Things non-car guys say

[Nicolaus Pro]

"Woah, dude, the back of your truck kicked out, slow down! You might flip!"

-Co-worker as I went sideways through the parking lot

I often wonder how people can live like this. How boring their lives must be. How terrified they must be if the rear end steps out by accident one day.

[TheContra]

2) Person: What kind of car is it?
Me: A BMW 2002
Person: Really? It looks older than that.
Me: Yeah it's a 1976
Person: You said it was a 2002...
Me: That's the model. Its a 1976 BMW 2002.
Person: What?
Me:

^^This.
And "When are you ever going to use a roll cage?"
"Hopefully I won't have to use it."
"Then why do you have it?"

[_David_]

Is this the gearbox?? And points to the valve cover

[DER E30]

Is this the gearbox?? And points to the valve cover

No gears in there! Just kustom piston return springs!





Reading this article about the cooper Clubman... The guy says that it "had a strut tower brace over the engine that totally eliminated any body roll in corners." OMG really????? You have NO IDEA how suspension works or WTF a strut bar does...

AND! If it isn't rolling in corners you aren't going fast enough!!!!

[Nick475]

thats a bmw? referring to pretty much any pre 1990 bmw

[mekken]

" I thought only gays and hair dresser's drove Miata's "

Haha.. jokes.. less manly.. etc.. etc..

Never by stranger's but all my non car guy "bro's" and co'worker's I know are good for the typical Miata pun's.



I love my girly car

[teejsauce]

"my starter went out"

no one who has said this to me has had a bad starter

[MommysLittleMonster]

"my starter went out"

no one who has said this has had a bad starter

And when they do have a bad starter, no one is smart enough to bump start it (if they drove a car with a manual transmission).

[MrJereMoose]

"Wouldn't it make more sense to have one new car that didn't break down instead of {insert number here} that are always breaking?"

"Can you make it bounce?"

[MrJereMoose]

"I feel like no one modifies their car after high school…"

[Xavi0n]

" how did du manage to get stuck on 10cm of snow?" My boss when i got stuck in mye driveway with my lowered e39

[Aitch]

The most annoying thing to me is talking to someone who is believes their car is equipped with something it's not. Eg. swearing up and down their car has a V6 when I know they were only sold with 4-cylinders (Ford Focus in this case). Or that their BMW is certainly not rear wheel drive thank you very much

My dad gets me sometimes too. When I had air suspension I knew he thought it was stupid but he kept quiet about it - I also didn't air out at their place so he never saw it on the ground.

This is the man I've restored two cars with now (MGB and Mini) but he still gets confused about tire sizes and how you can run a larger wheel without upsetting the tach/odometer readings

Lastly he is convinced that all-season tires are fine for Canadian winters but wouldn't dream of having a year-round rear-wheel drive car because it would be too unstable in the snow. I drive on winter tires every year and have explained them and their benefits to rear-wheel drive multiple times.

[MrJereMoose]

I knew a guy in high school that thought his mid '90s for taurus was rear wheel drive… He put it on jack stands and put it into gear to prove it...

[Xavi0n]

"Why do you drive sideways up hills"

Well officer, it`s much more fun that way

[RubbderDucky]

My ex and this girl I've been chatting up had no clue cars had computers in them.

"My car is in the shop this week."

No self-respecting car guy says this sentence.


I've never had that problem.

I can understand if you are getting rust repaired, or exhaust work done. But as far as general maintenance, I agree.