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Sept 24, 2007 17:59:05 GMT
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I had a mate who thought his step dads rover 216 could do 240 mph, not bhp.... miles. per. hour. he also rekoned that his dad (who i later found out ran a training company) was involved in a project to tunnel a rail link from london to new york!!!!! I kid you not people!! Was the kinda person that as soon as he opens his mouth, everyone rolls their eyes and gives up on life. Theres another guy thats in my class at college who rekons that he's putting a 205 1.9 GTi engine in boggo spec 1.4 205 and that it'll do 200 mph! .. also told me about how he crashed his 5.4 liter supercharged dodge charger at 180mph at castle coombe dumb fcuk
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Faster. Faster. Until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
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Sept 24, 2007 18:12:29 GMT
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but they did fit a Skyline engine in the Mustang? eh? And from what I've read the cars which actually do the driveing arew all V8 powered with a straight six engine note added after in post production on the grounds the professional drivers said the skyline-motored 'stang was a load of poop to drive. It was an SR20DET iirc 2litre 4 pot turbo. to be honest though if they can get that in they'll get an RB in no problem so either way meh! Lol! Remembered another one lol! Was watching the WRC a few years back and can't remember what car it was but it had wastegate chatter. Anyway I was with an ex and told her that a pigeon must have got caught in the car during the race which was why it was making the sound lol!
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'84 Honda Civic 1.3 AH The Daily '86 Nissan Leopard F31 The Weekend Cruiser
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Sept 24, 2007 18:12:32 GMT
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oh and another guy told me that he was buying a focus and putting a "focus rs8" engine in it, he said that its was a special RS model and that people crash them all the time so theres tons of them in scrappies. found out that it was a one off custom car in america and the engine was actually designed for mustangs or some such lol ;D he shut up after i told him that
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Faster. Faster. Until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
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Sept 24, 2007 18:26:16 GMT
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One of my 'mates' is a serial bullshitter / attention seeker. His dad wrote 2 books, has died twice, survived cancer of the liver, was manager of Reading FC, filled in for an ill driver in an F1 race, built a Mclaren F1 out of spare parts etc etc The ironic thing is, his dad is an IT engineer in Slough, and hadn't even heard of a Mclaren F1! As soon as he opens his mouth you know that 75% of what he says is curse word. Sad really
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Sept 24, 2007 18:45:54 GMT
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but they did fit a Skyline engine in the Mustang? eh? And from what I've read the cars which actually do the driveing arew all V8 powered with a straight six engine note added after in post production on the grounds the professional drivers said the skyline-motored 'stang was a load of poop to drive. It was an SR20DET iirc 2litre 4 pot turbo. to be honest though if they can get that in they'll get an RB in no problem so either way meh! Lol! well it did come out of a s15 silvia, although the director in the commentary reckons it was a skyline engine. openly admits to knowing nothing though. i heard they dubbed the sound of a v8 back in over the *whichever J 6pot* because it sounded so wrong with the stang in the film. of course, they did actually put a engine of some description into a mustang at a cost of $170k to make sure it could be done. for authenticity reasons of course.
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Sept 24, 2007 18:51:02 GMT
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i'm so glad everyone has someone like this lol
last week this guy said had just ordered a 32" plasma.. for the hell of it I said I would give him 20 quid if this was true. went round and it was a 26" lcd - didnt even bother mentioning it.
Also recently bought a s14, 170 mph apparently. said he has taken the head off and sent it out to get skimmed ported polished waxed buffed etc etc, wondered round to see how he was doing ..head still on car.. rocker removed though, would have wet myself if he actually had taken that down to the engineering company!
I have also heard him saying he has a 4 bedroom house, mortage drives a r34 and runs a car import business...nope lives at home with mummy and daddy works as a security guard and drives a heap of an almera.
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Last Edit: Sept 24, 2007 18:52:46 GMT by the_munkeh
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Sept 24, 2007 20:03:02 GMT
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some feckwit proudly announced to his mate that imps " were wibblepoo,cos front wheel drive doesnt work with aircooled engines" and thats why he sold his. errr yeah right keep taking the pills mate i met up with an old school mate of mine who offered to sort out the bodywork on my avenger and then cried off ,cos his dad had died.trouble was his dad 'died' while we were still at school ,and he got weeks off for it,then his dad miraculously rose from the dead to attend a parents evening .
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Sept 24, 2007 20:30:31 GMT
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nothing to exciting ,but at my old place,(a magnet for boy racers) we usually had at least 1 rover 25/214/mg zr owner telling us his car could do 0-60 in 6 seconds and was looking for parts to make it even faster ..............
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rodit
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Sept 24, 2007 20:56:17 GMT
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That kid going on about the seats in his vaxhaul was hilariou, even better was the replies to people that they knew nothing when they questioned him.
Someone must have that thread saved somewhere?
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Low and slow
Why can't i tune it?
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Sept 25, 2007 1:18:52 GMT
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That kid going on about the seats in his vaxhaul was hilariou, even better was the replies to people that they knew nothing when they questioned him. Someone must have that thread saved somewhere? WHAT, you mean it's not true? I've been folding the rear seats down on my Lotus 7 every time I go out in it to make it handle better and go faster.
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Sept 25, 2007 3:44:28 GMT
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I love the mathematics that go off in some people's heads when modifying cars.... take a 10 second to 60 car, add an air filter and exhaust giving, oooh, 5bhp on a good day and suddenly it's 5 seconds quicker. Even better is the magically variable gearbox or final drive. It seems some people can add so much power to a car that it's faster than (redline rpm)x(top gear ratio)x(circumference of tyres) formula.... "Yeah my Nova can do 180mph now" "Really? So it revs to 15000rpm does it? Or does it have 8 gears?"
There's a guy I know with an admittedly really nice Mk4 Golf GTTDI. Tastefully modified, but under the illusion that a chip which has upped the power to 190bhp has turned it into a racecar killer. "So much power it killed the clutch, had to have a special one fitted" - or, it's a 6 year old car so needed a new clutch anyway?
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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Sept 25, 2007 7:19:50 GMT
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"So much power it killed the clutch, had to have a special one fitted" - or, it's a 6 year old car so needed a new clutch anyway? ;D ;D ;D ;D LMAO
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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qwerty
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People that talk curse word!qwerty
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Sept 25, 2007 7:39:12 GMT
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Was at a mates the other day having a bonfire. Got onto the subject of my old Mini and how the new owner of it (another friends dad) had crashed it. The Son of the mini;'s owner preceeded to tell us it wouldn't start becuase the altenator was broke and "you can't start any car without an alteator". Well me n Chris argued with him for quite a while, until it go to the point where I just took my fan belt off and started the car. Even then he wouldn't accept it and said I "must have a really good battery", "not really just a 2nd hand Varta"
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Sept 25, 2007 8:14:11 GMT
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Oh God, where do I start? Hmm, selling a (well) used Mondeo on the cheap to a very nicely proportioned young lady a couple of years ago and I had to take it to show her dad ('he's an expert on cars). Said expert came out and was basically a toothless simpleton who didn't have a clue. I've listened to about 15 minutes of complete rubbish about how everything in the world was wrong with it (which was either rubbish or I'd pointed out anyway) and then he proceeds to tap the n/s/f wing and the n/s/f door and told me it was no good as it had been in a crash. Normally I'd have walked away by now and told him to ram it but I was quite enjoying his general stupidity. Anyhow his reason was the wing sounded hollow but the door had a nice thud when he tapped it. I took him to the other side to show him it was the same and pointed out that just maybe the doors were more substancial (sp?) and had stuff like windows and door trims etc. He wasn't having it so I went to his own car, did the same and told him he'd better take it back to where he'd bought it from as it'd ben in a crash. No it hasn't he retorted, I bought it new. Then my sense of humour crashed and I told him where to go and went to drive away. His daughter ran out crying and begged me to sell her the car. Only her jolly nice knockers saved her I can assure you.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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Sept 25, 2007 8:28:51 GMT
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when I first bought my jeep I had a few mates looking at it, it as ticking over and he said "tappets are out, you wasted your money, sounds fooked" The other couple of mates who were there both agreed shaking their knowledgable heads while I stuck a socket on the xhaust manifold stud and di it up tighter so the ticking noise stopped. I've heard so many over the 20+ years of having old cars that I don't remember them all, i'm sure i'll remember some more at some point. ooh thought of another one, I was being told it was impossible to drift my old 2.8 4x4 sierra ghia estate, a half hour argument follwed by a test drive and very green mate was the result of that one.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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Sept 25, 2007 12:22:49 GMT
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I have heard tons of stupid things, 1980,i swapped in a near new 302 Cleveland engine into a Ford for a customer..3 weeks later he's back. " I want my money back,this motor is no good ,it's too quiet.". Me.." it's too quiet...?" d.head." yeah I don't trust it it if I can't hear it.." 1968.." thats a nice model A" Me..it's a Chev,1932 Chev.." D.head.." oh yeah,nice chev but it has the wrong hubcaps..those are Chev hub caps,model A's have smaller ones with 'Ford' on them..." 2006 on local tele on Queenslands Gold coast after a crack down on street racing... police officer..." there are lots of dangerous modifications on this car" TV journo..." like what..? " D.head cop...." look at this fiberglass bonnet ( carbon fibre) ,if the young hoon who owns this car hit a pedestrian ,it will shatter and cut the victim very badly..." TV journo..." what about the wheels..?" D.head Cop..." I was comming to that,those big fat tyres are dangerous in a blow out and large peices of rubber can come off and hit pedestrians " D. head cop... " the larger muffler can cause more exhaust gasses to come into the car possibly causing the driver to lose conciousness " "..and the lowered suspension can cause the car to spin on wet roads,just as you see on V8 supercars on the sports channel.."
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Last Edit: Sept 25, 2007 12:38:54 GMT by mercmad
Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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Sept 25, 2007 12:35:49 GMT
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..and this I borrowed of the HAMB. ".... I get up and answer it and there are these three guys looking at my car. The one who knocked on my door asks me if the 57 chevy in the driveway is for sale. I ask him what 57 chevy? He points to my 56 Dodge and says that one! I tell him thats not a chevy its a Dodge. He looks at me and says no it has fins on it its got to be a chevy. I take him to the trunk and show him the script words that say Dodge on it.they kinda looked at each other and said wow we didnt know Dodge made any cars that looked like a chevy. ....I give up some people are beyond help..." jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7427I got stopped for speeding a while ago. Cop comes to the window,..." Morning driver,the reason I stopped you was because I estimated you were speeding.." Me.." you ESTIMATED I was speeding and How could I be speeding,there was a car in front of me" D.head Cop..." you were catching him up and I confirmed your speed with this device..( shows me a laser gun ) ".. " what about the Volvo on my left, he was going faster,did you aim that thing at him.." D head cop.." I didn't aim it at anyone..." needless to say i'm fighting this one in court. .
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Last Edit: Sept 25, 2007 12:38:10 GMT by mercmad
Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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Mr K
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Sept 25, 2007 12:50:35 GMT
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i went to college with two crackers.
first guy, but not the worst kept trying to convince me the kitten was chain driven! as all robins where. he worked in a bike shop so knew best as a lot of customers have robins for the winter.
he also wrote off his bike, and the speed at which the accident happend fluctuated so much, to be honest we are all pretty sure he was going slowly, as it wasnt particuarly fast!
another guy was a absolute corker, he had to move down from up north after he had an accident racing his 'hot rod racer' which was a escort cosworth, what happened in the accident varied every time he told the story.
upon seeing the kittens exhaust manifold i was making i got a story the exhaust came out of the front wing of his escort in a side exit styley, but he kept melting the wiring / catching things on fire and gassing him until he would black out.
he owned numerous cars, but had to sell them after the accident as his mum told him it was all to dangerous, he had varying amounts of money stashed away but as some kind of tax dodge it was only released in small amounts, about £8,000 a month or somthing modest. he lived in one of the roughest council estates around. out of choice?
his dad lived in sweden / france / germany / spain (depend on the day of the week) and was building him his v8 vw camper drag car.
i used to agree with him and bassically encourage the bull as it was extremely amusing! however some people on the course beleived every word.
once he popped out to get some coolant for his pug 106, sitting in the next lecture he informed me it was 'really good coolant, touch the bottle, you can feel it sucking the heat in from the room and making it cool.... its actualyl cooling the air around the bottle!'
i kind of got the impression that the bull he spoke was so plentiful, and he was so ready to add somthing to a conversation that was clearly utter carp that maybe the joke was on us, and that maybe he knew exactly what was going on and was just winding us up.
he dropped out of the course after the first year because it was too easy, he went and joined a course at JCB which was aimed at people with no or very few GCSE's because it was of a higher standard than a course resulting in 3 a levels in engineering. hes aparently now earning over £30k a year and has just bought a fancy new ducatti road legal track bike which is a limited run and heads their range and is damned expensive (996?)
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Franky
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Sept 25, 2007 13:04:16 GMT
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but they did fit a Skyline engine in the Mustang? eh? And from what I've read the cars which actually do the driveing arew all V8 powered with a straight six engine note added after in post production on the grounds the professional drivers said the skyline-motored 'stang was a load of poop to drive. It was an SR20DET iirc 2litre 4 pot turbo. to be honest though if they can get that in they'll get an RB in no problem so either way meh! Lol! Remembered another one lol! Was watching the WRC a few years back and can't remember what car it was but it had wastegate chatter. Anyway I was with an ex and told her that a pigeon must have got caught in the car during the race which was why it was making the sound lol! It was an RB26DETT. ;D www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=115639
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Last Edit: Sept 25, 2007 13:05:22 GMT by Franky
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