Classic Motoring Myths

stesaurus

Electric cars are slow and useless
Women can't park/drive, i'd say it's a pretty even split of terrible drivers in my experience
You should always park a car in 1st gear(not just on a hill)
Any generalisation about what country the manufacturer is based in, i.e French cars and electrics, Italian poorly built, American can't handle
The back seat is really comfortable and spacious, no need for a hotel room.

coylemj

The image of a fuel pump on the fuel gauge appears to always show the hose on the right so it means absolutely nothing, it's just a universal icon telling that you're looking at the fuel gauge. It's the arrow (if there is one) beside the fuel pump which shows the side of the car the flap is on.

Cortina_MK_IV

This is going to run to 20 pages talking about what side the f**king fuel filler cap is on.

MrDerp

Myth: You have to queue, blocking the entrance to the petrol station if necessary, to use pumps on the same side as your fuel filler cap because petrol lines couldn't possibly reach the far side of your Clio.

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 ?

That should read most French/Italian cars

frozenfrozen

turning up the temperature on the air conditioning to save petrol. it just adds more heat.

mikeecho

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).



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

The arrow (if u have one) points to the filler cap.. not the hose on the pump icon

mikeecho

Filler on the left

http://www.aa1car.com/library/fuel_gauge_analog.jpg


Filler cap on the right

https://blog.allstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Fuel-Gauge-Arrow-iStock.jpg


Undetermined.. could be any side

http://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/1/183462_ts.jpg





Note.. the pump icon is always the same.

Its the arrow that tells the side that the filler cap is on


MYTHBUSTED

Eric Cartman

but what way is the icon in an old Jag ?

dr.fuzzenstein

RIGHT! Back to myths.
Every single car, without exception will turn into an uninsurable and undriveable death trap the second the clock strikes midnight and it just turned 15 years old.

Jesus.

s.welstead wrote: »

Women can't park/drive

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

Steve

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

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.

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).



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

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

Jesus.

humberklog wrote: »

Farmers thinking that if they stradddle the emergency lane .

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

humberklog

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.

jca

humberklog wrote: »

It's not, I'm drunk and on the bus home.

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

Tigger

tabby aspreme wrote: »

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

i'm wondering who he showed the 1500000 to first

filbert the fox

Believe everything you hear

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

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Speedholes make the car go faster.

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

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.

fullstop

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.

shietpilot

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.

FortySeven

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?

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.

fullstop

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.

gctest50

sure dat would never happen

Atlantic Dawn

gctest50 wrote: »

sure dat would never happen

Wonder how common that is to happen in Ireland?

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