British Humor

[kc8ufv]

That certainly shows LR reliability, when you have to tow a spare everything to get where you are going

Weasel

You know, on careful inspection, that spare everything appears to be from my home town....

[SteveB]

The spare everything does look like it comes from your hometown!

As an industrial mechanic (U.S.)/engineer (U.K.), I lived with Imperial, British Standard and Whitworth tools in my kit as well as the occasional inch or metric spanner(U.K.)/wrench(U.S.).

A local aircraft mechanic has often stated that each Lucas switch should have its own CO2 extinguisher built in.

[xena]

For those of you who have never had the pleasure of owning a British car, but want to know what it's like: Next big rainstorm, wait till dark, roll down all windows, leave off lights & heater & wipers and go for a drive. Stop at every intersection and throw out a twenty dollar bill.

It's not exactly the same, but it's real close.

[Mike_Oettle]

Well, Xena, my Ford Escort never did that.
But the Triumph Spitfire I once owned (not my choice, but a hand-me-down that I was obliged to buy from my brother) was no great shakes.
That is not to run Triumph down, though. My mother had a Triumph Herald that ran very nicely, and I can say the same for the Austin A50 we had, and several A40s in the family, too. Oh, and my aunt’s Morris Minor as well.

But generally you guys seem to be picking on anything and everything British, and I have encountered some pretty awful US-made vehicles in my time.

Just don’t forget that US also stands for UnServiceable!

[O'Callaghan]

Broken/useless=US? --------- as in: ".......this bl---- thing is broken again, it's US and we need another one."

US stands for Un-Serviceable, Jock, meaning not fit to be put in service.

ETA: I see I was beaten to it!

[O'Callaghan]

Owned a GT 750 too...had to keep it in second or third gear at highway speeds or it would foul the plugs.

The proper speed to shift it into top is 95 mph - you just weren't going fast enough, LOL!

[Jock Scot]

US stands for Un-Serviceable, Jock, meaning not fit to be put in service.

ETA: I see I was beaten to it!

In military(British influanced) terms absolutely, but in general UK terms US(NOT the country!)= useless. Actually the words Un-Serviceable and useless are not really that different!

[Mike_Oettle]

O’Callaghan wrote: “The proper speed to shift it into top is 95 mph - you just weren't going fast enough, LOL!”

Well, considering that your national speed limit is 50mph, you can’t go that fast either!

[Micric]

I was once at a seminar in Kentucky, (Wonderful time!)
.....made a comment about something being "U. S" (meaning useless) remembering in which country I was, I felt a bit awkward in the following silence!

[Pleater]

Sigh

When I was still a teenager I rebuilt a BSA 650 A10 in the dining room of the student flat I had - drove it with a Watsonian double adult sidecar as I did not have a full licence so it would not have been legal for me to drive solo.

I used to use it to roady for a folk duo and often drove back from a gig with the sidecar full of speakers, guitars, amp etc. and a drunk singer on the pillion - it was usually midnight and raining as I recall but the bike got us home every time.

One frosty night I remember, driving it back at 4am after an all nighter, a car overtook me at a silly speed and fishtailed off down the untreated road. A few minutes later I went over the railway bridge and saw that the car had failed to turn either left or right at the division in the road and gone straight ahead into the doorway of a bank, where it was jammed.

As the driver had already climbed out and was standing on the pavement gazing at his car I puttered past without stopping - I'd have laughed too much to be of any use.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: