Whats the dumbest thing you've heard from someone that's supposedly a "Car Guy"?

"LJ909" (lj909) 12/08/2015 at 23:42 • Filed to: None

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I’m pretty sure we’ve all heard something stupid from someone that’s supposedly into cars or an enthusiast but in reality they are just dumb and trying to fit in. My girls best friend, who’s not only a technician at a European luxury marque’s dealership. He once told me, around the time of the 2nd gen G35 going from 35 to 37, was the reason that the name was changing was because the car was bigger. I wanted to punch him in the face. What other stupid things have you guys heard?

Nick Has an Exocet > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:46

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“Oh wow, a Ferrari.”

It was a Duesenberg.

#MontereryCarWeekProblems

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:47

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“It spools!” -one friend reacting to the noise of my other friend’s NA straight piped P71.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:50

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“The El Camino is coming back next year”

No, no it’s not.

Also, if you refer to a Lamborghini as a Lambo... no.

SVTyler > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:51

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One of my high school friends thought that Detroit was in Texas. Plot twist: he’s now employed by GM.

LJ909 > SVTyler 12/08/2015 at 23:52

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That’s pretty sad. Was he even American?

SVTyler > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:54

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Oh, and my cousin who works at a BMW dealership once gave me a lengthy lecture about how advanced the V6 in the M3/M4 is compared to the GT350’s V8. Another plot twist: he no longer works there.

LJ909 > SVTyler 12/08/2015 at 23:55

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Damn. As dumb as the customers who buy the cars for the wrong reasons. How did he even get hired?

SVTyler > LJ909 12/08/2015 at 23:56

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We live in Indianapolis, a four hour drive from Detroit. I have no idea how he made it that far in life without being corrected or realizing his mistake.

Funnily enough we actually found out there is a Detroit in Texas, but it’s some po-dunk little 700-person town of hilljacks near the OK border.

SVTyler > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:00

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He’s a good-looking dude with a great personality so the hiring manager figured he’d be a great people person to have around the dealership, I guess. Not like his job required a genius-level IQ anyways, he was basically a glorified paper-pusher who dealt with customer satisfaction reviews, like the customers would come in after a week or two and he’d bring them into his office and ask them questions about their ‘purchasing and initial ownership experience’. He really liked working there, but man some of the dumb shit he’s said about ‘Beamers’ makes you shake your head sometimes.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:03

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A few months ago I was at a used car lot helping my uncle buy a Honda Pilot. While he was doing paperwork I noticed a sexy grey car out of the corner of my eye tucked under the shade of the main building. It was an Audi R8 v8 WITH A gated MANUAL(!) and then a sales guy walks up and goes “Nice car right?” to which I reply with “yeah.”

Here’s the kicker. He then proceeds to tell me “The owner of the dealership owns this. The only one in the state. I can’t drive it because I can’t operate the paddles.” I simply nod and go back to admiring the car.

The car did not have tinted windows so you can clearly see the gated manual and it was the most common color found on the R8. In fact, I had seen a manual R8 the previous day at a local C&C event.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:06

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Every time I have tuned in to Car Matchmaker, the half of the show where Spike talks.

Opposite Locksmith > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 00:06

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... Do any production cars with paddles not have an automatic mode?

Tohru > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:07

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The 37 is bigger than the 35. Bigger displacement.

I also think it’s heavier. Considering the 35 weighs pretty much the same as my Bonneville, that’s funny/sad.

Opposite Locksmith > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 12/09/2015 at 00:07

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Say that to my lambo

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > Opposite Locksmith 12/09/2015 at 00:07

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Nope. In fact I believe they all default to the automatic mode and you have to purposefully set them into manual mode to take full control.

Opposite Locksmith > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 00:08

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Thought so. There are so many reasons why he is so wrong hahahaha

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Opposite Locksmith 12/09/2015 at 00:11

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(Insert picture of a Ferrari, McLaren, Bugatti, Fiero, NSX, or poorly built kit car)

Universal Exotics > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:11

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Why Leno? Are you saying he is a fake car guy who says dumb things??!

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 00:16

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Even then, one is never in full control in an automated manual mode — you can’t bog down the engine by shifting too soon or bounce it off of the redline while in gear. The car will either downshift to avoid bogging or shift up when the redline has approached.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > Opposite Locksmith 12/09/2015 at 00:19

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Haha yeah. I always find it strange how car people are subjected to the most frequent case of people trying to “explain” stuff to them that’s clearly wrong. I mean I don’t see any of my friends who like games or anime have this problem.

LJ909 > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 00:21

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Its funny but that kind of stuff makes me angry. I would’ve have said something to his sales manager about him.

LJ909 > Tohru 12/09/2015 at 00:24

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Yea but only a few hundred pounds heavier and bigger engine wise. Its the exact same car. No dimensions changed or anything. Any car person should have known something like that. Its like thinking the CTS with the V6 and the CTS with the 4 are two totally different cars.

LJ909 > Universal Exotics 12/09/2015 at 00:26

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No no never. Hes one of the greatest car guys in fact. BUT once I heard him say something dumb/wrong about the Fiat 500 Abarth and he wasn’t being funny. I forgot exactly what it was.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:26

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My neighbors dad bought a bently cash for 100k. (this was about 8 years ago.) Me: cheapest bently is @175k. Him: He paid cash so he got a huge discount.

(same guy): well my A4 weighs @2200lbs. Me: BS thats the same as an elise. Him; Yeah I added a carbon fiber hood and trunk and removed the seats.

Another guy after his X5’s block shit the bed. Well its an BMW 3.0 I6 should be able to pick up a used block for a couple grand at most. Friend: no its a V6. Its a bmw, they’re better than a I6.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 12/09/2015 at 00:26

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That is true. Although on the 991 PDK it will hit redline. But even then, it will shift up if it senses the driver clearly is just flooring it and has no sign of letting off the throttle.

Opposite Locksmith > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 12/09/2015 at 00:28

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I've driven some flappy paddle cars who's sport mode lemme hit dat limitah

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:29

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I don’t know, on the one hand I agree that the misinformation makes me angry since it might impact young car loving kids but I didn’t feel like getting the guy in trouble since he left me alone. If he had kept bothering me then perhaps.

Berang > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:32

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The most annoying one is probably the “The Mini was the first car with front wheel drive and a transverse engine.” that gets repeated ad-nauseum, despite being patently untrue.

LJ909 > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 12/09/2015 at 00:32

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The guy with the A4 is the type of person that thinks a K&N air filter will give him 100hp increase.

LJ909 > Berang 12/09/2015 at 00:34

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OH yea its sad how widely used that “fact” is. I’ve seen respected automotive outlets use this when it can be easily refuted by a simple search.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:40

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Probably the same type of person to replace their stock intake manifold with a huge whale penis tube and call it a “CAI” even though it’s right next to the engine.

Alex from Toronto > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:44

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“A body kit would look nice on that”

“The (any dead sportscar) is coming back next year”

“Miatas are trash why would you want one”

“Wagons are ugly”

Car guys/girls in high school can be infuriating sometimes.

Brian McKay > Universal Exotics 12/09/2015 at 00:44

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The photograph is ‘click-bait.’

Berang > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:49

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He says a lot of not-quite-right things when talking about his steam cars. But only the nerdiest nerd would point out what.

LJ909 > Berang 12/09/2015 at 00:51

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Especially considering the fact that he’s probably one of 3 other people that know things about his steam cars.

Berang > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 00:55

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The one thing he says repeatedly in several videos that always makes me laugh is “compression” when he means to say “pressure”. There is no compression is a steam engine.

Opposite Locksmith > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 01:05

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Gotta be the most urban legend surrounded subject

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Berang 12/09/2015 at 01:10

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The majority of things he gets wrong are things like using a slightly incorrect word (“dampers” vs. “dampeners”), which he will own up to and apologize, only to continue misusing out of how tough it is to shake habits of speech.

Any major error he’ll tend to address in one way or another, since he’s a car guy’s car guy and is so awesome in that regard being wrong about something is a great opportunity to learn something new.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 01:14

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Either the guy who said I wasn’t a “real enthusiast” who knew “nothing about cars” because I said I didn’t want a BMW or the many times I’ve encountered “that guy” at every local car show I’ve been to. You know that one guy who thinks he knows everything about every car there, and gets into a battle of wits with the car’s owner, despite every single thing he “knows” being utterly and completely wrong, refuting all evidence with “nah my brother had one of these”.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 02:40

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Hmmm.......toss up here.

“Oh no, theyd never let a Fiesta make that kind of pwoer. It’s definitely slower and less powerful than the old Focus ST. I don’t see why people like them anyways when the old cars are just better”
-Focus SVT owner who referred to his SVT as an “ST”. Moments before my FiST murdered his face on woodward ave.

Weirdly enough he did not accept my offer to take him to an autocross.......wonder why.

“DUDE THIS IS A COLD AIR INTAKE! IM SORRY YOU DON’T GET HOW TO TUNE A GM MOTOR, GO BACK TO A HONDA!”

-GTP Bros. To me. And my Audi. Because I dared point out that this setup is pointless at best and sapping them of 5-10% power at worst.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 03:58

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Oh yeah, a dealer guy claimed that the timing belt on my moms matrix never had to be changed (and in reality it has a chain), the highlander hybrid (used) would have a battery that would never deteriorate, and it came in a manual.

That's gonna leave a mark! > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 12/09/2015 at 06:00

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Do car salesmen count as “car guys”? I’m gonna say no on this one. Perhaps a few out there but mostly they are just someone who repeats bits information they memorized from this years sales brochure. The best ones say nothing.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 06:17

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Two classmates arguing whether the RX-7 had an I4 or a V6...

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 07:57

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“What do you mean it’s stock?”

Subie Bros. Every. Time.

The Ghost of Oppo > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 08:23

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“Front wheel drive is better for racing”

-Mk5 GLI owner at open track day

nafsucof > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 08:50

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Jay Leno talking about any car that shows up in jay Lenos garage...”so what are these brembo brakes?” Says jay to the draken guy. “No wilwood.” You could see the logo blazing through the wheels...he is very wrong about obvious stuff all the time...”so ugh, what have we got here...?”

nafsucof > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 12/09/2015 at 08:57

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Well the focus SVT was the st170 in euroland where it debuted before the SVT...also on a road course the SVT focus is no slouch, mostly because of the stacked gears and the independent rear suspension. Also the car brakes as well as yours...Ha faster though it is not. I have my SVT still as well as a focus St and it is slow, but a great momentum car...

That being said, the fiesta st I feel like is the spiritual successor to the focus SVT...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > PanchoVilleneuve ST 12/09/2015 at 08:58

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Your example “dampers” vs. “dampeners” doesn’t really work. Those are both correct terms for a dashpot, though dampers is the more common term.

wiffleballtony > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 09:12

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Who needs a V8 (Mustang), a V6 is plenty of power.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 12/09/2015 at 09:14

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Based on the amount of times he’s brought up the angry emails he gets for using the words interchangably from antique car nerds, it’s a bit more of an issue than that.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > PanchoVilleneuve ST 12/09/2015 at 09:35

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Just because people feel strongly about something doesn’t mean they are correct. The argument between damper and dampener is similar to the argument between “different from”, “different than” and “different to” . Damper/dampener are just as interchangeable as different from/than/to, which you use is a matter of taste.

Universal Exotics > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 09:50

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True. I think I have heard him say questionable things before too but he is a car guy.

LJ909 > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 12/09/2015 at 10:33

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What a dumbass. Both of those “suggestions” could have resulted in disaster with the wrong person.

LJ909 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2015 at 10:35

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That’s why you cant really find stock STi’s anymore. Sad.

BigBlock440 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 12/09/2015 at 10:53

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Not sure the context, but a locked axle is also referred to as a spool. Not saying that’s what was being referenced here, just throwing it out there.

911e46z06 > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 16:22

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So I met a friend of a friend who’s a “huge car guy”, and I told him I was looking for a new DD. I’d driven the Taurus SHO, but it didn’t come in rwd which was kind of a deal breaker. All the German stuff was garbage. The 5-series was awful, and it was insane how such a bad car could have evolved from the e39. The Japanese stuff didn’t interest me. The Chryslers we just a bit too sloppy. So I was between the CTS V-Sport and the Chevy SS. And he told me:

‘Bro, don’t buy anything until you test drive a Kia Soul. If I had driven one first, I never would have brought my Prius.’

I think we’re done here.

LJ909 > 911e46z06 12/09/2015 at 16:28

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I would have Immediately disassociated myself with that person. He could have said K900 but he said Soul. Idiot. I hope you got the CTS-V though.

911e46z06 > LJ909 12/09/2015 at 16:50

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I did indeed.

911e46z06 > 911e46z06 12/09/2015 at 16:51

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V-Sport actually. The turbo six.

Nauraushaun > LJ909 12/10/2015 at 07:21

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I know a guy who’s building a Prelude track car. A 3rd gen, before they got any good VTEC-y engines. He was trying to tell me that FWD is as good as RWD, and he just likes FWD more.

I feel like this sort of thing transcends opinion. RWD is better . You’ve got separation of concerns between front and rear wheels. You can put more power down because you’ve got a set of wheels dedicated to it, rather than just trailing behind while the fronts do all the work. FWD may be better for space utilization, but not for a track car. He’s wrong.

TheDudeAbides_(version 2.0) > nafsucof 03/15/2016 at 10:28

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Are you implying that Leno is the Bob Vila of cars? Bob started out knowing his stuff, but slowly over the years it became obvious he was being spoonfed questions to ask the carpenters and electricians he was interrupting in each episode in order to seem like he still knew things. It was so obvious and cringe-worthy it got really hard to watch.

nafsucof > TheDudeAbides_(version 2.0) 03/15/2016 at 14:02

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Yes perfect comparo!