Re: Wheel shimmy


Dodgy wrote:
On 7 Mar 2006 05:44:31 -0800, "Shevek" <DrShevek@xxxxxxxxx> waffled on
about something:

Er, rotors is the same as discs right?

Yup...

Americans call discs rotors.

Actually, we alternate. I use both terms indiscriminately.

Automotive phrases are a minefield for our two divided version of
English!

Brake Disc/Rotor
Bonnet/Hood
Boot/Trunk

Also, 'decklid'. Note, too, that our cars have *never* sported 'wings'
other than those bolted to the rear decklid by Asian youths, unless
they were actually meant to fly. We cover our wheels with 'fenders'.

Windscreen/Windshield
Indicator/turn signal

(Cringing): 'blinker' - but never from *my* lips! Occasionally,
'flasher'.

Manual gearbox/Stick shift (I think)

Sometimes 'standard' transmission. 'Gearbox' is only commonly used
among the 'sportycar' crowd like SCCA and other assorted road racers.

Automatic gearbox/ (No idea what American's call that... Probably
assumed unless stick shift specified!)

'Automatic transmission' or, derogatorily, 'slushbox'.

Then, there's that whole 'wheels-rims-tires-tyres' thing ...
--
C.R. Krieger
(Bilingual!)

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