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TonyEX
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Why is it they're always talkin' 'bout saloons... what does whiskey and drivin' have to do with each other? I recokn'd they made that illegal in France first....
Really, no real man would put a bonnet on a saloon and go drivin' with their boot in the back of the car. Real men have the engine under the hood, the bonnet is on the wife, the boots are on their feet and drive their sedan to the saloon... hopefully the wife will drive back.
Don't even get me going on the concept of windscreen vs. windshield. It's like the brits just hope the wind won't hit them on their face.... as opposed to North Americans that make sure it don't. Remember how water and wind tight British cars used to be until the Americans, Continentals and Japanese bought their industry and tought them to pay attention and used standard parts?
Yeah... the british sure developed an interesting viewpoint towards their cars and their lingo shows it.
Daniel.... a sedan is a car with four doors, a saloon is where half of the americans living west of the Mississippi in the 18th century spent half of their lives.
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Isamu
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waaaaaaaaaaaaah
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VTEC Penis
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Golly, people in England have different names for certain things, don't they? Riveting.
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onefasthuman
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No worries mate, just drizzle me another Guinness and give me the new NSX or a dualnote (I'd gladly take either)...or maybe just that orange Mugen V8 RL I saw here last week....ahhh
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iNteGRaz92
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n/t
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Nick GravesX
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I should just warn you lot that if you attempt to "bum a cigarette" in the UK, you will probably burn your penis.
Also, not to drive on the pavement, that is where the pedestrians are!
Divided by a common language!
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TonyEX
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Not to mention you guys drive on the wrong side of the road. Even the french figured that one.
Really.
Nick Graves wrote:
I should just warn you lot that if you attempt to "bum a cigarette" in the UK, you will probably burn your penis.
Also, not to drive on the pavement, that is where the pedestrians are!
Divided by a common language!
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Nick GravesX
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:)
Actually, they too used to drive on the correct side.
They changed over, just to be contrary. (But we had left-handed lancers anyway!)
Guess you lot backed the wrong horse!
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shisero
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The Japanese, Australians -- in fact, the whole of Asia, Middle East, Africa, Atlantis -- drive on "the wrong side of the road."
Other differences:
Is it a muffler or a silencer?
Is it petrol or gas? Gas is, well, gaseous -- duh, as in LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS!!! Put that in your car? Oh, I'm taking sides!
And don't talk about metric vs imperial! mpg vs km/l! cc vs cubic inches. And then try explaining 195/55R14 to wife in traffic: 195: metric, 55: percentage (of metric), 14: imperial/US inches. Maybe the Russian "metric" clock with a 100 small minutes in an hour and 10 big hours in a day should have gained hold?
How do you say 'Subaru': suw-brew or su-BAH-ru? What would Soichiro say? Or may the Suzukan accent is a bit ... plebian.
And then the positioning of the reverse gear in manuals! Just drove a Merc today: press stick down, then right+back shift. The old VW beetles (dunno about new): press stick down, left+back shift (under 2nd gear, Jesus be kind). God**n Opel Astra: press stick down, left+front shift (left of 1st gear)!!!
As if that's not enough, the "hand" brake -- OK, they called it "parking" -- is engaged with the foot, a pedal to the left of the clutch pedal -- and disengaged by hand: a "P" lever on the right edge of the dashboard! Is this a car or an earthmover?
I remember my days in the USA, with one of the big old GM 5-liter V8s (Pontiac Catalina), first time to fill up and couldn't find where! It was under the rear license ... sorry, licence plate!
Is it "soda?" Is it "pop?"
TonyE, you're a software developer? Start. Join The Writer's Guild; David Letterman needs you, even though he doesn't know it. End.
You may have slipped with "...drive their sedan to the saloon... hopefully the wife will drive back..." If it's the wife, then that would be a salon!
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