Stupid things non petrolheads say....
Discussion
WetPaint said:
I tend to find those sort of people have no hobbies or interests of their own and lead very dull lives.
Even if somebody was really into sewing (no discredit to sewing people) they would understand there are nuances in the different machines and stitches and cottons and so on and would be able to appreciate the same of cars.
The nay sayers would tell them sewing is pointless and all the threads are the same and a stitch is a stitch. Why bother sewing something if it isn't ripped? Oh, you stitched your finger into those leather pants your were working on? Serves you right for trying to sew some lace onto them in the first place.
They are dull, boring and should be ignored.
Who sews lace onto leather pants?!? Anything you wish to share with us? Even if somebody was really into sewing (no discredit to sewing people) they would understand there are nuances in the different machines and stitches and cottons and so on and would be able to appreciate the same of cars.
The nay sayers would tell them sewing is pointless and all the threads are the same and a stitch is a stitch. Why bother sewing something if it isn't ripped? Oh, you stitched your finger into those leather pants your were working on? Serves you right for trying to sew some lace onto them in the first place.
They are dull, boring and should be ignored.
I'm not sure I get train watchers, but I don't see how diesel-electrics are inferior? I was once stood on a platform when a loco with nothing in tow came through, looked a bit like this, pretty sure it was a diesel-electric whatever it was.. the force of the wake that swept across the platform and the distance the loco had got before the wake hit me, gave the impression it was moving rather fast. They might not be as cutsey as steam trains and the workings may not be all pretty exposed polished bits, but I'd guess they do brute force well.
thatguy11 said:
People who get no enjoyment whatsoever from driving are extremely confusing to me....
In my experience people who don't get enjoyment from driving cars and/or riding bikes tend to get their enjoyment from telling everyone else how to live and generally sticking their noses into other peoples business. scarble said:
I'm not sure I get train watchers, but I don't see how diesel-electrics are inferior? I was once stood on a platform when a loco with nothing in tow came through, looked a bit like this, pretty sure it was a diesel-electric whatever it was.. the force of the wake that swept across the platform and the distance the loco had got before the wake hit me, gave the impression it was moving rather fast. They might not be as cutsey as steam trains and the workings may not be all pretty exposed polished bits, but I'd guess they do brute force well.
quite impressive as is this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acPX_00M9Q TBF a lot of the snow-train vids are quite cool!!Edited by irocfan on Sunday 2nd November 09:58
Pebbles167 said:
I think most of us feel this way.
A few of the people I know looked scornfully at me when they saw my track car had no rear seats and a rollcage. They literally couldn't understand the point. I find people like this tend to have trouble understanding anything they have no interest in. There are plenty of things in this world I don't care much for, such as horse riding. But I understand that other people enjoy it and so will support them.
One day when I crashed another car (one that i was very attached to) on track they all commented:
"See, I told you car racing was pointless, it's your own fault"
"It's a silly thing to do anyway"
They then got all upset and couldn't understand why I went off the chain at them. They couldn't see that I myself was annoyed. They didn't think their comments rude at all.
a
holes.
Sounds like a similar situation with me being a huge motorsport fan, and most people in the fishing village where I live very much not. They constantly bore me to death telling me how they don't like it and find it boring, while I support what ever people like to do, and makes them happy. Some of it is "banter" but get over it, I have watched racing for 25 years! It does not make a worse person!A few of the people I know looked scornfully at me when they saw my track car had no rear seats and a rollcage. They literally couldn't understand the point. I find people like this tend to have trouble understanding anything they have no interest in. There are plenty of things in this world I don't care much for, such as horse riding. But I understand that other people enjoy it and so will support them.
One day when I crashed another car (one that i was very attached to) on track they all commented:
"See, I told you car racing was pointless, it's your own fault"
"It's a silly thing to do anyway"
They then got all upset and couldn't understand why I went off the chain at them. They couldn't see that I myself was annoyed. They didn't think their comments rude at all.
a
holes.It is perfectly ok though to take a day off of work, and pay £15 to watch a night of WWE.
Funny old world
Allyc85 said:
Pebbles167 said:
I think most of us feel this way.
A few of the people I know looked scornfully at me when they saw my track car had no rear seats and a rollcage. They literally couldn't understand the point. I find people like this tend to have trouble understanding anything they have no interest in. There are plenty of things in this world I don't care much for, such as horse riding. But I understand that other people enjoy it and so will support them.
One day when I crashed another car (one that i was very attached to) on track they all commented:
"See, I told you car racing was pointless, it's your own fault"
"It's a silly thing to do anyway"
They then got all upset and couldn't understand why I went off the chain at them. They couldn't see that I myself was annoyed. They didn't think their comments rude at all.
aholes.
Sounds like a similar situation with me being a huge motorsport fan, and most people in the fishing village where I live very much not. They constantly bore me to death telling me how they don't like it and find it boring, while I support what ever people like to do, and makes them happy. Some of it is "banter" but get over it, I have watched racing for 25 years! It does not make a worse person!A few of the people I know looked scornfully at me when they saw my track car had no rear seats and a rollcage. They literally couldn't understand the point. I find people like this tend to have trouble understanding anything they have no interest in. There are plenty of things in this world I don't care much for, such as horse riding. But I understand that other people enjoy it and so will support them.
One day when I crashed another car (one that i was very attached to) on track they all commented:
"See, I told you car racing was pointless, it's your own fault"
"It's a silly thing to do anyway"
They then got all upset and couldn't understand why I went off the chain at them. They couldn't see that I myself was annoyed. They didn't think their comments rude at all.
a
holes.It is perfectly ok though to take a day off of work, and pay £15 to watch a night of WWE.
Funny old world
Zoobeef said:
When being asked what I want for Christmas and I mention a few car parts/car related things I get an adamant "your not getting anything car related for christmas"
Why the fk not??
She changed her tone when I said "ok, but your not getting any jewellery, clothes, shoes or anything else you actually want".
Time to trade her in for a newer model. Why the f
k not??She changed her tone when I said "ok, but your not getting any jewellery, clothes, shoes or anything else you actually want".
Blue Oval84 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.
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)
This may have changed since I last read it however. Been a while.
shed full o rust said:
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.
Interesting point, the XJR was so quite on tickover I sometimes could not hear if it was running or not. When I had an issue with one of the sensors (air flow I think) it would sometimes cut out so a rev counter is usefulNow 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.
Patrick Bateman said:
Turbo?
In reference to 'X' diesel engine.
Never understand it. 10 years ago it would have been hard enough to find a new, non-turbo diesel, never mind now.
VW did a NA diesel golf until surprisingly recently. SDi. Might have been in other things too. Also there were a good few NA diesel small cars until recently too. Maybe still are some. In reference to 'X' diesel engine.
Never understand it. 10 years ago it would have been hard enough to find a new, non-turbo diesel, never mind now.
Blown2CV said:
VW did a NA diesel golf until surprisingly recently. SDi. Might have been in other things too. Also there were a good few NA diesel small cars until recently too. Maybe still are some.
I was aware of that but it's not exactly common. Especially when the comment is usually in reference to a BMW/Audi engine.Patrick Bateman said:
Blown2CV said:
VW did a NA diesel golf until surprisingly recently. SDi. Might have been in other things too. Also there were a good few NA diesel small cars until recently too. Maybe still are some.
I was aware of that but it's not exactly common. Especially when the comment is usually in reference to a BMW/Audi engine."A Vauxhall Astra GTC 2 litre turbo"
"Ooh, they're pretty nice, is that the petrol model?"
"Diesel."
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it is a nice car, but when he started playing up the fact it had a turbo I had to bite my tongue. Partly to stop myself inadvertently urinating on his metaphorical chips, and partly because...well...he's my boss I suppose
CB2152 said:
Patrick Bateman said:
Blown2CV said:
VW did a NA diesel golf until surprisingly recently. SDi. Might have been in other things too. Also there were a good few NA diesel small cars until recently too. Maybe still are some.
I was aware of that but it's not exactly common. Especially when the comment is usually in reference to a BMW/Audi engine."A Vauxhall Astra GTC 2 litre turbo"
"Ooh, they're pretty nice, is that the petrol model?"
"Diesel."
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it is a nice car, but when he started playing up the fact it had a turbo I had to bite my tongue. Partly to stop myself inadvertently urinating on his metaphorical chips, and partly because...well...he's my boss I suppose
mrf said:
ORD said:
It also shows that people have no conception of the relevance of capacity. A 2.0 diesel has the minimum capacity to extract any performance; a 2.0 petrol could be a rocket. People seem to draw a linear relationship between capacity and power, ignoring how the engine is aspirated and even which fuel is used.
Funny you mention 2 litres as the minimum...my 1.9 litre CR Diesel Saab leaves many 2.0 and 2.2 diesel rivals sitting (not to mention many rather warm petrols also...)...and thats without a start to "tinkering"...
Someone at my work ordered a 3 series in the last week. Asked them what kind of options they'd went for and they went "Nothing much really, more things to go wrong, innit?"
May as well never leave your house in case you're hit by a falling comet by that logic. I can kind of understand absolute basic spec if you're getting an Astra or an i30 or similar but not on a 3 Series or other nice car.
May as well never leave your house in case you're hit by a falling comet by that logic. I can kind of understand absolute basic spec if you're getting an Astra or an i30 or similar but not on a 3 Series or other nice car.
Dr Jekyll said:
In my experience people who don't get enjoyment from driving cars and/or riding bikes tend to get their enjoyment from telling everyone else how to live and generally sticking their noses into other peoples business.
There is a one word description for those people who stick their noses into other peoples' businesse and tell everyone else how to live - "Socialist".douglasb said:
There is a one word description for those people who stick their noses into other peoples' businesse and tell everyone else how to live - "Socialist".
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