So when did it become a trend to make your (insert really nice car here) look like a honda

Looks like a Passat to me.

Chris_V wrote: Sometimes I wonder how car guys, on car forums, never hear these common car terms. And how car guys, on car forums or in the real world, never see these common car trends. And how car guys, who know cars, ever confuse one pretty much stock car for another, completely different, car.

To help you understand:

• Not all car guys are interested in cataloging every car fashion fad.
• Some car guys thus rarely read the car fashion posts.
• The forums and internet are not reliable sources of information anyhow.
• Your opinion that something is pretty much stock looking means pretty much nothing to anybody else.

If you need more help, don't worry GRM forums guys are here to help you understand the world. Like why red ribbons are on the rear of the car. Why there are mudflaps in front of the tires on some cars. What's up with the modern white wall tires.

GameboyRMH wrote: Pretty sure it's an unintentional side-effect of the "murdering out."

and debadging

ProDarwin wrote: That does not look like a Honda.

Not like a Honda civic but it does look like an accord or some generic commuter car.

I know a Chevy sales manager that tried to make a Civic SI look like a Cobalt.

Go figure.