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Re: Why don't some models have any badges?

In a message dated 96-09-11 18:36:12 EDT, you write:

<< I have seen some models out there without badges, numbers, etc., and I
 can't seem to find any holes indicating that they have been torn
 out---I live in D.C. ;)---and I can't detect any traces of filler.
 Anyway, why would anyone take off the badges? I'm assuming that maybe
 they come that way..... Curiouser and curiouser.... If anyone knows....
 
 Hans Edward Posey '96 318i, (my initiation model)
 hposey@domain.elided
  >>

Hans,

In Germany, when you're driving down the "autobahn" and you see a BMW
flashing by you at the blink of an eye, nine times out of ten, it won't have
a model number on it.  I was told by a BMW dealer in Germany - I was
stationed there for a total of eight years - that Germans are very reserve
about exterior advertising.  While in America the BMW is looked at more as a
status symbol.  My BMW has the model number removed.  It was attached with an
adhesive, and was easily removed with a heat gun.  This did not ruin the
paint in any way.

I bought the 'ultimate driving machine' for just that.

Charles