Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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My girlfriend knows about turbo's, overlap and everything 
As for mates none that i can think of 
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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i'm same mate 
kinda like it though it's like living two different lives....
At uni we talk about politics and 'important stuff' etc, where as when I go home the most interesting thing we talk about is how someones exhaust fell off the other night or something 
and yes i also drive a 'chav car'
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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I always had it different. When i got my Astra i had just turned 20. Everyone thought it was looking like a sports car but "the engine sounds loud", "that's coz it's a diesel!!!!"
Now i've got a Corsa everyone who thinks they know something either say "have you/are you going to stick a 2.0/red top in?" or why have you bought a piece of shit Corsa? I then tell them to look inside, they look, and say "WHY?" I then either say why not? or tell them that it's a track car and i don't care if i smash up this "piece of shit" Corsa.
RETARDS!!!!
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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I always get from a 65 year old bloke.....says my car does 105 flat out and goes blue in the face if i say different!
Then i get another one like....'look you think your a ferrari'
wtf? How do i think its a ferrari in any way?
I also get...'You drive like a fucking maniac...' even though most of them past me every night on solid whites or the hatch lines and proceed at 90+ down the dual carridge way every single night.
If i ever do it to them (very very rare) next day i get a right load of abuse...its you youngens that cause the accidents etc....
Daft
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i hate non car people too.
some fucking retarded woman the other day decided to let her little boy on a bicycle ride into the rode in front of me.
i was a little way back but she could see i was coming. i was doing about 20mph in 3rd gear.
then the retard decided to shout ''SLOW DOWN''. i said fuck off, it was a 30mph limit ffs, and there were traffic lights 20 yards away 
i've got some ''non car people'' mates but i dont talk about car's to them.
love it in work though, always talking about car's the whole shift
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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some people where my missus works recon there fiesta zetec s's will be faster to 80 than my corsa
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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please ask them to prove it sporty boy and please video said immenent ownage
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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.. yeah they said mine will be too busy wheel spinning .. bunch of tools
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i hate non car people too.
some fucking retarded woman the other day decided to let her little boy on a bicycle ride into the rode in front of me.
i was a little way back but she could see i was coming. i was doing about 20mph in 3rd gear.
then the retard decided to shout ''SLOW DOWN''. i said fuck off, it was a 30mph limit ffs, and there were traffic lights 20 yards away
i've got some ''non car people'' mates but i dont talk about car's to them.
love it in work though, always talking about car's the whole shift
yes this does my head in too!
I've had someone tell me to slow down before when i'm been going slowly, obviously they just heard my exhaust...
but the other thing that does my head in is people doing like 25 mph in a 40 limit on a empty country road... so I decide to overtake, go past and then they flash me 'like i'm being dangerous'... fuck off!
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Marshall
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Registered: 10th Nov 05
Location: Boston, Lincs Drives: 1.4 Sport & 2.2 astra
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theres quiet a lot of people who dont know anything about cars at my work.
mostly the car salesmen
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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THis is why i Don't like having white wheels anymore, as instantly to non car poeple I must be a boy racer as they arn't silver and like everyone elses. 
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Havent read the whole thread but take one of them out in your car
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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I love the face people get wound up when the dont understand your hobby
why should they, if they arent into cars, i wouldnt expect them to, and just make an asumption on what little knowledge they have on the subject
stop moaning at how non car people dont get your car, its all in the title, they are NON car people 
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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+ i have mates who are car people and non car people, genrally the 2 dont cross over, and wouldnt expect them too
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
+ i have mates who are car people and non car people, genrally the 2 dont cross over, and wouldnt expect them too
The ones who think they know more about it than you can be a little annoying though
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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yeah, but if they are clearly non car people, i would ignor them on the basis they have no idea
if a well respected tuner came up to me and said something massively wrong about a car subject then i would find that annoying, as they should know better
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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I remember when I was first getting into cars seriously I asked the same questions as the ones mentioned in this thread 
"How fast does that go?"
"How much did it cost?"
Now I ask stuff that people are actually interested in talking about, like- "What year is that from?" "Is that blown or injected?" "Are those Holley twin barrel carbs?"
[Edited on 08-05-2008 by All Torque]
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
I love the face people get wound up when the dont understand your hobby
why should they, if they arent into cars, i wouldnt expect them to, and just make an asumption on what little knowledge they have on the subject
stop moaning at how non car people dont get your car, its all in the title, they are NON car people
yes james, but I have friends who play Golf... I don't play golf, I don't really know much about it. But when they talk golf, handicaps and different courses / clubs - i don't go 'oh fuck sake, stop talking about something I don't know about - boring' ... I just listen... yet if it's me talking about cars, people want you to shut up because it's something they don't know.
Same with anything really... Just seems 'cars' because they are a common ground (as in everyone drives a car) it's split into 2 those who see a car just as get from A to B and those who actually have an interest in them.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Now I ask stuff that people are actually interested in talking about, like- "What year is that from?" "Is that blown or injected?" "Are those Holley twin barrel carbs?"
[Edited on 08-05-2008 by All Torque]
i'd seriously look at you and possibly slap you with my cock round the cheeks for asking me something that i could not possibly answer
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Originally posted by Baskey
I feel your pain, gave my boss a lift to work today
'still havnt fixed your exhaust yet' 
Should of played the 'need a payrise' card
'I would but I still can't afford it'
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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I recently started working offshore, a guy whos 20 and doesnt drive turned round and said "my dames hairdryer has more power than your saxo"
This came from a guy who doesnt drive, is 22 and his dame has a focus and drives him around everywhere. I drive a VTS
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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I'd say I'm one of a handful of petrolheaded motorists at work, but then the Germans treat cars in a different way to the UK drivers.
None of them understand the importance of how the engine sounds etc.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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i find that odd seeming as you work for Audi!
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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me too
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sxibeast
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Registered: 6th Aug 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
ST170s rarely make 170bhp... fact
lol! this makes me laugh!
A guy i work with got one a few months ago, and all he talks about is how fast it is (beaten M3's, RS4's, etc), how hes out run the police in it, and how all the girls look at him when he drives down the road (well, we think he means guys!!)! Even started claiming it was on throttle bodies until i made him open the bonnet and point out the obvious fact it didnt!
oh how i laughed!
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