Stupid things non petrolheads say....
Discussion
Dr Jekyll said:
TobyLaRohne said:
As far as I'm aware the manufacturer name follows the car name,
Huh?For certain cars, yes, E Type Jaguar, or either way, z class/series Germanmanufacturer.
Surely for most, including Ferrari, it's manufacturer then car name.
Dr Jekyll said:
Huh?
For certain cars, yes, E Type Jaguar, or either way, z class/series Germanmanufacturer.
Surely for most, including Ferrari, it's manufacturer then car name.
I could see it for class/series but not for model... to me the naming convention is manufacturer then model....aaaanyway carry on.For certain cars, yes, E Type Jaguar, or either way, z class/series Germanmanufacturer.
Surely for most, including Ferrari, it's manufacturer then car name.
To me it'll always be the Ferrari Enzo, much to the annoyance of the other chap.
TobyLaRohne said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Huh?
For certain cars, yes, E Type Jaguar, or either way, z class/series Germanmanufacturer.
Surely for most, including Ferrari, it's manufacturer then car name.
I could see it for class/series but not for model... to me the naming convention is manufacturer then model....aaaanyway carry on.For certain cars, yes, E Type Jaguar, or either way, z class/series Germanmanufacturer.
Surely for most, including Ferrari, it's manufacturer then car name.
To me it'll always be the Ferrari Enzo, much to the annoyance of the other chap.
TobyLaRohne said:
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?
It's true of all cars except the Robin Reliant. They must be called that because nearly everyone says it 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
busta said:
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
CB2152 said:
From a friend and colleague yesterday:
"what happens when you run out of brake fluid? Where do you fill it up?"
Oh dear.
At least they had heard of brake fluid, and knew that running short was a bad thing, and appeared to accept some responsibility for keeping their car maintained."what happens when you run out of brake fluid? Where do you fill it up?"
Oh dear.
Dr Jekyll said:
CB2152 said:
From a friend and colleague yesterday:
"what happens when you run out of brake fluid? Where do you fill it up?"
Oh dear.
At least they had heard of brake fluid, and knew that running short was a bad thing, and appeared to accept some responsibility for keeping their car maintained."what happens when you run out of brake fluid? Where do you fill it up?"
Oh dear.
Doshy said:
Woman I know in the pub last night (primary school teacher) she had a puncture so took the car to the tyre garage and had to ask if she would get her alloy wheel back when they changed the tyre.
This seems to be a common woman thing. There was a link to a Munsmet (sic to avoid them spotting it!)) thread about alloy wheels and a large number couldn't grasp the whole wheel/tyre/spare-wheel thing. It took ages to get through to Mrs CanAm when son's car had a puncture and the tyre was trashed.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff