Dumbest things you've heard people say about/seen people do to their cars

[Thizzelle]

had 2 supposed NASCAR fans say Bristol speedway was an indoor track. I just said yep and nodded my head, I don't even watch NASCAR but know there is no indoor tracks.

[FlexdXJ]

Automotive know it all's make me want to club a baby seal. Guy at work told me his 94 grand Cherokee had a 360 on it. I said you mean 318. He said no it's the 5.2l 360. Might want to check your math there slick, the metric equivalent of a 360 is 5.9 which also only came in the grand cherokee in 98.

Some Diesel guys also piss me off. Guy at work said he'd let go of his 95 12v Cummins for $6800...$10000 if he put it back together! I'm all for diesels and Cummins pays me to make parts but Jesus, lay off the crack rocks!

[BobombETA]

When I was in high school there was this guy who drove a fox mustang. He was in a couple of my classes and I had mentioned that I was a fan of 5.0's. He was going out for lunch and asked if I wanted to tag along.

As we approached the car, I noticed the single tail pipe, and when he fired it up my suspicions were confirmed. "This is a 4 cylinder", I said. He replied:"No, there's 4 in the front and 4 more in the trunk, it's an 8 cylinder!"

He also claimed it was a 6 speed and twin turbo among other things. But it was an automatic, and he moved the shifter between "1" and "2" as he was driving.

7th period couldn't come fast enough.

A couple years after we graduated I ran into him at a gas station. He was driving an X-type Jaguar and said he was working at a car dealer. I can only imagine the stories he told his customers.

[Reichart12]

This girl at my college had her parents buy her a new 1 series and we were talking about it one day. I asked if it was manual or automatic and she wasn't sure, ok to non car people that might be a fine answer. So I went on to ask how many pedals did it have, and her response "idk, the normal amount I guess".

some people don't deserve their cars

[henryki]

time to bump an old thread

asked a guy what the top speed on his Automatic 350Z was, and he said he pulled it to 110 then got scared, but he believed the absolute top speed to be "200 maybe 210" He then went on to describe his brothers M3 which went "about 250"
I asked him if it was an E36, E46, etc etc and he response was yeah bro he had the E something...

and one thing that always kinda frustrates me is when I ask if someones car is auto or stick, and they say Yeah I have a stick, I got tiptronic, its the same thing.

[MNE30]

We started up a C&C and it was kinda small. We have squad cars but they leave before everyone starts pulling out. Thats when the stupid shit happens. Some dude in a supercharged mustang ripped out of his parking lot and missed a Viper by 3 feet. and he kicked up gravel scratching the Viper. Never saw that guy again. Then some civics rolled in and revd the piss out of their shity motors. They just about wanted us to shut it down.

I was just at a meet at a local Sonic and some dude in a diesel truck just left some 11's on the street and threw a cloud of black smoke. Always gotta be one idiot.

[humzak77]

Yes, I don't know if you have cars and coffee in your location, but recently since people were doing this, there are always 3 squad cars on the ready and they are always ready to dish out tickets for even minor offenses like "exhibition driving"...

We started up a C&C and it was kinda small. We have squad cars but they leave before everyone starts pulling out. Thats when the stupid shit happens. Some dude in a supercharged mustang ripped out of his parking lot and missed a Viper by 3 feet. and he kicked up gravel scratching the Viper. Never saw that guy again. Then some civics rolled in and revd the piss out of their shity motors. They just about wanted us to shut it down.

[MNE30]

Those are the people I'd love to beat in the head with a baseball bat.

Yes, I don't know if you have cars and coffee in your location, but recently since people were doing this, there are always 3 squad cars on the ready and they are always ready to dish out tickets for even minor offenses like "exhibition driving"...

[McGyver]

I absolutely HATE parts store clerks that think they are mechanics and try to help me with something I already know.

^this. Although its even worse when they have no idea how to find my commercial account and wont listen to me when i explain how to look it up.

[AndrewBird]

Right after high school I was looking for a job, and I knew my friend had a job at Auto Zone in SF on Geary St. She hooked me up with an interview, and part of the interview was taking a test on what I knew about retail and auto parts/repair. I got a call a day later asking if I could come in for a fallow up interview so I did. First question out of the managers mouth was "I know you have friends that work here, did you cheat on the test?" I told him I did not, and that I had no need to cheat on the test. He told me he had no need for me.
On the way out I talked to one of the guys at the counter, and asked him why they thought a cheated. Turns out I scored higher on the test then any of the other people at the shop including all the managers. Guess you dont need to know much about cars to run an Auto Zone.

I absolutely HATE parts store clerks that think they are mechanics and try to help me with something I already know.

[deutschman]

I told the guy at Autozone I needed some ATF because I had a leaky power steering line. He tried to get me to buy power steering fluid for 5 minutes before I went and showed him where the cap said "ATF OIL ONLY" on it. He said he had never heard of using ATF for power steering.

Right after high school I was looking for a job, and I knew my friend had a job at Auto Zone in SF on Geary St. She hooked me up with an interview, and part of the interview was taking a test on what I knew about retail and auto parts/repair. I got a call a day later asking if I could come in for a fallow up interview so I did. First question out of the managers mouth was "I know you have friends that work here, did you cheat on the test?" I told him I did not, and that I had no need to cheat on the test. He told me he had no need for me.
On the way out I talked to one of the guys at the counter, and asked him why they thought a cheated. Turns out I scored higher on the test then any of the other people at the shop including all the managers. Guess you dont need to know much about cars to run an Auto Zone.

[lambo]

For the most part.

But to be fair, he was being a dick at the show (burnouts, revving, wreckless driving) the kind of stuff that gets the shows cancelled. Also the type of stuff the people putting the shows on tell you not to do.

I will be the first person to say I'm an asshole, but only if you deserve it.

And by called out I mean "My SRT can easily pull with S4's and E9X M3's etc. etc"

Those are the people I'd love to beat in the head with a baseball bat.

[MNE30]

You are why the car scene sucks.

For the most part.

But to be fair, he was being a dick at the show (burnouts, revving, wreckless driving) the kind of stuff that gets the shows cancelled. Also the type of stuff the people putting the shows on tell you not to do.

I will be the first person to say I'm an asshole, but only if you deserve it.

And by called out I mean "My SRT can easily pull with S4's and E9X M3's etc. etc"

[SpecM]

However, when asked what he planned to do to keep the finish rusty without allowing it to oxidize further, he said that he read that you can rub "used diesel" on the surface to seal in the rust.

Used diesel.

My friends, used diesel = exhaust.

maybe he meant used diesel oil?

maybe not

[StinkE30]

One of my friends still doesn't understand why the mpg needle is at 0 when we are stopped. He thinks it should be all the way to the left, past 40, because the engine barely uses any fuel while at idle. I keep trying to explain to him that using any fuel to travel 0 miles is 0 mpg. He still doesn't get it.