Let's Play the "Did You Know" game

BerserkerCatSplat said:
Did you know that the age of sexual consent in Canada is 14?

(Giggidy giggidy!)
you dont say ...
know any good hotels ? :p

Did you know the first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At the time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
 
Did you know that the Integrale is the most sucessful rallycar of all time?
 
Did you know it was Volvo that invented the 3-point seatbelt in use today, and they refused to patent it in order that every car manufacturer would pick it up and thus save more lives?
 
Do you know that the legal drinking age in GB is 5 with parental consent and in private
 
^ And that has what exactly to do with cars?

Mally Dangerous said:
OK, here's the deal. To play "Did You Know" you must state car/motorcycle fact.

:coplight:
 
my bad
did you know that the heavy ferrari 456 GT had a carbon fibre hood to cut weight. It obviously didn't work too well.
 
BlaRo said:
^ And that has what exactly to do with cars?

:coplight:

Well, it means if your 5 year old nicks your car, he or she can be arrested for drunk driving.

Did you know the MG ZT-T Bonneville estate car, the fastest estate in the world with 765 bhp, only came about due to Peter Stevens and one of the directors meeting on a plane, and talking about big boys' toys?
 
fbc said:
Carsightings said:
did you that more slr maclarens were sold in europe than crossfires :eek:

This can only be a good thing

Shows that us europeans have good taste ;)
 
Did you know that the finnish former rally ace and worldchampion Ari Vatanen is now in politics?
 
Svempa said:
Did you know that the finnish former rally ace and worldchampion Ari Vatanen is now in politics?

And more importantly did you know that he is in the European parliament NOT as a Finnish MP, but as a French MP?
 
Did you know the 2005 BMW.Williams (FW27):

- Accelerates from 0-200Km/h in approximately 5 seconds.
- Deceleration forces on board will reach -5g.
- Brake temps at -5g deceleration will reach 600 DegC in 1 second.
- Can produce 1,500Kg's of downforce at 250Km/h.
- P84/5 engine alone contains 5,000 individual components and takes 100 man hours to build.
- Maximum piston acceleration is 10,000g (Yes, Ten Thousand).
- The BMW exhaust gas temps reach 950 DegC.
- Complete engine weighs less than 90Kg.
 
Did you know that the grille off the 1967 Ford Mustang "Eleanor" from Gone in 60 Seconds was made from that of a Chevy Astro?

From here. Oh, and it's for sale, too.
 
Did you know that James Bond's Z8 was infact an RC car and mock ups based on AC Cobra kit cars?
 
Did you know the first head on collision between 2 cars was between the only 2 cars in the state of Missouri?

Did you know that Diesel engines were originally designed to run on vegitable oil, but Rudolf Diesel died and his financers were oil barrons had the design converted to run on an oil based fuel?

Did you know the Diesel family believes Rudolf Diesel was assinated by German government, so that the English couldn't get their technology?

Did you know the C2 corvette, arguably the most popular, was the only 'vette never to win any motorsports championships?
 
Did you know Henry Ford thought Alcohol fuels were going to take over, not gas/petrol?

Did you know Ferrari hasn't won a Le Mans since Ford beat their asses in '66?

Did you know NSU went bankrupt and sold to VW due to warranty claims on their Rotary car the Ro80?

Did you know Mazda is the only Japanese manufacturer to win Le Mans outright in 1991?

Did you know Mazda won their class in Le Mans 1984 with the T-616 with an under powered car that got worse fuel mileage than the competition, all on full DOT street legal street tires, complete with a proper tread pattern?
*They were down by 30mph on the straights, and won due to suprior handling, and most importantly reliability.
 
Did you know that before the legendary 4 years LeMans win, the GT40 was strugglin to finish LeMans race? Only with the project handed over to the great Caroll Shelby, that the GT40 tasted victory...
 
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