Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2
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Always amazes me how numerous websites from Eurocarparts to Money supermarket can identify my car from a registration number but it takes the main dealer 5 min of fiddling to identify their own product.
Back to non petrolheads
Insured my M3 with a 'specialist' insurer.
First question, what car is it? 2005 E46 M3.
Second question, is it petrol or diesel?
I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly b
ds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.
Back to non petrolheads
Insured my M3 with a 'specialist' insurer.
First question, what car is it? 2005 E46 M3.
Second question, is it petrol or diesel?
I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly b
ds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.Rick101 said:
Always amazes me how numerous websites from Eurocarparts to Money supermarket can identify my car from a registration number but it takes the main dealer 5 min of fiddling to identify their own product.
I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly bds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.
I'd hazard a guess that they're plugged directly into the DVLA system whereas some dealer systems are a little dated. I used to work for a dealer and know of people who have called asking for parts with the following details I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly b
ds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.Customer: it's a Subaru
Parts: which model sir?
C:it's a blue one
P:ah but which model?
C:it's a blue Subaru!
P:I need the reg or vin number sir
C:I don't have it
P:Sorry sir we require at least the reg number to look any parts up
C: *hangs up*
Edited by AlexHat on Thursday 27th April 12:14
Peanut Gallery said:
Muddle238 said:
Memorable one for me was when I went to the dealer to buy a part. After giving them the registration so they could find my car in their system, they ask a load of unrelated questions such as colour etc, then eventually comes the best one, "is it a 3-door or a 5-door?"
The car was only ever made as a 5-door. And this was at a main dealer.
I went into a Ford parts place, shortly after I had put my private reg on the car. They had the old reg, the new reg, AND the VIN number. Still sold me the wrong bit. (fortunately I checked in the car park and had them change it for the correct bit.) Seriously, they had the VIN number!The car was only ever made as a 5-door. And this was at a main dealer.
Rick101 said:
Always amazes me how numerous websites from Eurocarparts to Money supermarket can identify my car from a registration number but it takes the main dealer 5 min of fiddling to identify their own product.
Back to non petrolheads
Insured my M3 with a 'specialist' insurer.
First question, what car is it? 2005 E46 M3.
Second question, is it petrol or diesel?
I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly bds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.
They are professionals, but they're professional insurers.Back to non petrolheads
Insured my M3 with a 'specialist' insurer.
First question, what car is it? 2005 E46 M3.
Second question, is it petrol or diesel?
I can almost forgive people with no interest in cars to have no interest. it's the silly b
ds that profess to be professionals that can't tell the difference between a gogglecock and at knackersnap that irritate me.My old boy did well in marine insurance, he couldn't tell a Princess from a Riva.
Strudul said:
Went into a Nissan Service Centre...
Me: Do you stock release / throwout bearings for a 350Z
Receptionist: What's a 350Z
Similar. Went to a main Ford dealer in the mid 90s.Me: Do you stock release / throwout bearings for a 350Z
Receptionist: What's a 350Z
Genx: Can I have an oil filter for a 1986 Sierra Cosworth please?
Parts expert: Sorry I´ve never heard of one of those
Genx: Goodbye
generationx said:
Strudul said:
Went into a Nissan Service Centre...
Me: Do you stock release / throwout bearings for a 350Z
Receptionist: What's a 350Z
Similar. Went to a main Ford dealer in the mid 90s.Me: Do you stock release / throwout bearings for a 350Z
Receptionist: What's a 350Z
Genx: Can I have an oil filter for a 1986 Sierra Cosworth please?
Parts expert: Sorry I´ve never heard of one of those
Genx: Goodbye
dci said:
Just tell him to fk off before he gets the first word in. He'll soon get the message and won't bother anymore..
One for the thread.
A few month back when I first placed an order for a Fiesta ST and I was talking about it to a few other blokes in the office and one of the women asks how much was it. She nearly fell off her chair when I told her it was £17k "£17k?! You could get an Audi for that!". No amount of telling her that her £17k Audi will likely be the lowest trim level, smallest engined piece of st that Audi sells would convince her that I had made anything except the wrong decision. She is one of the faux middle class people that likes to show everyone how middle class she is by shopping in M&S so I suppose it's not completely her fault...
k off before he gets the first word in. He'll soon get the message and won't bother anymore.. One for the thread.
A few month back when I first placed an order for a Fiesta ST and I was talking about it to a few other blokes in the office and one of the women asks how much was it. She nearly fell off her chair when I told her it was £17k "£17k?! You could get an Audi for that!". No amount of telling her that her £17k Audi will likely be the lowest trim level, smallest engined piece of s
t that Audi sells would convince her that I had made anything except the wrong decision. She is one of the faux middle class people that likes to show everyone how middle class she is by shopping in M&S so I suppose it's not completely her fault...
I got exactly the same remark a couple of years ago when I bought a Fiesta ST new. That was funny, but not as funny as when over a year later I got rid of it for a shed as a daily and a Tommi Makinen Evo, they just couldn't believe and understand why I'd sell a decent newish car for 15 year old Evo and a 12 year old shed. Comments such as 'why have you downgraded' and 'I wouldn't drive that if you paid me' were common.Nanook said:
WaferThinHam said:
I've always taken "nippy" to mean; "Has no sound deadening so makes a racket when you boot it" and "Feels out of control during spirited cornering due to skinny Ling Longs being standard fit".
Nippy means slow.It's the word people use when they know saying 'quick' or 'fast' would be a lie, so they say nippy, to try convince themselves it's not slow.
My wife's Audi is 'nippy'
neil1jnr said:
I got exactly the same remark a couple of years ago when I bought a Fiesta ST new. That was funny, but not as funny as when over a year later I got rid of it for a shed as a daily and a Tommi Makinen Evo, they just couldn't believe and understand why I'd sell a decent newish car for 15 year old Evo and a 12 year old shed. Comments such as 'why have you downgraded' and 'I wouldn't drive that if you paid me' were common.I was asked by "HR" not to bring my Porsche to work as people will start to talk and think I'm being over paid and they don't want that.
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
Jasonday2015 said:
I was asked by "HR" not to bring my Porsche to work as people will start to talk and think I'm being over paid and they don't want that.
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4wCYLTy-6wI politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
Edited by Strudul on Thursday 27th April 20:53
Parts department at Ford didn't know what to do when I asked for a thermostat housing for a P-reg 2l zetec engine.
But we need a registration number.
I don't have one.
You must have or we can't identify the part.
I've just told you the engine it comes from, all I have is an engine. I'm building a kit car and the scrap yard didn't tell me the reg of the Mondeo they got it from.
It took a while but we got there eventually.
But we need a registration number.
I don't have one.
You must have or we can't identify the part.
I've just told you the engine it comes from, all I have is an engine. I'm building a kit car and the scrap yard didn't tell me the reg of the Mondeo they got it from.
It took a while but we got there eventually.
Jasonday2015 said:
I was asked by "HR" not to bring my Porsche to work as people will start to talk and think I'm being over paid and they don't want that.
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
Seriously ?!I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
Tell them to f
k off and mind their own business ffs.Antony Moxey said:
Parts department at Ford didn't know what to do when I asked for a thermostat housing for a P-reg 2l zetec engine.
But we need a registration number.
I don't have one.
.
I've had that fun before when dealing with engine swapped cars. The most fun is a 1982 X reg Polo with a year 2000 X reg engine that has been made into a hybrid of 1.4 block 1.6 internals & head,luckily I have number plate for the donor car and a random polo GTI. But we need a registration number.
I don't have one.
.
It's also concerning how many VW dealers I have dealt with who have never heard of a Corrado -- one asked if I meant CORDOBA, one kept saying they cant find a COLARADO on the system, is a Corrado a limited edition golf?
TheLuke said:
A colleague when discussing if his car would make it down to London
"It definitely wouldn't, when it last went for its MOT they told me that the brake discs were held on by rust"
Errrrrr and the wheel.
Did you ask him if they actually passed it? Because if they were 'held on by rust' then it shouldn't be taken round the corner let alone however far London is from you."It definitely wouldn't, when it last went for its MOT they told me that the brake discs were held on by rust"
Errrrrr and the wheel.
Rostfritt said:
TheLuke said:
A colleague when discussing if his car would make it down to London
"It definitely wouldn't, when it last went for its MOT they told me that the brake discs were held on by rust"
Errrrrr and the wheel.
Did you ask him if they actually passed it? Because if they were 'held on by rust' then it shouldn't be taken round the corner let alone however far London is from you."It definitely wouldn't, when it last went for its MOT they told me that the brake discs were held on by rust"
Errrrrr and the wheel.
its usually followed by a blank stare and swift end to the conversation. They live in their own PCP filled paradise.
I have a couple of annoyances. Firstly I currently have a TVR Tamora and previously a Chimeara 500. I hate when people see it say I'm surprised you got here mate and didn't break down on route. I've had the Tamora for 6 years and the Chim for 3 never once has either of them let me down, tried to kill me yes, but Break down no.
I also own find the amount of people that have no concept of value in cars. I have a 13 year old Bentley Continental, the amount of people that seem to think it's worth 100k astounds me, people at work have said why didn't you get a Ferrari or Lamborghini, oh I wonder probably because my car is worth the same as a new TT and not even close to a Ferrari 360.
I also own find the amount of people that have no concept of value in cars. I have a 13 year old Bentley Continental, the amount of people that seem to think it's worth 100k astounds me, people at work have said why didn't you get a Ferrari or Lamborghini, oh I wonder probably because my car is worth the same as a new TT and not even close to a Ferrari 360.
Jasonday2015 said:
I was asked by "HR" not to bring my Porsche to work as people will start to talk and think I'm being over paid and they don't want that.
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
They didn't, though, did they?I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
You've lifted this idea from the thread about the guy who has a job which comes with a company car, but he doesn't want it and wants to drive his Porsche into work every day.
Trabi601 said:
Jasonday2015 said:
I was asked by "HR" not to bring my Porsche to work as people will start to talk and think I'm being over paid and they don't want that.
I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
They didn't, though, did they?I politely reminded them that it's a 15 year old Boxster worth half that of the other managers 2016 Ford Focus. I chose what to spend my money on like everyone else and nobody else is told what to commute in.
I drove my Porsche to work today
You've lifted this idea from the thread about the guy who has a job which comes with a company car, but he doesn't want it and wants to drive his Porsche into work every day.
That said I've also attended a mass redundancy project/office closure where the business owner turned up in his Bentley, told everyone the firm was in administration then high-tailed it out of the premises. This didn't bother me per se, but it was something for everyone to bh about whilst we were trying to process the redundancies.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff