Mega Thread Things that s**t me the Thirteenth

[edgie]

People that moan about others talking cars are the same ones who complain endlessly about what other do with their cars.

You'd think with the amount of time spent here bitching about traffic and road rules and driving, some may actually want to talk about the vehicles.

 

[perthblue]

They say which multi national corporation you support is dependent on which product your folks owned when you were a kid. Sadly there's no team British Leyland that I can throw my support behind.

Zastava Automobil or GTFO

 

[Off The Couch]

My first car - well not actually this one but a Mitsubishi Galant

 

[edgie]

Why are they called Holdens?
Cause they're barely holden together.

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

Sent from mTalk

 

[MatthewB]

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

Sent from mTalk

or

Found
On
Rubbish
Dumps

 

[raskolnikov]

Or ****ed On Race Day

 

[Neese]

View attachment 569999 My first car - well not actually this one but a Mitsubishi Galant

Mine was a 1981 Gemini

 

[worbod]

Don't understand why people finish sentences with "or", except they're not really finishing the sentence. They ask you something and don't realise they haven't asked a complete question. It can be family, friends, work colleagues, people in shops, although I never hear kids say it. For example:

Are you going to the footy tomorrow or...?
Did you want a salad with that or...?
Did you want to watch that DVD now or...?
Will we visit our in-laws next week or...?
Did you talk to Fred about borrowing some petty cash or...?
Should we buy Mary a farewell gift or...?

and so on

 

[MatthewB]

Mine was a 1981 Gemini

I had a 78 Gemini, great car

 

[raskolnikov]

Don't understand why people finish sentences with "or", except they're not really finishing the sentence. They ask you something and don't realise they haven't asked a complete question. It can be family, friends, work colleagues, people in shops, although I never hear kids say it. For example:

Are you going to the footy tomorrow or...?
Did you want a salad with that or...?
Did you want to watch that DVD now or...?
Will we visit our in-laws next week or...?
Did you talk to Fred about borrowing some petty cash or...?
Should we buy Mary a farewell gift or...?

and so on

I usually say ...or what?

 

[Private Hudson]

The roads would be a much safer place if people learnt how to drive manual or at least appreciate how it works. We'd probably see people be more conscious, considerate and less careless on the road.

Why ?

 

[Gigantic]

Why ?

Because someone driving a manual car is more aware of their surroundings and the environment they're driving on, more times than not. Manual drivers tend to have a better understanding of acceleration, traction, adjusting speed, weight transfer etc - those all help you become a better instinctual driver. Most people don't drive manual just cause, they drive it cause they enjoy the process or at least can tolerate it, and so they appreciate it. Then there's the case that they're less likely to be eating, texting or fidgeting with things while behind the wheel.

That doesn't mean I think all manual drivers are great drivers. But I do believe driving a manual car makes you inherently more conscious of the act of driving.

 

[perthblue]

driving a manual doesnt help with spatial awareness, judging speed and distance of an oncoming car, and general awareness of surroundings, and decision making

 

[peternorth]

Me old man was a pilot flying into HK back in the 90s when you basically flew in between buildings (not 9-11 style of course). Pretty important he was switched on at all times.
His driving? A pass mark, nothing more.

 

[Damon_3388]

driving a manual doesnt help with spatial awareness, judging speed and distance of an oncoming car, and general awareness of surroundings, and decision making

If anything, it just adds another thing to think about and distract from the road, as I indicated with my earlier points.

 

[craigos]

Loud exhausts on automatics (that aren't supercars) sh*t me. Same with spoilers on cars that have hubcaps.

 

[Beerfish]

Loud exhausts on automatics (that aren't supercars) sh*t me. Same with spoilers on cars that have hubcaps.

Like chevy badges on 6cyl Commodores. Chevy badges are cringe at the best of times but on a car that doesn't even have a chevy under the hood it's a whole extra layer of cringe.

 

[iluvparis]

Showing my age here but when I see Dark Continent and Africa together I suddenly get a deep voice and ' AFRICA' comes forth and images of Tarzoon and Shame of the Jungle are evoked

To be honest I thought it was a gay joke

 

[BotsMaster]

The roads would be a much safer place if people learnt how to drive manual or at least appreciate how it works. We'd probably see people be more conscious, considerate and less careless on the road.

Hmm I think we'd see more tail-nose accidents with people failing to do hill starts

 

[The Dice Man]

Wet toes in dry socks.

 

[BotsMaster]

Very nice

 

[Power Raid]

who would have thought toyota and hyundai would dominate car sales 30 years ago

 

[Procrastinator35]

I just don't understand the whole Ford/Holden deal to be honest.....Never did.

They're both very bland homogenised products that look much like each other.

 

[Gough]

Motoring perfection was reached by Sir Alec Issigonis in 1959 and it's been all imitators since then.

 

[Over The Post]

... including the fat-arsed BMW-made ones bearing its name.