misused discriptions that irritate or annoy you

Hardtop, Coupe & Sedan.
Just because your top is made out of steel does not make your car a 'HARD'top.
A car 'CAN' be a 2 door & still be a sedan.
I like to say the word 'COUPE' too but that doesn't mean your car is one.
EDUCATE YOURSELF ON YOUR CAR!!!
Thank you for a great thread.
Al

 

Panel truck being referred to as an ambulance and hearse

 

I have seen the "4 door coupe" description too. go figure

 

My wife gave me a soft cover 'coffee table book' last Christmas titled: " Old School Hot Rods" (I know, everybody hates the term!) that has three rods in it refered to as "3-window coupes" that are obviously 5-windows! I lost all respect for the author's expertiese immediatly. I also had friends point out that the '34 Chevy 3-window coupe I had at the time had four windows (counting the windshield!).

 

"ran when parked" , well , why did you park it then?

 

"Grinded"!!!
When's the last time you were in the supermarket and saw "Grinded Beef"?

 

The one that bugs me the most is "this car is a real head turner". ANY old car turns my head,even if it is a POS.

 

Trust me Rich, Im not one of those..i just thought it was ironic..and had to point it out.
I have had people lay me out on here for not spelling something correct..
i usually just laugh it off, this is supposed to be about cars, not making points for using spell check.

i dont type out my responses on another program , have it check my spelling and than paste it to this board..what you read is what you get from me

 

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I can't say that I ever have....but if I did, I sure
as hell wouldn't shop there ever again!!!
Mart3406
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I can understand the frustration with pedants who insist that everything be spelled exactly correctly, as if that is some sort of sign of merit to society or overall worth as a human. It is certainly none of those things. Some of my childhood heroes could not even read.

One place that it does come in handy, though, is when you are trying to sell something online. It is also really good if you don't use slang terms for things. I saw "Murdered out rimz outa Caprees" on Craigslist the other day. How does one forecast any of that as a search terms to know that they were black 13" Dayton 100-spoke wire wheels, with the adapters?

Oh, and, as I have said before, the Firefox browser has an in-line spell checker, in all versions. It is underlining my misspellings as I type them, and suggesting the correct spelling.

 

I see this is still going. I love how many times the motor/engine thing comes up. It doesn't even bug me anymore. Webster's dictionary doesn't count. He didn't work on motors...or engines!

I came back to add this after reading another post. When the fuck did anti-freeze become "radiator fluid"? My whole life it was coolant or anti-freeze. Did I miss something?

 

And this one.....

"This car will be worth a lot of money once restored"

Sure it will..all the money you would have to sink in to the POS just to get it to run!

 

I honestly just read this two minutes ago on Craigslist...

"Car was running when owner died.
Has not been cranked in over a year. "

Which, the car or the dead owner?

 

It's prolly already been said but, "rat rod". Anything old (to a lamen or an idiot) is a "rat rod". I fucking HATE that term, phrase, whatever you wanna call it. "rat rod" (I refuse to capitalize it EVER) generally equates to "half assed piece of shit".

 

I tried to do this thread in '07 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220578
Flat Ernie crushed it (his words). Good to see the Mods loosening up a bit.

 

When did a “run” at a drag strip become a “lap”? You make a run at the drags and a lap at Daytona or LeMans. I first heard this on Pinks but now it’s being used other places too. ‘Just ain’t right.

 

-Sellers calling their clapped out 302w w/ a 4bbl a BOSS 302[/QUOTE]

yes i know this is O/T a bit

this is funny as i have a 69 mustang COUPE (you can see it in my avatar)
i painted it up (spraycan) with machone style blackouts and installed a boss 429 scoop and the machone front and rear spoilers

its just my fun little HOTROD (yes i said hotrod. get over yerself ) that i play around with thats what a hotrod is

its totally amazing to me the number of people who should know better that come upat a cruise and say wow look at that mach, boss302 or even boss 429 that someone found in a barn......... i guess its a barn find because it has rust holes in it......

ok yes my stang has a 302 in it but, they never made a mach/boss coupe

they never ask if it is a boss or mach they just assume then go about thier merry way

 

I am sorry I hink there are stupid questions. People need to at least think a little before they start asking.

For sell have seen this used more so in the south.

This engine / motor shit is getting old they can be called both.

 

Sorry, bike stuff. "suicide shift". It's a suicide clutch, dumbass. Kids.

 

NIB items that contain used parts.

 

So..... a Motor Head is a person who is into electric motors right?

 

Three more pet peeves..<O</O
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1. Sellers that write an ad like it is some freaking text message. I should not have to use an acronym dictionary to read your ad. Some folks were actually born before the invention of the cell phone!<O</O
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2. Sellers that can only send pictures via cell phone. If I ask for a photo I want a photo..clearly focused, well lit and JPEG!<O</O
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3. Sellers that assume that writing ads with "MiXeD uPpEr AnD lOwEr CaSe" letters or extra spaces will somehow throw off spammers. It may or may not work, but it mostly throws off buyers.<O</O

 

"the engine will have no oil in it when you move it" argh this happened last night, had a flathead dropped of to me full of old slugie engine oil... the guy gets there drunk, and trys to help me unload the engine, but ends up dropping almost all the oil on my pops pavement... needless to say i was PISSED!!!

 

I really do not know if it's been said yet but what the he'll. What gets me is the seller saying

"if the car or part was restored it would be worth xxxxx"

If the seller thinks that if a car or part is rare, that it's got to be worth a million dollars.

The term "rat rod" kills me

The fact that a car part is old that it's rare, and worth a lot of money

I'll have to think of some more but I'm with 99% of everybody on what they think.

 

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!
I am, right at this very moment, watching Walrus Face and Nostrils building one of their hideous abortions with, you guessed it, a "suicide shift"..To top it off, Walrus Face has the nerve to call himself "old school.".......or is it "Skool"?

 

What about the differences in a jockey shift and a slapper. Pretty knitpicking stuff, but if you're gonna be right then be right.
Larry T

 

That would be "nitpicking" which is something that I would never do!

 

Yea, that would be a lousey thing to do! (G)
Larry T

 

Time to put the keyboard down ,get to the garage/yard ,and put a wrench or torch or tig or mig or...in your hand!You get the idea!LOL

 

You're not wrong there.
I also hate posts done on here that are ALL CAPS or done in bold or worse .. BOLD AND CAPS.
Worse still is LARGE TEXT IN CAPS AND BOLD.