Weird car facts...

[Tyre Tread]

The pennant on the Viking ship on the Rover badge always points to the right except on the stylised badges on the rear of the roof on the P5 Coupe which points to the left.

[pilchardthecat]

Volkswagen still make petrol engines.

Really, they do.

[james_tigerwoods]

seagrey said:

Harry Monk said:

Rivalry between Triumph and Rover saw the Stag fitted with a specially developed 3.0-litre V8 rather than used the Buick-derived Rover V8. Rather than make the cylinder head out fo aluminium, as specified, workers at the Canley plant used wadded up copies of The Daily Mirror, mixed with water and metal swarf.

That would be funny if it werent true.

I want to say "Bullst" - say it is. Please...

[marshalla]

[redacted]

[PHmember]

pilchardthecat said:

Volkswagen still make petrol engines.

Really, they do.

[dylan0451]

Tyre Tread said:

The pennant on the Viking ship on the Rover badge always points to the right except on the stylised badges on the rear of the roof on the P5 Coupe which points to the left.

that has to be the best yet, who the hell would notice that?!

early elise wing mirrors come from the metro

[simoid]

There are 18 metres of electical cables in my Clio.




Oops, weird, not wired facts, I see... I'm led to believe a Fiat Panda can blow hot air from the vents quicker than it can do 0-60 mph - 16s vs 17s.

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

SaltyToe said:

Urban Sports said:

Mondeo


Noble


We all know that one though, right?

Aren't thay from the saloon not the hatch??

The hatch rear lights were used on the short-lived Caterham 21.

[callyman]

A Ferrari F50 uses the same ECU as a Calibra Turbo.

[thiscocks]

wider tyres dont actually give you any more grip

[davemac250]

RicksAlfas said:

Back on topic....
The wheelnuts on my Alfa 1750 are handed - RH thread on the right side and LH thread on the left.

On mine only one the nearside rear is different to the rest, and one bolt there is then different to the others on the hub. Which I found out after lifting the thing off the jack with a long scaffold pole.

Somebody at the factory was taking the piss.

[Big Rod]

Nissan 300 ZX and Lamborghini Diablo share headlights.




(I wonder if they work better on a Diablo?)

[Gwagon111]

BHP sells cars, torque wins races. True story .

[RicksAlfas]

davemac250 said:

On mine only one the nearside rear is different to the rest, and one bolt there is then different to the others on the hub. Which I found out after lifting the thing off the jack with a long scaffold pole.

Somebody at the factory was taking the piss.

I think it will be previous owners who are taking the piss. For quite a while the LH threads weren't available so people fitted the RH threads which were used all round on later cars. For instance fitting a 2000 back axle to an early car would use RH threads both sides.

[ZeeTacoe]

thiscocks said:

wider tyres dont actually give you any more grip

for grip you need less than 30 profile ones.


/vag

[nobodyknows]

Apparently a Pagani Zonda uses a Ford Transit battery.

[Pigeon]

On my Morris Minor one of the n/s/f wheel studs had a slot in the end of it so you could use a screwdriver to stop it going round, without which you couldn't get the wheel on or off. This is because I broke one of the studs one day, used a bolt the right size with a slot cut in the end to get the car usable again, and then, because it worked, left it like that.

[HowMuchLonger]

funkyrobot said:

Every Ferrari is actually a Toyota MR2 in disguise!

You got that the wrong way round.

[JVaughan]

Some switches in the XJ220 were sourced from the Montego. as I believe were the heater vents too

[R360]

Lambo Murci uses the same side indicators as a focus