What's Your Favorite Automotive Word to Say?

"mtdrift" (mtdrift) 04/19/2016 at 18:00 • Filed to: Words, Viscous Coupling, Sounds, Trunnion

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I really love “viscous coupling”. Say it out loud. Let the images flood your brain.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! prefers “trunnion”.

I’d go for “Barchetta” or “Berlinetta”, too. “Carrera” - like a lover’s whisper.

Nibby > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:01

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viscous couplin? Get out of that relationship. Now. You deserve better.

 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:02

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jimz > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:02

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Jounce. It doesn't sound like a real thing.

jkm7680 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:05

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petcock

HammerheadFistpunch > jkm7680 04/19/2016 at 18:06

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cept its one word, isn’t it? Two words is, um, something else.

HammerheadFistpunch > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:07

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I’m also a big fan of Birfield...its just a bonus that the Birfield goes in the trunnion.

itschrome > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:07

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paid off...

oh and

no CEL

Leon711 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:08

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Baulk ring.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:09

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I’m partial to dipstick, gearbox, dogdish, and Galvanic Corrosion.

TheHondaBro > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:10

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VTEC

not for canada - australian in disguise > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:12

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Gearstick, dipstick, differential, fusebox, exhaust manifold.

jkm7680 > HammerheadFistpunch 04/19/2016 at 18:14

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oops

PorkchoPlissken > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:14

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Electro De-fog

C62030 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:15

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Supercharger. Rolls off the tongue like the whistle of a big ol’ turboch...wait a sec

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > TheHondaBro 04/19/2016 at 18:17

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Oh of course you would.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:17

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I’m a big fan of “Giubo”

HammerheadFistpunch > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 04/19/2016 at 18:21

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was hoping someone would mention guibo

BunkyTheMelon > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:25

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Bezel, zerk, latch, dampener..... They just feel right falling out of my mouth. I could probably blather out several more.

Brickman > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:27

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Orifice tube ... oh wait... no!!!

mtdrift > BunkyTheMelon 04/19/2016 at 18:27

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Ooooh, “zerk” is awesome. Love that one.

mtdrift > jimz 04/19/2016 at 18:29

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Jounce is great.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:42

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Wankel. Wankel. Wankel.

lone_liberal > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:42

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It’s not really a word, but the name “Juan Manuel Fangio” has always been a favorite. It just sounds so damn cool.

mtdrift > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 04/19/2016 at 18:43

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Oh yes. Wankel all the things.

mtdrift > lone_liberal 04/19/2016 at 18:45

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Definitely allowable. When my father was young he saw Fangio race in the 1955 Mille Miglia.

lone_liberal > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:47

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It doesn’t get much better than that .

CaptDale - is secretly British > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:48

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LS

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 18:50

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V8

mtdrift > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 04/19/2016 at 18:51

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I could’ve had...

Future next gen S2000 owner > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 19:04

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Shaft, rod, truck nutz, back seat carnal relations, don’t come a knockin’........Wait what was the question again?

lonestranger > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 19:26

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nuts

gland nut

rocker

the “D” pillar

petcock

monocoque

rim

rod

pipe

kingpin

horn

rubber

ball

blower

pump

screw

box

nipple

tranny

Frank Grimes > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 19:32

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I cant remember my absolute favorite but these are close.
torq thrust
De Tomaso Mangusta
Hispano Suiza

Also I like to call turbos superchargers and then correct people when they think they have me by saying “ all turbos are superchargers but all superchargers are not turbos.

Master Cylinder > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 19:40

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Giubo:

(actually I like the common mispronunciation, the right way just sounds like a racial slur)

Master Cylinder > Master Cylinder 04/19/2016 at 19:43

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Ugh, friggin’ Kinja. Here’s a giubo:

(correctly pronounced “jew-bo,” but most people spell it (wrongly) guibo and call it a “gwee-bo,” which is more fun)

mtdrift > lonestranger 04/19/2016 at 19:45

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This is a fine list. A fine list.

mtdrift > Frank Grimes 04/19/2016 at 19:47

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Excellent - Hispano Suiza is inspieed.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Master Cylinder 04/19/2016 at 19:56

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And I have 3 of them on my car...

Talk about expensive.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 20:37

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Stuffing Box. Pumps have those and I think cars do too.

Also GTO: Gran Turismo Omologazione. That’s some Italian that just rolls off the tongue.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/19/2016 at 20:42

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But galvanic corrosion is a terrible, horrible thing. And a good name for a metal band.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 20:42

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Torsen. Torsen is a good word.

Tohru > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 21:48

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turboencabulator

Tohru > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 04/19/2016 at 21:49

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BY MY DEEDS I HONOR HIM

V8

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/19/2016 at 21:58

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album name: dissimilar metals when wet.

uofime-2 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 22:33

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exducer

sdwarf36 > mtdrift 04/19/2016 at 23:47

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Trunion

grub screw

hypoid

mtdrift > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 04/19/2016 at 23:56

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As most Italian does.

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > mtdrift 04/20/2016 at 15:01

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“Chassis” is a nice one.

“Turbo” as well.