Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2

[InductionRoar]

HorneyMX5 said:

I know one of those. It's an A class SUV crossover 4 pot diesel thing (on finance obv!). It's always referred to as the AMG.

The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.

To be fair referring to an AMG as "the AMG" is a little bit cringeworthy in itself - the fact it is a diesel promotes it to tragic.

Edited by InductionRoar on Friday 5th February 14:03

[Meridius]

Once had a guy ask me if his car was going to be OK because he accidentally went up to 4500rpm on the motorway. Said he was going along at 70 but his car was sounding really weird, he looked down and he was in 4th getting up to 4-5000rpm but he immediately changed up. Will it be OK I havent damaged anything have I? It was "a VW Golf, not a GTI".

Wasnt really sure how to respond to that.

[Alex_225]

irocfan said:

tbf when she learned to drive cars with that sort of mileage probably were not long for this earth, all that's happened is she hasn't moved with technology

Yeah you're absolutely right mate, 130k on a car back when she passed in the 70s was probably not likely!

Once she'd been in the Saab she was pretty impressed. Mainly because everything still worked and it drives very well.

[Alex_225]

Oh the other one is when people here you have a fast car and go,

"What's the point, you can't use it on the road".

[marshalla]

Alex_225 said:

Oh the other one is when people here you have a fast car and go,

"What's the point, you can't use it on the road".

'I can, when no-one's looking "

[hairyben]

to my cuz who bangs on about 2 stroke motorbikes all the time and supposedly a bit of a petrolhead:

"meh, had to stick a new set of tyres on it, (the 330), muppet had fking ditchfinders all round"

Him: "so what, it's got traction control, why waste your money"

ffs. Actually a few posters in the thread about losing a 911 have voiced similar misunderstanding about what driver aids can do.

[Rawwr]

AH33 said:

When I was in school, I had a friend with a 1.4 clio, which could do 160, because it had 160 on the speedo.

When I was a tiny, little boy, I genuinely believed this was the way you could tell a car's top speed

[irocfan]

Rawwr said:

AH33 said:

When I was in school, I had a friend with a 1.4 clio, which could do 160, because it had 160 on the speedo.

When I was a tiny, little boy, I genuinely believed this was the way you could tell a car's top speed

and another here

[R8VXF]

irocfan said:

Rawwr said:

AH33 said:

When I was in school, I had a friend with a 1.4 clio, which could do 160, because it had 160 on the speedo.

When I was a tiny, little boy, I genuinely believed this was the way you could tell a car's top speed

and another here

My coat is the one on the end. No, the black one. Yes, that one. Thank you.

[Dracoro]

AH33 said:

"The AMG"

That would quite literally make my head explode..

Ironic post!

Maybe that's for the "Stupid things petrolheads say" note for the hard of thinking, look up "literally" in a dictionary.

[dci]

One from work a few weeks back..

I hate driving on the motorway, isn't it boring? I just get up to 60 and stay in the middle lane I do. It's pointless staying in the slow lane because of all the lorries...

I abruptly ended the conversation and retired to my office to think about what I'd just heard. I haven't thought about her the same way since.

[Wills2]

GravelMachineGun said:

Kicking off with a bang.

"Diesels are faster because they rev less which means they must get to their top speed faster"

Well half of PH believe that....

[Alex_225]

marshalla said:

'I can, when no-one's looking "

I don't know what you mean

[robinessex]

For those in a position to enforce this. Don't bother with an interview for the new applicant for the job. Take them out in THEIR car for a drive. If they can’t drive, they fail the job application. What's prompted this? Just seen some dhead in a RR Ghost who couldn't drive to save his life. Looked like a CEO or similar. God help his company.

[stephen300o]

"Hey your dinosaur cars are soon going to be outlawed, no more fumes, no more speeding, soon you will have travel in an automated pod tracked by the government to prevent interference"

Stupid non petrolhead.

[ewand]

dci said:

One from work a few weeks back..

I hate driving on the motorway, isn't it boring? I just get up to 60 and stay in the middle lane I do. It's pointless staying in the slow lane because of all the lorries...

I abruptly ended the conversation and retired to my office to think about what I'd just heard. I haven't thought about her the same way since.

She must find it boring watching everyone overtake her and sweep past from lane 3 into lane 1 to try to make her do the same ...

[Blown2CV]

AH33 said:

HorneyMX5 said:

I know one of those. It's an A class SUV crossover 4 pot diesel thing (on finance obv!). It's always referred to as the AMG.

The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.

"The AMG"

That would quite literally make my head explode.

I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.

I wouldn't even refer to my car as "the AMG" if I had a real one. Aspirational super dick move. Hate things like that.

[zeDuffMan]

AH33 said:

Ooh, a bmw. I bet that's fast.

118d. No.

Followed a 518d into work this evening. Didn't know they made a 518d. Of course they also do an M Sport version.

[stephen300o]

Blown2CV said:

AH33 said:

HorneyMX5 said:

I know one of those. It's an A class SUV crossover 4 pot diesel thing (on finance obv!). It's always referred to as the AMG.

The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.

"The AMG"

That would quite literally make my head explode.

I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.

I wouldn't even refer to my car as "the AMG" if I had a real one. Aspirational super dick move. Hate things like that.

Won't tell you about my Volvo Amazon AMG gti turbo challenge stradale then. Who cares what he call his car haha

[daveenty]

Blown2CV said:

I wouldn't even refer to my car as "the AMG" if I had a real one. Aspirational super dick move. Hate things like that.

I have a real one and it's lovingly referred to as "The German taxi"

No badges to say otherwise either...