Stupid things non petrolheads say....
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sm20v said:
On the subject of bikes....
I was on the phone to Sky to negotiate a discount on my monthly, so being as polite as possible
Sky customer Service guy: Can I take your password?
Me: No idea, can I reset?
Sky: Of course, what would you like?
Me: Er... go for Ducati(engine size)
Sky: did you say docathy? is that D, O
Me: No, Ducati, the motorbikes (spelt for him)
Sky: Ah right, sorry, have you got one of those, i really like them
Me: Yep
Sky: Nice, they are really good looking cars, I love those especially the new one
Me: yes they are.
Could of been a slip I know, but did make me laugh.
Got discount too
TL,DR:I was on the phone to Sky to negotiate a discount on my monthly, so being as polite as possible
Sky customer Service guy: Can I take your password?
Me: No idea, can I reset?
Sky: Of course, what would you like?
Me: Er... go for Ducati(engine size)
Sky: did you say docathy? is that D, O
Me: No, Ducati, the motorbikes (spelt for him)
Sky: Ah right, sorry, have you got one of those, i really like them
Me: Yep
Sky: Nice, they are really good looking cars, I love those especially the new one
Me: yes they are.
Could of been a slip I know, but did make me laugh.
Got discount too
Smug chap gets sold something, then posts his password on the internet demonstrating how silly the salesman was.
hohoho, what a foolish thing he has done now we just need to somehow find his account number and we'll be able to er.. buy him more or less channels? Change his internet speed?
ORD said:
You might as well arrest anyone who owns that bike, as they are either just back from a trip to 150mph or about to go on one. You simply cannot use that kind of power without ripping the arse out of any and all speed limits!
From 40mph, WOT in any gear would take you well into 3 figures before you can unwind the gas.
That's about on a par with "I could never have a bike I'd kill myself" and is a stnbs From 40mph, WOT in any gear would take you well into 3 figures before you can unwind the gas.
scarble said:
hohoho, what a foolish thing he has done now we just need to somehow find his account number and we'll be able to er.. buy him more or less channels? Change his internet speed?
It's also nonsense. WOT at 40 mph, even in second, won't be that scary until it gets on 'cam', and even when it does, simply winding the throttle back a bit will rein it in anyway. In the higher gears, it'd not be particularly worrying at 40, not even for me as an inexperienced novice. I rode a 115 bhp bike a few weeks back, there was never any sense of it getting to three figures before I could stop it.ORD said:
You might as well arrest anyone who owns that bike, as they are either just back from a trip to 150mph or about to go on one. You simply cannot use that kind of power without ripping the arse out of any and all speed limits!
From 40mph, WOT in any gear would take you well into 3 figures before you can unwind the gas.
That's about on a par with "I could never have a bike I'd kill myself" and is a stnbs From 40mph, WOT in any gear would take you well into 3 figures before you can unwind the gas.
Having said that, my mate's Street Triple is quite exciting for a newbie, it gets going at about 60 mph in 2nd, then 96 mph arrives in a kind of 'woo hoo, that was fun' moment. For an experienced biker, it's nothing though, probably.
Cotty said:
McFarnsworth said:
And I have been asked this about my Cayman a couple of times as well. Very odd.
Some people also seem to think it's a Ferrari, because it's red.
That would wind me up. Because of that I would never buy a red sports car, even if it was a Ferrari.Some people also seem to think it's a Ferrari, because it's red.
His reply was to post himself in the passenger seat of my Elise, with the caption "no, it's an Elise. I know what I'm talking about."
Well while we're on the subject of red Porsches I may was well include myself on this thread.
When I was a kid I used to read through the cars for sale section in the Sunday paper and always wonder why 911s were advertised with having mudguards and the phenomenal number of these mudguarded cars that were red.
Took me years to twig "guards red" was a colour, not a description.
When I was a kid I used to read through the cars for sale section in the Sunday paper and always wonder why 911s were advertised with having mudguards and the phenomenal number of these mudguarded cars that were red.
Took me years to twig "guards red" was a colour, not a description.
ZNSsupercars said:
A while back I saw a Lamborghini Reventon (There was also a Gallardo anf F430 out side the Hilton in Liverpool), loads of people were crowding around it, and then I here someone say "I like the Batman car"
Bit harsh, in the most recent films Bruce Wayne drives a black Lamborghini Murcielago and in the Dark Knight a black Aventador so the person wasn't a million miles off. aka_kerrly said:
ZNSsupercars said:
A while back I saw a Lamborghini Reventon (There was also a Gallardo anf F430 out side the Hilton in Liverpool), loads of people were crowding around it, and then I here someone say "I like the Batman car"
Bit harsh, in the most recent films Bruce Wayne drives a black Lamborghini Murcielago and in the Dark Knight a black Aventador so the person wasn't a million miles off. I once saw a Testarossa in black, it looks very good in black, the kind of looks good where you feel a deep yearning in your heart. The depth of that paint as the sun beat down on it, you could lose yourself in the paint alone 
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Not sure about red Porsches though, not even the Carrera GT works in red imho. Not bright reds at least, maybe a deeper metallic red, but flat bright red on a Cayman just looks.. kinda cheap? Though if it is the cheapest colour I approve, sign of a petrolhead stretching their budget
There's a certain light but not bright green that I can't remember the name of which looks luuurvely.
Other than that the standard silver/gunmetal/blue/black. That blue they've done on the new Targa works rather well, especially with the silver "roll hoop".
GT2 asbo green being an exception.
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.Not sure about red Porsches though, not even the Carrera GT works in red imho. Not bright reds at least, maybe a deeper metallic red, but flat bright red on a Cayman just looks.. kinda cheap? Though if it is the cheapest colour I approve, sign of a petrolhead stretching their budget
There's a certain light but not bright green that I can't remember the name of which looks luuurvely.
Other than that the standard silver/gunmetal/blue/black. That blue they've done on the new Targa works rather well, especially with the silver "roll hoop".
GT2 asbo green being an exception.
sm20v said:
Not sure how i was being smug there, even said it may of been a slip
Yes my password really is ducati(engine size) dont forget the brackets.
I lol'd.Yes my password really is ducati(engine size) dont forget the brackets.
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scarble said:
Not sure about red Porsches though, not even the Carrera GT works in red imho. Not bright reds at least, maybe a deeper metallic red, but flat bright red on a Cayman just looks.. kinda cheap? Though if it is the cheapest colour I approve, sign of a petrolhead stretching their budget
You mean Guards Red, the colour Porsche have had on their list for somewhere over 30 years?!? 
(But IKWYM - certain cars 'suit' certain colours...there's a bright yellow Boxster around this way that looks fabulous)
Yep. Can't remember whether I've already posted it, but here goes anyway:
I was at a training conference with work, and it required us to watch a video which, at one point, involved a (male) salesperson asking a (female) customer what car they had, with a view to telling them how much money they could save on petrol: (both of the people were actors)
"So what type of car do you drive?"
"It's a Mini"
"Ok, so you've probably got about a 45L engine, which means you could potentially be saving XX pounds to fill it up, how does that sound?"
"Yeah, great!"
Needless to say it did of course make me think, "That's quite amusing. I'd probably perform a stifled snigger if I hadn't had the will to live extracted from me, by virtue of listening to two people from a well known battery company bang on about sales figures nobody gives a s
t about in this room while they awkwardly wring their hands and try to act all matey and lively while failing horrendously."
I was at a training conference with work, and it required us to watch a video which, at one point, involved a (male) salesperson asking a (female) customer what car they had, with a view to telling them how much money they could save on petrol: (both of the people were actors)
"So what type of car do you drive?"
"It's a Mini"
"Ok, so you've probably got about a 45L engine, which means you could potentially be saving XX pounds to fill it up, how does that sound?"
"Yeah, great!"
Needless to say it did of course make me think, "That's quite amusing. I'd probably perform a stifled snigger if I hadn't had the will to live extracted from me, by virtue of listening to two people from a well known battery company bang on about sales figures nobody gives a s
t about in this room while they awkwardly wring their hands and try to act all matey and lively while failing horrendously."Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff