Stupid things non petrolheads say....

[Street Race]

DannyScene said:

Finnish rally driver turned politician, apparently

Enjoys a hot tub with Hollywood actors.

I have been inform by a Focus Diesel driver that all Porsches are terrible to drive.
Although this same individual claims to have reached 220mph on a GSXR, as a pillion, on the road.

Edited by Street Race on Wednesday 18th March 14:01

[thatdude]

Street Race said:

DannyScene said:

Finnish rally driver turned politician, apparently

Enjoys a hot tub with Hollywood actors.

I have been inform by a Focus Diesel driver that all Porsches are terrible to drive.
Although this same individual claims to have reached 220mph on a GSXR, as a pillion, on the road.

I didnt think Suzuki gixxah fahsands were as advanced as their fahsand rivals, but it appears they have a hidden form of cruise control...

[MLH]

I was driving the other day with the mother in the passenger seat and past an oncoming Porsche 918. I was quite shocked by seeing one of these and found myself blurting out 'Look at that 918!!!'

My mother's reply was 'It looks just like your father's car'



.........my father drives a BMW 330.

[R8VXF]

MLH said:

I was driving the other day with the mother in the passenger seat and past an oncoming Porsche 918. I was quite shocked by seeing one of these and found myself blurting out 'Look at that 918!!!'

My mother's reply was 'It looks just like your father's car'



.........my father drives a BMW 330.

As she is a woman she was probably looking in totally the opposite direction to you and did see a bimmer and didn't see the Porsche at all

[MartG]

MLH said:

My mother's reply was 'It looks just like your father's car'

Was it the right colour ?

[MLH]

MartG said:

MLH said:

My mother's reply was 'It looks just like your father's car'

Was it the right colour ?

The Porsche was black. The old mans BM is dark blue.

She's terrible for it, as long as its got 4 wheels then it looks like my father's car!

[Mercury00]

Street Race said:

I have been inform by a Focus Diesel driver that all Porsches are terrible to drive.

Yeah, someone at work recently said this to me. He drives a 1.3 Mitsubishi Colt and said "the Porsche we have in is horrible to drive - really heavy and you sit low down. It's awful". Jesus wept.

Also my girlfriend was drunk last week and I picked her up in her own car. She said "what's happened to my car? I can't see the speedometer! "


I said "you're sitting in the passenger seat, normally you're in the driver's seat..."

Edited by Mercury00 on Wednesday 18th March 19:40

[entropy]

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

[Bungleaio]

According to wikipedia the correct term is Ca, as in Cat.

[Cliftonite]

It must be pronounced 'car'

That is why they never did an Si model.

[DannyB95]

entropy said:

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

I've always pronounced it 'K.A'

[V8forweekends]

DannyB95 said:

entropy said:

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

I've always pronounced it 'K.A'

Ford dealers seem to call it the Kay Ay.

[31mph]

V8forweekends said:

DannyB95 said:

entropy said:

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

I've always pronounced it 'K.A'

Ford dealers seem to call it the Kay Ay.

I pronounce it 'K' 'A',

Infact, I'd say you'd have more of a grounds to complain if she'd said Ford 'car'

[TREMAiNE]

31mph said:

V8forweekends said:

DannyB95 said:

entropy said:

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

I've always pronounced it 'K.A'

Ford dealers seem to call it the Kay Ay.

I pronounce it 'K' 'A',

Infact, I'd say you'd have more of a grounds to complain if she'd said Ford 'car'

On the KA advert, the guy pronounces it like car but with a very feint 'r'... More like Kah.

I still say K.A though.

[marshalla]

TREMAiNE said:

On the KA advert, the guy pronounces it like car but with a very feint 'r'... More like Kah.

I still say K.A though.

I think Ford should be the definitive answer to the "how to say Ka" debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dq8th-Cobs

[TREMAiNE]

marshalla said:

TREMAiNE said:

On the KA advert, the guy pronounces it like car but with a very feint 'r'... More like Kah.

I still say K.A though.

I think Ford should be the definitive answer to the "how to say Ka" debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dq8th-Cobs

The exact advert I was thinking of but too lazy to look for!

[ORD]

Such a stupid name. Ford Ca(ck).

[Howard-]

entropy said:

I was in Halfords not long ago and a middle aged woman asked a worker for a windscreen wiper for her Ford Ka - who pronounced it as "K. A." which made me grin and think 'ah bless'.

PS. it is pronounced like 'car' isn't it?

I've always said "K-A".


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

[DannyScene]

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.

[scarble]

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.