Wheels, not Rims

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Originally Posted By: BGK
Boot is the trunk; bonnet is the hood.
Logically you would expect the bonnet to be the roof, i.e. a bonnet usually covers the head like a baby bonnet.


And where do you wear a hood?

The hood is the roof on a convertible, no?

The correct for the thing over the engine should be "engine bay lid" or "engine cover" (notice I didn't say "motor"

)?

 

[rg200amp]

Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Originally Posted By: moribundman
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Originally Posted By: BGK
Boot is the trunk; bonnet is the hood.
Logically you would expect the bonnet to be the roof, i.e. a bonnet usually covers the head like a baby bonnet.


And where do you wear a hood?

The hood is the roof on a convertible, no?

The correct for the thing over the engine should be "engine bay lid" or "engine cover" (notice I didn't say "motor"

)?


No no no, it should be engine covering device with body color matching paint.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Originally Posted By: moribundman
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Originally Posted By: BGK
Boot is the trunk; bonnet is the hood.
Logically you would expect the bonnet to be the roof, i.e. a bonnet usually covers the head like a baby bonnet.


And where do you wear a hood?

The hood is the roof on a convertible, no?

The correct for the thing over the engine should be "engine bay lid" or "engine cover" (notice I didn't say "motor"

)?


A hood and a bonnet are both covers. You mustn't ignore etymology when trying to figure why something has a certain name.

An engine cover is what I took off my engine just to throw it out for good.

 

[meep]

...but on a bicycle, the metal thing is indeed called a "rim." Spokes and hub towards the center.

M

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: meep
...but on a bicycle, the metal thing is indeed called a "rim." Spokes and hub towards the center.

M
I recall way back in high school, some of the guys spoke of getting "rim jobs." Is that where you take your bicycle in for the rim to be straightened?

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: meep
...but on a bicycle, the metal thing is indeed called a "rim." Spokes and hub towards the center.

M


No

.

Originally Posted By: moribundman

A wheel consists of, from inside to outside, of hub (on, for example, bike or cart wheel), hub /wheel mounting pad (on a modern car), spokes or disc (latter may be bowl-shaped), and rim. Since modern wheels are frequently made out of one piece, the rim is simply the outermost part of the wheel, with the typical modern wheel having a tire bead rim.

 

[AndyH]

What's next...a discussion of "soda" versus "pop"?

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Challenger71
I have reviewed all of the pertinent, technical data on this thread and have come to the hypothesis that "Rimz Yo" should be the proper terminology here. LOL


Modern ghetto slang takes over our language again!

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: AndyH
What's next...a discussion of "soda" versus "pop"?
Bet ya get a lot of posts if you start a thread.