Somehow the phrase "Yo fo shizzle I be headin to the hood for some wicked tricked spinner HUBS" just doesnt cut it for me.

Can someone do a photsop job for me? I'd like to see what my car would look like with 21" spinners...

Not until you buy me a few drinkshttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/fles.gif

I like that get it write site, if only they had "conversate". That thing we try do do on this board!

This reminds of George Orwell's "1984" and the "Newspeak" the government required? I wonder if that book is that still required reading in school or is it politically uncorrect.

Someone recently enlightened me this summer to a new vocabulary!.
Whilst in Maryland I was given a loaner Chrysler 300- A local told me I should get some "Dub Deuces"
He then expanded on the phrase explaining that Dubs are wheels and Deuces are 22" wheels
"Dub Deuces"
- Beat that!
So now I need "Dub Deuces" for my "whip" (Whip= car, for those of you without MTV)

I swear the english language is growing by the minute!
Rgsd Ben

See, this is why I love this board so much. Where else can you waste this much time? The correct spelling would be dis-understand, meaning that you purposely refuse to get it. And, wheels became "rims" the same time a spoiler or wing became a "fin". The first time someone asked me about my "fin", I said "Huh?" as stupidly as I could manage. Not only is it generational, but it's geographical, too. Anybody know where I can get a good Ducktail fin cheap?

You know, I don't think there are very many "rims" I'd care to check out...:eek: :eek:

Might be local usage, but I've always thought rims were steel as opposed to mag wheels or just mags or wheels.

YMMV,
Rod.

Mag wheels having been mentioned, are made of magnanimous material I understand, and it is not possible to change a tire mounted to the rim of a magnanimous wheel - the tire will always be a tire. I've tried, I'm tired, good night.

Yes, and not always for the better...

ianc

i'm still trying to figure out what a "case quarter" is.....it has something to do with 25 cents.......

I thought wheels meant car, as in "nice wheels bro"
Donuts are tires...

Tyre: sometimes referrred to as a cover. E.g. a new set of covers:D

"Dub Deuse chrome hun-ned spoke niche " = rims

"I backed my Rover over the tumbled stone mailbox" = wheels

"I spun a bearing on my Cannondales" = hubs

"Damb, those contis are noisy" = tires


"Those would look good on slivers" = 40's or 35s

"Auto-ups" = Hummer

"Rim-tracs" = Run flats



I still say tires...I need some new tires.

I did a Google search for car/auto dictionary for a semi-official definition of each (rim and wheel), and I found the following: http://www.100megsfree4.com/dictionary/car-dica.htm

I thought it was interesting at least. See "wheel rim".

Nice Wheels = I like your Legs
Check out the Headlights = She has Huge mammory glands
Rim job = that's been covered

80's high school question, are your nipples hard?

I searched last night and again today, no luck in finding an interesting thread talking about when people speak of motors vs. engines. I remember posting myself that drag racers have refered to the "mill" as a motor for years. Classically, I guess it's an engine, as in steam engine.

But, motorcycles have always been just that, AFIK. By the classical defintion, they have an engine.

One poster said it's potatoes vs. potahtoes.

Rims sounds funny to me except when speaking of the outer, detachable portion of a wheel ass'y. My .02 (or less).

Why don't they call them enginecycles?

I heard motorsport, motorbike, motorcycle, motorboat and motorcar.

I have never heard enginesport or nice enginecar, enginecycle, engineboat, or enginebike.

My guess is they can be interchanged, but engine denotes something massive like a train.

Quite obvious, actually ... the term "rims" is used because it's a single syllable ... :)

-Wil

Dictionary definition of "engine"

1) A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.

2) Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.

Dictionary definition of "motor"

1)Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.

2)A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.

So it seems that "motor" is correct for any vehicle. but "engine" is specific to a motor that uses fuel. So it seems that motorcycles SHOULD be called enginecycles, unless the name was derived from the verb, "to motor".

Ya know, this discussion is deep, man.