Stupid things non petrolheads say....
Discussion
AJS- said:
Surprised no one has mentioned this yet but "it's a penis extension"
No it f
king isn't. It's a car I enjoy driving, that's all. If I wanted a car to pull in it would either be expensive or cute. I've never known any girls go weak at the knees for a car that's 10 years old and blows up regularly.
Can't stand that, or "you must be compensating for something" erm, no I bought the car for me not to impress other people.No it f
king isn't. It's a car I enjoy driving, that's all. If I wanted a car to pull in it would either be expensive or cute. I've never known any girls go weak at the knees for a car that's 10 years old and blows up regularly. I was out with friends a while back and was chatting with a lass (turned out she was an ex of somebody at work and more than a bit mental - bullet dodged) and one of the women that was with us was saying constantly "tell her about the car" I had to hold my tongue with her because I nearly blurted out "I DON'T WANT TO, because I bought it for me not to impress other people and pull women".
Does my head in that you can't have something you enjoy without people thinking you bought it for other reasons, and their response "of course you did".
Big Rod said:
All my cars are old. Not so much now, I used to get asked all the time what the story was. I had a Nissan 300ZX TT for fun, a Mitsubishi Pajero, a Shogun, a VW Sharan VR6, a Renault Laguna for snotter duties and occassionally used my Wife's Sharan. I also had a Monza too but never used that.
Everyone else had brand new cars and couldn't understand why I chose to be seen in something more than 3 years old.
They couldn't get that I had a car for every occassion and nearly every day of the week and if one did fail, even terminally I had backup. And even then the fallen one failed terminally, it wasn't the end of the world. And what's more, I get to indulge in one of my favourite things quite often, car shopping!
Now I've got an old XJR Jag and for all it's not the tidiest example, it does look the piece. I've spent quite a bit getting it fit for purpose but it's sound now and an absolute pleasure to drive. Now everyone thinks I'm loaded.
Looks nice I have always liked BIG cars, Triupmh 2000, MKIII Consul (aka MKI Granada?), and so onEveryone else had brand new cars and couldn't understand why I chose to be seen in something more than 3 years old.
They couldn't get that I had a car for every occassion and nearly every day of the week and if one did fail, even terminally I had backup. And even then the fallen one failed terminally, it wasn't the end of the world. And what's more, I get to indulge in one of my favourite things quite often, car shopping!
Now I've got an old XJR Jag and for all it's not the tidiest example, it does look the piece. I've spent quite a bit getting it fit for purpose but it's sound now and an absolute pleasure to drive. Now everyone thinks I'm loaded.
I'm also a fan of the Jaguars, I've driven or owned every one of the XJ's from the Series 1 through to the X300, this has included several Series 2 XJ-C's and V12's as well as six cyl versions.
My "everyday" car (I don't use a car everyday as I'm lucky enough to be able to walk to work) an XJ6/X300 3.2 recently failed the MOT quite badly, I can't grumbe I've had best part of 6 years out of a car I paid under £2k for, so went looking for a replacement.
I did take a look at "lesser cars" to see what was available in a similar price range, but why would I want to buy/drive a Focus/Mondeo etc with 70k+ on the clock which will probably need replacing in 2 years time (as it will be way past 100k?), when for the same money I got an X300 XJ Sport with 111K on it that will likely last me a similar 5-6 years to my last X300 (as Jags will happily do 200K+ if the rust doesn't get to them first!) and be far nicer to drive.
I can also take it to Jaguar Club meetings and not be told to "park it behind that tree over there" like I was when I owned an old escort.
People seem to think that these car "guzzle" but it is like most things it depends how you drive, the Jag can produce similar accelerations to my old escort without breaking a sweat, (about 2000rpm is all that is needed for that) and I can manage 30+MPG on a run with it, and have averaged 24-27MPG quite easily, I reckon thats about 10-20% more fuel that the escort used to use, but the engine is easily 2x the size the car weighs about 2x as much, and is defo 2x as comfortable.
Unless the Jag starts to use 2x the fuel it's a "no brainer" to me the Jag wins everytime, and the cost of the fuel is easily outweighed by the extra comfort etc.
Hope you enjoy the XJR, I'm a little jealous but my XJ Sport will do me for now.
bloke at work was asking for rolling road recommendations after telling me he has spent £10k on an engine rebuild for a 944 turbo... now he knows I like cars, have done a bit of motorsport etc so I cant decide if he has actually built the mother of all 944 turbo engines, has been taken to the cleaners or is a talking balls....
pablo said:
bloke at work was asking for rolling road recommendations after telling me he has spent £10k on an engine rebuild for a 944 turbo... now he knows I like cars, have done a bit of motorsport etc so I cant decide if he has actually built the mother of all 944 turbo engines, has been taken to the cleaners or is a talking balls....
I'm intrigued. You need to ask him and report back. I suspect we'll all be having a good chuckle at his misfortune. Fools and their money.NotDave said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
I've just remembered this - it happened in August at Santa Pod.
I rolled up to one of the staff who was telling people which bit of the camp-site to go to.
"Oh, nice car. Is it a Robin Hood?"
"No. Is that a black eye?"
Tosser.
To be fair, they are similar I rolled up to one of the staff who was telling people which bit of the camp-site to go to.
"Oh, nice car. Is it a Robin Hood?"
"No. Is that a black eye?"
Tosser.
MG Zack said:
Vipers said:
So you told her its short for caterpillar.
But does she know what an "A" or "B" pillar is, strange should just ask about "C"
Our conversation had somehow become about the Nissan Cube (conversations with me have a most unfortunate tendency to veer off down a motoring route) and I remarked about how stupid it looked with no C-pillar.But does she know what an "A" or "B" pillar is, strange should just ask about "C"
Edited by Vipers on Friday 2nd November 10:28
. Having said that, my OH does it often.
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