Obama's New $500,000 Ride

[OCGuy]

Topic Summary: Pimpin' Ain't Easy


So he's black so he must be "Pimpin", right?



Racist.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: NTB
Silly, silly Brits...

[*] it's gas, not petrol
[*] that's a trunk, not a boot
[*] 'Tire' is spelled with an 'i'



Nathan

Actually the industry name is mogas - short for motor gasoline as opposed to avgas - aviation gasoline.

Petrol is derived from Petroleum spirit which is kinda understandable, but where the F did the term boot come from to mean the trunk?!!!

Well where did trunk come from then? That's the thing on the front of an elephant not the back of a car.

And while we're at it what in the blue fuck is a 'fawcet'?

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: NTB
Silly, silly Brits...

[*] it's gas, not petrol
[*] that's a trunk, not a boot
[*] 'Tire' is spelled with an 'i'



Nathan

Actually the industry name is mogas - short for motor gasoline as opposed to avgas - aviation gasoline.

Petrol is derived from Petroleum spirit which is kinda understandable, but where the F did the term boot come from to mean the trunk?!!!

Well where did trunk come from then? That's the thing on the front of an elephant not the back of a car.

And while we're at it what in the blue fuck is a 'fawcet'?

Fawcet?

However, a trunk isn't just a name created so we didn't have to call that part of a car a boot, which sounds a little too Flintstones. A trunk used to be a type of crate used to carry around luggage or other supplies which was often decorated and about the size of a modern "trunk". They were often used to store items at the foot of one's bed, and could be carried out and strapped/secured to the rear of a carriage or the newfangled horseless variety.. This arrangement became a little more permanent as cars came to have this storage as a permanent fixture on the rear of the vehicle.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: kage69

Actually Obama had a Chrysler 300C as his personal ride. It wasn't until he really got in the public eye and gave into the greenies that he trade it in for an Escape Hybrid.

"Gave into the greenies"? Wow, I need to see a link about this green pressure you speak of; everything I've read has indicated the Chrysler 300C was ditched because it was an unreliable heap of shit with poor fuel efficiency. "Toyota" seems to be a good answer to both of those failings, but don't let that stop any digs towards *shudder* THE GREENIES!!!

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2...his-hemi-for-a-hybrid/

A whole pile of politicians during the presidential race went out and bought an escape hybrid as a knee jerk appeal to the green movement.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: NTB
Silly, silly Brits...

[*] it's gas, not petrol
[*] that's a trunk, not a boot
[*] 'Tire' is spelled with an 'i'



Nathan

Actually the industry name is mogas - short for motor gasoline as opposed to avgas - aviation gasoline.

Petrol is derived from Petroleum spirit which is kinda understandable, but where the F did the term boot come from to mean the trunk?!!!

Well where did trunk come from then? That's the thing on the front of an elephant not the back of a car.

And while we're at it what in the blue fuck is a 'fawcet'?

A trunk is also a large storage box: http://www.algrovefutondepot.c...s/afdstoragetrunks.jpg
Which isn't too far from what the trunk of a car is. If I had to guess, I'd think the etymology for the car trunk has something to do with storage trunks.

Faucet is apparently a middle English word:

Middle English, from Old French fausset, cask stopper, from fausser, to break in, from Late Latin falsare, to falsify, from Latin falsus, false.

(answers.com)

Middle English, that is pre-American colonies English, so you can't blame us for that.

 

[kage69]

A whole pile of politicians during the presidential race went out and bought an escape hybrid as a knee jerk appeal to the green movement.

We'll not talking about a 'whole pile of politicians', we're talking about Obama supposedly caving to this 'greenie pressure' of yours by buying a Prius - and nothing in that article you provided affirms that. A politician who is critical of American fuel efficiency and who harbors progressive energy views is not bending over backwards by buying a Prius, quite the contrary in fact, I believe it's called 'practicing what you preach.' Clinton and Romney doing that reeks of the knee-jerk appeal, but in this case Obama is 'walking the talk.'