Wow! Some of you guys are extremely disciplined and well trained, not to be bothered by what other people think.

In cultural anthropology you quickly learn that every gesture sends a message.

So when you see a plain Jane 3 series BMW with an M3 badge on it, what do you think? When you see a guy re-filling a JW Black Label bottle with J&B what do you think?

When you go to a Porsche club auto show, you see a de-badged Carrera do you look for the red calipers? What goes thru your mind when you "happen to notice" they are black, anything?

When a hot MBcar goes by, do you look for the AMG label? Are you frustrated slightly when there's no designation on such a hot MBcar?

When you get close enough to a hot babe; your age and your type, are you looking for a wedding ring?

So, my conclusion is, unless your answers are consistent with those of a Zen Master, or blind priest, you're all effected by labels, or the lack of labels.

On another board somebody took the badge off their Boxster S and drove it around, soon thereafter he overheard somebody say about his bare-assed car, "Oh, that's the cheap one" he went home and immediately put the Boxster S badge back on.

Crazy world, we're all in this together. I'm sure the Australian Aborigines have their version of the same problems.