It does seem the Mercedes grille insignia has gotten rather outsized in recent years. Same goes for some other car companies such as Chevrolet’s “bow tie” and Acura’s stylized “A”. I always admired the smaller, understated insignias, these ones are too outlandish.
I saw a Mercedes mini-van the other day, owned by a friend and bought new and taken good care of, that had a large patch of paint rusting out above the rear license plate. I thought to myself, “Hmmm… Mercedes can’t seem to paint a vehicle properly either.” My friend drives a less-branded car that has never rusted and has been running like a charm (with proper maintenance) for 20 years now.
Sometimes that extra $$$ just goes toward brand name and claiming “I drive a Mercedes”. They probably coulda bought a (vehicle name withheld just ’cause) for half the price and had just as good a vehicle.
Enter.Name.Here over 5 years ago
“Grill badges? We don’t need no steekin’ grill badges…!”
Auntie Socialist over 5 years ago
Turns out they’re not so great hanging on to for dear life when you’re trying to recover stolen artifacts from the Nazis
Watcher over 5 years ago
On going polluter of the atmosphere we breathe.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Mercedes -Benz – A) Over priced Status Symbol that was on the WRONG side during the Second World War.
B) First Name of a REALLY Hot Girl.Lyons Group, Inc. over 5 years ago
Or the name of the stadium here in Atlanta.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Try telling that to worshippers of the three-pointed star!
dcdete. over 5 years ago
Next question B.C. Wiley has to ask, what is a space station? Or what is space for that matter?
rmercer Premium Member over 5 years ago
Those space stations better stay up where they belong! (Far from the world below, up where the clear winds blow.)
jagedlo over 5 years ago
“Won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz” by Janis Joplin…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago
If the point of this comic is to satirize hood ornaments, what about Rolls Royce and Bently?
danholt over 5 years ago
‘Oh Lord won’t you buy me…’
1953Baby over 5 years ago
Had to google that one. . .I like my Honda. . .understated, reliable, PAID FOR. . .
jmohr134 over 5 years ago
Cavemen got space stations!
mike75035 over 5 years ago
Made in America from American parts (except the engine and transmission.)
JohnHarry Premium Member over 5 years ago
Used to be good cars.
1MadHat Premium Member over 5 years ago
OK, what’s common between BMW, Mercedes, and Mitsubishi logos??? hint: it’s what they made…
Airbender over 5 years ago
It does seem the Mercedes grille insignia has gotten rather outsized in recent years. Same goes for some other car companies such as Chevrolet’s “bow tie” and Acura’s stylized “A”. I always admired the smaller, understated insignias, these ones are too outlandish.
Snoots over 5 years ago
He’s thinking, “Low flying space stations?”
Where does this dictionary come from, anyway? Dropped through a wormhole, did it?
Ebenezer Stooge Premium Member over 5 years ago
“Her mind is tiffany twisted/She got the Mercedes bends”
“Hotel California” — https://youtu.be/X7usA3YouKw
(Eagles acoustic version; my favorite).
colcam over 5 years ago
Actually, Mercedes-Benz is a description of what it does if you are driving too fast on an icy road and spin out to slide slam a telephone pole.
Snoots over 5 years ago
I saw a Mercedes mini-van the other day, owned by a friend and bought new and taken good care of, that had a large patch of paint rusting out above the rear license plate. I thought to myself, “Hmmm… Mercedes can’t seem to paint a vehicle properly either.” My friend drives a less-branded car that has never rusted and has been running like a charm (with proper maintenance) for 20 years now.
Sometimes that extra $$$ just goes toward brand name and claiming “I drive a Mercedes”. They probably coulda bought a (vehicle name withheld just ’cause) for half the price and had just as good a vehicle.