tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post3574879915472780065..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: CarAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-34261158359381499342008-02-14T15:12:00.000+03:002008-02-14T15:12:00.000+03:00My favourite car misnomer is the Vauxhall Nova - a...My favourite car misnomer is the Vauxhall Nova - apparently when is was launched in Spain no one bought it. Not surprising when you figure out No Va is "doesn't go" in Spanish!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-73053449486314279202008-02-14T13:51:00.000+03:002008-02-14T13:51:00.000+03:00You've got me bang to rights, Goat: I'm a >ahemIn ...You've got me bang to rights, Goat: I'm a >ahem< Shogun owner myself!!! :)<BR/><BR/>In a previous life I spent six joyful years driving Toyota MR2s - a car that can never be taken to France (pronounce emmarrtoo in French and you've got emme errr deux or 'shitty').<BR/><BR/>I pick 'em, don't I? :)Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-61343675639092272142008-02-14T13:07:00.000+03:002008-02-14T13:07:00.000+03:00It's either a blessing or a shame (I'm not sure wh...It's either a blessing or a shame (I'm not sure which) that prevents motor manufacturers from using names that actually describe what the product is like:-<BR/><BR/>The <I>Ford Adequate</I>;<BR/><BR/>The <I>Mercedes Arrogant</I>;<BR/><BR/>The <I>Nissan Ennui</I>;<BR/><BR/>The <I>Lamborghini Ostentatious</I>. <BR/><BR/>Why would anyone want to own a <I>Ford Maverick</I>, where 'maverick' implies 'unpredictable' and 'unreliable'? <BR/><BR/>And as for the <I>Mitsubishi Onanist</I>, who would want one of those? <BR/><BR/>(For those readers not in the know, '<I>pajero</I>' is a slang term used in Latin-American countries to describe one who, er, engages the services of Mme Palm and her five daughters.)Grumpy Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944514711900089561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-29343376118468808202008-02-13T16:56:00.000+03:002008-02-13T16:56:00.000+03:00I was buying a car a couple of years ago, thought ...I was buying a car a couple of years ago, thought seriously about a Nissan, everything in the showroom was sold but the salesman told me to come back in two weeks when the sensational new Tiida would be available.<BR/><BR/>I went back in two weeks, got a few steps into the showroom and saw the awful heap sitting there.<BR/><BR/>I left.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-87602490380914228382008-02-13T15:38:00.000+03:002008-02-13T15:38:00.000+03:00you are a silly man:)you are a silly man:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269471596327703030noreply@blogger.com