What was he thinking

[timskemp]

Spinners.

Why.

 

[LTD]

Was his registration 7 WAT ?

 

[NW_Merc]

Spinners.

Why.

Cos he toat he was in da getto innit

 

[neilrr]

Probably calls it a 'Benz'.

 

[The Boss]

Spinners arent all that bad though surely??

i have seen expensive car with them, and sure, a bit OTT, but they did make the car stand out.. part of the blind approach is it not?

 

[Nibbo]

Spinners aren't all that bad though surely??

I am sure that I read somewhere that they are illegal; something to do with moving independently of the wheel.
Little kiddies sticking their fingers in when they stop at junctions etc...

Personally I don't like the look of them as I think they make the car look cheap; each to their own I guess.
On a more serious note; as a motorcyclist I tend to look at a cars wheels if they are at a junction joining the road I am on. It gives an early indication if the car is about to pull out. Spinners can make it look like the car is moving which can be pretty scary.

 

[neilrr]

Spinners arent all that bad though surely??

i have seen expensive car with them, and sure, a bit OTT, but they did make the car stand out.. part of the blind approach is it not?

Bahahahahahaha!!!

 

[LTD]

I am sure that I read somewhere that they are illegal; something to do with moving independently of the wheel.
Little kiddies sticking their fingers in when they stop at junctions etc...

Darwin's 1st rule.

Fine by me.

 

[ringway]

I don't like spinners on cars but then again I'm not sure I like these either.

 

[grufflybear]

Isn't it actually quite acceptable to call it a "Benz" since that is the name of the engineer - as some people refer to a "Royce" because he was the mechanically minded part of that duo ?

 

[RoseTattoo]

Isn't it actually quite acceptable to call it a "Benz" since that is the name of the engineer - as some people refer to a "Royce" because he was the mechanically minded part of that duo ?

It is the same as calling a BMW a Beemer. It sounds like the sort of thing someone with a gin and tonic and a Pringle pullover would say.

 

[timskemp]

I was at a church in sarf lunden a couple of years ago when an announcement was made asking for the owner of the benz that's blocking the car park entrance to move it - it took someone to come over to me as the obvious visitor to ask me to move the car, I'd not associated my car with the word Benz before then.

 

[neilrr]

Isn't it actually quite acceptable to call it a "Benz" since that is the name of the engineer - as some people refer to a "Royce" because he was the mechanically minded part of that duo ?

No.

 

[Howard]

Wannabe gangsta rappers refer to it as a 'Benz' ...

Normal people call them 'Mercs' or just good plain old 'Mercedes'

I have never , ever in my life heard a Rolls Royce called a 'Royce' , heard them called a 'Roller' or a 'Rolls' but never a 'Royce' ... thats just silly ....

 

[GH421]

Bunch of old farts

 

[crockers]

Bunch of old farts

Nope never heard a Merc called that before -- is it a local term?

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Wannabe gangsta rappers refer to it as a 'Benz' ...

Normal people call them 'Mercs' or just good plain old 'Mercedes'

'Real' rappers call them Benz, as do most Amercians, its the Brits that call them Merc's

 

[neilrr]

Mercurys, the Ford division placed above Ford & below Lincoln, are known as 'Mercs' in the USA.

 

[GH421]

You lot need an update on the lingo.

Don't worry though, I am here to help.

Benz = Mercedes Benz
Rims = Alloys
Rag = To drive very fast and put other drivers at risk
Bimz, Beemer = BMW
Dubs = Volkswagen or Alloys if you live in the US
Ride or Whip = Car

If you hear anything else let me know and I will translate

 

[Howard]

Fo' shizzle !