Stupid things PETROL HEADS say

Stupid things PETROL HEADS say

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thetrash

1,847 posts

205 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Thankyou4calling said:
Ari said:
All of these, plus 'reps car' for any BMW or Mercedes saloon. Really? A Mercedes for a sales rep? Not impossible but it's hardly the default choice is it?

Always worth asking anyone that refers to a sportscar as a 'hairdressers car' in way do they think that to be the case? There's never an answer because they're just mindlessly regurgitating something they once heard on Top Gear in an effort to fit in with their virtual 'mates'.
With hairdressers being one of the lowest paid jobs in the UK it's unlikely many would drive an SLK too.
Do you know how much your Mrs sends on getting her hair done? An SLK with the letters AMG on it is within the realms of many hairdressers!

RichB

51,431 posts

283 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Pannywagon said:
Evil.soup said:
Roverload said:
Upon reflection. All this moaning is the most annoying thing petrol heads say...

And that is exactly why its working...........
Your little warning sign is misspelt.
laugh

AnotherClarkey

3,589 posts

188 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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That a car is 'dangerously underpowered'.

thetrash

1,847 posts

205 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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AnotherClarkey said:
That a car is 'dangerously underpowered'.

Accelerate out of danger!

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Cyclists should have licences, pay tax, be banned, only cycle on cycle paths.

The above identifies an idiot biggrin

Nohedes

345 posts

226 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Debaser said:
EggsBenedict said:
These forums are full of stupid stuff, although my personal pet hate is opinionated stuff spouted about driving and anything else motor related, by a person when profile is checked, drives a diesel A2.
How does someone's choice of car affect how much they know?
I may be wrong, but I think the point Eggsbenedict is making is that there are many posters on PH that have strong views which are stated not as subjective opinions, but as objective facts, despite having no personal experience of the vehicle (e.g. Car X has no steering feel).

jezhumphrey75

226 posts

147 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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whafting
barges
rwd only

longblackcoat

5,047 posts

182 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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"It's a whole new thing"

delboy735

1,656 posts

201 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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thetrash said:
Do you know how much your Mrs sends on getting her hair done? An SLK with the letters AMG on it is within the realms of many hairdressers!
I suspect you are confusing "Hairdressers" with "Salon owners " ......

wolves_wanderer

12,356 posts

236 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Calling any recent Nissan performance car a Datsun.

Debaser

5,665 posts

260 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Nohedes said:
Debaser said:
EggsBenedict said:
These forums are full of stupid stuff, although my personal pet hate is opinionated stuff spouted about driving and anything else motor related, by a person when profile is checked, drives a diesel A2.
How does someone's choice of car affect how much they know?
I may be wrong, but I think the point Eggsbenedict is making is that there are many posters on PH that have strong views which are stated not as subjective opinions, but as objective facts, despite having no personal experience of the vehicle (e.g. Car X has no steering feel).
If he'd said that I'd agree. But his point was specifically about what car is listed in a person's garage. It's pretty naive to think people only know about the cars listed in their profile.

iloveboost

1,531 posts

161 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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EVERY new car is:
over-styled,
over-designed,
over-priced,
over-specced,
over-powered,
over-weight,
over-complicated
and whatever they own is better than any new car anyway.
The best cars are a nineties:
French hot hatch.
Japanese sportscar.
BMW 3 series.
Everything else is much worse or much more expensive.
I'm guilty of being too critical of new cars without ever driving, or ever being able to drive, most of them.

MagneticMeerkat

1,763 posts

204 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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All sorts...

On here 'man maths' - seriously? As in 'I've used man maths to work out that I can afford....' Hard to pin down exactly why, but it makes me cringe every time I read it. I suppose it taps into the other enduring tedium that gets spouted about 'the wife' and her credit card. If she chooses to go and buy some frippery or other it's a crime against humanity, but if said useless item is car-related then it falls into the sacred realm of 'man maths' therefore can be justified.

Plus practicing 'man maths', well a simple addition anyway, in a dark room may lead to unexpected results.


RichB

51,431 posts

283 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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MagneticMeerkat said:
...On here 'man maths' - seriously? As in 'I've used man maths to work out that I can afford....' <clip> the other enduring tedium that gets spouted about 'the wife'
Indeed, nothing more derogatory that referring to one's wife as "the wife". As for "man maths" it's as clichéd and naff as "man cave" biglaugh To me that always conjures up visions of some saddo' sitting in his garage playing computer games with his hot-hatch parked in the background.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Anyone who says 'talk to me'

CharlesAL

532 posts

123 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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I don't understand this whole 'hairdressers car' label for every convertible. I was talking to my friend about getting an e46 330i convertible and he told me it was a hairdressers car. In what way?! I'd only call stuff like a Vauxhall Tigra or a Nissan Micra/Peugeot 206/Renault Megane convertible a 'hairdressers car'.

crosseyedlion

2,170 posts

197 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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CharlesAL said:
I don't understand this whole 'hairdressers car' label for every convertible. I was talking to my friend about getting an e46 330i convertible and he told me it was a hairdressers car. In what way?! I'd only call stuff like a Vauxhall Tigra or a Nissan Micra/Peugeot 206/Renault Megane convertible a 'hairdressers car'.
Well where do you draw the line?

I agree that the term 'hairdressers car' is a stupid label, but for ANY car.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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yonex said:
Anyone who says 'talk to me'
What car threads. wink

Zyp

14,673 posts

188 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Have we had '...the M135i is a junior supercar...'?

SV8Predator

2,102 posts

164 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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soad said:
yonex said:
Anyone who says 'talk to me'
What car threads. wink
Both of these!

And "discuss".

You fking discuss!