Annoying things you hear people say about cars

[Tujin]

Friend: Your car is a piece of shit. You should sell it.
Me: Dont you have a broken down 89 S-10?

[GTO Assassin]

Just the usual - "aren't they heavy as hell"? Oh, and the term that shits me a fair bit is when people revert to the stereo system as I.C.E! Argh that shits me.

Scotty

[moffman93']

"that system is bumpin"
"Break all 4 loose man!"
"arent those things heavy though" yea, watch this pig walk the shit out of your car.

[Jeremy C]

[quote=""TajMan""]
I've had my Conquest called a Trans Am, a Camaro, a Supra, RX-7, etc. Only 1 person stopped and knew it was a Mitsubishi already.
3 badges on the car only say TURBO, no other mitsu or chrysler emblems[/quote]

At least you haven't had someone compliment you on your "kitted Daytona."

[BleedScarlet]

i like calling my car my baby, but that's just me.

Nothing about cars really bothers me...everyone has their own opinions and tastes

[bluej]

anything referencing "type insert letter here" or especially "stage insert roman numeric here" makes me want to punch a baby in the face.

[Tujin]

Ahaha, what stage are your turbos?
...

[Caffinated Soap]

[quote=""Tujin""]Ahaha, what stage are your turbos?
...[/quote]Stage M.

[Jeff V.]

anything referencing "type insert letter here" or especially "stage insert roman numeric here" makes me want to punch a baby in the face.

Chrysler and GM actually sell upgrade kits for the SRT4 and Cobalt that are named Stage 1/2/3. Referring to your Cobalt SS with the Stage 2 supercharger upgrade is actually accurate

[vegasidol]

I just had a seven year old kid in the parking lot of the grocery store exclain, "Mustang!!...oh. Nooo".

[GTO Assassin]

Oh, mine got called a Supra once. That nearly started a fight. Also, when people call the 99 - 3rd Gens or refer to either gen as a MK 1&2 as someone already stated.

Scotty

[GTO Assassin]

I don't know why, but guys in the US with GTO badging on their cars just annoys the shit out of me. I don't know why I'm so passionately against it.

Scotty

[Tujin]

JDM faggotry
(carbombs rule)

[Zentelis]

[quote=""GTO Assassin""]Oh, mine got called a Supra once. That nearly started a fight. Also, when people call the 99 - 3rd Gens or refer to either gen as a MK 1&2 as someone already stated.

Scotty[/quote]

Thank god! Someone else who agrees with me!
The "3rd gen" thing is so annoying.
They changed the front bumper and put new lifters in. That does not make a new generation!

[Dark-Hawk]

Several things covered in here that bother me. I always hate if I'm talking about cars with someone and a ricer feels the need to butt in about his "friend" with a "built" 10 second Integra. It's never a 12 second car, never an 11 second car, hell they never go down to 9's, I've always heard 10 seconds from ricers. Thank you FnF.

[quote=""Zentelis""]Thank god! Someone else who agrees with me!
The "3rd gen" thing is so annoying.
They changed the front bumper and put new lifters in. That does not make a new generation! [/quote]
Agreed, I just think of it as a 2GB. It would be like calling the 97/98 Talons a 3G Talon or the 98/99 Eclipses 3rd Gen Eclipses because the body styling was changed [slightly].

[Jeff V.]

They changed the front bumper and put new lifters in. That does not make a new generation!

That's arguable about the car as a whole. The only real significant changes from 91 to 99 were new bumpers and the 6-speed.

As least with a 1G and 2G DSM, they updated the whole car. Same thing with the Corvette, Supra and 300Z, among others.

[Zentelis]

[quote=""Gatecrasher""]That's arguable about the car as a whole. The only real significant changes from 91 to 99 were new bumpers and the 6-speed.
[/quote]
Yeah, depending on your definition of a generation, there's no 2nd gen either. As far as I know, the factories were not retooled for the updates, so under that definition, there's only 1 generation But, so many little changes add up enough that it's easier just to say 2 generations.
6-speed, body panels, headlights, PSI increase, forged crank, 4-bolt main, so on and so forth.

But if people say '99's are their own generation, then they also have to say '97/'98 are their own generation..'cause the front bumper changed.

[Duck Vader]

I have a 3rd gen...

[TajMan]

Right zent, and I've always felt like that about it too.

[GTO Assassin]

Hang on. If we list the differences between a first and second gen, it would read something like this.....

Different bumpers front & rear
Different drivetrain (18 to 25 spline case) (Late 1993)
Different engine internals (Late 1993)
Different skirts
Different Hood

There's enough there to justify a Generation change, I think.

Scotty