Mention a particular car, someone has to mention...

[Lester H]

Silver75 said:

Any reference to the Rover V8 must include 'the ex-Buick' to prove that you know what you're talking about....

Edited by Silver75 on Monday 3rd April 09:49

Or better still, it was originally a marine engine.(It was)

[Lester H]

OldDuffer said:

Range Rover = Range Rooney or "Are you a drug-dealer?"

LR Defender = Why is it spattered in homoerotic shonk?

LR Series = Brown beer and facial-hair.

Im sure the LR Series driver you describe is a most charming woman.

[LuS1fer]

Saabs and architects if not already mentioned.

[donkmeister]

Silver75 said:

Any reference to the Rover V8 must include 'the ex-Buick' to prove that you know what you're talking about....

Edited by Silver75 on Monday 3rd April 09:49

If you draw a Venn diagram of people who do that, and of people who say "actually, it's a Union Flag, it's only a Union Jack when flying on an RN vessel", you get a single very grey, very flaccid circle.

Which reminds me of the "actually the V6 in the Mondeo/X-type is a Porsche engine" evangelists... Well... No, not really. Porsche do engineering consultancy, always have done ever since erm... the late 1930s...

Porsche were tasked by Mercedes with integrating a V8 into the W124 E-Class (see? Context. Make and model alongside the chassis code make it acceptable!), they even did the assembly, yet we don't claim the 500E is actually a Porsche. So Porsche advising on the design of a Mondeo engine does not make it a Porsche engine.

[DickyC]

donkmeister said:

Which reminds me of the "actually the V6 in the Mondeo/X-type is a Porsche engine" evangelists... Well... No, not really. Porsche do engineering consultancy, always have done ever since erm... the late 1930s...

But the, Ford said, "Hello, Porsche, we'd like some help with a V6 we're planning," and Porsche said, "Here y'are, have this one. We've decided not use it," story is too good to ignore.

/never let the truth get in the way of a good story

You'll be telling us next the Aston V12 isn't two of them welded together.

Edited by DickyC on Tuesday 4th April 06:55

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

Any motorbike, "I couldn't have one, I can't trust myself" ...nope you're a talentless wimp.

[Gilhooligan]

C6 RS6, someone will always mention it having a Lamborghini engine despite it not being related to said engine.

[DickyC]

Gilhooligan said:

C6 RS6, someone will always mention it having a Lamborghini engine despite it not being related to said engine.

First the Ford V6 and now this?

Leave us something to exaggerate about will ya?

[LuS1fer]

donkmeister said:

Which reminds me of the "actually the V6 in the Mondeo/X-type is a Porsche engine" evangelists... Well... No, not really. Porsche do engineering consultancy, always have done ever since erm... the late 1930s...
.

Back in the day, Porsche helped with the first Seat Ibiza and plastered Seat by Porsche on it. The 1.5 inline 4 engine was unexceptional and I seem to recall was described as "harsh".

The advertising worked.

[donkmeister]

DickyC said:

Gilhooligan said:

C6 RS6, someone will always mention it having a Lamborghini engine despite it not being related to said engine.

First the Ford V6 and now this?

Leave us something to exaggerate about will ya?

I just had a read about this, according to the Wikipedia (which is never wrong, obvs) article on Audi engines, the 5.2 V10 in the S6 was the basis of the Gallardo engine... So if you have an S6 the "It has a Lambo engine" mention isn't too much of a stretch (although it is more correct to say the Gallardo has a modified S6 engine). But not an RS6.

[5.0ltr]

Any Alfa. Something to do with rust and/or dodgy electrics.

Any TVR. Always breaking down and/or smelling of glue. They don’t btw.

[wpa1975]

Mr Squarekins said:

924 Porsche, everyone tells you about van engines.

Well to a degree it is correct, they used the EA831 engine that was also used in the Audi 100 and the LT van however from what I understand they did use a different cylinder head on the Porsche.

[MikeM6]

5.0ltr said:

Any Alfa. Something to do with rust and/or dodgy electrics.

Any TVR. Always breaking down and/or smelling of glue. They don’t btw.

To be fair, as brilliant as our Alfa was, it did hit both those points didn't put us off buying a second Alfa.

[Gilhooligan]

donkmeister said:

DickyC said:

Gilhooligan said:

C6 RS6, someone will always mention it having a Lamborghini engine despite it not being related to said engine.

First the Ford V6 and now this?

Leave us something to exaggerate about will ya?

I just had a read about this, according to the Wikipedia (which is never wrong, obvs) article on Audi engines, the 5.2 V10 in the S6 was the basis of the Gallardo engine... So if you have an S6 the "It has a Lambo engine" mention isn't too much of a stretch (although it is more correct to say the Gallardo has a modified S6 engine). But not an RS6.

The same Wiki article says about the S6 engine: ‘The V10 is based on the Audi 4.2-litre V8 engine.’ The Audi engine has a different bore and stroke to the Gallardo engine.

[V 02]

Niponeoff said:

Escort - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Applies to every popular Ford model, it seems.


Cortina - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Sierra - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Mondeo - - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Escort - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Focus - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Fiesta - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did





Others:

Mercedes A Class - basically a Renault

French cars - crap. I was pointing out one of the greatest hot hatches of all time - the 106 Rallye - to my mate, who said its st because its French. No true car enthusiast would ever commit such blasphemy.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Jaguar XJ - 'are you a freemason?'

[CharlesA]

SpeckledJim said:

Austin Allegro: "More aerodynamic in reverse"

This was also true with the 4 1/4 Bentley, which led to the development of the Embiricos Bentley special, which is no bad thing!

[swisstoni]

V 02 said:

Niponeoff said:

Escort - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Applies to every popular Ford model, it seems.


Cortina - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Sierra - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Mondeo - - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Escort - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Focus - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did

Fiesta - "I used to own one" or knows someone who did





Others:

Mercedes A Class - basically a Renault

French cars - crap. I was pointing out one of the greatest hot hatches of all time - the 106 Rallye - to my mate, who said its st because its French. No true car enthusiast would ever commit such blasphemy.

Indeed. So much of this stuff is just ‘wisdom’ acquired from Clarkson, car jounos and pub bs.

[Griffith4ever]

911 - "use to have a bag of sand/cement under the bonnet" (it isnt' just the capri that gets the bag o' sand!)

R8 - "Just a barried up TT"

[RazerSauber]

Any Vauxhall "Oh, they're rubbish!". When you ask why you get "..... They just are". Oh right, glad you informed me. Doesn't matter how much you press, you get repeated vague statements that ultimately result in you knowing that the person you're talking to has attended the Church of Clarkson.