Car words everyone gets wrong

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Turbobanana

Original Poster:

6,634 posts

206 months

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Ford Console / Counsel / Consel / Council
Willy’s Jeep (presumably from Autocorrect)
Robin Reliant
Saab 900 2-door / BMW E30 2-door described as “Coupé”
Austin Healy
Volkswagon / Volkswaggon
Convertable
Restauration project
Manuel gearbox
Hyundia
Diahatsu
Porsche Boxter
Chevvy

Any others?

healeyneil

323 posts

152 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Concourse rather than concours

droopsnoot

12,452 posts

247 months

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Schultz.

When people use a famous cartoonist to seal the underneath of their car, and even mis-spell his name.

steveo3002

10,637 posts

179 months

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breaks

cills

RedAndy

1,257 posts

159 months

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Austin Martin


Mammasaid

4,167 posts

102 months

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Ambiwlans

It's welsh you 'tard. rofl

RGG

366 posts

22 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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I brought a car and then bought it home.

-Cappo-

19,811 posts

208 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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"Cat car".

No such thing. It's an insurance write-off (NB: not a "right" off) which has been classified under Category *.


Lotobear

6,944 posts

133 months

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....aye me mate used to have a Mini Coupe S

Speed 3

4,874 posts

124 months

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People still referring to wing mirrors on modern cars

Equus

16,980 posts

106 months

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Twin Web(b)ers

sortedcossie

649 posts

133 months

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Wing mirrors on cars that have door mirrors.

Konrod

882 posts

233 months

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Breaks

Speed 3

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124 months

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Doesn't anyone read even the previous half a dozen posts ?

nicanary

10,065 posts

151 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Equus said:
Twin Web(b)ers
TBH I've wondered how it should be pronounced. I say Webber like most people, but I have a suspicion it should be "Vayber". OT sorry.

av185

19,056 posts

132 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Heal and tow

Breaks

Wolsey

Mini Copper

Vauxhall Ventura


Panamax

4,680 posts

39 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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nicanary said:
Equus said:
Twin Web(b)ers
TBH I've wondered how it should be pronounced. I say Webber like most people, but I have a suspicion it should be "Vayber". OT sorry.
Now let me tell you about the somewhat similar Dellortos.

Del Orto
Del Auto
D'ellorto
etc

Dell'Orto smile

CloudStuff

3,798 posts

109 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Homologolationismness

CloudStuff

3,798 posts

109 months

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Munf-leys

Yertis

18,508 posts

271 months

Wednesday 21st June 2023
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People saying "U.R. quattro", pronouncing it "you are quattro".

urQuattro would be correct, pronounced sort of "ooer-quattro". Even pronouncing it "er-quattro" would be better.

Better still not use the stupid expression an all, just call it a Quattro Turbo, like it says on the V5.