| Apr. 9, 2008 | Posted by: Marc |
Bumping Ugly
The Bumper Badger must die.
Intended to protect your car’s bumpers from other car’s bumpers bumping into your’s while parking, this trend has reached a nadir amongst New York’s car-owning crowd.
The Bumper Badger has become so popular, no one even bothers to tuck their flaps into their trunks after parking. It’s reminiscent of the hip-hop trend a few years back which had kids wearing their clothes with price tags still on to flaunt their wealth. Yet this is a trend born of irrational overprotection mixed with laziness rather than a statement of any kind.
When I see a Mercedes Benz driving around with its flap a-flappin, it makes we wonder if the driver has his zipper down, driving back from a lobster dinner with his bib still tied on, to a house filled with furniture covered in plastic.
Really… can a flimsy membrane of rubber even protect a car against an SUV’s metallic overbite? Are a few tiny dings really worse than everyone driving around with the automotive equivalent of toilet paper hanging out of the backs of their pants?
The Bumper Badger is the worst designed product I’ve seen in years. If you have one, use it wisely, and when driving: keep that junk in your trunk.
Ick… these disgust me. Marc, remember what our neighbor Eliah said, “the machine is meant to serve man not for man to serve the machine”.
Bumpers are meant for “bumping” for gods sake.
Why we feel the need to have painted bumpers (instead of rubber ones) is beyond me, but this…is not the solution.
I’m sorry, but I’m going to use this opportunity to say, if people learnt how to park without bumping, the world would be a better place, Bumper Badger free. Australia is a bump free zone. If you do bump, it’s customary to even leave a note with your contact details.
Besides that – yes, a very ugly product.
I agree, Jackie. “Bumper” is a verb as much as it is a noun (interestingly, and possibly more appropriately so is “Badger”).
And Sheri, I disagree that bumpers are meant for bumping. They’re meant for: staying the hell away from mine.
I pride myself in my ability to park without bumping. The heinous Badgers actually encourage sloppy, rude, and lazy driving habits.
If I ever catch a Bumper Badger in the act of bumping me, I will do more than leave a note.
KIll the Badger.
Dude, you drive a Mini, you better be able to park that thing without bumping.
Dan, I will give Marc props that he can fit into spaces that…well put it this way people walking by have been known to stop and comment. AND he does it all without ever even “kissing” the surrounding cars.
If people would just use those hideous Bumper Badgers, everything would be all right…
http://myblackbrick.com/2010/driving/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badgers/
Gotta agree with Marc 100% They are ugly and yes the probably do more damage driving around with them flopping but sorry Sheri, bumpers are NOT meant for bumping. People are expected to back in and pull up without making contact with another car. The kind of mentality you display is the reason why these products exist..