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

[Lester H]

dbdb said:

J4CKO said:

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Jaguar XJ - 'are you a freemason?'

Hmm, hasn't that been largely replaced by "Jaaaaag" ?

I haven't come across 'are you a freemason', more 'Arthur Daly car' or 'Pub landlord car'. When I first got mine quite a few people asked if it was my dad's, but that hasn't happened for a long time now unfortunately.

Pub landlord is a good response as the landlord generally won’t have to drive far so dreadful fuel consumption will not be a problem ( also, he can pay his tame mechanic in pints)

[S1owcoach]

Any Ferrari - “ my uncle had one of those , he got rid of it because it broke down all the time “

[Lester H]

Jag Mk2 2.4 = Morse. Interestingly John Thaw was interviewed about this car with its non standard vinyl roof and complained that it had been bought on the cheap for £4995 and was an absolute pile of the proverbial, it kept breaking down and it was generally just awful.

[944 Man]

hedges88 said:

My grandad had a SEAT Malaga when I was a kid, a booted Ibiza. One of the rarest cars we only ever saw one other.

But..... Porsche engineering proudly marked on the cam cover. I used to love to tell my friends "it's got a Porsche engine!" not knowing any better at the time that it meant very little. Porsche even designed the engine mountings for the Skoda 1.3 Ohv when the Favorit came along, but as a kid it was a boast.

System Porsche copied the 944 head design.

[Pit Pony]

gt40steve said:

Lexus, the Japanese Mercedes.

No, they are not that st.

[cerb4.5lee]

Pit Pony said:

gt40steve said:

Lexus, the Japanese Mercedes.

No, they are not that st.

Whenever I see a Lexus LS400 out on the road...I always think back to how well they reviewed when they first came out. Everyone absolutely loved them and were blown away by them for sure.

[donkmeister]

2xChevrons said:

When I mention I have a Citroen 2CV, the responses usually include the following (roughly in descending order of likelihood):

- Did you know they were built to carry eggs over a ploughed field without breaking them?
- Deathtrap/other reference to lack of crash safety
- Asking what it's worth + shock/surprise at the answer
- I had one of those as a student - I loved/hated it [delete as appropriate]
- My art teacher at school had one - I had a massive crush on/hated them [deleted as appropriate]
- My ditzy art-student girlfriend at university had one [plus suggestive references to bouncy suspension]
- Weird dash-mounted gearchange
- Anecdote about buying/renting one for youthful japes in sunny part of Europe in the 1970s/1980s
- Something about removable seats
- Something about rust

Ah crap... I don't think you'd like me

I have had a couple of exceptions to this, I was seeing a girl years back whose dad was a mechanic at Chevronics... He had raised her well, we were at a classic car show and when we got to the Citroen section I pointed at a Dyane and mentioned 2CVs, she then whipped out her previously unseen beard and gave me a lecture on the Dyane, and then the Ami, and then a TA. Never had any idea she was into cars before that. But boy did she know her Citroens (sorry, I think she's married now).

[biggbn]

cerb4.5lee said:

Pit Pony said:

gt40steve said:

Lexus, the Japanese Mercedes.

No, they are not that st.

Whenever I see a Lexus LS400 out on the road...I always think back to how well they reviewed when they first came out. Everyone absolutely loved them and were blown away by them for sure.

Best engineered car I've owned, wonderful to live with.

[Monkeylegend]

Ford Focus RS and heavy they are and disappointing to drive, enough to give you depression..

[biggbn]

Monkeylegend said:

Ford Focus RS and heavy they are and disappointing to drive, enough to give you depression..

...don't forget rubbish mpg for a five door and rubbish interiors....

[AndrewCrown]

Not a car....but the BMW K100

"Flying Brick"

[Monkeylegend]

biggbn said:

Monkeylegend said:

Ford Focus RS and heavy they are and disappointing to drive, enough to give you depression..

...don't forget rubbish mpg for a five door and rubbish interiors....

Indeed

[Andy86GT]

Here are a few I find particularly irritating;
Subaru STI 2.5. "chocolate engine"
Subaru Forester " it's not an SUV it's a raised estate" ( so what are pretty much every other 'SUV' ? )
Fiat "fix it again tomorrow"
Ford " fix or repair daily "
Mitsubishi Evo " turbo lag"
GT86. "Torque dip" "too slow" "needs a turbo ". ( I've had mine 10 years, never felt the need to make it "faster " )

Edited by Andy86GT on Saturday 8th April 17:56

[Monkeylegend]

Andy86GT said:

Here are a few I find particularly irritating;
Subaru STI 2.5. "chocolate engine"
Subaru Forester " it's not an SUV it's a raised estate" ( so what are pretty much every other 'SUV' ? )
Fiat "fix it again tomorrow"
Ford " fix or repair tomorrow "
GT86. "Torque dip" "too slow" "needs a turbo ". ( I've had mine 10 years, never felt the need to make it "faster " )

The Ford one is very irritating.

Should that be "daily" and not "tomorrow"?

[Alex Z]

2xChevrons said:

When I mention I have a Citroen 2CV, the responses usually include the following (roughly in descending order of likelihood):

I had a (one sided) conversation with an older gentleman last week who was telling me all about his 2CV, and he managed to fit in five of those. I wouldn't have minded, but I was only dropping some stuff off for charity and needed to get away quickly.

- Did you know they were built to carry eggs over a ploughed field without breaking them?
- Deathtrap/other reference to lack of crash safety
- I had one of those as a student - I loved/hated it [delete as appropriate]
- Weird dash-mounted gearchange
- Something about removable seats

[Andy86GT]

Monkeylegend said:

Andy86GT said:

Here are a few I find particularly irritating;
Subaru STI 2.5. "chocolate engine"
Subaru Forester " it's not an SUV it's a raised estate" ( so what are pretty much every other 'SUV' ? )
Fiat "fix it again tomorrow"
Ford " fix or repair tomorrow "
GT86. "Torque dip" "too slow" "needs a turbo ". ( I've had mine 10 years, never felt the need to make it "faster " )

The Ford one is very irritating.

Should that be "daily" and not "tomorrow"?

Your right! I edited when I realised

[Andy86GT]

Alex Z said:

2xChevrons said:

When I mention I have a Citroen 2CV, the responses usually include the following (roughly in descending order of likelihood):

I had a (one sided) conversation with an older gentleman last week who was telling me all about his 2CV, and he managed to fit in five of those. I wouldn't have minded, but I was only dropping some stuff off for charity and needed to get away quickly.

- Did you know they were built to carry eggs over a ploughed field without breaking them?
- Deathtrap/other reference to lack of crash safety
- I had one of those as a student - I loved/hated it [delete as appropriate]
- Weird dash-mounted gearchange
- Something about removable seats

Brilliant, did he forgot to mention 'deux chevaux' means 2 horse power.. ..

[hammo19]

Proton Satria….chassis tuned by Lotus

[Monkeylegend]

Andy86GT said:

Monkeylegend said:

Andy86GT said:

Here are a few I find particularly irritating;
Subaru STI 2.5. "chocolate engine"
Subaru Forester " it's not an SUV it's a raised estate" ( so what are pretty much every other 'SUV' ? )
Fiat "fix it again tomorrow"
Ford " fix or repair tomorrow "
GT86. "Torque dip" "too slow" "needs a turbo ". ( I've had mine 10 years, never felt the need to make it "faster " )

The Ford one is very irritating.

Should that be "daily" and not "tomorrow"?

Your right! I edited when I realised

I have just off loaded a C Max that had an intermittent non starting fault that seems to be quite common,

It would show up as engine malfunction and just "bing bong" when you turned the key. Hitting it hard with your hand on top of the dashboard always solved it.

I love fixes like that but it is a dashboard out job to do properly and you just know that one day hitting it hard won't work.

[CypSIdders]

Smart Roadster - Usually something about gear changes, although to be fair none of these muppets have ever read the handbook that came with the car!