Stupid things non petrolheads say....
Discussion
Blown2CV said:
luckystrike said:
scarble said:
To be fair that's a bit Potato/Potahto as the Corrado basically followed on where the Scirocco left off, it is a Scirocco by another name, to the extent that if you go to the Corrado Wikipedia page, the predecessor is listed as Scirocco and the Successor is listed as Scirocco and if you go to the Scirocco page the successor is listed as Corrado.
So is this an escort RS then?
It'd be an Escort if it was in all guises based on the Fiesta platform, in the way that the Corrocos are all based on respective generations of Golf and if it was both proceeded and succeeded by an Escort, rather than being pretty much a ground-up redesign completely and permanently replacing the Escort. Although yes it does share similarities, for example both Escort and Focus are front wheel drive C segment cars, both feature a simple yet effective blue oval decoration adorning the front of the car to signify that both are built by the "Ford" motor company.
Had the Mk5 Escort been instead called the Ford Rentboy then yes it would effectively still be an Escort in all but name, as it'd basically be an Escort.. except for the name.
HTH
aka_kerrly said:
Haha, I've been driving Corrados for around 8 years , If only I had a pound every time someone called it a Scirocco!
I can forgive them though as I'm polite to anyone nice enough to take an interest in it.
If I had a gallon of petrol for every time someone commented "nice calibra" I could drive from here to......not very far away tbh. I can forgive them though as I'm polite to anyone nice enough to take an interest in it.
Edited by aka_kerrly on Friday 24th October 12:02
OT a woman at work got a parking ticket for being on double yellows, her comment "I shouldn't have got a ticket my hazard lights were on". She is convinced hazards=ok for 5 minutes on yellows.
Marvib said:
If I had a gallon of petrol for every time someone commented "nice calibra" I could drive from here to......not very far away tbh.
OT a woman at work got a parking ticket for being on double yellows, her comment "I shouldn't have got a ticket my hazard lights were on". She is convinced hazards=ok for 5 minutes on yellows.
In its day, the Calibra was OK, not fandabbydozzie, but OKOT a woman at work got a parking ticket for being on double yellows, her comment "I shouldn't have got a ticket my hazard lights were on". She is convinced hazards=ok for 5 minutes on yellows.
Marvib said:
If I had a gallon of petrol for every time someone commented "nice calibra" I could drive from here to......not very far away tbh.
OT a woman at work got a parking ticket for being on double yellows, her comment "I shouldn't have got a ticket my hazard lights were on". She is convinced hazards=ok for 5 minutes on yellows.
Although the hazards make no difference, around here there is a statutory 5 minute observation period whilst parked on double yellows to allow loading and unloading, the warden has to watch for that long before they can issue a ticket. Of course if they see you wander out of the shop with nothing but a newspaper they may be able to ticket you anyway, I'm not sure about that as I've never been interested enough to look into it.OT a woman at work got a parking ticket for being on double yellows, her comment "I shouldn't have got a ticket my hazard lights were on". She is convinced hazards=ok for 5 minutes on yellows.
Either way though, I can see where she gets the five minute thing from (even if not the hazards)
Pixelpeep7r said:
race mode changes a number of parameters which is really useful and totally not like the 'sport' buttons of old
I can say this because i've just come from an 09 plate Astra VXR, complete with sport button which literally just amplified the throttle response. Complete waste of time.
The golf on the other hand,
It changes the gearbox settings so that it holds onto the gears longer, quicker (more aggressive) changes
it makes changes to the cruise control
it makes changes to the air conditioning
it makes changes to the level of power assistance on the steering
it opens up the exhaust to full boy racer mode
it changes parameters in the engine
it bumps the idle up slightly (not sure what that does)
it changes the speed of which the front headlights 'bend' when cornering
it reduces the sensitivity of some safety features like TCS and the ABS to allow you a bit more freedom
It tightens up the suspension (if you have DCC)
All in all, it makes it ready for, um, racing
ummm, no.I can say this because i've just come from an 09 plate Astra VXR, complete with sport button which literally just amplified the throttle response. Complete waste of time.
The golf on the other hand,
It changes the gearbox settings so that it holds onto the gears longer, quicker (more aggressive) changes
it makes changes to the cruise control
it makes changes to the air conditioning
it makes changes to the level of power assistance on the steering
it opens up the exhaust to full boy racer mode
it changes parameters in the engine
it bumps the idle up slightly (not sure what that does)
it changes the speed of which the front headlights 'bend' when cornering
it reduces the sensitivity of some safety features like TCS and the ABS to allow you a bit more freedom
It tightens up the suspension (if you have DCC)
All in all, it makes it ready for, um, racing
mikal83 said:
Marvib said:
If I had a gallon of petrol for every time someone commented "nice calibra" I could drive from here to......not very far away tbh.
In its day, the Calibra was OK, not fandabbydozzie, but OKIt's true though that he'd also get not very far away in a Calibra, if mine was anything to go by they fall apart faster than you can burn petrol.
LasseV said:
Pixelpeep7r said:
All in all, it makes it ready for, um, racing
ummm, no.Ready for racing?
scarble said:
mikal83 said:
Marvib said:
If I had a gallon of petrol for every time someone commented "nice calibra" I could drive from here to......not very far away tbh.
In its day, the Calibra was OK, not fandabbydozzie, but OKIt's true though that he'd also get not very far away in a Calibra, if mine was anything to go by they fall apart faster than you can burn petrol.
LasseV said:
Pixelpeep7r said:
All in all, it makes it ready for, um, racing
ummm, no.Ready for racing?
So true.ORD said:
I'm confused - being able to tell exactly what a car's doing by listening to it and feeling it through the pedals makes you a non petrolhead, or people rely on a gauge clearly not needed to be able to operate a car?luckystrike said:
ORD said:
I'm confused - being able to tell exactly what a car's doing by listening to it and feeling it through the pedals makes you a non petrolhead, or people rely on a gauge clearly not needed to be able to operate a car?Way back, when I learned to drive, you listened to the engine note and changed gear by that.
Now manufacturers fit so much sound deadening that as soon as you put the radio on, the engine is inaudible.
Back in the day, most cheap cars had a 4 speed box, you could kinda guess how fast you were going (wind noise was a good hint, how quickly dashed road markings went by was another - or you could cheat and look at the speedo, assuming it worked). You could roughly gauge which of the 4 gears you wanted and when you wanted to change. A rev counter was unnecessary (I fitted one anyway).
Now you can't hear the engine, you can barely hear the wind, it's progress, but you need something to tell you when to stir the box.
Or you get an aut*matic.
Now manufacturers fit so much sound deadening that as soon as you put the radio on, the engine is inaudible.
Back in the day, most cheap cars had a 4 speed box, you could kinda guess how fast you were going (wind noise was a good hint, how quickly dashed road markings went by was another - or you could cheat and look at the speedo, assuming it worked). You could roughly gauge which of the 4 gears you wanted and when you wanted to change. A rev counter was unnecessary (I fitted one anyway).
Now you can't hear the engine, you can barely hear the wind, it's progress, but you need something to tell you when to stir the box.
Or you get an aut*matic.
Daston said:
In the mazda the rev counter is very useful for keeping the engine healthy whilst warming up and also knowing when the 2nd turbo will spool up.
Spot on here. Important in the RX-7 and the RX-8 - which is why in both cars they are the centerpiece of the instrument cluster, with an analogue speedo even being completely omitted from the 8. 
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