Contribute material for The Compendium of Car Truths

[Warw1ckHunt]

When it's raining heavily and there's a lot of spray/mist, the cars without any lights on are usually silver.

[Impasse]

No matter the type, value or age of vehicle, a bloke driving a convertible car with the roof down looks ridiculous.

[Mound Dawg]

0a said:

The Mercedes w124 was the best built car in history.

And even after 29 years, the estate is the best wagon money can buy.

[Glassman]

Thankyou4calling said:

Gavin at Autoglass is wrong, all chips in your windscreen don't become cracks.

They do if you try and repair them with unsuitable equipment, and without proper training.

[rouge59]

A feature of the Range Rover is that it will not move until the driver is talking on a mobile phone clamped to his/her ear.

[Blakewater]

Cliftonite said:

But Jeremy Clarkson does get some things right!

(I suppose).

He was right about Ebola.

[iva cosworth]

Impasse said:

No matter the type, value or age of vehicle, a bloke driving a convertible car with the roof down looks ridiculous.

That's not true.

I look awesome in my little convertible.

[NWTony]

Safety tips for when you're out n about on the roads. take a look at the cars around you...

Women drivers - no survivors.
Grey hair - beware.
Wears a hat - drives like a tt.

[Blakewater]

iva cosworth said:

Exceptions being in a convertible,roof down ,in the middle of winter.......

The vast majority of convertible car owners don't get their roofs down, even on the hottest and sunniest day of the year.

A latest registration car is better than anything with an out of date registration, anything over three years old is going to need pots of money spending on it and anything over ten years old is a banger ready for the scrapheap.

[sixpistons]

Anyone who buys a modern diesel is wasting their money as it will endlessly self destruct. They would be much better off driving a 7 litre supercharged v8 for their 100 mile a day commute as it will be cheaper.

[talksthetorque]

You cannot walk around the footpath on a Close on any housing estate less than 20 years old as there will be an A3, a Mini, a Scenic and a Qashqai all parked halfway on the path, but one will be next to an unkempt bush which overhangs the other half.

[Jonny_]

The precise car you want - model, spec, price, condition, mileage - usually doesn't exist until after you've bought an "it'll do" car.

That "it'll do" car will itself require a minimum 200 mile round trip to collect.

[B'stard Child]

Blakewater said:

nything over ten years old is a banger ready for the scrapheap.

I agree

[Impasse]

iva cosworth said:

That's not true.

I look awesome in my little convertible.

But your car is the wrong way round, so you'll always look like a passenger. Therefore you manage to get away with it.
Just.

[BFG TERRANO]

Anything with tits or wheels will let you down.

[henrycrun]

It is mandatory for all young people to text while driving.

[can't remember]

At a speedo indicated 50mph a Kia Sportage is actually doing 43mph.

[DukeDickson]

In a hurry? You will usually encounter Mr/Mrs 29 (or equivalent) everywhere.


From the other school - Who needs, lights or anything else in the dark when you have some dinky little DRLs that obviously make you visible from the darkness of space, even from the rear.

[anarki]

BMW's are impossible to get off of a snowy/icy driveway on an incline higher than 2 degrees.

[V8 FOU]

talksthetorque said:

next to an unkempt bush which overhangs the other half.

If my other half had an unkempt bush, I'd dump her......