The only thing that accelerates faster than AMG-powered vehicles, is their depreciation.

It has been my experience that the badge on the front seldom guarantees class of the driver.

I've seen many morons pilot supercars, ultimately wrapping them around a curb/telephone pole because they had no respect for the machine. I've seen people with humble beginnings suddenly forget where they came from, once they finally got behind the wheel of an exclusive brand. The driver didn't change, they still put their pants on like the rest of us. Only their attitude suffers.

I personally know two millionaires that go to my church... both drive econo-boxes. They could care less about badging.

Removing the badges from a car is a way to make the car appear "cleaner" if you will... Someone commented earlier about that being "rice"... Since when is humility and understatement "rice"? If de-badging is rice, leaving the factory badging on surely must be lazy, right?

If the owner wishes to put 30 yards of chrome piping on his car, that's his right. While not my personal choice, the owner also has a right to throw as many AMG badges on his SRT as he wishes. People get ugly tattoos every day, but once the ink is laid, why insult the wearer? Anyone who adds badges to his/her ride knows the risks of being ridiculed by purists, and weighs that against the potential "attaboys" from uninformed motorists.

Unless you're paying his note, your opinion of what he does to his car is presumptuous at best... offensive, if nothing else.