A silver, plastic 'Turbo' badge purchased from the Wal Mart automotive department by a local man nearly a year ago is still not fooling anyone, witnesses report.
Andrew Sherman the owner of a white, 2004 Hyundai Elantra originally obtained the badge for three dollars from a clearance shelf citing the potential coolness factor and the idea that few people that ended up behind him in traffic would know that Hyundai has never built a turbo model Elantra. Additionally, he continues to believe that somehow he is looked upon by random strangers as being a 'hip and with-it dude' for having a supposed Turbo-enhanced Elantra, an assertion that is completely baseless, unrealistic and absolutely ridiculous, according to a recent survey..
Sherman has on many occasions driven the Elantra at speeds of more than 90mph on the expressway, punched the gas pedal when taking off from traffic lights and has even performed dangerous stunts in the car through school zones all with the idea that he needs to live up to the Turbo badge's promise. Thus far his efforts have been fruitless as a poll taken this week of people who have seen his car will attest. In fact, of the 11 people who have ever actually taken any sort of notice of the Turbo badge, not one fell for the lie believing instead that [Sherman] is a sad little man who likes to waste money and has way to much time on his hands and probably has never known the touch of a woman. The opinions of those surveyed seem to bear out since Sherman readily admits that he drove 8 miles in a special trip to Wal Mart specifically for the badge and used the last three dollars in his daughter's piggy bank to fund the purchase.
Regardless of the facts, Sherman clearly needs the badge to help support his delusions and to fulfill some other and as yet unknown personal need for attention. It was also learned recently that plans are being made to buy a "5.0" sticker soon from his neighborhood AutoZone.
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