Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2
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Are you mad spending a thousand euro on shocks (coil overs) for a 97 subaru?asked a fella with a new I phone and beats headphone I used to carry to the bus stop in the morning's for his commute.
Why are you always fixing something on that pile of s
te? It's a waste of money. Followed by a request for a lift to the pub to get "steamed drunk and horse lines of powder"
Why are you always fixing something on that pile of s
te? It's a waste of money. Followed by a request for a lift to the pub to get "steamed drunk and horse lines of powder"Stupid things non-petrolheads say...
This must have been mentioned already, in Vol 1 probably:
"It's only a car"
And even for a non-petrolhead it's still probably the second largest purchase after a house.
As former Grimsby Town FC manager Bill Shankly almost said - some people think cars are a matter of life and death, I assure you they're much more important than that
This must have been mentioned already, in Vol 1 probably:
"It's only a car"
And even for a non-petrolhead it's still probably the second largest purchase after a house.
As former Grimsby Town FC manager Bill Shankly almost said - some people think cars are a matter of life and death, I assure you they're much more important than that
I've always experienced massive confusion between an MX5 being a sports car and an MX5 being fast!
Person: "I have an MX5, its a sports car therefore your car wont be faster"
Me: "Yeah but my car has 60 more hp and is 50KG lighter"
Person: "But its an MX5, it looks smaller than yours so surely can't weigh more, so you will have no chance"
Person: "I have an MX5, its a sports car therefore your car wont be faster"
Me: "Yeah but my car has 60 more hp and is 50KG lighter"
Person: "But its an MX5, it looks smaller than yours so surely can't weigh more, so you will have no chance"
Iva Barchetta said:
Hairdresser quips from supposed petrol heads talking about small convertibles.....ie,this week's SOTW.
Tiresome.
Generally spoken by people who treat Clarkson as an automotive God.Tiresome.
They'll also tell you that BMW's don't indicate, all Audi drivers tailgate, and the Vauxhall Vectra is the worst car ever.
Erm, I recieved a text message from A friend who has visited Disney in Paris recently. The text said something along the lines of "stuck at disney going to miss Ferry, my brakes have frozen have you any ideas"
At this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
At this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
IanCress said:
Iva Barchetta said:
Hairdresser quips from supposed petrol heads talking about small convertibles.....ie,this week's SOTW.
Tiresome.
Generally spoken by people who treat Clarkson as an automotive God.Tiresome.
They'll also tell you that BMW's don't indicate, all Audi drivers tailgate, and the Vauxhall Vectra is the worst car ever.
cpjitservices said:
Erm, I recieved a text message from A friend who has visited Disney in Paris recently. The text said something along the lines of "stuck at disney going to miss Ferry, my brakes have frozen have you any ideas"
At this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
The person I had come up to service the boiler used that as an excuse for being 30 minutes lateAt this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
cpjitservices said:
Erm, I recieved a text message from A friend who has visited Disney in Paris recently. The text said something along the lines of "stuck at disney going to miss Ferry, my brakes have frozen have you any ideas"
At this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
This kind of used to happen on Mk1 Punto's, the handbrake cable would take in moisture, and then freeze in the night so the cable couldn't slide in and out of it's sleeve, leading to a seized hand brake. Might have been something similar in fairness.At this point it was 11PM and I was ready for hitting the hay, another text arrives 10 minutes or so later "someone has suggested we use a hot water bottle to deice the brakes will this work?"
Rolling around in histerics I was lost for words... I didnt know what to respond with! Anyway I went to bed and next morning I had a couple more texts - "Brakes thawed heading to ferry now"
Right then.
WTF?
Gary29 said:
This kind of used to happen on Mk1 Punto's, the handbrake cable would take in moisture, and then freeze in the night so the cable couldn't slide in and out of it's sleeve, leading to a seized hand brake. Might have been something similar in fairness.
Quite, Though I dont suspect so on an Audi A4 Avant. Albeit a 51 plate.Heard a good one the other day.
One of the women in the office has just got an MX5 (last shape one). She handed in her travel claim and I over heard her manager saying "Oh look at you with your fancy car" despite the fact said manager has a band new Golf Bluemotion that probably cost 3x the price of the MX5
One of the women in the office has just got an MX5 (last shape one). She handed in her travel claim and I over heard her manager saying "Oh look at you with your fancy car" despite the fact said manager has a band new Golf Bluemotion that probably cost 3x the price of the MX5
IanCress said:
Generally spoken by people who treat Clarkson as an automotive God.
They'll also tell you that BMW's don't indicate, all Audi drivers tailgate, and the Vauxhall Vectra is the worst car ever.
Don't forget that if any car has a spoiler it "looks like it has been crashed into Halfords".They'll also tell you that BMW's don't indicate, all Audi drivers tailgate, and the Vauxhall Vectra is the worst car ever.
That one gets used on here an awful lot. It was amsuign when Clarkson first said it donkeys years ago, not so much now.
Daston said:
Heard a good one the other day.
One of the women in the office has just got an MX5 (last shape one). She handed in her travel claim and I over heard her manager saying "Oh look at you with your fancy car" despite the fact said manager has a band new Golf Bluemotion that probably cost 3x the price of the MX5
I had similar from my manager once referring to my 18 year old BMW 535i Sport saying they must be paying me too much if I can afford such a fancy car, as she climbed into her 1 year old Toyota Auris.One of the women in the office has just got an MX5 (last shape one). She handed in her travel claim and I over heard her manager saying "Oh look at you with your fancy car" despite the fact said manager has a band new Golf Bluemotion that probably cost 3x the price of the MX5
paolow said:
I was told by a former colleague that her sons Getz was 'really nippy'.
Really?
REALLY?
A Jack Russell is a nippy little dog, it can scamper around at seemingly tremendous speed then change direction really quickly. A Labrador can comfortably out run a Jack Russell, but nobody thinks Labradors are nippy. Really?
REALLY?
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