What is up with JDM Soshinoya (new driver badge)???

dru106 · 08-05-2007

Seriously I dont ****in get it and its starting to annoy the hell outta me everytime i see one on a Honda!!! I feel like slapping them in the face for having one on the car. WTF is the point of this thing?? I just dont get it.........

Oh yea, I know why!! Its to warn ppl that he is a new driver so stay away from him cuz you might get hit from an inexperienced driver.......

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johnbt23 · 08-05-2007

yeah, i dont know why people like putting that badge on their car. if anything, its more of a "wow, it's jdm so i have to put it on my car to be jdm" fad. go fig......

TRIZ · 08-05-2007

points at shows

yo its jdm dood!

InanimateCarbonRod · 08-05-2007

sKwiD · 08-05-2007

It's on ebay. It's from Japan. It's JDM. I'LL PUT IT ON MY CAR!

Christian Calim · 08-05-2007

i alot of people rocking those on their cars, especially in vegas and L.A. Its the most retarted looking thing ive seen.

LT2004ever · 08-05-2007

at least u all haven't seen a civic with a huge decal of it on their hood like i have....

LT2004ever · 08-05-2007

double post

beadebaserr · 08-05-2007

who cares, it's like anything else. we all have different tastes. i've been considering raising my hood for mad JDM points and because i think it looks cool.

buckshizzo · 08-05-2007

Those stickers annoy the hell out of me. I think anyone with those stickers is jerking it way too much, trying too hard to be "jdm". Why would you want other people to know you can't drive? It's just dumb.

dru106 · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by buckshizzo

Those stickers annoy the hell out of me. I think anyone with those stickers is jerking it way too much, trying too hard to be "jdm". Why would you want other people to know you can't drive? It's just dumb.

Thank you!!! We should make a poll of this lol.......Makes me hate owning a Honda Civic.....

buckshizzo · 08-05-2007

There's way too many of those stickers here in SoCal. Some one needs to tell these people that this is America and 90% of the drivers out there don't even know what the stickers are suppose to represent.

beadebaserr · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by buckshizzo

There's way too many of those stickers here in SoCal. Some one needs to tell these people that this is America and 90% of the drivers out there don't even know what the stickers are suppose to represent.

it's just like any other sticker or badge that tons of people on this forum may have on their cars. i.e. I doubt 90% of drivers understand what "EM2 Crew" means. it's all about taste, it's a JDM thing. someone should lock this up because it's going to get stupid.

buckshizzo · 08-05-2007

Your right. It's a personal taste thing. Personally, I don't like stickers. I just wanted to give my opinion on it, that's all. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

dru106 · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by beadebaserr

it's just like any other sticker or badge that tons of people on this forum may have on their cars. i.e. I doubt 90% of drivers understand what "EM2 Crew" means. it's all about taste, it's a JDM thing. someone should lock this up because it's going to get stupid.

Em2 crew is different you are representing your crew but JDM badge actually has a meaning in JAPAN!! In the US it means nothing just for looks like "wow look at him this car must be from Japan but wait how come it has USDM plates?"

beadebaserr · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by dru106

Em2 crew is different you are representing your crew but JDM badge actually has a meaning in JAPAN!! In the US it means nothing just for looks like "wow look at him this car must be from Japan but wait how come it has USDM plates?"

dude, representing your crew? i had an ES2 crew sticker on my old car and i'm sure hundreds of others had it too, yet we didn't know each other. we weren't a crew. just people who bought stickers on a forum.

mrtrinh · 08-05-2007

everyone has their own personal taste, it is just a trend people like to do, i personally like it. Its like saying why do people put stupid body kits on their cars or why people put lambo doors when they have a civic.

dru106 · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by beadebaserr

dude, representing your crew? i had an ES2 crew sticker on my old car and i'm sure hundreds of others had it too, yet we didn't know each other. we weren't a crew. just people who bought stickers on a forum.

Sorry if I offended you with this thread....so defensive

beadebaserr · 08-05-2007

i didn't mean to come off hostile or anything dru106. i just get sick of threads like this, and I totally understand where you're coming from, but all of us just need to understand that everyone likes different things. my apologies.

widegts · 08-05-2007

too bad thats not even what they are called.

wakaba/kareha badges...

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I'm sure you guys have seen these badges before:

Beginer driver "wakaba" badge:

In Japan, any driver who obtains drivers license within 1 year must show this badge/emblem on their vehicles. It's called "Shosinn-sha-emblem" in Japanese. Shosinn-sha means " Beginner or Starter" Another driver must give their ways even on the busy traffic.

Elder/advance driver "kareha" badge:

This is an emblem for a driver with more experience in Japan and called a "Silver Mark". The driver must give their way to the vehicle on the road with this emblem by the traffic law.

inspections sticker...

They used to be cool stickers, but the meaning has gotten distorted by all the wannabes. I bet if you ask 10 people 9 of them dont know the meaning behind the badge, the one will be able to tell you the true meaning. Btw the description above is the real meaning. My buddy confirmed this after he came back from japan visiting his gf parents.

junior h.m · 08-05-2007

your gay man if your not a new driver get the experienced driver tag if your a pro racer know wat i mean jelly bean

EggRollBandit05 · 08-05-2007

I personally wouldn't put that sticker on my car but if the colors were different then maybe I'd think about it. I mean comon what matches with yellow and teal???

TurismoDreamin · 08-05-2007

Yea, it's all personal preference. I know that it got bigger when people started rocking those at D1. But it's no different than the guy hanging a toy monkey from their trunk or tow hook. If you like it, then great. I don't see what the big deal is about another decal/sticker. Might as well make a thread about overplayed AEM stickers or tow hooks or body kits just because one persons taste is another persons displeasure...but I think people forget that we mod our cars for our own satisfaction and not others...

burke420 · 08-05-2007

i ahd one, but after a month, i put it on my fridge and mirror!

dru106 · 08-05-2007

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Originally Posted by beadebaserr

i didn't mean to come off hostile or anything dru106. i just get sick of threads like this, and I totally understand where you're coming from, but all of us just need to understand that everyone likes different things. my apologies.

Its koo....but it just disturbs me that we are abusing it here in the US just so ppl can look jdm where it actually means something over there in Japan....

White0nGold · 08-05-2007

well, imo i really dont mind it, what i do effin' hate is when people with a bone stock civic has one or a riced out civic has one, for example, like i seen a civic with some muffler shop exhaust, wack chrome rims and altezzas rockin' the wakaba sticker, now THAT! to me is really wack! but if your cars jdm or has the jdm look its like,..EH

slowwhitecivic · 08-05-2007

hahhahah i seen them stickers on domestic cars here in houston lol..i was like wtf lol

sl33pyriceboi · 08-06-2007

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Originally Posted by sKwiD

It's on ebay. It's from Japan. It's JDM. I'LL PUT IT ON MY CAR!

yea, but too bad its most likely made in CHINA.......lol

TRIZ · 08-06-2007

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Originally Posted by slowwhitecivic

hahhahah i seen them stickers on domestic cars here in houston lol..i was like wtf lol

There are fords and junk over in japan too. Just because the company is based out of a country, doesnt mean only the cars that come from the country can have it. Shoot, werent our cars made in Iowa or something? While most american cars are built outside the US anyways. You know a new driver sticker would fly on a american car over there, thats like... saying a pensoil windshield sticker for the next oil change date is too american for a car over in japan to have.

DsevenEm2 · 08-06-2007

lol this really shouldnt be that big of a deal. its a sticker. this is one of those personal preference things that some people just like. your saying oh his car isnt jdm, its clearly a usdm car so it shouldnt have that sticker. but a good example would be that rs grill on ebay. lots of people have one but theyre probably driving a coupe, or dont have an rs lip kit or whatever u know? its still preference cuz they think it looks cool. its just there preference u know? kinda the same thing with stickers.. hey if sum american rice fan with a neon wants to slap on one of those sticker cuz it matches his yellow and teal (?) paint job then whatever.. its a sticker.