Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]

[V8mate]

Is there any R&D/testing dimension/benefit to participation in these motorsport classes?

[StevieBee]

SpeckledJim said:

What I'm not sure about is why VW and Citroen and Hyundai and Toyota bother to compete in today's all-but-invisible, shopping-cars-only, WRC.

It's done bugger-all for their brands, and sells bugger-all shopping cars, and rallying is a totally crappy corporate hospitality opportunity, as far as I can tell.

As I mentioned, it’s less about the product and more about the ‘brand’. And less about the visibility of the championship and more about the visibility of manufacturer participation.

You’re also looking at it from a UK perspective. There’s plenty of markets elsewhere where interest in the WRC remains high.

[baptistsan]

Probably already covered but, petrol. Why 127.9ppl or whatever the latest price is? 0.9p? Seriously? Who do they think they're kidding?

[captain_cynic]

baptistsan said:

Probably already covered but, petrol. Why 127.9ppl or whatever the latest price is? 0.9p? Seriously? Who do they think they're kidding?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing

It works better than you think. Most people don't see the .9 and only act on the 127.

[paua]

captain_cynic said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricin...

It works better than you think. Most people don't see the .9 and only act on the 127.

I always round up. The missing 0,1 wouldn't hurt me when I tank up, but millions of 0,1 s is a big loss for the fuel co.

[The Don of Croy]

SCEtoAUX said:

When it comes to English counties we have people who declare themselves to be a "Cornishman" or a "Yorkshireman" but not any others as far as I can tell. (Possibly a Lancastrian). Why don't other counties have such a thing?

As a proud Man of Kent I have an innate superiority over the yobbish Kentish Man born on the lower side of the Medway river.
As for the riffraff spawned outwith the Garden of England, who cares?

[talksthetorque]

The Don of Croy said:

SCEtoAUX said:

When it comes to English counties we have people who declare themselves to be a "Cornishman" or a "Yorkshireman" but not any others as far as I can tell. (Possibly a Lancastrian). Why don't other counties have such a thing?

As a proud Man of Kent I have an innate superiority over the yobbish Kentish Man born on the lower side of the Medway river.
As for the riffraff spawned outwith the Garden of England, who cares?

I used to live amongst Salopians then Cestrians.
I’m not quite old enough to be from Roman times, but the names still persist for people from Shropshire and Cheshire.

[droopsnoot]

StevieBee said:

In very simple terms, if you imagine a couple in a showroom...

I recall the phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday", but I don't recall exactly where from. 60s / 70s saloon car racing, perhaps, and maybe that was more relevant as the cars back then looked more similar to the road going versions. (OK, not the silhouette cars, but the normal saloon racers).

[V8mate]

droopsnoot said:

StevieBee said:

In very simple terms, if you imagine a couple in a showroom...

I recall the phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday", but I don't recall exactly where from. 60s / 70s saloon car racing, perhaps, and maybe that was more relevant as the cars back then looked more similar to the road going versions. (OK, not the silhouette cars, but the normal saloon racers).

I always attributed it to 80s & 90s BTCC, but it could well have started earlier.

[SpeckledJim]

V8mate said:

droopsnoot said:

StevieBee said:

In very simple terms, if you imagine a couple in a showroom...

I recall the phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday", but I don't recall exactly where from. 60s / 70s saloon car racing, perhaps, and maybe that was more relevant as the cars back then looked more similar to the road going versions. (OK, not the silhouette cars, but the normal saloon racers).

I always attributed it to 80s & 90s BTCC, but it could well have started earlier.

I associate that phrase with Detroit and Nascar in the 70's and 80's.

[wobert]

talksthetorque said:

The Don of Croy said:

SCEtoAUX said:

When it comes to English counties we have people who declare themselves to be a "Cornishman" or a "Yorkshireman" but not any others as far as I can tell. (Possibly a Lancastrian). Why don't other counties have such a thing?

As a proud Man of Kent I have an innate superiority over the yobbish Kentish Man born on the lower side of the Medway river.
As for the riffraff spawned outwith the Garden of England, who cares?

I used to live amongst Salopians then Cestrians.
I’m not quite old enough to be from Roman times, but the names still persist for people from Shropshire and Cheshire.

Cestrian denotes someone originating from Chester, not Cheshire.... :-)

[blue_haddock]

talksthetorque said:

I used to live amongst Salopians then Cestrians.
I’m not quite old enough to be from Roman times, but the names still persist for people from Shropshire and Cheshire.

I am a proud salopian

[davhill]

blue_haddock said:

I am a proud salopian

How do you commute in London?
Salopian tube?

[The Mad Monk]

Middle Saxon.

[glazbagun]

Do Land Rover owners still flash their lights/wave at each other on the road?

[Frank7]

glazbagun said:

Do Land Rover owners still flash their lights/wave at each other on the road?

Oh please, promise me that you’re kidding,
let it be an urban myth, for Christ’s sake.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

glazbagun said:

Do Land Rover owners still flash their lights/wave at each other on the road?

TVR owners do.

[gazzarose]

Frank7 said:

glazbagun said:

Do Land Rover owners still flash their lights/wave at each other on the road?

Oh please, promise me that you’re kidding,
let it be an urban myth, for Christ’s sake.

Yes they do, we've got a defender in work and if another Defender (or sometimes an off road prep'd Disco, but never any of the posh stuff!) passes they invariably wave. I rarely wave back because by the time I realise they're waving at me they're gone, but I do try just to be polite. MX5 people sometimes do aswell, mainly if its the weekend and they think your out for fun rather than just commuting.

[Johnspex]

How do I get pictures back on posts? I have not been able to get online in the last few days due to a lightning strike. In the meantime, but I don't know when or how my iPad has stopped showing photos that other posters put up but instead puts up the little blue box with a question mark in it. How do I change that, please. Words of one syllable please.

[vonuber]

Frank7 said:

Oh please, promise me that you’re kidding,
let it be an urban myth, for Christ’s sake.

No different to the biker nod.