What car/driving related urban myths have you heard of?
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http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/rolls.asp
The above link tells of the classic 'Rolls Royces don't break down' myth that my Dad told me.
What myths have you heard of, and have you found any to actually be the truth?
The above link tells of the classic 'Rolls Royces don't break down' myth that my Dad told me.
What myths have you heard of, and have you found any to actually be the truth?
Got a good story about RR and breaking down actually.
Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
Thin White Duke said:
http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/rolls.asp
The above link tells of the classic 'Rolls Royces don't break down' myth that my Dad told me.
What myths have you heard of, and have you found any to actually be the truth?
"he called the Rolls plant in London". All you need to read to realise the story is balls! The above link tells of the classic 'Rolls Royces don't break down' myth that my Dad told me.
What myths have you heard of, and have you found any to actually be the truth?
I'm a big fan of the myth that states that 'no Honda vtec engine has ever failed'.
LukeSi said:
Got a good story about RR and breaking down actually.
Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
No way! Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
I've heard this one a few times:
"If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
"If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
LukeSi said:
Got a good story about RR and breaking down actually.
Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
We were told by a chap at RR on a PHSS one time.. Rolls Royce don't break down, they 'cease to proceed' (IIRC, it was 2 years ago!) Someone my Grandad knew had a Rolls Royce, A Shadow I believe. Went to the continent in it and it broke down. Called RR and they sent a technician who repaired it and told him to not bother paying until he got back to the UK. So he gets back and phones RR who then proceed to tell him they have no record of the incident, I believe he was eventually told by someone (management at RR possibly) that they don't charge for repairs if it breaks down on the condition that the owners don't tell anyone about the breakdown.
Alfanatic said:
I've heard this one a few times:
"If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
Isn't it under the road traffic act or some such legislation that you can actually drive around in a street light lit area with only your side lights on? "If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
Alfanatic said:
I've heard this one a few times:
"If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
Was this not a plot from a horror film? I think it was maybe it was maybe even called urban myth"If you're driving at night and see a car being driven around without its lights on, don't flash the driver to alert them! It's a gangster / gang / etc initiation in progress. The new gangster has to prove that they have the guts to kill, they find a target by driving around at night without their lights on. The first person to flash them nominates themselves as the random victim, so if you flash them they'll follow you home and murder you!!"
Uh huh. Brilliant. Let them carry on driving around with no lights on and crash, because they're more likely to be a gangster looking for a meaningless victim in a peculiarly complicated way than they are to be someone who has forgotten to turn their lights on and has not yet noticed.
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