Mention a particular car, someone has to mention...

[5s Alive]

FIAT; fking Insult to Advanced Technology.

Ford; fked Or Repaired Daily

Hybrid; White goods.

EV; Milk float.

Edit. Not to forget. Reliant Scimitar; Plastic pig.

Edited by 5s Alive on Friday 31st March 01:20

Edit 2. Reading Escy's thread. Jaguar F Pace; 9th circle of hell.

Edited by 5s Alive on Friday 31st March 01:25

[Cold]

Yet oddly, the superior car chase in the film Ronin starred a BMW 5 Series and Peugeot 406 not the Audi S8.

[GTEYE]

Renault Clio (Mk1).

Papa?

Nicole…

[Rob 131 Sport]

Retro.74 said:

JonnyWhitters said:

BananaFama said:

Mini Metro...you'll die in a crash due to awful Euro Ncap rating , usually accompanied by a pic of a Rover 100 folding up in the crash test .

Meh !

Indeed.

I survived parking in a clump of trees in my mum’s MG Metro back in the day. Wasn’t a panel left unscathed, but me and my passenger walked away

I can also testify to being a passenger upside down in a Metro many moons ago, didn't even have the glamour of being an MG, more a green 1.0L, like yourself many panels damaged but walked out without a scratch. I was a very nervous passenger for a long time after that mind you

In 1990 I was in the passenger seat of a 1.0 Metro when a mate crashed it into a concrete lamppost at about 30mph. Every panel was bent, the front obliterated and the roof was badly damaged. We both walked away with minor bruises.

The company who recovered the car couldn’t believe we’d got out unscathed looking at the state of the car.

I too was a nervous passenger for some time.

[swanny71]

Audi - PCP finance

Maybe just a PH thing though….

[Rob 131 Sport]

Fiat Mirafiori - Complete Rust Bucket.

Actually they were a great car and nearly all cars of the era suffered rust issues.

[evil.edna]

sociopath said:

MikeM6 said:

sociopath said:

Any BMW mentioned on PH and apparently you have to mention if its an E46 or an E17 or whatever. No one else outside PH knows or cares

I always wondered why some get worked up about using model designation, it's not exactly complicated and most people who know about cars understand what an E46 is. Is funny the things people get their knickers in a twist about

I was going to say E60 M5 someone has to mention rod bearings, but I don't want to upset any sociopaths.

Oh bugger, I said it anyway.

They really don't, because knowing about cars doesn't necessarily mean caring about BMW internal model codes in any way shape or form.
As a test I asked my wife (ex Ford Advanced Research Engineer) and some of her ex colleagues who still work at Dunton, none of them had a clue.

But right on Cue, you did it for me anyway

Strange post. Especially, since Ford was a place in which, with regard to Ford products, everybody spoke in model codes - because of all the platform sharing, it was the only way you could be absolutely sure you were talking about exactly the same thing.

Some people also referred to other manufacturers models and powertrains by their internal codes. It wasn't because of some strange train spotting type nerdiness - it was so people could be absolutely certain we were all on the same page talking about the exactly the same thing without the need to go into further descriptive dialogue.

This is something I experienced at quite a few other OEMs, in the UK and abroad. It is not just a PH or Ford thing.

Not sure what your point is or why you have to draw on some tenuous link to try and give it credence.

[MikeM6]

sociopath said:

MikeM6 said:

sociopath said:

Any BMW mentioned on PH and apparently you have to mention if its an E46 or an E17 or whatever. No one else outside PH knows or cares

I always wondered why some get worked up about using model designation, it's not exactly complicated and most people who know about cars understand what an E46 is. Is funny the things people get their knickers in a twist about

I was going to say E60 M5 someone has to mention rod bearings, but I don't want to upset any sociopaths.

Oh bugger, I said it anyway.

They really don't, because knowing about cars doesn't necessarily mean caring about BMW internal model codes in any way shape or form.
As a test I asked my wife (ex Ford Advanced Research Engineer) and some of her ex colleagues who still work at Dunton, none of them had a clue.

But right on Cue, you did it for me anyway

Haha you are an odd one, aren't you? Let it go, it really shouldn't bother you in the slightest.

[smn159]

EVs described as 'lacking soul'

Usually by someone driving a diesel SUV

[Milkyway]

5s Alive said:

FIAT; fking Insult to Advanced Technology.

Ford; fked Or Repaired Daily

Hybrid; White goods.

EV; Milk float.

Edit. Not to forget. Reliant Scimitar; Plastic pig.

Edited by 5s Alive on Friday 31st March 01:20

Edit 2. Reading Escy's thread. Jaguar F Pace; 9th circle of hell.

Edited by 5s Alive on Friday 31st March 01:25

The Reliant Robin was also known as a ‘Plastic pig’
Many years ago our neighbour has a few ‘mental health issues’.
She jumped off a footbridge & landed on top of one.
Broke both her legs & the Robin was a write off... I wonder if Jasper Carrott received that insurance claim

[Puddenchucker]

Nissan 350Z - "That's the one with the Renault engine."

(It's not it's a Nissan engine that Renault borrowed for the Vel Satis)

[blueST]

People often want to chat about my old Defender, but it’s always, always, always to tell me how likely to be stolen and stripped for parts it is.

[snuffy]

Milkyway said:

I wonder if Jasper Carrott received that insurance claim

The pedestrian was all over the road, I had to swere several times before I hit him!

[e600]

Jaguar e type….don’t ya know Enzo said it was the best looking blah blah

[snuffy]

Cars the I've owned/still do:

Lotus Esprit "It's got Marina door handles".

Noble M12 "It's got a Mondeo engine".

(which have already been mentioned)

Nissan GT-R "It's a Datsun" and "It drives itself" or "It's a PlayStation".

[cerb4.5lee]

smn159 said:

EVs described as 'lacking soul'

They do lack soul though, because they have had their soul taken out and replaced with batteries.

[Milkyway]

cerb4.5lee said:

smn159 said:

EVs described as 'lacking soul'

They do lack soul though, because they have had their soul taken out and replaced with batteries.

I’m waiting for a Toyota HP2 to be built.

[Master Bean]

Any car with a big American V8. Why so little horsepower?

[Rat_Fink_67]

Any Mercedes from '96>'06...rust.

[_Bart_]

ChocolateFrog said:

Noble M12 - But its got a Mondeo engine in it.

This

"It's essentially a Mondeo with a body kit."