Stupid things non petrolheads say....
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279 said:
The Spruce goose said:
DS197 said:
Not exactly stupid though is it if you don't yet own a house
Large percentage of Germans rent, they do fine. Daston said:
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.
over_the_hill said:
I do wonder what is going to happen to all "the renting is fine" crowd when they retire, realise they have a piss poor pension and can no longer afford to rent even a room on the house they have been living in.
Probably the same thing that'll happen to those poor folks who are paying interest only with no consideration for any 'vehicle' to repay the capital loan I guessover_the_hill said:
I do wonder what is going to happen to all "the renting is fine" crowd when they retire, realise they have a piss poor pension and can no longer afford to rent even a room on the house they have been living in.
could be the same for people thinking their house built on brown field/flood plain will be there pension pot in 20 years, horses for courses.people have short memories look at Ireland housing bust, bricks and mortar ain't what it was.
i won't post anymore least not detract the thread.
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
Let's be honest, there's not really enough power in an MX-5 for that to happen.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
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.
take it you haven't driven a 3.0 Audi diesel? Especially the bi turboAre 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.
xRIEx said:
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
Let's be honest, there's not really enough power in an MX-5 for that to happen.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
Luckily I only damaged my ego.
Gilhooligan said:
xRIEx said:
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
Let's be honest, there's not really enough power in an MX-5 for that to happen.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
Luckily I only damaged my ego.
blueg33 said:
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.
take it you haven't driven a 3.0 Audi diesel? Especially the bi turboAre 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.
Scuffers said:
blueg33 said:
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.
take it you haven't driven a 3.0 Audi diesel? Especially the bi turboAre 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.
279 said:
Scuffers said:
blueg33 said:
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.
take it you haven't driven a 3.0 Audi diesel? Especially the bi turboAre 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.
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