Stupid things non petrolheads say....
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Diesels are great for overtaking.
Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
jamieduff1981 said:
Diesels are great for overtaking.
Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
colonel c said:
At the filling station today. While refuelling the RX8.
Guy walks over: That's a rotary engine in there is it?
Me: (slightly warming to the subject) Yes it is.
Guy: They drink a lot of petrol don't they.
Me (slightly cooling to the subject) yes they do tend to use a quite a bit.
Guy: A chap up the road from me had one.
I looked away to put the nozzle back on the pump. Turned back and he had walked off again.
What the fk is this obsession non petrolheads have with fuel consumption.
To be fair us rotary owners take fuel consumption to another level Guy walks over: That's a rotary engine in there is it?
Me: (slightly warming to the subject) Yes it is.
Guy: They drink a lot of petrol don't they.
Me (slightly cooling to the subject) yes they do tend to use a quite a bit.
Guy: A chap up the road from me had one.
I looked away to put the nozzle back on the pump. Turned back and he had walked off again.
What the fk is this obsession non petrolheads have with fuel consumption.
jamieduff1981 said:
Diesels are great for overtaking.
Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
Thanks for the morning laugh Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
I had a mate tell me i spent way too much money on a partial retoration of my dolomite, (bought for £400, road worthy for £100, £800 on extra bits like paint) immetatly after he got a 14k fiesta ST and spent £800 on the 'style package', ie painted wheels a specific grey and brake calipers red, then chipped a wheel on a rock and bought a new wheel for $800+paint.
would wind me up to no end.
would wind me up to no end.
MaxRothery said:
I had a mate tell me i spent way too much money on a partial retoration of my dolomite, (bought for £400, road worthy for £100, £800 on extra bits like paint) immetatly after he got a 14k fiesta ST and spent £800 on the 'style package', ie painted wheels a specific grey and brake calipers red, then chipped a wheel on a rock and bought a new wheel for $800+paint.
would wind me up to no end.
It's just an old banger though innit mate, why don't you scrappage scheme it in for a brand new white Qashqai?! would wind me up to no end.
smithyithy said:
MaxRothery said:
I had a mate tell me i spent way too much money on a partial retoration of my dolomite, (bought for £400, road worthy for £100, £800 on extra bits like paint) immetatly after he got a 14k fiesta ST and spent £800 on the 'style package', ie painted wheels a specific grey and brake calipers red, then chipped a wheel on a rock and bought a new wheel for $800+paint.
would wind me up to no end.
It's just an old banger though innit mate, why don't you scrappage scheme it in for a brand new white Qashqai?! would wind me up to no end.
Here's one
People who's friend gets a rear wheel drive car and all they can say is 'you'll be backwards into a tree within a year' like no ones ever managed to successfully go from a front to a rear wheel drive car without going backwards into a tree
I had it when I bought my MX5 and shock horror I never ended up backwards or in a tree
People who's friend gets a rear wheel drive car and all they can say is 'you'll be backwards into a tree within a year' like no ones ever managed to successfully go from a front to a rear wheel drive car without going backwards into a tree
I had it when I bought my MX5 and shock horror I never ended up backwards or in a tree
Edited by DannyScene on Thursday 4th February 11:30
DannyScene said:
Here's one
People who's friend gets a rear wheel drive car and all they can say is 'you'll be backwards into a tree within a year' like no ones ever managed to successfully go from a front to a rear wheel drive car without going backwards into a tree
I had it when I bought my MX5 and shock horror I never ended up backwards or in a tree
its more to do with the fact hes a cocky dick who thinks he can handle a 300hp rwd car because he could "drive" a 200bhp fwd car as he hasnt crashed it yet. i drive a rdw car, mind you its got only 72 bhp from new and its 40 yo and i out braked myself and rear ended someone. its more the person than the car. People who's friend gets a rear wheel drive car and all they can say is 'you'll be backwards into a tree within a year' like no ones ever managed to successfully go from a front to a rear wheel drive car without going backwards into a tree
I had it when I bought my MX5 and shock horror I never ended up backwards or in a tree
Edited by DannyScene on Thursday 4th February 11:30
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