Stupid things non petrolheads say....
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R2T2 said:
Getting in my car
Them: "What's that?"
Me: "Boost Gauge"
T: "But this isn't turbocharged?"
M: It is, listen (make blow off noise)
T: "Oh, is it a diesel then?"
M: "No, it's a petrol"
T: It can't be turbocharged then, only diesels have turbos.
M: .....
This is the same person who asked me why I would want to buy a 10 year old M3 when I can finance a new one for less. Telling him that I planned to keep it and not swap it in after 3 years fell on deaf ears and a confused "Why? They all start breaking from 3 years old anyway, that's why the warranty is only that long"
I won't tell him that I'm considering a 15 year old imported Nissan.
The lifetime warranty on my VXR8 would confuse the fThem: "What's that?"
Me: "Boost Gauge"
T: "But this isn't turbocharged?"
M: It is, listen (make blow off noise)
T: "Oh, is it a diesel then?"
M: "No, it's a petrol"
T: It can't be turbocharged then, only diesels have turbos.
M: .....
This is the same person who asked me why I would want to buy a 10 year old M3 when I can finance a new one for less. Telling him that I planned to keep it and not swap it in after 3 years fell on deaf ears and a confused "Why? They all start breaking from 3 years old anyway, that's why the warranty is only that long"
I won't tell him that I'm considering a 15 year old imported Nissan.
k outta him then 
R8VXF said:
R2T2 said:
Getting in my car
Them: "What's that?"
Me: "Boost Gauge"
T: "But this isn't turbocharged?"
M: It is, listen (make blow off noise)
T: "Oh, is it a diesel then?"
M: "No, it's a petrol"
T: It can't be turbocharged then, only diesels have turbos.
M: .....
This is the same person who asked me why I would want to buy a 10 year old M3 when I can finance a new one for less. Telling him that I planned to keep it and not swap it in after 3 years fell on deaf ears and a confused "Why? They all start breaking from 3 years old anyway, that's why the warranty is only that long"
I won't tell him that I'm considering a 15 year old imported Nissan.
The lifetime warranty on my VXR8 would confuse the fThem: "What's that?"
Me: "Boost Gauge"
T: "But this isn't turbocharged?"
M: It is, listen (make blow off noise)
T: "Oh, is it a diesel then?"
M: "No, it's a petrol"
T: It can't be turbocharged then, only diesels have turbos.
M: .....
This is the same person who asked me why I would want to buy a 10 year old M3 when I can finance a new one for less. Telling him that I planned to keep it and not swap it in after 3 years fell on deaf ears and a confused "Why? They all start breaking from 3 years old anyway, that's why the warranty is only that long"
I won't tell him that I'm considering a 15 year old imported Nissan.
k outta him then probably!
Willy Nilly said:
HD Adam said:
Bloke at work was telling me last week about his new electric car.
"Faster than anything in the car park mate, loads of torque"
I went outside expecting a Tesla P85D.
It's a Nissan Leaf
100% torque @0rpm, it probably gets off the mark relatively quickly. "Faster than anything in the car park mate, loads of torque"
I went outside expecting a Tesla P85D.
It's a Nissan Leaf
Two recent comments from my Dad and a work colleague.
1. My Dad. I was telling him the engine size of my '71 Mach 1 Mustang and commenting on the engine size, by comparison, of our W210 E55 and my 4.2 SC Range Rover. Dad looked confused and then admitted that he'd always believed a V8 engine - ANY V8 engine - always had the same cubic capacity. I explained that 4 cylinder engines have varying capacities, as he knows and accepts, and asked how he even thought a V8 could be in any way different, especially so as he always asks about our cars and I do tell him these things? But he admitted that he'd never given the V8 thing much thought and just assumed he'd heard me incorrectly when I told him the different capacities.
2. Colleague at work (68 years old - Senior Electrical Engineer on an oil and gas project) drove his Fiesta to work one day rather than taking the train (he's a keen train spotter). We asked him how old his Fiesta was out of idle curiosity and he replied that it was a 53-plate. Someone then asked how many years old that was and he, quite honestly and seriously, replied that because it was a 53 plate must mean it was made in 1953. He did look somewhat confused for a few minutes after that, as though cogs were slowly turning inside his head. Our mirth at this may also have contributed to the penny eventually dropping.
1. My Dad. I was telling him the engine size of my '71 Mach 1 Mustang and commenting on the engine size, by comparison, of our W210 E55 and my 4.2 SC Range Rover. Dad looked confused and then admitted that he'd always believed a V8 engine - ANY V8 engine - always had the same cubic capacity. I explained that 4 cylinder engines have varying capacities, as he knows and accepts, and asked how he even thought a V8 could be in any way different, especially so as he always asks about our cars and I do tell him these things? But he admitted that he'd never given the V8 thing much thought and just assumed he'd heard me incorrectly when I told him the different capacities.
2. Colleague at work (68 years old - Senior Electrical Engineer on an oil and gas project) drove his Fiesta to work one day rather than taking the train (he's a keen train spotter). We asked him how old his Fiesta was out of idle curiosity and he replied that it was a 53-plate. Someone then asked how many years old that was and he, quite honestly and seriously, replied that because it was a 53 plate must mean it was made in 1953. He did look somewhat confused for a few minutes after that, as though cogs were slowly turning inside his head. Our mirth at this may also have contributed to the penny eventually dropping.
Currently on the phone to a mate who recently sold his lemon of an E39 straight 6, to buy... a 1.9 Astra TDI. I'm discussing my shopping around for a 540i as I want to scratch the V8 itch, and he replied in all seriousness:
"No, don't do that. Get a diesel they're much faster. A V8 is just non-stop trouble, you see, because the compression is so high they just leak oil continuously. Honestly. Get a diesel and remap it, it'll be so much faster. Why would you buy a petrol?"
He just got scrubbed off my PH Christmas card list.
"No, don't do that. Get a diesel they're much faster. A V8 is just non-stop trouble, you see, because the compression is so high they just leak oil continuously. Honestly. Get a diesel and remap it, it'll be so much faster. Why would you buy a petrol?"
He just got scrubbed off my PH Christmas card list.
SimesJH said:
Two recent comments from my Dad and a work colleague.
1. My Dad. I was telling him the engine size of my '71 Mach 1 Mustang and commenting on the engine size, by comparison, of our W210 E55 and my 4.2 SC Range Rover. Dad looked confused and then admitted that he'd always believed a V8 engine - ANY V8 engine - always had the same cubic capacity. I explained that 4 cylinder engines have varying capacities, as he knows and accepts, and asked how he even thought a V8 could be in any way different, especially so as he always asks about our cars and I do tell him these things? But he admitted that he'd never given the V8 thing much thought and just assumed he'd heard me incorrectly when I told him the different capacities.
2. Colleague at work (68 years old - Senior Electrical Engineer on an oil and gas project) drove his Fiesta to work one day rather than taking the train (he's a keen train spotter). We asked him how old his Fiesta was out of idle curiosity and he replied that it was a 53-plate. Someone then asked how many years old that was and he, quite honestly and seriously, replied that because it was a 53 plate must mean it was made in 1953. He did look somewhat confused for a few minutes after that, as though cogs were slowly turning inside his head. Our mirth at this may also have contributed to the penny eventually dropping.
I think this person also deserves special mention... 1. My Dad. I was telling him the engine size of my '71 Mach 1 Mustang and commenting on the engine size, by comparison, of our W210 E55 and my 4.2 SC Range Rover. Dad looked confused and then admitted that he'd always believed a V8 engine - ANY V8 engine - always had the same cubic capacity. I explained that 4 cylinder engines have varying capacities, as he knows and accepts, and asked how he even thought a V8 could be in any way different, especially so as he always asks about our cars and I do tell him these things? But he admitted that he'd never given the V8 thing much thought and just assumed he'd heard me incorrectly when I told him the different capacities.
2. Colleague at work (68 years old - Senior Electrical Engineer on an oil and gas project) drove his Fiesta to work one day rather than taking the train (he's a keen train spotter). We asked him how old his Fiesta was out of idle curiosity and he replied that it was a 53-plate. Someone then asked how many years old that was and he, quite honestly and seriously, replied that because it was a 53 plate must mean it was made in 1953. He did look somewhat confused for a few minutes after that, as though cogs were slowly turning inside his head. Our mirth at this may also have contributed to the penny eventually dropping.
I am usually quite good with not getting drawn into sillyness, however I did chime in to one debate over how you should refer to a Ferrari Enzo.
As far as I'm aware the manufacturer name is followed by the car name, and does so with every Ferrari (and every other car I can think of). Rationally thinking its a completely irrelevant debate, however once I realised the other chap is one of those "have to be right" people I decided to wind him up a touch.
Enzo Ferrari = Founder of Ferrari
Enzo = Car made by Ferrari
Ferrari Enzo = Car made by Ferrari
Anyone disagree?
As far as I'm aware the manufacturer name is followed by the car name, and does so with every Ferrari (and every other car I can think of). Rationally thinking its a completely irrelevant debate, however once I realised the other chap is one of those "have to be right" people I decided to wind him up a touch.
Enzo Ferrari = Founder of Ferrari
Enzo = Car made by Ferrari
Ferrari Enzo = Car made by Ferrari
Anyone disagree?
Edited by TobyLaRohne on Sunday 22 February 08:11
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