south shore MA
Maybe the owner wanted to hang out with the C6 crowd at the weekly GTG's at Wells Fargo Bank in Poway. They all seem to park their cars there, skip socializing with non C6 owners, then walk over to the Outback for drinks.
