Well Known Scientific Facts

[MBZ 6]

I will start with a few

Any tyre that's cheaper than the ones on my car, means you will crash off the road and die
Any tyre more expensive than mine. You have wasted your money fool
Red paint on an engine will make the car faster
All old cars are slow. Fast cars were only invented 5 years ago
My mate had or has one of them
MX5.....fill in the blanks
Winter tyres are great
Winter tyres are not needed
BMW...... remapped........

[TonyRPH]

Red brake calipers add 10 mph

Yellow ones add 5 mph

Black ones just look right.

Rusty ones remove 10 mph.

[shirt]

all old cars are unreliable and will cost you £000's in repairs.

new cars aren't made as well as old ones and will cost you £000s in servicing.

[Gaygle]

Because a 2.0TDI has lots of torque, nothing this side of a Veyron could keep up with one.

[kambites]

If you don't have ABS/TC/ESP/50 airbags/... you will automatically crash and die within a few days; if you have children in the car, it'll only take seconds.

A car's peak torque figure is actually relevant to something...

[Mikeyplum]

A £25k Deisel Box will save more money than buying an "old" petrol car outright.

[bicycleshorts]

The speed limit is 60 for a reason.

[Fer]

Folding down the rear seat lowers the centre of gravity and improves handling.

[Sam1990]

If you do 40mph on the motorway you increase your MPG by 200%

[bicycleshorts]

Sam1990 said:

If you do 40mph on the motorway you increase your MPG by 200%

And doing 80mph will get you to your destination no faster.

[kambites]

Sam1990 said:

If you do 40mph on the motorway you increase your MPG by 200%

If your normal speed was about 120mph, that would be about right for my car.

[Pints]

Fer said:

Folding down the rear seat lowers the centre of gravity and improves handling.

[kambites]

Fer said:

Folding down the rear seat lowers the centre of gravity and improves handling.

It would be fascinating to see how much lower the CoG of a typical hatchback actually is with the seats folded down.

[thinfourth2]

A landrover and trailer wieghing 5.5tons can out acclerate most petrol cars as it has more torque

[Ozzie Osmond]

If you buy a new car which does 5 mpg better than your old one you will save money even though the new car cost you £15,000

(You must drive at least 250,000 miles in the new car to make this work)

[Volvo360]

MBZ 6 said:

Red paint on an engine will make the car faster

Try telling that to my redblock Volvo 360. It's about as fast as an asthmatic ant carrying some heavy shopping. (Copyright Blackadder.)

[VR6 Turbo]

Jeremy Clarkson kills kittens! when he's not killing puppies.

[christofmccracke]

If you buy a car on finance you are mad

[Ozzie Osmond]

A skilled driver can beat an ABS system with little difficulty. All he has to do is,

• Monitor the speed of each wheel
• Think at the speed of a microprocessor, and
• Operate four brake pedals simultaneously.

[badlands1]

If you stick your head out the window while its raining and your doing 80mph you will look sexy.