[alsalp]

when one goes for a drive to they go "motoring" or "engining"

"Ready to go? let's engine!"

[mback12000]

Measure the heigTH of the El-duh-brock manifold.

The list goes on.

[SR-71]

I had a coworker that called it I-Dill-brock. I corrected him and he said he didn't care that's what he called it.

[SRR]

Waist of time.

Cadillac converter.

Prolly.

[alsalp]

For the record, Cadillac converters are THE best you can get

[flat-bill]

I believe that this symbol "#" is a pound sign. Not a "hashtag".

Originally Posted by carbking

Anyone ride a Harley enginecycle?

Does your carburetor, carburater, carburetter, etc. have a power valve or economizer valve?

I'm with 72bird; if I can understand the question, an incorrect word usage doesn't bother me.

What does bother me (and emails to this effect to our shop are cheerfully ignored ) is the ridiculous lazy abbreviations with no caps (or all caps) and no punctuation common with some of the folks that grew up with cell phones.

The letter "u" is not a substitute (at least to me) for the word "you". Not going to attempt to decipher what is worse (to me) than Kanji.

ハーレーエンジンサイクルに乗る人はいますか？

キャブレター、キャブレター、キャブレターなどにパワーバルブやエコノマイザーバルブはありま すか？

私は72birdです。 質問が理解できれば、単語の使い方が間違っていても問題ありません。

私を悩ませているのは（そして、この効果についての電子メールは陽気に無視されています）は、携帯電話で育 った一部の人に共通する、大文字（またはすべて大文字）や句読点のない、とんでもない怠惰な省 略形です。

「u」という文字は（少なくとも私にとって）「あなた」という言葉の代わりにはなりません。 漢字よりも（私にとって）悪いことを解読しようとはしません。

ジョン。

Jon.

[pontiac6269]

Why are they called motor mounts?

[grandam1979]

How about rear fender What!!

[grandam1979]

Should it be enginetrend?

[242177P]

Originally Posted by grandam1979

How about rear fender What!!

Well, at least that beats CORNER panel.

Some people go through their entire lives reusing something they misheard once.

[66sprint6]

Sister Christian by Night Ranger.

Enough said.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bmlcmyq0

[misterp266]

Motoring = cruising

Actually, the lyrics are Sister Christy. It was written by the drummer about his little sister. It was sung wrong by the bass player and it stuck as Sister Christian.

[242177P]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

Sister Christian by Night Ranger.

Enough said.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bmlcmyq0

Thing is, 98% of the bands out there don't know jack about cars. If you asked what their
first car was, it'd be like a 1958 Mustang with a Fuel-Injected 426. Or a 396 Cobra Jet. It's
just word salad. They heard car guys talking, and it just sounded cool.

I'm sure there are some exceptions, but for most simply making things rhyme is their
top priority.

[66sprint6]

Brian Wilson:

"One day I looked out the window and realized that I own every car on the street, and I kind of missed the days when I worked on my one car just to keep it running".

[242177P]

Just bumped into this one on Craigslist. Wood phenolic spacer. Sometimes they're
hardwood, sometimes they're (for lack of a more concise word) plastic. But it can't be
both. That's like saying synthetic-organic?

[FrankieT/A]

" The car has T-tops..." I'm sure the car has only one top. So correct slang would be "T-top".

Removable hatch roof. That's what my window sticker says.