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67Dino said:
I’m also guilty of remembering cars but not much else. My wife will say: “You know, Janet and Geoff, you met them at the BBQ?” and I’ll be going “Nope, no idea who you’re talking about”.
“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
9/10. For 10/10 you’d have interjected that a 3 series isn’t comparatively a big car at all these days before giving her a full run down of the current BMW range.
As she then tries to politely leave the room, you should have followed her, explaining to the back of her head how it’s actually very interesting that the current 3 series is actually wider, taller and only 11mm shorter than the old e34 5 series.
Before embarking on a full and one-sided evening discussion about how cars are getting bigger and heavier, you’d have nipped upstairs to make up the bed in the spare room for later when you’re invited to sleep there because she’s got a headache and ‘needs some space’.
67Dino said:
I’m also guilty of remembering cars but not much else. My wife will say: “You know, Janet and Geoff, you met them at the BBQ?” and I’ll be going “Nope, no idea who you’re talking about”.
“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
Yes, this is me. I sell cars and I remember nearly all of them by plate. It’s impossible to remember all the people by face/name but I can see a car I sold 10 years ago and then remember who the owner is!“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
I had a reminder of this last month when I went to the Classic Car meet at the Black Swan pub in Ockham (it's on this Sunday morning if anyone is interested).
Anyway 2 of my former school mates turned up, one of whom I haven't seen for over 10 years and we got talking about our moped days and early cars. Loads of Ford content as 2 of us had MK2 Cortinas and the other had an Anglia, as well as Morris Minor, MG Midget, Fiat 125, etc.
You just don't forget things like that!
Anyway 2 of my former school mates turned up, one of whom I haven't seen for over 10 years and we got talking about our moped days and early cars. Loads of Ford content as 2 of us had MK2 Cortinas and the other had an Anglia, as well as Morris Minor, MG Midget, Fiat 125, etc.
You just don't forget things like that!
S2r said:
I have been known to spend as much time wandering around the car/bike park of a show as I do looking at the actual vehicles on show.
This! Anyone who knows Goodwood revival or even festival of speed knows to put some time aside to wonder the car park - it’s almost always where the best cars are and hardly anyone else there looking at them.
Plate spinner said:
67Dino said:
I’m also guilty of remembering cars but not much else. My wife will say: “You know, Janet and Geoff, you met them at the BBQ?” and I’ll be going “Nope, no idea who you’re talking about”.
“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
“She’s an old friend of Pam’s?”
“Nope”
“He’s a lawyer?They live in Sussex?”
“Sorry, don’t remember them”
Then she’ll add: “He’s got a big grey car”
“Ah yes! BMW 330d estate? Cream leather, M-tech bits? 66 plate, FN66 B something. Oh that Geoff, yes I remember him”.
Drives her nuts.
9/10. For 10/10 you’d have interjected that a 3 series isn’t comparatively a big car at all these days before giving her a full run down of the current BMW range.
As she then tries to politely leave the room, you should have followed her, explaining to the back of her head how it’s actually very interesting that the current 3 series is actually wider, taller and only 11mm shorter than the old e34 5 series.
Before embarking on a full and one-sided evening discussion about how cars are getting bigger and heavier, you’d have nipped upstairs to make up the bed in the spare room for later when you’re invited to sleep there because she’s got a headache and ‘needs some space’.
I’d so do that, only my wife gives me such a withering look when I mention the BMW that I think better of it, and instead log on to PH and share my jolly interesting fact about modern 3-series vs old 5-series there... And here we are. kieranblenk said:
What really gets me wound up is when watching a drama type TV show and put false plates on the car which don't correspond to when the car was on sale. One of the ITV dramas had a 57 plate silver Volvo V70 Mk3 in the first series for the main character, then replaced it with a silver Mk1 V70 (probably to save money) wearing the same (false) number plate as the Mk3 car and it used to drive me up the wall...
Thank you, I am not alone!So much of this thread makes me smile and feel less alone
MikeM6 said:
kieranblenk said:
What really gets me wound up is when watching a drama type TV show and put false plates on the car which don't correspond to when the car was on sale. One of the ITV dramas had a 57 plate silver Volvo V70 Mk3 in the first series for the main character, then replaced it with a silver Mk1 V70 (probably to save money) wearing the same (false) number plate as the Mk3 car and it used to drive me up the wall...
Thank you, I am not alone!So much of this thread makes me smile and feel less alone
torx_whisperer said:
It gets even worse though - I remember times in my life according to what car I was driving at the time. Unlike being able to remember my face and how I looked, cars are easy and I've had different cars at different stages. Not sure if I need to be sectioned or if one of you can put my fears of being permanently and irreversibly immature to rest?
I remember different events and trips based on the car I was driving at the time and I remember when I drove each car, because I remember what plate it had. And yes, I remember all plates except one dully Corolla I had for 2 years. I check their MOT history from time to time, to see how they do. Off course, private plates throw me off and I lose track of the car. I tend to remember stranger's reg plates, for example, I walked on my old street 4 times a day while working nearby, so I learned all the plates along it. A few years ago I saw one of the cars and I immediately recognised it by the plate. Of course, I had no idea if it still lives on the same street or has new owner somewhere else.
When driving in heavy traffic on M25, I remember some distinctive car or just a plate to see if they make better progress on different lane. In most cases, I see the same car after 30 minutes and it's not too far from me.
Mr Tidy said:
Anyway 2 of my former school mates turned up, one of whom I haven't seen for over 10 years and we got talking about our moped days and early cars. Loads of Ford content as 2 of us had MK2 Cortinas and the other had an Anglia, as well as Morris Minor, MG Midget, Fiat 125, etc.
You just don't forget things like that!
I never seen Fiat 125 in UK. 126 yes, but not 125. You just don't forget things like that!
Edited by PenelopaPitstop on Monday 9th December 12:02
Can identify with a lot of whats on here. I went with a girl and I had just had a new to me car for about 2 weeks. It was valentines night and she had brought some of those round Lindor sweets which were sat at the footwell heat duct. Anyway she bit into one and it exploded all over the seat. She looked at me in horror and said,
"Thats valentines night ruined then"
May have been the beginning of the end of our relationship. It ended after I took her to pick up a 95 jeep Cherokee in February and the heat wasn't working for the 4.5hr journey back.
kieranblenk said:
legless said:
forrestgrump said:
I get rinsed a lot for saying when cars/bikes in films aren't making the correct noise.
Or are the wrong model year for the setting of the story. It's the one thing that really grated with me about 24 Hour Party People. Set in the mid 1980s, but on the outdoor shots the roads were full of late 1990s/early 2000s traffic.
Edited by legless on Monday 9th September 20:01
......start playing with a Fischer Price garage, then Playmobile cars, then Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars, then build 1:24 Revell, Monogram plastic model car kits, then build 1:18 Tamiya F1 model car kits, then work on my own rod cars and then earn a living for the last 30yrs designing Indy racing cars, Indy Lights, super cars, Le Mans/GT1 cars, F1 cars, Formula 3 car, Formula E cars and back to F1 cars and collect 1 43 scale models of every car I've worked on
...... spot continuity errors in the cars in the same scene in films & TV.
When I watched the Fast n Loud Gas Monkey episode when they built the '68 Bullit Mustang to re-create the film chase, one of the Dodge Challengers they were chasing was a Hellcat then the jump scene was a base model with smaller silver wheels, then it went back to the Hellcat, all in the same scene.
Also, an episode of 'New Tricks' they used a Mondeo ST TDCi on Titanium X wheels, they part way down the road they were ST multispokes, then back to the original ones again. Both wheels were totally different colours.
Same with the film 'Need for Speed', when he jumps the Mustang over the jump in the middle of the road to get away from the cops, the car mid-air, has tiny narrow wheels that don't fill the wider than stock arches, then when he drives off, its back to normal.
As well as the one in the Bond film when James drives the red Mustang on 2 wheels through a narrow gap then comes out the other side on the other 2 wheels. Don't remember which film it was.
Sad really.
When I watched the Fast n Loud Gas Monkey episode when they built the '68 Bullit Mustang to re-create the film chase, one of the Dodge Challengers they were chasing was a Hellcat then the jump scene was a base model with smaller silver wheels, then it went back to the Hellcat, all in the same scene.
Also, an episode of 'New Tricks' they used a Mondeo ST TDCi on Titanium X wheels, they part way down the road they were ST multispokes, then back to the original ones again. Both wheels were totally different colours.
Same with the film 'Need for Speed', when he jumps the Mustang over the jump in the middle of the road to get away from the cops, the car mid-air, has tiny narrow wheels that don't fill the wider than stock arches, then when he drives off, its back to normal.
As well as the one in the Bond film when James drives the red Mustang on 2 wheels through a narrow gap then comes out the other side on the other 2 wheels. Don't remember which film it was.
Sad really.
Edited by thebigmacmoomin on Tuesday 10th December 14:35
Hub said:
Jbeale96 said:
Be deeply impressed that the animated cars in the YouTube series you are watching with your 18 month old are based on real cars:
An E65 7 Series, Prius and I think a Proton Savvy.
Astra H?An E65 7 Series, Prius and I think a Proton Savvy.
Anyway, all of the above - plus browsing the classifieds at any free moment!
MikeM6 said:
kieranblenk said:
What really gets me wound up is when watching a drama type TV show and put false plates on the car which don't correspond to when the car was on sale. One of the ITV dramas had a 57 plate silver Volvo V70 Mk3 in the first series for the main character, then replaced it with a silver Mk1 V70 (probably to save money) wearing the same (false) number plate as the Mk3 car and it used to drive me up the wall...
Thank you, I am not alone!So much of this thread makes me smile and feel less alone
LanceRS said:
MikeM6 said:
kieranblenk said:
What really gets me wound up is when watching a drama type TV show and put false plates on the car which don't correspond to when the car was on sale. One of the ITV dramas had a 57 plate silver Volvo V70 Mk3 in the first series for the main character, then replaced it with a silver Mk1 V70 (probably to save money) wearing the same (false) number plate as the Mk3 car and it used to drive me up the wall...
Thank you, I am not alone!So much of this thread makes me smile and feel less alone
Of course knowing this and being able to spot the change ruins any element of surprise that normal people get to experience.
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