Factoids.

[Formula Autos]

Former Ferrari F1 driver Eddie Irvine was gifted a giant bronze prancing horse by the Scuderia when he was in their employ (delivered to his home in Northern Ireland), but thought it so tacky that he sold it almost immediately to a local farmer. He allegedly used the proceeds to buy into a local taxi firm, and continues to cream off the profits to this day.

[ashmicro]

Former Ferrari F1 driver Eddie Irvine was once voted as being "more popular than the Pope" in a poll conducted by Gazetta della Sport.

 

Eddie was also shagging Pamela Anderson, but she dumped him, saying that "Eddie was too sweet"

 

PFAKT: Irv owned LA Cabs in Bangor Co. Down. Sadly, no Ferrari taxis.

 

PFAKT: Eddie almost killed his Grandfather in the family-run scrapyard. He was about to mash a Capri when he noticed his Grandad's dog running about. Old fellow was in said Capri, ripping out the wires.

[stoterstangen90]

Jensen FF was the first four wheel drive , non off road car

No, it was the 1904 Spijker

[pogweasel]

BBC Formula 1 rent-a-gob Eddie Jordan gets dressed in the dark.

[ashmicro]

In the 60's the UK and USA had Nuclear Field Artillery!!

 

Fuckin terrifying, but highly effective it would seem.

 

 

[trigger]

The 1980 Talbot Horizon SX came with a trip computer and criuse control as standard.

[Rusty Pelican]

Peugeot 106 is made of tin foil , At least the one at work is

[Negative Creep]

Mario was given a hat so the game designers could avoid trying to draw hair. Since he's a Mario bother his official name is Mario Mario but was originally known as Jumpman

[Pete-M]

Jensen FF was the first four wheel drive , non off road car

No, it was the 1904 Spijker

 

Um, actually, no, it was the 1899 Lohner-Porsche as I said earlier in this thread.. Do keep up at the back.

[Station]

The first four wheel drive vehicle was the 1995 Suzuki Jimny.

[Pete-M]

The first four wheel drive vehicle was the 1995 Suzuki Jimny.

 

Dammit. I forgot all about that.

[Cavcraft]

F1 is neither a sport nor entertaining.

 

If you turn the key fully to the right on a Fraud Galaxy door lock it opens all the windows in one go. Do it twice and it flattens the battery.

 

If you buy a Rover 214 with a knackered headgasket simply remove and jet wash the expansion bottle, plug it at the bottom, fill it with clean water and screen wash then run it through the local car auction. Bonus points if it overheats and dies on the arrogant pair of dickheads who bought it as they drive it home.

[Guest]

The 1st traffic island was Invented by a Colonel Pierpoint, who in 1864 put one on a street running off Piccadilly (London) so he could cross safely to his club in St James's. One day he turned round to admire his creation, missed his footing and was tragically run over.

[richardthestag]

regrettably warrren t claims avatar is not Mrs thestag

 

[cobblers]

Out of all the 1275cc A series engines sold in minis before 1990, only 20 remain that haven't been fucked around with by teenage boys in the 90's to the point where they are lucky to travel 100 yards without spinning a cheap shitty big end bearing or firing the diff out of the gearbox casing.

 

Of these 20, 4 of them were hidden in the grounds at Longbridge by a bloke called Keith who worked in the engine shop in the early 80s, with a view to picking them up one night all stealth like in his mates dads sherpa, and somehow punting them on to blokes in the pub for some beer money. Unfortunately, after he went on holiday to Corfu for a fortnight (which he won on spot the ball) he'd forgotten where he'd hidden half of them and it turned out that his mate couldn't really just "borrow the van whenever like" as he'd said.

[CreepingJesus]

The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, was designed by Bruce McLaren, using advanced NASA plastics. It was named after the late Cozy Powell, and is in fact the first eco-car, as it has no engine. But if you're clever, it is possible to fit a 350 Chevy in the back, driving thro' a Daf Variomatic 'box. No-one's yet made one steer properly tho'.

The proposed Bonzo Berlinetta, meant to replace it, eventually led to the Toyota Prius. Neither, or both, of which were/were not designed by Oscar Wilde and/or Oscar The Grouch. Fact.

Fuckin' squiggly bastards will lead you astray. Esoteric fact. We're thro' the looking glass, people...

[Station]

The world land speed record was held by me in 1997 outside a pub in Eastham in an Escort mk2 kitted out with an OHV 1.1. The official witnesses, a bunch of girls, celebrated the occasion by offering the 'wanker' hand gesture. And laughing.

A later attempt at beating the record was once again broken by me in a Ford Orion 1.4 in 2001, on Chester High Road. The event was hampered, however, when the car, a white four door with grey interior and a speaker joystick controller on the dashboard, mounted the kerb on a roundabout at 15 mph, and bursting the tyre.

A further record beating attempt in February 2001 in a gold 1989 Rover 213 was cancelled, due to my dad using the car that night.

[Guest]

The first four wheel drive vehicle was the 1995 Suzuki Jimny.

 

Dammit. I forgot all about that.

 

No it wasn't, it was the BMW 5 Series.

[Guest]

Mazda's range of Autozam cars were launched by Danny Dyer, who featured in all the adverts.

[ashmicro]

A Honda CR125 scrambler has a MILLION brake horsepower, and will kill you.

[outlaw118]

I am the official Top Gear Stig trainer.

[Alexg]

David Bellamys beard is the registered keeper of a 1998 Proton Wira.

 

A bunch of bananas can be used to repair a faulty wheel baring

 

When Dame Vera Lynn drop-kicked Chris Bangles mother during the official launch of the BMW X5, it was down to the quantity of Chicken Drumsticks.

 

Former Ireland and Liverpool defender Phil Babb is the new face of the Kia Rio owners club, despite owning a 53 plate Accent.

[Alexg]

The official witnesses, a bunch of girls, celebrated the occasion by offering the 'wanker' hand gesture.

[Guest]

The best-selling car worldwide is Danny Dyer.

[ashmicro]

PhaakkkT: Getting Cayenne pepper on your bell end is painful.

 

Porsche Cayenne, on the other hand, is a type of car driven by bell ends.

[Negative Creep]

Danny Dyer is a propa nawtee geeza who will mess you up propa if you diss him

[ashmicro]

During The Spanish Inquisition, Cardinal Biggles drove a Leon Cupra R. Nobody expected that.

[ashmicro]

Danny Dyer is a fanny, who was once beaten up by the shadow of a small disabled child.

[Cavcraft]

The person who wrote the phrase 'If only everything in life was a reliable as a Volkswagen' was dyslexic. He actually meant to type 'Effete Hiring Nil Vinyl Yo!

A Salvageable Sower Kiln' .

[Guest]

Danny Dyer is actually more aerodynamic at the back, than the front.