Stupid things non petrolheads say....

[Benbay001]

Was washing my new (to me) car today.
I got my first "i bet that drinks alot" comment from a neighbour.
Instantly thought of this thread.

[Captain Muppet]

"Stop wasting money on cars"

Said to me by someone who spent more on a Civic than I spent in total buying an Elise, two RX7s, an MX5, 535, 325, 320 and a Nissan Silvia.

[NotDave]

Captain Muppet said:

"Stop wasting money on cars"

Said to me by someone who spent more on a Civic than I spent in total buying an Elise, two RX7s, an MX5, 535, 325, 320 and a Nissan Silvia.

My mother? Says it to me the drives off in £30,000 of used Aston

[xRIEx]

NotDave said:

Captain Muppet said:

"Stop wasting money on cars"

Said to me by someone who spent more on a Civic than I spent in total buying an Elise, two RX7s, an MX5, 535, 325, 320 and a Nissan Silvia.

My mother? Says it to me the drives off in £30,000 of used Aston

Don't quite see how £30K of used Aston is a waste

[DanielJames]

Papa Hotel said:

Which RX-8 should I get, the 2.6 or 1.3?

[Vocal Minority]

Benbay001 said:

Was washing my new (to me) car today.
I got my first "i bet that drinks alot" comment from a neighbour.
Instantly thought of this thread.

Well everything is relative. If it is the S Type R, it probably does drink a fair bit. The fact it doesn't bother you is by the by surely?

[Captain Muppet]

DanielJames said:

Papa Hotel said:

Which RX-8 should I get, the 2.6 or 1.3?

That thread made me sad.

[NotDave]

xRIEx said:

Don't quite see how £30K of used Aston is a waste

Perhaps I should've explained the context....

She preaches at me that I should be happy with a simple a-b transport type heap.. Then on the drive they have:

1964 230sl pagoda
1984 280ce
1997 db7 volante
2001 s type v6
2006 shogun sport


Yet my £900 Mondeo or £4k Saab is a waste?

[anonymous-user]

"Can you tell me what these metal pencil sharpenings are on the dipstick? The car went all loud and slow the other day and now it can only do short distances..."

No oil, 3 yr old fiesta, never checked anything from new. Facepalm

[Blown2CV]

coombsfh said:

"Can you tell me what these metal pencil sharpenings are on the dipstick? The car went all loud and slow the other day and now it can only do short distances..."

No oil, 3 yr old fiesta, never checked anything from new. Facepalm

haha! Never been serviced either then?

[nicanary]

Blown2CV said:

haha! Never been serviced either then?

Heard many a time (mainly chapettes) - "oh, is the MOT different from servicing then?" Oil like molasses.

[KaraK]

NotDave said:

xRIEx said:

Don't quite see how £30K of used Aston is a waste

Perhaps I should've explained the context....

She preaches at me that I should be happy with a simple a-b transport type heap.. Then on the drive they have:

1964 230sl pagoda
1984 280ce
1997 db7 volante
2001 s type v6
2006 shogun sport


Yet my £900 Mondeo or £4k Saab is a waste?

To be fair Dave you are being a bit selective there, you haven't mentioned your two other cars (one of which is more rust than car)

[shouldbworking]

JordanTurbo said:

Papa Hotel said:

MarJay said:

JordanTurbo said:

and by the way we use SA80's

• cough* L85A2 *cough*

Erm... I thought it was the L85A3 now.

Its called the L85A3 but its just an A2 with a different fore grip and a quick release bipod. also due to the general shortage of funds throughout the MOD we currently only fit the new grips when on ops and have to convert back to A2 spec when in the uk so the next deployment can use the bits. It's the same with the SUSAT optical sights for most non infantry units too who convert back to iron sights.

hence we just call them all SA80s

Quick release bipod is right.. operate and watch the legs quickly release themselves from the rest of it. Also convinced that the new rail was just another measure to see if they could manage to extend the time taken to properly clean a rifle even further.

[NotDave]

KaraK said:

To be fair Dave you are being a bit selective there, you haven't mentioned your two other cars (one of which is more rust than car)

Two? Cheeky fk. Just one thanks

[KaraK]

NotDave said:

KaraK said:

To be fair Dave you are being a bit selective there, you haven't mentioned your two other cars (one of which is more rust than car)

Two? Cheeky fk. Just one thanks

I thought you'd bought another one recently?

[NotDave]

KaraK said:

I thought you'd bought another one recently?

That's the rusty one. The minor. Other 3 are all good

[KaraK]

NotDave said:

KaraK said:

I thought you'd bought another one recently?

That's the rusty one. The minor. Other 3 are all good

So I was right in that there are 4? (Counting your Missus' Saab anyway)

[NotDave]

KaraK said:

So I was right in that there are 4? (Counting your Missus' Saab anyway)

My Saab, mint.

My minor - rotten/project

Snotter - fine, just grubby

Austin - immaculate

[Benbay001]

Vocal Minority said:

Benbay001 said:

Was washing my new (to me) car today.
I got my first "i bet that drinks alot" comment from a neighbour.
Instantly thought of this thread.

Well everything is relative. If it is the S Type R, it probably does drink a fair bit. The fact it doesn't bother you is by the by surely?

The comment didnt worry me, it was more the fact the conversation went "hello, i bet that drinks alot" as opposed to "hello, i like your new car, are you please with it?" or "is it petrol of diesel?"

[Rochellc01]

Papa Hotel said:

Which RX-8 should I get, the 2.6 or 1.3?

lol i read that aswell, i was thinking omg.........DUDES GOT A 4 ROTOR! (Jokes)


How can he 787B that stupid, haha do you get it 787B that stupid, im a comedic genius.