Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2
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stephen300o said:
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"The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.
That would quite literally make my head explode.
I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.
Blown2CV said:
stephen300o said:
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"The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.
That would quite literally make my head explode.
I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.
stephen300o said:
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"The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.
That would quite literally make my head explode.
I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.
shamelessly stolen from the Sean Connery joke thread
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"The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.
That would quite literally make my head explode.
I'd steal his badge. His car is not worthy.
daveenty said:
I have a real one and it's lovingly referred to as "The German taxi"
No badges to say otherwise either...
Must get round to taking the badges off. I guess then 99% of the public will have no idea what it is.No badges to say otherwise either...
MaxRothery said:
Pints said:
OldBob said:
"..but with my car I only pay £30 (or less) road tax..." The casual listener amongst those talking about performance cars.
But everyone knows that more is better. You pay more, therefore yours is better.
Hooli said:
MaxRothery said:
Pints said:
OldBob said:
"..but with my car I only pay £30 (or less) road tax..." The casual listener amongst those talking about performance cars.
But everyone knows that more is better. You pay more, therefore yours is better.SlimJim16v said:
Apparently a Phaeton 3.0TDI is a "continent eater". I don't think I'll bother with that Bentley then.
To be fair, the Phaeton would probably go further on a tank. Who buys cars on their abilities to cross continents anyway? How often are you going to do that? Generally if you want to cross a continent then your transport is usually made by companies such as Boeing or Airbus.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.
And people on MBClub question why Merc are sticking AMG badges on anything that moves.... there's your answer!The marketing clearly works but it makes me die inside a bit.
On a side note my next door neighbour's mother was admiring my SL55 and asked what the mpg was. On being informed it was around 18 -20 on a good day she sighed and said 'Oh I thought it was a better car than that' and walked back to her Nissan Micra..... thing is I sort of get where she's coming from
IanCress said:
SlimJim16v said:
Apparently a Phaeton 3.0TDI is a "continent eater". I don't think I'll bother with that Bentley then.
To be fair, the Phaeton would probably go further on a tank. Who buys cars on their abilities to cross continents anyway? How often are you going to do that? Generally if you want to cross a continent then your transport is usually made by companies such as Boeing or Airbus.
To be fair to the person who originally suggested the Phaeton was capable of such things, I imagine it's a pretty good choice of transport for particularly long journeys.
IanCress said:
To be fair, the Phaeton would probably go further on a tank. Who buys cars on their abilities to cross continents anyway? How often are you going to do that? Generally if you want to cross a continent then your transport is usually made by companies such as Boeing or Airbus.
Surely you mean a Gulfstream? 
MaxRothery said:
Hooli said:
MaxRothery said:
Pints said:
OldBob said:
"..but with my car I only pay £30 (or less) road tax..." The casual listener amongst those talking about performance cars.
But everyone knows that more is better. You pay more, therefore yours is better.Good work btw, Spitfire or Dolly?
InductionRoar said:
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.
I made the mistake of discussing cars with a particular friend last year, he said that his wife had a C Class AMG, which is a fair bit of a step up from her current Kuga. So I did some digging, what a full fat fire breathing AMG? Yup! Was it a C55 with a V8? no it wasn't, C32 with a V6? No, it was a diesel with what I assume was the AMG styling pack, I didn't have the heart to pursue it. Edited by InductionRoar on Friday 5th February 14:03
Years ago somebody tried to convince me that if you didn't floor your car on a regular basis the pistons wouldn't wear the liner evenly from top to bottom and you'd permanently lower your max RPM.
Colleague one today complained that has car had failed its MOT just as she was wanting to trade it in against a much fancier one (despite constantly complaining how she struggles to make ends meet financially)
What did it fail on? A totally bald tyre. When I questioned why she hadn't even given the tyres a cursory visual glance even once a week, she scoffed and said that's her husband's job.
She carries her child in the car every day, and seemed put out about having to pay for a new tyre (a normal hatchback tyre is not exactly expensive) but not about endangering lives.
I despair.
Colleague two then mentioned how she'd had to pour warm water on her windscreen this morning to clear the frost. When informed that this was a brilliant way to shatter the windscreen she asked what else she was supposed to do?
When I replied that a scraper is generally meant for that kind of thing, she shuddered and replied "those things go right through me".
I despair.
What did it fail on? A totally bald tyre. When I questioned why she hadn't even given the tyres a cursory visual glance even once a week, she scoffed and said that's her husband's job.
She carries her child in the car every day, and seemed put out about having to pay for a new tyre (a normal hatchback tyre is not exactly expensive) but not about endangering lives.
I despair.
Colleague two then mentioned how she'd had to pour warm water on her windscreen this morning to clear the frost. When informed that this was a brilliant way to shatter the windscreen she asked what else she was supposed to do?
When I replied that a scraper is generally meant for that kind of thing, she shuddered and replied "those things go right through me".
I despair.
Edited by ChemicalChaos on Monday 15th February 22:45
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