I'll start:
1) "Frame-off" restorations on unibody cars.
2) "Numbers matching" cars which have no numbers to match.
3) "Needs restored." Only an acceptable term if you are an ESL student.
4) Cars described as having a "V-6" when you know damn well that the only six available in that model was a 250 Chevy.
5) "Ram Air" is for Pontiacs and "SixPacks" are for Mopars.

What sticks in your craw?

 

How about the term “ original” with a rebuilt motor and repaint

 

Posi-Traction is a Pontiac term. Olds called it Anti-Spin.

Motors operate with electricity; engines use fuel.

 

Wilbur Shaw always said “Gentlemen start your engines”.

 

" Tri-Power " is a Pontiac term.
" Multiple Carburation " is what Olds called three carbs.

 

"Original miles" as if there are unoriginal miles?

 

Just needs a little work. Then you see the car, its a nightmare!

 

One of my pet peeves. What is an unoriginal “mile?”

The term “walla” bugs me. “Orientated” and “nucular” make me wince.

Am I getting too close to yelling at pedestrians that are in close proximity to my lawn?!?

…

 

VC455 - Actually the Pontiac terminology for a limited slip differential was Safe-T-Trac. Posi-Traction was specifically Chevy terminology, although incorrectly universally used to describe all limited slip differentials of the day. As you correctly noted, Anti -Spin was the Oldsmobile terminology, and Buick's was Positive Traction.

 

 

Not car related but. Decimate
“to select by lot and kill every tenth man of”
it is usually used to mean a group or force taking huge casualties


studebaker just called theirs twin traction
but it had the coolest emblem


edit
jeez I need that mug

 

... which, no word of a lie, Buck's advertising writers actually shortened to "Posi-Traction" so we kind of come full circle.

 

😉

 

A "stall converter" is not a thing. All torque converters have a stall speed, so I guess they're all "stall converters."

 

Duck boat

 

I get a kick out of those folks with an engine bored .30" over and have a rearend with 3:91 gear ratio.

 

It is what it is. I really hate that...

 

I could care less. Vs I couldn’t care less

 

2 worn out phrases = cringe for me
Pulled The Trigger
Bad Boy

 

Mashed on the gas / mashed on the brake !! I think its a southern thing and that's ok, it's just in the Midwest the only thing we mashed was potatoes ! it doesn't bother me I just wince a little when I hear it.

 

"Shut the light," instead of "turn off the light." "Shut" is something you do with a door or window.

 

I knew a guy that said close the light.

 

''Genuine Imitation Leather''

 

beat me to it!!!

I could care less suggests you’re level of concern has not yet reached its lowest point.

or:

I could not care any less means your level of interest has reached zero, rock bottom, DNGAF, etc.

People who use the word “literally” when you mean something figuratively.

My wife/kids are all guilty of these examples. Yet they never miss an opportunity to point out my errors in There, Their, or There’re.

My reply:

 

Hopefully I don't offend anyone here, however I think "resto-mod" is ambiguous and consequently bothersome. An object is either restored, which to me means to replicate original as practical, or it's modified and deviating from original.

 

"no worries" as a response to Thank You. Makes me puke.....

 

" No problem" instead of "You're welcome" I wanta smack these kids sometimes

 

I do that too often. If we're talking you can send me the cleaning bill.

 

""No worries"" Do not go to Utah. All the locals say that, all the time.

Almost like "Aren't you special'' in the south east. Put that one on the list!

 

"Irregardless" is not a word, but you hear it all over the place.

 

"Well, bless your heart!"

 

i need this cup..lol

 

Oh damn. Y'all are on to us!😬

Or maybe you lived here for a while...🙃

 

That's better than "Uh huh"

 

Let me hug your neck.

 

I have decided to react to "No Worries" and "Not a problem" responses to "Thank You" as if I heard "you're welcome". I will smile and be pleasant, though inside I cringe. I figure at least they are responding and attempting to be friendly...

 

What about "a whole nother"?

Or, pronouncing the "t" in the word "often"?

Interesting how these things catch on, and eventually change the language. Those of us who dislike this change enjoy discussions like this.

 

"Needs new breaks"

"Who wants to sale me their car?"

"I have a car for sell."

"Camero"

Seeing these throughout the automotive community makes my head explode.

 

95% of car guys claim they have a grill on the front of the car. When I see this, I think, "what do they cook on that grill? A grille would look much nicer there."

 

Indeed. Misuse of voilà is bad. It's a French term for an expression of satisfaction with something being done meaning literally "see there," and while I can certainly forgive forgoing the accent mark (I think it's the grave accent),
people either misspell it as viola (an instrument), vwahlah (phonetically), or wallah (we're not even trying now).

A lot of people get in trouble when they go beyond their station in life. There's no shame in not having much linguistic education, as long as you can communicate, it's fine, but, when people start trying to sound more educated than they are, that's when they make mistakes and look bad. "We're done!" or "BAM!" (Emeril the Chef) or "BEHOLD!" (bad fantasy enchanter) all could be used over "WALLAH!!!"