Can't do 200mph then go home!

andy said:
especially in american articles :p

Exactly :)

helpimcrap - If you're going to watch an American publication testing cars then you have to expect that you are going to occasionally have your ears assaulted by a strange dialect of our language known as "American English". This includes several odd pronunciations and several words which may be new to you and therefore confusing. Suck it up, buttercup.
 
when you see the 200mph run from inside in the boooooogatti it looks about as interesting as cold toast.

not sure how I feel about that tbh.
 
JRS said:
Exactly :)

helpimcrap - If you're going to watch an American publication testing cars then you have to expect that you are going to occasionally have your ears assaulted by a strange dialect of our language known as "American English". This includes several odd pronunciations and several words which may be new to you and therefore confusing. Suck it up, buttercup.

yeah you're right.

it's still a totally cringy word though which sounds totally wrong to the ears.

even after watching countless simpsons and friends episodes i still have yet to find a word that grates me as much as that. if they're gonna copy our language at least copy it right. ;)

:p
 
am I the only one who doesn't find winningest annoying?

Ok so thats probably cos I've been watching american drag racing/monster trucks since I was 3 but it describes someone who has won the most
 
Nitro_Junkie said:
am I the only one who doesn't find winningest annoying?

Ok so thats probably cos I've been watching american drag racing/monster trucks since I was 3 but it describes someone who has won the most

It's annoying to us I think because it's two suffixes, we very rarely (if ever?) encounter another suffix after 'ing'

Most Sporting > Sportingest "That guy was probably the sportingest one on their team"

Most Willing > Willingest "He was the willlingest to carry out the dangerous jobs"

Most Chilling > Chillingest "That was the chillingest film i've ever watched"

They all just sound a bit wrong, so Winningest does too really.
 
Watched the BMW Vs Infinity video and the narrator says the 335i is $41600, thats a shade over £20k at todays rates and he says its 2/10ths quicker to 60 than the outgoing M3.

TO AMERICA! :cool:
 
volospian said:
I don't care how rich you are, why would you live in a Hotel?? I know he can afford to throw cash away, but paying rent on a hotel room??? Why not just build your own, it'd be cheaper and make more sense :confused:
When you have a lot of money, the things you've always thought made sense can go out of the window. With tax laws etc it can make some crazy things be the right things to do.
 
The_Dark_Side said:
When you have a lot of money, the things you've always thought made sense can go out of the window. With tax laws etc it can make some crazy things be the right things to do.
Plus. in your own home you have to tidy up after yourself
 
The_Dark_Side said:
When you have a lot of money, the things you've always thought made sense can go out of the window. With tax laws etc it can make some crazy things be the right things to do.

I'll take that as the voice of experience.... your... ummm... highness?

:D
 
Ultra_Extreme said:
Do you reckon he just gets error messages turning up at his door? So he thinks its the norm.

Would explain a lot.
Top class humour IMHO.
(well it made me chuckle anyway :D )

volospian said:
I'll take that as the voice of experience.... your... ummm... highness?

:D
LOL, not exactly.
I'd like to claim the above wisdom as my own, but i have to admit it's what i was told. For example, when you win the lottery Camelot send financial bods (usually 2 of them) to speak to you and offer advice. One of the first things they say is that what you've had drummed into you to do as a working man is NOT necessarily what you need to do when you're at the other end of the financial spectrum.
As a working man you are constantly told to buy, as rent is dead money. It's often the other way around when you're playing with 5 or 6 zeros at the end of your lucky number. Rent and you can claim some of it back, buy and you end up paying depreciation. Don't GIVE your brother a car, register yourself as say Volospian ltd and lease the car as a company car. They pay the tax+servicing costs, you can claim back the taxes and some of the expenditure and you chop it in every 2 years for a new one.
It's a head wrecker.


Incidentally, the Camelot guys.
£250 per day per man, although the advice they give is worth many times that.
 
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