by "PS9" (PS9)
Published 02/25/2017 at 14:29
by "PS9" (PS9)
Published 02/25/2017 at 14:29
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STARS: 2
I had an obnoxious friend trying to impress a girl one time tell me he’d kick all our asses in his mom’s 700HP AWD Sorento. Yep. Twin supercharged. Mmm Hmm. He could have at least told us it was a Borego as that one had the V8. Not that it mattered since there was no way he was going to put his money where his mouth was. That’s my story, what’s yours?
"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
02/25/2017 at 14:33, STARS: 1
“Wheel locks work”
"djmt1" (djmt1)
02/25/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 1
“My Mum’s new Golf comes with Twin Sport Injection”
Seriously how is that people still don’t fact check things when they have Google in their pocket?
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
02/25/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 4
“My car is so fast. It has a V7 engine.”- A classmate talking about her 2011 BMW 328i.
“Wait, Aston Martin isn’t Italian? You sure?” - One of my ex-friends.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/25/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 5
“Eh, I just top it off when the light comes on. It’s only a little leak, and brake fluid’s not expensive.”
"TheD0k_2many toys 2little time" (thed0ck)
02/25/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 0
my sti wont leak oil or kill headgaskets
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
02/25/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
Everything in this ad:
https://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/5936865803.html
Someone here actually emailed him, and he’s every bit as nuts as he seems in the ad.
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
02/25/2017 at 14:44, STARS: 8
“hondas are fast”
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
02/25/2017 at 14:46, STARS: 5
Maybe not dumb, just ignorant. Back in 1985 I was in line to register for classes when I heard some people discussing the RX-7 and what engine was in it. As someone that had built that cool see-through model rotary engine years earlier I obviously knew, but one these guys was insisting it had a V6 in it, the others saying I4, and of course nobody suggest a rotary. Well, two rotors and three chambers per rotor does sorta equal 6 combustion chambers, but no, the RX-7 never had a V6 from the factory; Mazda didn’t even made a V6 engine back them, with their first, the JF, introduced in 1986 (and probably not in the US until years later).
"Thomas Donohue" (tomonomics)
02/25/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 2
After watching a Sunoco Ultra 94 commercial many years ago, my brother-in-law’s 20 year old son said “So, that gas will get 94 miles per gallon?”
It was a long Thanksgiving dinner.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 14:55, STARS: 3
v4 bothers me a lot. I don’t have a specific story, but I’ve heard it used a lot and it pesters the crap out of me
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/25/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 8
“Alfas are reliable”
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
02/25/2017 at 14:58, STARS: 2
That’ll buff right out!
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/25/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 11
“Never.”
-In response to me asking the last time a girl had had her tires rotated or EVER removed from her vehicle after I’d stopped to help her change a flat tire (the lugs were fucking frozen).
The car was about five years old and still on stock tires, which were balding, hence the blowout on the freeway in the middle of nowhere. At night.
Followed a short time later by:
“No. What’s a parking brake?”
After she got back in her car, then quickly got back out and called me back over to say that her car wouldn’t move. I said it was because I had engaged the parking brake. So I walked back over, reached in, and disengaged it for her, at which point her car lurched forward because it was still in Drive.
She’d tried to move it and when it didn’t budge, she stepped back out without putting the damned thing in park first. I jumped in, slammed on the brakes and put it in park for her then explained how to fucking make sure her fucking car isn’t about to run someone over on its own.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/25/2017 at 15:04, STARS: 0
“Why don’t you just put eBay parts on it?”
"RT" (rt-p)
02/25/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 4
“Wow, that’s a Ferrari.”
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/25/2017 at 15:07, STARS: 1
“The Kia Sorento is a copy of the Mercedes ML.”
Believe it or not, it isn’t!
"The AE86 of Mt. Akina (Hachi)" (theae86)
02/25/2017 at 15:07, STARS: 2
I’m 6'2 280ibs and I think I could fit in a Honda Grom/Super Cub.
I’ll be bitterly disappointed one day.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 2
wow.
that’s all I’ve got for this story
"The AE86 of Mt. Akina (Hachi)" (theae86)
02/25/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 0
Seriously though, a week ago I thought V5 engines could never exist. Honda proved me wrong.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/25/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 4
For a second I thought the box said “unique, pointless, Wankel.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/25/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 3
“Hey look an old Civic just like yours.” I had a red 91 Civic at the time.We were in said Civic at the time.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/25/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 1
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
a buddy of mine literally yelled this as he looked down at the footwell, when I tried to teach him how to drive stick. This was shortly after I told him to put his foot on the clutch, or the car won’t start. To which he replied “what’s the clutch” and I said “the pedal all the way to the left.”
"nermal" (nermal)
02/25/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 1
Agreed. Especially when real V4s are readily available.
"PS9" (PS9)
02/25/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 2
Don’t let anything stand in the way of your dreams.
"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
02/25/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 5
Multiple guys at my high school asked me if my M3 had a V8 and was it supercharged. When I told them it had an inline 6 they would then argue with me that inline 6s do not exist and it’s a V6.
About that time I was driving away in my car with a nonexistent motor.
"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
02/25/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 0
How old was this person, in your estimation? 0_0
"Leonardo DiCabriolet" (leonardodicabriolet)
02/25/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 2
“Yeah my 350z makes 800 hp, it has twin diesel turbos and a straight pipe, I haven’t lost yet, I built it with all the money I made from that movie I was in” -kid in high school
“I rebuilt the engine in my 350z and it made 490 horsepower” (with stock top end and bottom end, basically just a intake, tune, and exhaust) -guy I currently work with
Why yes there is a theme here, hmmmmmm...
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/25/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 3
I have a Nissan Juke and it is really fast because it is a turbo!
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/25/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0
Maybe 25-28?
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
02/25/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 1
"kgman" (kgman)
02/25/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 2
After hearing a car crank for a long time but not start, “sounds like that car needs a new back axle.” Same guy, “starters get the gas flowing around the engine so it will start”
"RT" (rt-p)
02/25/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 2
“Yeah and that Supra was down on power.”
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/25/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 1
With apologies to Mrs. Zoidberg...
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/my-wife-just-scared-the-bejeezus-out-of-me-1737848183
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/25/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 1
So far down it turned into a completely different model
"Land_Yacht_225" (nadenator)
02/25/2017 at 17:31, STARS: 2
“Reliability is my primary concern in my new car.”
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
02/25/2017 at 17:37, STARS: 1
What can I say - things were a little different in the ‘70s...
"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
02/25/2017 at 17:49, STARS: 0
Still, very wow. Maybe someone who learned to drive later in life by watching others, read the lawbook enough to pass the written exam?
I mean, it’s been over 20 years since I took my driver’s ed class, but I do remember those sorts of things being covered, even in the textbook.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 18:01, STARS: 1
I can totally see how the untrained noncar person would confuse these two things. However if the person is claiming to be ANY kind of car guy, well different story there.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 18:03, STARS: 0
recently met a guy with an aging Mazda speed 3 claiming similar numbers. I feel I made the right choice in not questioning his logic
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 0
direct quote from the lady that backed in the the wife’s car this week. Incorrect, the cracked headlight, broken trim, and paint scraped down to the exposed black plastic will not buff out
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
02/25/2017 at 18:07, STARS: 0
As long as you got her insurance information.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 18:16, STARS: 0
already filed the claim thru the lady’s insurance. Sucks though because we were going to have a little bit of equity on the purchase price at the end of our lease. Planned on working that to benefit us on a trade in, but not with an accident history!
"RT" (rt-p)
02/25/2017 at 18:24, STARS: 0
The Celica makes sense, it was mainly down to someone’s poor memory.
But oh boy, the Triumph.
It’s literally a block of cheese. Plus it’s kind of funny over here where they have more of a reputation among car guys. I get your point though.
"touring the brook - now with ZHP!" (touringthebrook)
02/25/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 0
A guy once told me his 1.8t Passat was a V6 and had a turbocharger for every cylinder. I saw him leaving the lot at the end of the day and he had a BASE model 2016 Passat.
Yeah, 6 turbos.
"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
02/25/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 1
oh yes, definitely referring to the Celica! Sorry should have clarified thaty
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
02/25/2017 at 19:59, STARS: 0
There was a stoner at a bus stop who was trying to convince me his “Hee-oon-dah-ee” was an ex-government vehicle that had special lights on it that he could turn on and park anywhere without getting a ticket. Apparently “normal lame-person cars like yours” don’t come with the option of, er... four-ways. This was after he taught me the difference between tap water from the sink in the kitchen and in the bathroom (they put chlorine so it washes your hands in the bathroom but not the kitchen so you can drink it) and a few other things I couldn’t be bothered remembering.
I wished him luck in evading tickets, and decided I could just walk home.
"TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy" (thebimmerguy)
02/25/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
People who do just enough to pass the test sicken me and I strongly believe people like that are why roads are so unsafe more now than ever.
"TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy" (thebimmerguy)
02/25/2017 at 22:42, STARS: 0
To be fair, I only say v4 if I know it’s making a v, otherwise I say i4 or “4 cylinder”
"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
02/25/2017 at 23:45, STARS: 0
Well, my point being that, past a certain age (18 in most states), you aren’t required to take a class, only pass a written exam and a driving exam that show that you understand the laws of the road and the operation of the vehicle.
If this person is a late-learner (and there are a surprising many in the US), they never took the driver education course that would have also instructed them in the basic care and maintenance of a vehicle. Those sorts of things are not on the written exam at all, at least not in the two states where I’ve seen people apply for a brand new licence.
What’s-the-minimum-I-need-to-do-to-get-what-I-want is kind of default human nature, truth be told.
"Forrest" (forrest)
02/26/2017 at 02:19, STARS: 0
You might luck out. Someone sideswiped my Fiesta while parked, $2k in damage. Their insurance paid for it. I checked Carfax a few months later, and it showed no accident history. Six months after that, it was rear-ended and totaled on the highway. My insurance wrote it off and issued me a check. Now, a year after that, Carfax still shows a clean title. *shrug*
"Leonardo DiCabriolet" (leonardodicabriolet)
02/26/2017 at 03:23, STARS: 1
“But bro, Hellcats are so slow, I drag them all day!!11!!1"
"TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy" (thebimmerguy)
02/26/2017 at 03:41, STARS: 0
Yeah I have a few friends waiting till 18 because they are too lazy and are afraid of failing. I try to tell them why that’s a bad idea, how it can be more dangerous and that the test is surprisingly easy, I’m no bad driver, but I’m not the best either and the only comments I got were “lefts were too sharp” I just wish that the mentality you mentioned wasn’t applied to things that can contain a ton of responsibility such as driving.
As much as it bothers me, all I can do is lead by example and hope people follow.
"PS9" (PS9)
02/26/2017 at 11:56, STARS: 0
Because alternative facts have made objective reality obsolete. Who needs google when you can just make shit up?
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
02/26/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0
So my Passat 1.8 TSI now has 6 turbos according to this guy?
Nice. This changes everything.