I like gearbox
I like gearbox
I used "gearbox" for a standard and "transmission" for either standard or auto.
Special note to our Canadian friends:
It's "Ray-dee-ay-tor".
wheelsmithy wrote: I've been trying to curtail my use of that phrase, due to a mild wince when I type it, but really, we gearheads had it first. I guess the cross gender crowd can have it.
I'm not tired of hearing the use of tranny to mean transmssion. I'm tired of the alternate lifestyle folks co-opting all the previously defined terms for their own benefit.
Make up new words, don't screw up perfectly good words and abbreviations that already had a use.
I actually didn't like "tranny" as an abbreviation for transmission before I had ever thought of the whole transvestite/trans-gender connection. I just think it sounds stupid, much like the dizzy/distributor think. I also get annoyed by the engine/motor thing. I guess I'm just easily annoyed.
And how does that make you feel?
Gearbox is for british cars. Transmission is for Japanese and domestic cars.
The engine/motor thing used to drive me nuts, now I'm OK with it.
I drive a motorcar, not an enginecar.
I've never heard of an enginecycle.
Hybrids have an engine and a motor.
Shawn
TJ wrote: I don't like when people type break when they mean brake or sale when when they mean sell.
+1. People on CL are really bad about that.
I used to think I was the only one. I think everybody just about covered my gripes. Oh, here's another. "My diffy just blew"
You guys are wound way too tight for Friday afternoon.
alex wrote: And how does that make you feel?
ANGRY!
Neat car. What kind of motor does it got?
Its got 7.
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One to pump the fuel, one to wipe the windows, 4 to roll the windows up and down and one to start the engine.
gota add the power windows and lock motors :)...
hmm motors van has
4 lock 2 windows 2 a/c or heat 2 wipers (front/rear) 1 starter
sweet my afro van has 11 motors... but wait.... there's more... also have a motor in the CD player and tape player... and I suppose the windshild sprayers are motors as well so theres another 2 (front and rear)... so thats 15 motors :)...
man that van must be QUICK...
er in reality I don't care about the tranny term... I use it along with gearbox or slushbox, I use dizzy...
my big peeve is "RIMZ".... they are wheels thank you...
"Tranny" doesn't bug me in the least.
What does are the pedantic shiny happy people that think they're superior because they think that it's an "motor" not an "engine", or vice-versa. Guess what? It's BOTH.
From Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: 1en·gine
Pronunciation: \ˈen-jən\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English engin, from Anglo-French, from Latin ingenium natural disposition, talent, from in- + gignere to beget — more at kin Date: 13th century
1 obsolete a : ingenuity b : evil contrivance : wile 2 a : something used to effect a purpose : agent, instrument b : something that produces a particular and usually desirable result 3 a : a mechanical tool: as (1) : an instrument or machine of war (2) obsolete : a torture implement b : machinery c : any of various mechanical appliances —often used in combination 4 : a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion; also : a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source 5 : a railroad locomotive 6 : computer software that performs a fundamental function especially of a larger program
— en·gine·less adjective
Main Entry: 1mo·tor
Pronunciation: \ˈmō-tər\ Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from movēre to move Date: 1586
1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover 2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy 3 : motor vehicle; especially : automobile
— mo·tor·dom -dəm\ noun
— mo·tor·less -ləs\ adjective
Call me a shiny happy then cause to me an engine burns a fuel and a motor uses electricity. I won't try to argue with the dictionary, but I will still insist on my way even if it is wrong.
You do know that anyone can write a dictionary..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9mP2_1A-c
There is no standard that they have to adhere to. Much like the interwebs.
Shawn
TJ wrote: Call me a shiny happy then cause to me an engine burns a fuel and a motor uses electricity. I won't try to argue with the dictionary, but I will still insist on my way even if it is wrong.
But where did you get that idea, and why would you fly in the face of convention? Motorcar, motorcycle, motorcoach, motoring, motor vehicles, Benz Patent Motorwagen, Bayeriche Motoren Werkes, etc...
I dunno. Seems a rather silly thing to hold tightly to.
As an owner of an 86 911 Carrera, I can't stand P-car.
These guys must think you have to pull the 'tranny' to get at the 'dizzy' of their P-car.
We had someone disciplined at work for this not long ago. A call came out over the radio saying someone Blew a tranny on Christopher St. Someone replied that that would be the place to do it, which ofcouse offended millions of people who may or maynot be listening to our walkie talkies.
Chris_V wrote: But where did you get that idea, and why would you fly in the face of convention? Motorcar, motorcycle, motorcoach, motoring, motor vehicles, Benz Patent Motorwagen, Bayeriche Motoren Werkes, etc...
Don't forget General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Mopar (MOtor PARts), and on and on.
YES YES YES YES YES YES SI JA OUI DA DA!!!!!!!
At least say 'trans' or 'gearbox.'
Woody wrote: Special note to our Canadian friends: It's "Ray-dee-ay-tor".
NOPE - it is a Rad. Or a Ra-dee-ay-tor.
NGTD wrote:Woody wrote: Special note to our Canadian friends: It's "Ray-dee-ay-tor".NOPE - it is a Rad. Or a Ra-dee-ay-tor.
Aauuughhhhh!!!!!!
I have an engine in my motor car with a 5 speed transaxle.
Lets not forget about the 03-04 mustang cobra owners, with their "termis", or the other cobra guys who run centrifugal style blowers "centis".
Definitely sets off the annoying meter when some mouth-breathing wanabe thug is flexing his internet muscles telling you about his "termi"...
'Tranny' doesn't bug me. 'Trans' does though. It takes zero additional effort to say the entire word. Also, the use of 'autotragic' 'round these parts sets my hair on edge. Just saying.
What really bugs me is using 'rims' instead of 'wheels.' Wheels have rims. So do coffee cups, cereal bowls, swimming pools, and meteor craters. The only time you replace the rims on your car is if you have multi-piece wheels and you're keeping the center section.
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