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04-04-2014, 10:15 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
2013 Interstate Coach
AA Co
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Hmmmmm…..the after picture looks good…..I just don't know what I think about that. Maybe it's a female vs male thing? Venus vs Mars? Personally, I like the faux wood look….I don't think it looks cheap but because you put the thought in my head…..well, I just don't know.
It's too late to think about it now (on east coast)….like Scarlett, I'll think about it tomorrow.
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04-05-2014, 02:11 AM
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Lazy scouter
2014 Interstate Ext. Coach
Plano
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2014
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I like the fake wood. Looks less industrial & matches the stuff in the rest of the van.
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04-05-2014, 09:14 AM
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Rivet Master 
2005 39' Skydeck 390 SD
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2013
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The way it is added with tape is cheap too and comes loose al the time special on top cover it makes it difficult to add phone bracket or other accessories.
I rather see well made plastic surface the cheaply made wood imitation.
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04-05-2014, 05:29 PM
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Rivet Master
2011 Interstate Coach
Overland Park
, Kansas
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,798
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If it's coming off, then they did a 5hit job of prepping the surface. Just like the side molding on mine. I've used enuf 3M body tape to know that w/ proper prep, it doesn't come off.
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04-05-2014, 06:46 PM
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Rivet Master
2005 39' Skydeck 390 SD
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 568
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You properly right as I had no problem to get the sticky glue of the plastic. I am still not putting it back on as I like it better without it.
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04-06-2014, 01:58 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2012 Interstate Coach
Portland
, Oregon
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 97
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Ok just must mention this because .... well I am just that kind of person. The"we dont have to show you no stinking badges" line in Blazing Saddles was an homage to the great Clasic Treasure of the Sierra Madre. This movie holds the distinction of being the only movie to wins Oscars for both a father and son.
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04-18-2014, 05:21 PM
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1 Rivet Member 
2013 Interstate Coach
Pinconning
, Michigan
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 14
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Was sitting in the back of our interstate the other day at the mall waiting for my wife to return. I overheard two guys stop in front of the van and say "Look, some idiot glued a Mercedes Badge on his van." Was going to explain it to them but then decided...just let it be.
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04-18-2014, 07:56 PM
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Rivet Master
2011 Interstate Coach
Overland Park
, Kansas
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,798
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRC
Was sitting in the back of our interstate the other day at the mall waiting for my wife to return. I overheard two guys stop in front of the van and say "Look, some idiot glued a Mercedes Badge on his van." Was going to explain it to them but then decided...just let it be.
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Hope you "glued" all of the other MB stuff on.
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04-18-2014, 10:39 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2013 Interstate Coach
AA Co
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRC
Was sitting in the back of our interstate the other day at the mall waiting for my wife to return. I overheard two guys stop in front of the van and say "Look, some idiot glued a Mercedes Badge on his van." Was going to explain it to them but then decided...just let it be.
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Do most people feel that way?
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04-19-2014, 05:46 AM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Mantua
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Most people are uninformed but feel free to voice their opinions. Me included. Can lead to interesting conversations. Jim
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04-19-2014, 01:44 PM
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Rivet Master
2011 Interstate Coach
Overland Park
, Kansas
Join Date: Aug 2011
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As the "Duke" said, "Life is tough, it's a lot tougher if you're stupid".
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04-19-2014, 11:16 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
2006 22' Interstate
Sebastopol
, California
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 210
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Opinion before knowledge. There is a lot of that going around these days.
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04-19-2014, 11:45 PM
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2016 Interstate Lounge Ext
Green Cove Springs
, Florida
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 8,210
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"Can you provide citations to back that up, or did you just air another fact-free opinion?"
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04-20-2014, 10:08 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2013 Interstate Coach
AA Co
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zigzagguzzi
Most people are uninformed but feel free to voice their opinions. Me included. Can lead to interesting conversations. Jim
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Ha! I love that!
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04-21-2014, 12:19 PM
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Rivet Master
2018 23' International
Currently Looking...
SANTA BARBARA
, CA
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,214
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRC
Was sitting in the back of our interstate the other day at the mall waiting for my wife to return. I overheard two guys stop in front of the van and say "Look, some idiot glued a Mercedes Badge on his van." Was going to explain it to them but then decided...just let it be.
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Where were you? It's amazing that they haven't seen MB commercial sprinter vans and wouldn't get that it's the same thing. MB sprinter vans are all over the place!!
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04-21-2014, 01:00 PM
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Moderator
2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRC
Was sitting in the back of our interstate the other day at the mall waiting for my wife to return. I overheard two guys stop in front of the van and say "Look, some idiot glued a Mercedes Badge on his van." Was going to explain it to them but then decided...just let it be.
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I love that story, and find it quite entertaining. Just think, when that bright light made that statement regarding your Interstate, little did he realize that the idiot he was describing was himself.
Brian
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04-21-2014, 02:06 PM
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Rivet Master
2024 Interstate 19
Fulton
, Maryland
Join Date: May 2010
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Leaving badges on your Interstate can lead to some interesting conversations. Last year while parked near Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC an elderly couple in a Cadillac pulled up behind me. As I got out they asked: When did Airstream buy Mercedes? 
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04-21-2014, 02:13 PM
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
From All Over
, More Than Anywhere Else
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxster1971
As I got out they asked: When did Airstream buy Mercedes? |
More often I get, "I didn't know Mercedes made motorhomes!"
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04-22-2014, 07:50 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2006 22' Interstate
Sebastopol
, California
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 210
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Mostly I get "NICE RIG", always makes me smile.
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