Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2
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On pulling a Model S onto the drive, next door neighbor (nice chap, but a bit simple) gives a it a good ogle.
Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
10b0b said:
On pulling a Model S onto the drive, next door neighbor (nice chap, but a bit simple) gives a it a good ogle.
Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
Wow.Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
MJ85 said:
10b0b said:
On pulling a Model S onto the drive, next door neighbor (nice chap, but a bit simple) gives a it a good ogle.
Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
Wow.Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
10bob, seeing as your neighbour is a 'nice chap' did you not consider just being nice back and being appreciative of the fact that a lot of people probably wouldn't realise (especially just from seeing it pull onto someone's drive) that a Model S is electric?
Utterpiffle said:
Argument in the office at work just now between two colleagues.
Petrol cars have a timing belt, diesel cars have a timing chain. No, only old cars have a timing chain.
I chose not to get involved, as they both started frantically googling to prove their point...
Did their googling find this list? http://www.adiduc.com/the-list-of-timing-chain-dri...Petrol cars have a timing belt, diesel cars have a timing chain. No, only old cars have a timing chain.
I chose not to get involved, as they both started frantically googling to prove their point...
10b0b said:
On pulling a Model S onto the drive, next door neighbor (nice chap, but a bit simple) gives a it a good ogle.
Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
Never happened,Him: "Nice motor! New car? Cool! What liter is it?"
Me: "Sorry?"
Him: "How many liter is it? You know engine liters?"
Me: "Did you not notice the complete lack of engine sound?"
Him: "Oh yeah.... oh is it battery? A battery car?"
Me: "Yeah... you're on the right lines"
Him: "Ahhh cool... how many battery liters?"
The last line cracked me up
A few years back I built and ran a couple of Caterhams. I am a polisher rather than racer, and kept them looking pretty smart. The second one was a beauty, a 1600 K series Supersport, BRG with yellow stripes, Brookland screens and so on. One day when I was at the petrol station, and strapping myself back into the four point harness, a really sweet old lady came up and said: "I must say how much I admire you fellows for keeping these old cars going and looking so nice."
She was such a nice old dear that I didn't have the heart to tell her it was only about ten weeks old.
She was such a nice old dear that I didn't have the heart to tell her it was only about ten weeks old.
HappyMidget said:
bad company said:
I also have no idea or interest in what a camshaft is.
Over 15 years on here and you know not what a camshaft is? Impressive.
Camshaft.
Sillyhatday said:
I must say that is impressive. People usually pick things up without meaning too.
Camshaft
My 11 year old daughter knows what a camshaft is and what it does. So does my mum, and cars are very much white goods for her. To reach retirement age and be a car enthusiast without ever knowing how a four stroke engine works is pretty mind boggling.Camshaft
Mr2Mike said:
Sillyhatday said:
I must say that is impressive. People usually pick things up without meaning too.
Camshaft
My 11 year old daughter knows what a camshaft is and what it does. So does my mum, and cars are very much white goods for her. To reach retirement age and be a car enthusiast without ever knowing how a four stroke engine works is pretty mind boggling.Camshaft
Ah here's the answer - https://www.autobutler.co.uk/wiki/camshaft.
bad company said:
I had to call Ferrari Assist once when I had a tyre blow on my F355 on a Sunday morning. The first question was 'is it petrol or diesel'? 
She then asked it was manual or automatic, I kept telling her that I had a tyre blow but no she had to go through the crib list. In the end she said a mechanic would come and assess the car before calling low loader. I kept telling her this was pointless but all to no avail.
I had similar when the sump plug fell out of my TVR on the A303. "A mechanic will come and assess." Told her the car was sitting in a pool of the North Sea's finest, with now plugless sump, oil pressure light and shagged engine bearings. Waited an hour. Bloke turns up. "Your sump plug's fallen out mate. I'd better call a low loader"...She then asked it was manual or automatic, I kept telling her that I had a tyre blow but no she had to go through the crib list. In the end she said a mechanic would come and assess the car before calling low loader. I kept telling her this was pointless but all to no avail.
Regarding TVRs etc and non-petrolheads, I was amazed at how many of them assumed my Chimaera had a 1.8 or 2.0l 4-pot, even though they'd nearly fallen over when I started it up.
I called Toyota to enquire about a wheel bearing for my car once.
"What car, sir?"
"MR2 Turbo." Typety type.....
"Ah, none in the UK, sir, it'll need to come from Japan."
"Really? OK..... How much?"
"Err, £1500+VAT sir."
"That's quite steep for a wheel bearing...."
"Ah, sorry sir, I thought you wanted a turbocharger."
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