Stupid things non petrolheads say....

[DannyScene]

scarble said:

Is this a stupid thing pedantic grammar nazi non-petrolheads argue about?
I don't think many petrolheads give two hoots either way, it's not as if there are any mentalbd editions to get excited about.

Petrolheads may not care, but this is Pistonheads. Everyone cares about grammar and pronunciation!

[irocfan]

Howard- said:

I've always said "K-A".


Ford seem to like using annoying names like this, and the Kuga and Cougar...

mind you they've also come up with some corking names which gives them some credit...

Thunderbird
Mustang

to name but 2

[DannyScene]

irocfan said:

Howard- said:

I've always said "K-A".


Ford seem to like using annoying names like this, and the Kuga and Cougar...

mind you they've also come up with some corking names which gives them some credit...

Thunderbird
Mustang

to name but 2

I'm not sure they came up with those names rather than just took existing words to try make their cars sound more exciting, IMO that doesn't deserve credit

[romeogolf]

A friend of a friend on Facebook.

[0llie]

[mon the fish]

The dirt in the picture is affecting my OCD.

[yellowjack]

romeogolf said:

A friend of a friend on Facebook.

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

[aka_kerrly]

yellowjack said:

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

My first thought was a mk3 Astra , the switch is the same but it's the headlight adjuster being in line that is throwing me.

As far as I remember a Cavalier had the headlight adjusters above the fog light buttons.

[Issi]

DannyScene said:

Some people pronounce Ford Ka and Ford K A, surely that belongs in here?

It is a capital 'K' small 'a', therefore Ford Ka.

There would need to be punctuation or spacing and both letters in caps for it to be Ford K A.

I don't understand why people struggle with that, even Ford have told you it's Ka.

I should hang my head in shame, but for a good few months I also thought that it was the Porsche KN (and not Cayenne)!

[MartyG1987]

My brothers wife once said she was unsure about driving a rear wheel drive car on her own for the first time as she hadnt driven a car where the rear wheels did the steering

[DKS]

Mk2 Nova maybe?

[Hooli]

aka_kerrly said:

yellowjack said:

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

My first thought was a mk3 Astra , the switch is the same but it's the headlight adjuster being in line that is throwing me.

As far as I remember a Cavalier had the headlight adjusters above the fog light buttons.

Carlton, it has to be some vauxhall.

[Triumph Man]

Hooli said:

aka_kerrly said:

yellowjack said:

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

My first thought was a mk3 Astra , the switch is the same but it's the headlight adjuster being in line that is throwing me.

As far as I remember a Cavalier had the headlight adjusters above the fog light buttons.

Carlton, it has to be some vauxhall.

Look at the horrible plastics.

[LiamB]

Triumph Man said:

Hooli said:

aka_kerrly said:

yellowjack said:

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

My first thought was a mk3 Astra , the switch is the same but it's the headlight adjuster being in line that is throwing me.

As far as I remember a Cavalier had the headlight adjusters above the fog light buttons.

Carlton, it has to be some vauxhall.

Look at the horrible plastics.

I think it's a Corsa B cos I always hit my knee on that bloody button and it appears to be in exactly the same place.

Good thing it isn't an engine ejector really.

[Rickyy]

Hooli said:

aka_kerrly said:

yellowjack said:

1990s era Vauxhall that. Cavalier I think.

My first thought was a mk3 Astra , the switch is the same but it's the headlight adjuster being in line that is throwing me.

As far as I remember a Cavalier had the headlight adjusters above the fog light buttons.

Carlton, it has to be some vauxhall.

Same switch arrangement as a Corsa B, although the dash looks different.

[CYMR0]

Edit: it's an Agila.

Lovely.

[aka_kerrly]

CYMR0 said:

Edit: it's an Agila.

Lovely.

So what started as maybe a early 90s Cavalier, then a mid 90s Carlton then a late 90s Astra and yet it turns out Vauxhall were reusing the same plastic crap up until 2005

[anonymous-user]

I really think I need to find a new forum, WTF, OMG, etc, etc.

[MartG]

Not so much a 'what they said' but a 'what they did' - found this on Facebook....

Prestige Motor Services - "We recently had an Audi TT 3.2 V6 because of an engine issue...The guys opened it up and this is what we found. This is the worst engine we have ever seen. Judging by the service manual it looks to have been 83,296 miles since the last service."







A testament to Audi engineering that the thing was running at all !

[irocfan]

interesting question though - how much did said person save themselves up until that point in not having the car serviced?