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Classic Motoring Myths

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    #62
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    s.welstead wrote: »
    Women can't park/drive ;)

    There's nothing mythical about women and parking. That I do know.


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    #63
    Steve
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    Jesus. wrote: »
    There's nothing mythical about women and parking. That I do know.

    In fairness, you have to hand it to her.. :cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3HONGgEkKo


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    #64
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Farmers thinking that if they stradddle the emergency lane and the left hand lane in their '98 Nissan Sunnys (at a steady 80km p\h) they really aren't bothering motorway traffic.


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    #65
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Mine doesn't anyway J and it's a Japanese car(which a few folks seem to reckon defo have this). The Fuel icon thingie shows the pump handle on the right hand (driver)side, but the filler is on the left(passenger).

    391455.jpg

    Seatbelt icon is on backwards too and I have a hatch not a boot lid. :D

    Who cares about the filler cap when it redlines at 8000+


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    #66
    Jesus.
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    humberklog wrote: »
    Farmers thinking that if they stradddle the emergency lane .

    Is that what its called these days? I'm well behind the times :)


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    #67
    humberklog
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    Jesus. wrote: »
    humberklog wrote: »
    Farmers thinking that if they stradddle the emergency lane .

    Is that what its called these days? I'm well behind the times :)
    It's not, I'm drunk and on the bus home.


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    #68
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    humberklog wrote: »
    It's not, I'm drunk and on the bus home.

    What side is the filler cap on.....


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    #69
    Tigger
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    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Who cares about the filler cap when it redlines at 8000+
    i'm wondering who he showed the 1500000 to first


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    #70
    filbert the fox
    Registered Users Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    Believe everything you hear


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    #71
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Myth:
    Diesel is faster than petrol for "everyday use"
    PCP is a great way to own a new car.
    Aston Martins are cool.
    Air cooled 911's are worth more than an average house.
    BMW's are reliable
    Top Gear is about cars


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    #72
    Ronald Wilson Reagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭Ronald Wilson Reagan


    Speedholes make the car go faster.


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    #73
    Stephenc66
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭Stephenc66


    For a certain generation.

    If you press your hand to the windscreen of your car while driving over a freshly tarred and chipped road your wind screen won't shatter if hit by a stone. A practice carried on by many long after laminated windscreens were the only type used.

    To the best of my knowledge it never actually worked with toughened glass windscreens anyway


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    #74
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Stephenc66 wrote: »
    For a certain generation.

    If you press your hand to the windscreen of your car while driving over a freshly tarred and chipped road your wind screen won't shatter if hit by a stone. A practice carried on by many long after laminated windscreens were the only type used.

    To the best of my knowledge it never actually worked with toughened glass windscreens anyway

    my mother does it, I tell her there's no need to thumb a lift as she's already driving the car but she just doesn't listen.


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    #75
    fullstop
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    savagethegoat wrote: »
    are they myths?

    :rolleyes: not this **** again. I had a DL car with a towbar and it neither had the ****e driven out of it nor any issues with engine or clutch.


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    #76
    shietpilot
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    Camden Screeching Radiology wrote: »
    Aston Martins are cool.

    Are they not?
    Camden Screeching Radiology wrote: »
    BMW's are reliable

    Reliable enough. If BMWs are not reliable enough then pretty much anything other than 90s Jap cars is unreliable.
    Camden Screeching Radiology wrote: »
    Top Gear is about cars

    It is.


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    #77
    FortySeven
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    fullstop wrote: »
    :rolleyes: not this **** again. I had a DL car with a towbar and it neither had the ****e driven out of it nor any issues with engine or clutch.

    I'm sure those clutch and flywheel issues will rear their ugly heads just after you sell it? :)


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    #78
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    shietpilot wrote: »
    Are they not?
    Unless you are James Bond they are not.

    shietpilot wrote: »
    Reliable enough. If BMWs are not reliable enough then pretty much anything other than 90s Jap cars is unreliable.
    I have had 6 and they are not reliable compared to any of the other cars I have had. All modern cars.[/QUOTE]

    shietpilot wrote: »
    It is.
    In the same way that the IT crowd is about computers.


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    #79
    fullstop
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    FortySeven wrote: »
    I'm sure those clutch and flywheel issues will rear their ugly heads just after you sell it? :)

    Most likely after me driving the **** out of it for 6 years with a fully loaded trailer on at all times.


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    #80
    gctest50
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    sure dat would never happen






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    #81
    Atlantic Dawn
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    gctest50 wrote: »
    sure dat would never happen

    Wonder how common that is to happen in Ireland?


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    #82
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »
    Classic examples I can think of include :

    - All French and Italian cars are unreliable
    - All "genuine" German cars such as VW's / Audis and BMW's are reliable
    - Toyota's are still as reliable as ever
    - Korean cars are still rubbish
    - Cheap Chinese tyres are as good as ordinary priced tyres
    - All UK imports are clocked and/or damaged repaired
    - The average Irish car is better kept and maintained and has better recorded service history than the average UK car
    - It's perfectly acceptable for expensive modern Diesel cars to pack up if they are largely used on short runs only

    Any more to add ?
    Women are better drivers


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