What's with people calling rims mags?

[Ultima]

"Oh look at those mags!" when they're just god damn plain rims. Just wondering where this came from. I guess its a NOS thing

 

[John]

I guess you have never heard of mag wheels?

 

[Slacker]

The good wheels to have in the sixties were Magnesium.

Mag wheels.

 

[Ultima]

Yeah, I have, but are all wheels mags? Nope. Just like not all Integras are Type-R's, not all nitrous is NOS.. hmm, I dunno. It just gets annoying when someone who has dull rims on his civic keeps bragging about his "nice mags".

 

[Amused]

Why do people call all facial tissues "Kleenex?"

Why do people call all cotton swabs "Q-Tips?"

Why ask why?

 

[John]

What's the dealie yo?

 

[olds]

For the same reason people call an adjustable wrench a cresent wrench. Or locking pliers, vice grips.

 

[Jarwa]

In the Grand Scheme of things, does it really matter that much???

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

I have plastic B&S mag wheels on my riding mower, along with a 10" fart pipe and a wing... yo yo yo googley oogley west sideeeeeeee!!!

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: AmusedOne
Why do people call all facial tissues "Kleenex?"

Why do people call all cotton swabs "Q-Tips?"

Why ask why?

This has been debated to death. NOS is not a majority when it comes to nitrous kits. Q-tips are as well as kleenex. I a link a while back that showed that kleenex and q-tip have majority market shares while NOS does not. Anyways.

Two pics for ya.

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Read this thread

 

[iamme]

I always thought that rims were like hubcaps, so i always called them wheels.

"rims" always sounded ghetto to me....

 

[amnesiac]

It's american brand loyalty mentality.
E.g., Band-aid, Kleenex, Q-Tip, etc..
It doesn't neceessarily mean a product is a market leader, it's just the most well known brand. It gets implemented into current rhetoric by virtue of general familiarity.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Millenium

Originally posted by: AmusedOne
Why do people call all facial tissues "Kleenex?"

Why do people call all cotton swabs "Q-Tips?"

Why ask why?

This has been debated to death. NOS is not a majority when it comes to nitrous kits. Q-tips are as well as kleenex. I a link a while back that showed that kleenex and q-tip have majority market shares while NOS does not. Anyways.

Two pics for ya.

One

Two

Read this thread

Why does this matter? Even if it is not the majority, it's the most recognized brand name.

Get over it.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: iamme
I always thought that rims were like hubcaps, so i always called them wheels.

"rims" always sounded ghetto to me....

Yeah, why do people call 'wheels' 'rims' ? The 'rim' is technically only the part of the wheel that comes in contact with the tire, the rest is called the 'center', the whole deal is the 'wheel'. I guess that's a 'NOS' thing too

JC

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: AmusedOne

Originally posted by: Millenium

Originally posted by: AmusedOne
Why do people call all facial tissues "Kleenex?"

Why do people call all cotton swabs "Q-Tips?"

Why ask why?

This has been debated to death. NOS is not a majority when it comes to nitrous kits. Q-tips are as well as kleenex. I a link a while back that showed that kleenex and q-tip have majority market shares while NOS does not. Anyways.

Two pics for ya.

One



Two

Read this thread

Why does this matter? Even if it is not the majority, it's the most recognized brand name.

Get over it.

Why would I want to get over it? I happen to use the brand NOS. The only reason it is the most recognized brand is because of a damn movie.

 

[LordMaul]

..."20 inch BLADES on the Impala!"

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: John
What's the dealie yo?

That would be "Waz tha dealio yo" note the use of yo to refer to an individual, and the addition of the "O" to "dealie"

Now on to a semi-related story (not really, but I am gonna tell it anyways) Have you ever gone into the car section in Walmart? I was just walking through the other day, and I saw these "Wheel covers" they are 14 inch plastic wheels made to look like metal that are to be attached to the outside of your wheels, my friend bought 4 for $20 and put them on his pathfinder for a nice rice effect, or course he had to use duct tape, and his stock rims are 16" so you can see the original rims underneath. Just say no to ricelization.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Humm...so magnesium=mags?

Does that mean if they are made out of titanium they are called "tits"?

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Humm...so magnesium=mags?

Does that mean if they are made out of titanium they are called "tits"?

Hmm...Then you have to tell your friends that you have a nice set of tits.

That's not right...