You Know What Grinds My Gears

"Joey Quinn" (michaelkg) 11/30/2013 at 01:27 • Filed to: None

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When how its made dream cars keeps calling the 911's engine a V6.

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 01:27

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180 degree V6. trolololololol

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 01:28

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Any BMW for sale ad listing it as a "V6".

Any car with an I4 listed as a "V4".

GhostZ > More Power!!and also some brakes. 11/30/2013 at 01:43

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Actually, depending on how crankpins are shared, there is a difference between a boxer engine and a 180 degree V engine. The Porsche 917 is a classic example, since the 12 pistons don't line up straight:

Unlike a boxer crank, which has pairs of pistons coming together at the same time.

The 911 is a boxer engine, not a 180 degree "flat" six.

StoneCold > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 01:43

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Nearly every 1st gen Mustang inline 6 cylinder craigslist post:

HAS V6 GOOD ONN GAS

Birddog > GhostZ 11/30/2013 at 03:11

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Buzz Killington folks. Give him a round of appelsause!

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > E30Joe drives a Subaru 11/30/2013 at 07:02

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Unless you are dealing with a Ford Taunus.

Or a Saab 96.

Then you are really just trolling everyone.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > More Power!!and also some brakes. 11/30/2013 at 07:10

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Now that's just crazy.

BKRM3 > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 08:30

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I was watching it with a friend and was about ready to throw a tantrum. The show's writers should obviously be imprisoned.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > StoneCold 11/30/2013 at 10:20

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I read that out loud with the perfect accent. Lmao

webmonkees > BKRM3 11/30/2013 at 10:42

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Specifically the North American narrators. The original Australian voiceover just says 'engine'. You can point this out to them out via Twitter.

McSchmalex > Birddog 11/30/2013 at 10:53

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You mean applause, right? Because I have never heard of someone giving a round of appelsause, I assume you meant apple sauce. I was actually conversing to Reginald Chesterfield Bartholomew Winterbottom at the Wittingtons dining-in, he had a rather randy yarn concerning the origination of the macintosh apple, it was actually discovered by a fellow named John McIntosh who found the sapling on his farm in Dundela, Canada, and was very popular throughout the mid 21st century when it lost popularity in the face of competition from varieties such as the Gala.

Flat6ForLife, Drives a Flat4 > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 11/30/2013 at 13:11

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Or Lancia Fulvia.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 13:52

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Alright.

That show. I fucking hate that show. It is literally the stupidest auto-related piece of anything that has ever existed for a serious purpose, ever. It is entirely useless and insulting to watch. I feel bad for anybody that watches it.

First, every goddamn segment is overlaid with some horrible, terrible, fake made-with-stock-loops-in-garageband heavy metal shit, and its horrible. Its entirely unfitting, and makes no sense. It pretty much ruins the show before we even get to the actual problems.

Next, they always intro each car with a terrible introduction, lots of awkward shots, and then cut to commercials literally mid-whatever-the-fuck-they-were-showing for the first segment. Its highly annoying. It looks like it was edited by a high school kid.

Second...and this is the worst part. The writing is TERRRRRIBLE! It's aggressively bad. I purged the other episodes I've seen from my brain, but the one I do remember vividly, just so I could remember how bad the show was, is the one about the R8. The entire time, nothing the guy says is related to what is happening on screen. One particular gem: "Here we see the chassis of the car...which is divided into three very specific parts: The front part, the middle part, and the back part."......are you fucking kidding me? Who wrote this for you, a child? The front part, middle part, and back part? How about front bulkhead, passenger cell, and rear bulkhead/subframe assembly? To say nothing of calling the steel brakes "Carbon fiber" brakes, or not really saying anything of value the whole time. The other episodes are all the same.

I really hate that show.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 11/30/2013 at 13:53

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Is it wrong and bad that every time I see the word "Taunus" (which is admittedly very rarely) that I think of...another word spelled with A, N, U, and S?

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > BKRM3 11/30/2013 at 13:54

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They are criminally bad at their jobs.

BKRM3 > webmonkees 11/30/2013 at 16:52

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Yes, well, if only I knew how to use the twitter machine...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Joey Quinn 11/30/2013 at 21:53

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What really sucks is that no matter how many times you watch it they will always call it a V-6.