Weird car facts...

[Schermerhorn]

A Ferrari F355 has the same fuel filter as a Ford Escort Mk4.


http://www.comline.uk.com/catalogue/EFF015

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[PHmember]

A Ford Escort Mk4 has the same fuel filter as a Ferrari F355.

[marshalla]

A Ferrari F355 and a Ford Escort Mk4. can use the same type of fuel.

[R26Andy]

On an Rx8 you can plug the front seat belt buckle into the rear latch....but you will never be able to get it out again.

[anonymous-user]

R26Andy said:

On an Rx8 you can plug the front seat belt buckle into the rear latch....but you will never be able to get it out again.

You mean like... never ever?

[alfa pint]

The Toyota MR2 Mk 1 used the electic window mechanism from the Fiat X1/9.

[PHmember]

You can drive a car to a petrol station, but you can't make it fill up.

No, wait - that's horses & water isn't it......

[R26Andy]

Sheeda Pistol said:

You mean like... never ever?

Yep, its stuck like until it is eroded away by the wind or preserved in a tar pit like the dinosaurs where super intelligent beings from the future will find it and marvel at how someone still had to try it after being told not to

[RSGulp]

Windscreen wipers were invented by a woman called Mary

[Smike]

Later versions of the Rover 200 SD3 had a stiffer spring on one side at the rear compared to the other

[anonymous-user]

R26Andy said:

Yep, its stuck like until it is eroded away by the wind or preserved in a tar pit like the dinosaurs where super intelligent beings from the future will find it and marvel at how someone still had to try it after being told not to

Wow!

I've got an urge to try it on an RX8 now... he he

So why is that then?

[hombrepaulo]

The gear knob from a renault 5 is easily removed and will hurt unruly passengers if thrown at them

[funkyrobot]

I'm the youngest person to own and drive a Mazda 3 sport (everyone else I see in these cars seems to be old).

[Pat H]

A Lotus Esprit has three wiper motors but only one wiper.

[stinkysteve]

The traction control on my Alfa 159 doesn't control the traction or limit wheelspin. It just flashes a light.

[PHmember]

The kickdown switch on automatic 1.0ltr Nissan Micras does nothing except make the engine louder.

[SaltyToe]

A Lotus Elise has the same indictor/wiper stalks as a Vauxhall Corsa


Elise -


Corsa -

[james_tigerwoods]

If your OH drives in to your (parked) car, it's your fault for parking it there - NOT her fault for NOT BLOODY LOOKING!!

[trickywoo]

The body on a FWD Lotus Elan is 20% larger than intended due to a cockup in the (new) fiberglass laying up process.

[WeepingClunge]

james_tigerwoods said:

If your OH drives in to your (parked) car, it's your fault for parking it there - NOT her fault for NOT BLOODY LOOKING!!

I second that!