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Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:13 PM
Yes, does my head in too.Just happens to be some Tripples on ebaySkapinad
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Not car parts but - Medium Strip - what? as opposed to a Large strip?
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:23 PM
the triples on ebay for $380 are 949's in case anyone is looking.... just search tripples.
Is that some sort of reference to a brazilian ?
Not car parts but - Medium Strip - what? as opposed to a Large strip?
Is that some sort of reference to a brazilian ?
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:27 PM
I don't know how many people have told me that my hatch is a 2 door SLR 5000.
I just say "yes mate" rather than explain what an SS is.
I just say "yes mate" rather than explain what an SS is.
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:38 PM
no no no it is a sunbudgieSUNBIRD WHEN ITS A BLOODY TORANA!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:51 PM
No comment required...... cos Coupé sounds gay!
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 09:35 PM
And if I hear Clarkson say "Bath-hurst" once more I will hurl a brick at the tele.
I didn't think the word "Bath" was in an Englishman's vocab.
I didn't think the word "Bath" was in an Englishman's vocab.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 12:24 AM
I had a big argument with a mate over him calling hatchback torries "fastbacks". It's got a hatch, therefore it's a hatchback...
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 02:26 PM
I need help on this one as
I dont know which way is right,
have seen it on a lot of sites.
4 piston calipers as either
4 pots or 4 spots?
a pot is a cylinder on a motorcycle which could make sense but
what is a spot on a car?
Dattoman what do you reckon?
I dont know which way is right,
have seen it on a lot of sites.
4 piston calipers as either
4 pots or 4 spots?
a pot is a cylinder on a motorcycle which could make sense but
what is a spot on a car?
Dattoman what do you reckon?
Edited by slr5640, 03 February 2010 - 02:30 PM.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 02:30 PM
I thought the 'pot' referred to the shape of the piston, but agree that 'spot' makes more sense.
I got no idea
I got no idea
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 02:35 PM
I think it's got alot to do with the aussie slang, and our need to alter everything even if it's aready easy to say!
My take on the "4 spot / pot" brake calliper thing:
4 pistons acting on the brake shoes - we all understand...
an engine piston i've heard referred to as "pots" - so i think there is THAT interchange of use...
and SPOT again sounds like pot, and also the 4 pistons contact on 4 spots of the pad as matty alluded to!
That's my take on it.. and sometimes i think we have to be more than bi-lingual to understand what's being said!!
Cheers
My take on the "4 spot / pot" brake calliper thing:
4 pistons acting on the brake shoes - we all understand...
an engine piston i've heard referred to as "pots" - so i think there is THAT interchange of use...
and SPOT again sounds like pot, and also the 4 pistons contact on 4 spots of the pad as matty alluded to!
That's my take on it.. and sometimes i think we have to be more than bi-lingual to understand what's being said!!
Cheers
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:23 PM
"Hatchbacks" have the rear window mounted in the tailgate/hatch, as opposed to a coupe' or 2 door sedan which has a separate boot lid.
There is a pic in a recent thread of an ID plate from an LJ 2 door saying "2 door Sedan". I can't remember who posted it but I call him "The Customer" 'cause he's always right.
Mixing "a" and "an" sh1ts me, but which is the correct one when talking about "a/an LH"? I say "an LH" but technically that's probably not right. A lot of people use "a" in front of words that start with "h" and "w" as they are both supposedly secondary vowels or some sh1t. "I saw an woman riding an horse today". It's just not right!
"To", "too" and "two"; "Their", "there" and "they're"... I'll think of some more soon...
There is a pic in a recent thread of an ID plate from an LJ 2 door saying "2 door Sedan". I can't remember who posted it but I call him "The Customer" 'cause he's always right.
Mixing "a" and "an" sh1ts me, but which is the correct one when talking about "a/an LH"? I say "an LH" but technically that's probably not right. A lot of people use "a" in front of words that start with "h" and "w" as they are both supposedly secondary vowels or some sh1t. "I saw an woman riding an horse today". It's just not right!
"To", "too" and "two"; "Their", "there" and "they're"... I'll think of some more soon...
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:36 PM
I don't know how many people have told me that my hatch is a 2 door SLR 5000.
I just say "yes mate" rather than explain what an SS is.
just go to armadale classic custom interiors they seem to think there is a LH SLR hatchback lol
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:43 PM
yeah LH Hatchback is one that annoys me and no matter how much you argue, the idiot still wins so i dont argue anymore.. just nod
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:50 PM
Do you bother to correct those who aren't "car people"? Like if someone who has never built a car is talking about his friend's "LH hatchback", I don't make the conversation awkward and be a rude bastard for no reason, I just nod and go along with it; I know it's an LX hatch, I could tell them but if they really cared they probably would have found out already.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:59 PM
Mixing "a" and "an" sh1ts me, but which is the correct one when talking about "a/an LH"? I say "an LH" but technically that's probably not right. A lot of people use "a" in front of words that start with "h" and "w" as they are both supposedly secondary vowels or some sh1t. "I saw an woman riding an horse today". It's just not right!
Its vowel sounds...you put "an" in front of words beginning with a vowel...an egg, an igloo etc. So an LH is acceptable as the the "L" has a vowel sound...think of it as "an EL-H"
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 09:32 PM
Nah Heath non car people i just ignore, but i'm talking people who have been around cars, the worst was when my car was called a v8 sunbird hatchback
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when my car was called a v8 sunbird hatchback
Yeah, factory spec V8 Sunbird mate! At least they didn't call it a "coupe'". LOL!
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 07:30 AM
Do you bother to correct those who aren't "car people"? Like if someone who has never built a car is talking about his friend's "LH hatchback", I don't make the conversation awkward and be a rude bastard for no reason, I just nod and go along with it; I know it's an LX hatch, I could tell them but if they really cared they probably would have found out already.
Heath, you have to be the rudest person i know when it comes to 'correcting' people who say the wrong thing! HAHAHAHAH!
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Posted 06 February 2010 - 08:13 AM
^ sounds like a hair-piece.or a coupeaye
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Posted 06 February 2010 - 10:49 AM
i also thought the title of the thread was wrong on purpose!
incorrect spelling doesnt really bother me, as you can usually work out what someone is talking about. its the incorrect words that annoy me. ''rocket cover'' being a classic example. if i worked at a parts place and somone asked me for anything to do with a rocket cover, i would give them the phone number for nasa.
what annoys me most is when people clearly have no idea about what they are rambling about, they just repeat stuff they have heard other people say. from these situations i have heard the words ''wastegauge'' instead of wastegate and ''samboofer'' in place of subwoofer.
ebay is awesome for incorrect names for parts
incorrect spelling doesnt really bother me, as you can usually work out what someone is talking about. its the incorrect words that annoy me. ''rocket cover'' being a classic example. if i worked at a parts place and somone asked me for anything to do with a rocket cover, i would give them the phone number for nasa.
what annoys me most is when people clearly have no idea about what they are rambling about, they just repeat stuff they have heard other people say. from these situations i have heard the words ''wastegauge'' instead of wastegate and ''samboofer'' in place of subwoofer.
ebay is awesome for incorrect names for parts
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Posted 06 February 2010 - 11:16 AM
Its was...it was...quite nagging! 
I'll just have to call it my one stuff up for the year. Lesson for all the boys and girls about using big words..."Names of parts" would have worked just as well.
I too have my favourite Ebay incorrectly spelt searches, Holly carbs is one.
New one for the list.....Imput shafts
This thread is starting to remind me of an old "Thins" ad.
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I'll just have to call it my one stuff up for the year. Lesson for all the boys and girls about using big words..."Names of parts" would have worked just as well.
I too have my favourite Ebay incorrectly spelt searches, Holly carbs is one.
New one for the list.....Imput shafts
This thread is starting to remind me of an old "Thins" ad.
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