rude
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Jun 23, 2017 12:48:52 GMT
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Still calling a Glove box a Glove box bugs me when we don't even keep gloves in there... for like the last 80 years. They even do lockable Glove boxes to stop thieves from stealing the gloves that you haven't put in there. I've never put gloves in a Glove box and even if I did I'd forget that they were in there and be searching the house for hours looking for them. The Yanks must have some sort of cool name for it... 'Firearms stowerage Compartments'?
Throughout the ages of the automobile the Glovebox has gone from:
1) useful; (1890's-1950's) where one obviously had a convenient place to keep ones driving accessories and hip flask.
2) Semi useful; (1960's- 1970's) where you could just about fit cassette tapes and that special rusty spanner in there along with all the random screws and bolts you found on the carpet.
3) Useless; (1990's-2000's) where it was a constant struggle to fit 3 CD's in there along with the Manual for the car, which all fell out anyway when the lid was opened.
4) Concealed rubbish bin; (2010>) Where now it just resembles the contents of a handbag, scrunched up letters from the school and the Sat nav that works when it feels like it.
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1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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Jez
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Jun 23, 2017 13:14:41 GMT
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Manufacturers marketing efficient models using curse word words like eco-boost, blue motion, econetic, e-tron, blue-efficiency etc. It makes me cringe every time I see them. Kind of related - Those god-awful... I don't even know what to call it, a raised up Fiesta? Anyway, Ford call it an Eco Sport. What the hell kind of name is that?! It's totally and utterly meaningless. It fills me with rage every time I see one.
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1990 VW Golf GTI G60 2014 Skoda Octavia RS
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rude
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Jun 23, 2017 13:28:18 GMT
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b-max innit? I get that rage with roomsters...
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1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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sb
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Jun 23, 2017 13:54:02 GMT
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Still calling a Glove box a Glove box bugs me when we don't even keep gloves in there... for like the last 80 years. They even do lockable Glove boxes to stop thieves from stealing the gloves that you haven't put in there. I've never put gloves in a Glove box and even if I did I'd forget that they were in there and be searching the house for hours looking for them. The Yanks must have some sort of cool name for it... 'Firearms stowerage Compartments'? Throughout the ages of the automobile the Glovebox has gone from: 1) useful; (1890's-1950's) where one obviously had a convenient place to keep ones driving accessories and hip flask. 2) Semi useful; (1960's- 1970's) where you could just about fit cassette tapes and that special rusty spanner in there along with all the random screws and bolts you found on the carpet. 3) Useless; (1990's-2000's) where it was a constant struggle to fit 3 CD's in there along with the Manual for the car, which all fell out anyway when the lid was opened. 4) Concealed rubbish bin; (2010>) Where now it just resembles the contents of a handbag, scrunched up letters from the school and the Sat nav that works when it feels like it. If you think that then surely the word dashboard must push you over the edge? Dashboard: a board in front of a carriage to stop mud being splashed (dashed) into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs Closest thing we have now would be the bulkhead, the dashboard is definitely not stopping mud!
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rude
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Jun 23, 2017 14:20:23 GMT
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My rage has just doubled! However, I never knew that... so yeah, thanks. (Picturing cowboy nailing a glovebox to a dashboard..)
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Last Edit: Jun 23, 2017 14:23:44 GMT by rude
1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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sb
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Jun 23, 2017 14:28:53 GMT
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My rage has just doubled! However, I never knew that... so yeah, thanks. (Picturing cowboy nailing a glovebox to a dashboard..) Wing mirrors aren't on the wings anymore either... I'll stop before you turn up on the evening news in a rental van with no dash, glovebox or mirrors...
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rude
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Jun 23, 2017 14:40:07 GMT
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I'm kind of dealing with that one and have made a point of calling them door mirrors for the last few years. However, I can slip up and rage sets in.
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1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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kev13s
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Jun 23, 2017 14:52:27 GMT
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Still calling a Glove box a Glove box bugs me when we don't even keep gloves in there... for like the last 80 years. They even do lockable Glove boxes to stop thieves from stealing the gloves that you haven't put in there. I've never put gloves in a Glove box and even if I did I'd forget that they were in there and be searching the house for hours looking for them. The Yanks must have some sort of cool name for it... 'Firearms stowerage Compartments'? Throughout the ages of the automobile the Glovebox has gone from: 1) useful; (1890's-1950's) where one obviously had a convenient place to keep ones driving accessories and hip flask. 2) Semi useful; (1960's- 1970's) where you could just about fit cassette tapes and that special rusty spanner in there along with all the random screws and bolts you found on the carpet. 3) Useless; (1990's-2000's) where it was a constant struggle to fit 3 CD's in there along with the Manual for the car, which all fell out anyway when the lid was opened. 4) Concealed rubbish bin; (2010>) Where now it just resembles the contents of a handbag, scrunched up letters from the school and the Sat nav that works when it feels like it. If you think that then surely the word dashboard must push you over the edge? Dashboard: a board in front of a carriage to stop mud being splashed (dashed) into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs Closest thing we have now would be the bulkhead, the dashboard is definitely not stopping mud! Erm... I think it could be by now in my rusty transit!!
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Jun 23, 2017 19:39:51 GMT
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Another one...
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Jun 23, 2017 23:21:24 GMT
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Another one... I suspect the pic here highlights the ugly assymetric rear door windows, which are bad enough, but does anyone else but me think the tail lights are hideous too? And as for that stupid, off centre, silly shaped high level brake light, the less said the better! Steve
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Still calling a Glove box a Glove box bugs me when we don't even keep gloves in there... for like the last 80 years. They even do lockable Glove boxes to stop thieves from stealing the gloves that you haven't put in there. I've never put gloves in a Glove box and even if I did I'd forget that they were in there and be searching the house for hours looking for them. The Yanks must have some sort of cool name for it... 'Firearms stowerage Compartments'? Throughout the ages of the automobile the Glovebox has gone from: 1) useful; (1890's-1950's) where one obviously had a convenient place to keep ones driving accessories and hip flask. 2) Semi useful; (1960's- 1970's) where you could just about fit cassette tapes and that special rusty spanner in there along with all the random screws and bolts you found on the carpet. 3) Useless; (1990's-2000's) where it was a constant struggle to fit 3 CD's in there along with the Manual for the car, which all fell out anyway when the lid was opened. 4) Concealed rubbish bin; (2010>) Where now it just resembles the contents of a handbag, scrunched up letters from the school and the Sat nav that works when it feels like it. Your hand gun is no use to you in the glove compartment (to use an Americanism). You can't get it out in a hurry when you need it. It should be in the door pocket where you can reach it easily.
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Still calling a Glove box a Glove box bugs me when we don't even keep gloves in there... for like the last 80 years. They even do lockable Glove boxes to stop thieves from stealing the gloves that you haven't put in there. I've never put gloves in a Glove box and even if I did I'd forget that they were in there and be searching the house for hours looking for them. The Yanks must have some sort of cool name for it... 'Firearms stowerage Compartments'? Throughout the ages of the automobile the Glovebox has gone from: 1) useful; (1890's-1950's) where one obviously had a convenient place to keep ones driving accessories and hip flask. 2) Semi useful; (1960's- 1970's) where you could just about fit cassette tapes and that special rusty spanner in there along with all the random screws and bolts you found on the carpet. 3) Useless; (1990's-2000's) where it was a constant struggle to fit 3 CD's in there along with the Manual for the car, which all fell out anyway when the lid was opened. 4) Concealed rubbish bin; (2010>) Where now it just resembles the contents of a handbag, scrunched up letters from the school and the Sat nav that works when it feels like it. Your hand gun is no use to you in the glove compartment (to use an Americanism). You can't get it out in a hurry when you need it. It should be in the door pocket where you can reach it easily. Which proves my point that handbrake next to door is dumb idea
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The previous Ford Transit with the way that the door windows slant upwards to the windscreen at an angle that is not level with the roof line!
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I'm kind of dealing with that one and have made a point of calling them door mirrors for the last few years. However, I can slip up and rage sets in. Yeh they're door mirrors. But annoyingly David Croft (on Sky F1) calls them wing mirrors, on a Formula 1 car
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Jun 24, 2017 11:43:22 GMT
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I suppose technically accurate in this instance as the rear wing is all you can really see in them?
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Jun 24, 2017 15:49:32 GMT
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Not really what he means though
Technically rear view mirrors is what they are
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gezzard
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Club RR Member Number: 69
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Jun 24, 2017 15:57:56 GMT
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The odd mirrors on a 190E. Bugged me when I had one.
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Jun 24, 2017 17:46:15 GMT
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Panoramic roofs on moderns.
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Jun 24, 2017 18:19:26 GMT
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anything that beeps , chirps or pings at me in a car (unless it the "you left the lights on you t# T" alarm)!!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jun 24, 2017 22:15:59 GMT
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Damn right strikey, especially the seat belt beeper and that annoying dinger on JDM spec cars that goes of constantly whenever one exceeds 100 km/hr. A friend had a diesel Corolla with that fitted back in the '90s and found that if ignored they eventually give up the ghost. Took months, or possibly years, to kill it though. Think if it was mine I would have given it a noisectomy.
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