Stupid things non petrolheads say....

Stupid things non petrolheads say....

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MondeoMan1981

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2,352 posts

182 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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I'll start us off with two.

Colleague at work who firmly believes their 92k mile Saxo is worth approx £2000.

Another colleague who tells everyone all BMWs are 2.0 litre, its just the power output thats different...

exgtt

2,067 posts

211 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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All german cars are RWD - fact.

Oh and the Alfa V6 engine is problematic.

robsco

7,822 posts

175 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Alfas break down and fall to pieces.

"Are they paying you too much?" No, my car is worth considerably less than your 18k Focus diesel.

dougc

8,240 posts

264 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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'You with your flash cars (!), you get paid too much'

Nice 20k Mondeo you've got there. Worth much now?

MondeoMan1981

Original Poster:

2,352 posts

182 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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robsco said:
Alfas break down and fall to pieces.

"Are they paying you too much?" No, my car is worth considerably less than your 25k Golf diesel.
Thats more like it...

Drive Blind

5,076 posts

176 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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MondeoMan1981 said:
Another colleague who tells everyone all BMWs are 2.0 litre, its just the power output thats different...
that is true with the 4 cylinder diesels, is it not?


Oilchange

8,422 posts

259 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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nice Ferrari!








d1ckheads...

exgtt

2,067 posts

211 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Drive Blind said:
MondeoMan1981 said:
Another colleague who tells everyone all BMWs are 2.0 litre, its just the power output thats different...
that is true with the 4 cylinder diesels, is it not?
Is true but who gives a fk about the 2.0 diesels? Apart from non petrol heads lol (ok for what they are though)

Ritchie335is

1,858 posts

201 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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robsco said:
Alfas break down and fall to pieces.

"Are they paying you too much?" No, my car is worth considerably less than your 18k Focus diesel.
I get this all the time when they hear I have an M5. Dont you realise its worth half as much as your Focus/Golf etc.

robsco

7,822 posts

175 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Ritchie335is said:
robsco said:
Alfas break down and fall to pieces.

"Are they paying you too much?" No, my car is worth considerably less than your 18k Focus diesel.
I get this all the time when they hear I have an M5. Dont you realise its worth half as much as your Focus/Golf etc.
I think it's economy related too; if you dare drive anything that does less than 30mpg, your name suddenly becomes B.P Esso McShell.

Drive Blind

5,076 posts

176 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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I've no knowledge of the set up myself, however...

non PH type colleague with a MINI. Has run flats and a tyre pressure indicator. Everytime the tyre pressure warning light comes on, there is a reset button, which makes it 'go away'. After about 2 weeks of doing this daily it turns out she actually has a flat tyre.

pilchardthecat

7,483 posts

178 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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What do you need a car like that for? You can only go 70 miles an hour.

Original Poster

5,429 posts

175 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Oilchange said:
nice Ferrari!








d1ckheads...
laugh

i remember

3,296 posts

185 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Bought an N/A car recently, after telling a friend this he said...

"You're not going to fit a dump valve are you?"

Facepalm.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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pilchardthecat said:
What do you need a car like that for? You can only go 70 miles an hour.
This one makes my pee boil!

homerjay

1,242 posts

224 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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We don’t sell £60000.00 cars by e-mail sorry we can't help you.

carmonk

7,910 posts

186 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Don't see why you bother washing your car every week, it's just a box to get you from A to B. (His was a box, granted, but it rarely managed to get to B)

S3_Graham

12,830 posts

198 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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"it's just a car"

mattmoxon

5,026 posts

217 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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"Your spending how much on tyres" when I mentioned that I am fitting some decent rubber rather than Nankang Ditch Finders for 1/3 of the price.

ETA:
S3_Graham said:
"it's just a car"
Really annoys me this one.

Edited by mattmoxon on Friday 27th August 23:36

pilchardthecat

7,483 posts

178 months

Friday 27th August 2010
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Shaid GTB said:
pilchardthecat said:
What do you need a car like that for? You can only go 70 miles an hour.
This one makes my pee boil!
I get it most days off the wife.

My latest response is; "What do you need 30 pairs of shoes for? You've only got two feet"
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