Weirdest car photo on a selling website?

[247RPM]

Harfi88 said:

I was only looking at Omega’s because I couldn’t sleep and Road Wars was on TV . I suspect that the misfire isn’t the only reason it’s not got an MOT either.

Quality show that before they changed narrator. Mad that some of it is 20y old now, the cars on the streets look so old.

[DoubleD]

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

[Gad-Westy]

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

This doesn't sound any different to a non-petrolhead saying that 'fast cars are just knob extensions'.

[DoubleD]

Gad-Westy said:

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

This doesn't sound any different to a non-petrolhead saying that 'fast cars are just knob extensions'.

Maybe thats how it does sound to you. But the facts remain.

[Gad-Westy]

DoubleD said:

Gad-Westy said:

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

This doesn't sound any different to a non-petrolhead saying that 'fast cars are just knob extensions'.

Maybe thats how it does sound to you. But the facts remain.

'Fact' is an interesting choice of word. Sounds like an opinion to me. I would have said that jewellery is by definition decorative rather than functional. But a watch is functional, some of them, very functional.

[anonymous-user]

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

Cars aren't doing a different job either. They are methods of moving people and stuff about. They might do it quickly, in comfort, off road, round a track, in style, with exclusivity, cheaply etc etc.

[DoubleD]

Gad-Westy said:

DoubleD said:

Gad-Westy said:

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

This doesn't sound any different to a non-petrolhead saying that 'fast cars are just knob extensions'.

Maybe thats how it does sound to you. But the facts remain.

'Fact' is an interesting choice of word. Sounds like an opinion to me. I would have said that jewellery is by definition decorative rather than functional. But a watch is functional, some of them, very functional.

Being jewelry for men is an opinion. I also like nice watches, but they are jewelry for men, but there is nothing wrong with that.

[p4cks]

Why don’t you take this conversation to a watch thread instead of spamming this one with off topic differences of opinion?

[austinsmirk]

In fact take yr watch conversations to the blue oyster bar.

[anonymous-user]

p4cks said:

Why don’t you take this conversation to a watch thread instead of spamming this one with off topic differences of opinion?

Because this is the Internet and someone must be proved wrong, durr...

[TarquinMX5]

doesthiswork said:

MC Bodge said:

I do wonder if there would be any difference in the enthusiasm of those men if the time telling feature was actually removed.

It effectively has been removed on some watches; some designs either have so many hands or have a dial which allows the mechanism to be seen that you struggle to tell what time it is. Possibly the difference between designers/stylists and engineers, ie it looks 'impressive' but isn't any good at what it's actually supposed to do.

[anonymous-user]

doesthiswork said:

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

Cars aren't doing a different job either. They are methods of moving people and stuff about. They might do it quickly, in comfort, off road, round a track, in style, with exclusivity, cheaply etc etc.

Well you'd have trouble moving a refrigerator in an Elise, so they do perform different jobs.

[anonymous-user]

JimSuperSix said:

doesthiswork said:

DoubleD said:

doesthiswork said:

FA57REN said:

I disagree, that depends on how you define the 'job' of the respective items.

If the job of a car is getting from A to B as quickly as possible and having as much fun as possible, then a Corsa doesn't do the same job as an Elise.

If the job is getting someone to work dry then the Corsa might win.

If the job of a watch is telling the time then a Casio beats a Breitling. Given that a watch doesn't have much else of a function...

But the job the watch has to do can be just as varied - hence why we have dive watches, field watches, aviator watches, chronographs, gmts, dress watches, g-shocks etc.

Admiring a Ferrari which can do 201mph isn't much different to admiring a Seadweller which will keep perfect time a mile under the water. I'm unlikely to need either, and a Corsa and a Casio will do the same basic function of each, but I know which I'd prefer to own.

Its still just a way of telling the time but in different places, so it isn't doing a different job. Its fair enough if you like nice watches, but really the nice ones are just jewelry for men.

Cars aren't doing a different job either. They are methods of moving people and stuff about. They might do it quickly, in comfort, off road, round a track, in style, with exclusivity, cheaply etc etc.

Well you'd have trouble moving a refrigerator in an Elise, so they do perform different jobs.

And you'd look like a knob wearing a g-shock with a dinner suit and your dress watch would drown in the sea, so they do perform different jobs too.

[DoubleD]

p4cks said:

Why don’t you take this conversation to a watch thread instead of spamming this one with off topic differences of opinion?

Yep good point

[Harfi88]

Have another.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-TR4-1963-LHD-ea...

[anonymous-user]

Harfi88 said:

Have another.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-TR4-1963-LHD-ea...

They certainly have a different idea to me of what an easy project is

[Piersman2]

Did Father Ted have that as a competition prize?

[lcs_turbo]

The first picture on an add for a GTR. Ad doesn’t mention being bounced off the limiter in a Tesco car park every weekend



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

[Harfi88]

hucumber said:

They certainly have a different idea to me of what an easy project is

I read it as complete scrap only good for its ID, saw one for a Range Rover project that was just a ringing kit. ID, logbook and some random bits of Range Rover

[Fuzzy69r]

lcs_turbo said:

The first picture on an add for a GTR. Ad doesn’t mention being bounced off the limiter in a Tesco car park every weekend



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Seen this one too the other day whilst having a look for my next car, who seriously thinks yes sign me up for that Tesco car park special GTR that has a working limiter,spits out flames and attracts “car lovers” for miles