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R50/53 There is Rice Rockets, Pasta Rocket, what are we?

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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 05:13 AM
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Other suggestions

Eurothrash? (half-UK, half-Deutsch? ... as opposed to "Eurotrash"? ... uh, yeah. Okay, then, how about...)

Hasty Pudding? (as in the Brit pastry)

Rod Bull? ("...gives you wings!")

Allright. I'll keep my day job.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Phantom
SO as I'm sure most of you know a "honda" or asian made car is a "rice rocket"
FYI, some hondas are made in the UK.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Wagnbat
FYI, some hondas are made in the UK.
pssst...some Hondas are made in here in Alabama, we also make Mercedes so I guess they can now be called "grit rockets"
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by retroom
How about BPS Rocket (British Pound Sterling)?

retroom
Maybe it should be Euro-rocket.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by chows4us


Never heard of Pasta Rocket I think the OP made that up
I've heard of Pasta Rockets before, but it usually refers to fast Italian made bikes instead of cars.

I consider the MINI to be a kraut-mobile. To me, it's a German car that happens to be assembled in England. (Some 325's are assembled in South Africa and all Z3, Z4, and X5's are assembled in South Carolina; but since they are German designed the specs are German...)

My last Camaro was made in Canada and so was my F-100. Crown Vics and Suburbans are made in Mexico...I consider all of those to be American cars.

Cars are becoming so global in nature, it's hard to assign a nationality to them except for low volume exotics.

Rawhyde
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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How about Mini Rocket?

It's small and it doesn't have that much power, but it sure does go and will always put a smile on your face everywhere you drive it.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by msh441
Well... I generally have difficulty referring to ANY 4-wheeled vehicle as a "rocket" of any type. Until you gan do 0-60 in under 3-seconds... it's no rocket. Sorry .

Can a Brit bike do that? Yes it can :

Now that's some REAL Beer Battered British Steel (OK, mostly aluminum and magnesium, actually) .
Don't forget the Ariel Atom, it's a British 4 wheel car that can beat most bikes.....
 
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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Bratwurst rocket
 
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Just "Epic".
 
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:58 AM
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Vinegar rockets
 
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by revo789
Just "Epic".
Originally Posted by Xer0 Ph0kus
Vinegar rockets
Way to bring a thread back from '06
 
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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black & tan
 
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Old Jul 14, 2022 | 06:43 AM
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I was hoping one of you would get the British pudding connection (otherwise, why would I ever use pudding?)...you got there for London but not enough to know about Christmas<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->British pudding or that pudding is part of a traditional Sunday supper


British pudding
 
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