As car people we find people have strange ideas and opinions about cars.

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
11/18/2016 at 10:45 • Filed to: None

What are somethings you’ve heard?

My wife, for examples believes the rental 5 door Yaris was the best car she’s ever been in.

DISCUSSION (59)

S65 > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 10:48

Kinja'd!!!

I feel the Mazda Miata is a bad car for transporting eels

http://blog.tsa.gov/2012/03/tsa-week-in-review-eels-on-plane.html

TysMagic > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 10:50

that everyone loves brown diesel wagons and that the only thing that tops that is a miata.

CalzoneGolem > S65
11/18/2016 at 10:52

If we learned anything from top gear it is that the Kia Cee’d is the best car for the eel and sodium salesman.

OPPOsaurus WRX > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 10:52

that an Escape shares its frame with the F-150

A Mini Cooper S can beat a base 911 to 60 mph

gmctavish needs more space > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 10:54

I worked with a guy who was convinced that all Toyotas ever were awful cars because his friend bought one a few years ago “and it just broke”.

CalzoneGolem > gmctavish needs more space
11/18/2016 at 10:58

Yes, I love this one.

crowmolly > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 10:58

Most common is the refusal of old timers to admit that muscle cars are not fast by today’s standards.

CalzoneGolem > crowmolly
11/18/2016 at 11:00

It’s hard to admit that a v6 accord could blow the doors off of everything from not too long ago.

Wobbles the Mind > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:00

That NO ONE recognizes the X6 as a Crossover, they see it as a sedan the same size as a Honda Civic specifically.

Also, whatever your speedometer goes up to is how fast the car can go, period.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:02

Land Rovers were never designed to go off road...

Kinja'd!!!

CalzoneGolem > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/18/2016 at 11:04

It’s in the name.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:06

-cars modified by Mansory look good

-SUV coupes are practical and look much better than sedans

-wagons suck

Just some examples from the shit I had to listen to in school

CalzoneGolem > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
11/18/2016 at 11:13

cars modified by Mansory look good

Bullshit no one has have said that!

For Sweden > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:13

That Datsun is bad.

That one is true.

Land_Yacht_225 > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:13

I met a girl at a party and was chatting with her for a while when it became evident that she was into cars...score...and she had a ‘67 I believe Dodge Dart 440...score indeed.

I then naturally shared that I drove a V12 S-Class with twin turbochargers that can do a standing quarter mile 1/10th faster than a Ferrari 575M. I was told then, in no uncertain terms, that her Dart was a quantifiably better car than mine in every way and that Mercedes-Benzes are driven exclusively by women. It had roughly the same impact as if I had told her I drove a beige ‘96 Corolla CE.

I excused myself for another drink and did not return.

crowmolly > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:13

Nobody is saying that they aren’t cool to look at, or tons of fun to drive and work on. Or that you can’t make them much faster for almost no money (sometimes even no money).

But a factory stock ‘69 Z, as sold by GM, was a 14 second car. Fuck outta here with your 12 second dreams.

CalzoneGolem > Land_Yacht_225
11/18/2016 at 11:17

Wait, she (a girl) used it being a girl’s car a pejorative?

CalzoneGolem > For Sweden
11/18/2016 at 11:18

#truthery

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:22

I had a guy going off at me once about how his Cavalier was such a quality product.

Land_Yacht_225 > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:25

Absolutely. I believe what she actually said was that the only people who buy Mercedes-Benzes are men for their unemployed trophy wives. And then heavily insinuated that I was nothing more than a showboating casual car enthusiast who bought a V12 to brag about it, and consequently not a very manly man because of it.

It was a very unpleasant interaction.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:26

Teenagers can be really cruel sometimes...

CalzoneGolem > Land_Yacht_225
11/18/2016 at 11:27

She should know that there’s no replacement for displacement.

Frenchlicker > Land_Yacht_225
11/18/2016 at 11:28

The obvious way to respond was “Let’s line ‘me up.” Isn’t that what a person like that would say in that situation?

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
11/18/2016 at 11:28

I have a friend who thinks the Brabus g wagen is the best car EVAR. ugh.

Frenchlicker > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
11/18/2016 at 11:29

I think I’ve seen one or two Mansory cars I could live with, it happens. Fuck the anti-wagon people.

Birddog > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:30

How long can I ramble?

There’s the guy that swears the Ford 351 Cleveland was a copy of the “Big Block” Chevy.

Yeah.

And the guy that truly believed that the 73-77 GM A body cars were designed specifically for NASCAR. It was supposed to be about the wheelwell size?

Sure.

(No SR20 on this one but I have no reason to lie.)I had a friend that had a 68 C20 “show truck” with a 6-71 blown 327. One show day this guy spouted off on how he knew the truck was all show. How? How did he know?? The dry rotted slicks? The 1970s paint job? Nope..

“The blower belt is too clean”

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:31

Modern cars are so much lighter than they used to be. True story I was in a lecture and it was on a study about vehicle safety I asked the 2 doctors presenting how increases in materials science and safety equipment offset the physics of more massive cars on the road and they both emphatically denied that modern cars (on the whole) are heavier than old cars.

Frenchlicker > gmctavish needs more space
11/18/2016 at 11:32

This happens way too often. People accept that it’s a brand as a whole before they will accept some just aren’t manufactured properly.

TysMagic > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:36

this is so true! Even as a young car person, it’s a difficult pill to swallow (at times)

Land_Yacht_225 > Frenchlicker
11/18/2016 at 11:40

I didn’t stick around to hear what her specs were, and I really would not want to lose and prove her right in that situation.

My citroen won't start > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:41

I always find it funny when modern-ish car break down and people prop the hood open. Like what are you going to do?

Kinja'd!!!

deekster_caddy > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:41

Minivans are cool

CalzoneGolem > Birddog
11/18/2016 at 11:42

My blower belt is filthy!

Probenja > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/18/2016 at 11:44

No joke I just found out that there are 2 red Cavaliers in really good condition living within 2 blocks from where I am currently living. And I haven’t seen a running Cavalier in years!

CalzoneGolem > My citroen won't start
11/18/2016 at 11:46

That’s the universal sign that you need help.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:49

The dodge stealth is the fastest car ever and the government forced them to stop making it because it was too fast.

I couldn’t make that up if I tried, and he was adamant.

X37.9XXS > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:50

Flying cars are going to happen

CalzoneGolem > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
11/18/2016 at 11:50

That’s a man you do not argue with.

My citroen won't start > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:52

I guess if you are on a deserted road it makes sense.

But so many times, in the middle of the city, people gawking at the engine of a broken car like it’s going to do any good.

CalzoneGolem > X37.9XXS
11/18/2016 at 11:52

I always ask people if they’d like to share the sky with the same idiots they share the road with.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HammerheadFistpunch
11/18/2016 at 11:53

wat

Birddog > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 11:53

Can’t make that stuff up.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
11/18/2016 at 12:12

Classmate: “Have you seen that new Brabus E-Class?? That looks such mich better than the regular AMG!!”

Me: *clenching both fists in my pant pockets* “Uh-hu interesting”

ateamfan42 > Frenchlicker
11/18/2016 at 12:14

People accept that it’s a brand as a whole before they will accept some just aren’t manufactured properly.

... or that the one example in their anecdote was poorly maintained, or not maintained at all.

The number of people who completely neglect their car, ignore every odd sound/smell/vibration, and drive it until it fails completely, and THEN complain the car is a piece of junk is staggering.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Frenchlicker
11/18/2016 at 12:14

Mansory rarely builds something okay looking but sadly for every one good looking car they release five fugly ones.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 12:15

My dad thinks that a 1997 Saturn SL is comparable in safety to a 1997 Volvo 850 because they both had side-impact beams in the doors... even though they were required by North American safety standards.

ateamfan42 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
11/18/2016 at 12:16

Every foreign sports car model that was never federalized for the US market was “banned” by the US government for being “too fast”.

ateamfan42 > Wobbles the Mind
11/18/2016 at 12:19

Also, whatever your speedometer goes up to is how fast the car can go, period.

OMG this one is rampant!

Of course my 1986 Mazda B2000 with 2000cc of displacement fed by a one-barrel carburetor totally could do the 125 mph the speedometer suggested!

citizennick > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 12:19

Yesterday I was in a pretty eye-rolly discussion in a Camaro group. Someone posted up a new ZL1 for sale listed at 64k. Some other guy started commenting about how he’d rather get a loaded SS and supercharge it to save a few grand. I pointed out how it still won’t be a ZL1 which would still happen to have a warranty. It then turned into a “I know someone who knows someone who’s got 650hp on the stock bottom end” blah blah blah. And then some random dude pops in and starts posting pictures of heavily modified 5th gen Camaros.

TLDR; Camaro owners have ADHD.

HammerheadFistpunch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2016 at 12:22

Yup

Frenchlicker > Land_Yacht_225
11/18/2016 at 12:29

If she’s that type of person you just have to go somewhere where it’s not straight.

Frenchlicker > ateamfan42
11/18/2016 at 12:30

That, definitely that.

Frenchlicker > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
11/18/2016 at 12:31

If the number was only five that would be good. However they have like a billion different renderings and we only see a few around here.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Frenchlicker
11/18/2016 at 12:33

Thank god I’ve never seen one in person.

gmctavish needs more space > ateamfan42
11/18/2016 at 12:46

I’d bet on that being the case, if this friend was anything like my coworker. He had an old Acura Integra that leaked everywhere, burned shocking amounts of oil, and went through a new battery every few months, but “Acuras are the best, they’re so good, you should get one”

gmctavish needs more space > Frenchlicker
11/18/2016 at 12:48

Definitely. He couldn’t really tell the difference between models and brands, and manufactures (trying to explain Toyota/Lexus, Honda/Acura was hellish), but also the lack of maintenance thing. If the car “broke”, it was a bad car, end of story. Ugh.

Old Red Wagon > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2016 at 14:03

Heard a guy at my job mention this to one or my other co-workers “the louder a car is the worse it runs because that means it’s not tuned properly.”

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225
11/18/2016 at 18:53

I think you’d have to have a blown rear main seal to lose to an old dart.

Oh wait...

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
11/18/2016 at 20:09

Its not blown...yet.