Negative bling

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:06 pm

MX5parts wrote:Add the look of trick

You'd think an English site wouldn't fail English...

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:32 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:It certainly looks like it to me. 2 mouldings ring and lid and bracket(s)probably hinged with a roll pin and spring and mounting screws. If it is not plastic it merely demonstrates that the picture and description are inadequate.

perhaps your eyes are inadequate? :idea:

it would be considerably shortsighted to hypothesise about the construction of this thing without examining it first hand, and rather foolish to be basing your judgement upon what is by your own assertion an inadequate picture and description.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:12 pm

Rain - This link does not as far as I can see nominate what the product is made of. It looks to me be plastic and metal. If you know what is and its construction then by all means share your knowledge because so far you have not added any value to this subject.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:21 pm

Marcusus you are right about the text- they even go on to describe it as "one off". That actually means there is only one. They also say it is "hand crafted" whatever that means.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:25 pm

you guys have got your wires crossed by the sounds of it , talking about 2 different fuel caps altogether :mrgreen:

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:27 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:Rain - This link does not as far as I can see nominate what the product is made of. It looks to me be plastic and metal. If you know what is and its construction then by all means share your knowledge because so far you have not added any value to this subject.

I think you may have missed a few details Mr Morlock

rain902 wrote:and andrew has jsut seen it on the back of my NA - a nice replacement for the broken spring on the original

rain902 wrote:
Mr Morlock wrote:The link to me ........

which link? the UK one is not injection moulded plastic with pressed metal bracket attached, you can examine it this sunday if you wish to...

So from what I read... rain is trying to say that he has one of these?

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:23 pm

I did not miss them PUR but none of us is the wiser- if the guy has one what is it? The link was in the very first post and Marcusus quoted from it so it must be there or is it. .....

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:39 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:Marcusus you are right about the text- they even go on to describe it as "one off". That actually means there is only one. They also say it is "hand crafted" whatever that means.

This post is going downhill fast due to shortminded posts. The text on the website actually says "Add the look of trick, hand crafted, one off race parts to your MX-5. The Fuel Lid Door Kits are as functional as they are stylish. Installed in about 10 minutes using existing mounting holes. Uses your standard remote lid opener."

You may note the fact that it says "add the look" which in no way implies that it is a "one off" piece and when it is read as a whole rather than out of context the sentence makes perfect sense. I certainly can find no criticism in it's use of English. Mr Morlock, instead of criticising something you have no idea about based on what you think is going on, you should use your skills at typing to send them an email and ask them what it is made of. Not that it matters to you as you have already expressed in several posts that you would never buy anything you couldn't touch and examine with your own hands first. While this is a fine attitude to have not all people follow the same direction and some people enjoy being able to purchase products that aren't available from Australian retailers. What they don't need is someone saying that it looks like cheap nasty plastic instead of the high quality product that it is.

This is one of my favourite parts suppliers for mx5 parts which is why I am ranting a little bit. Everything they have sent me has been of very high quality and most of the time has been half the price of what I can get here and that includes the cost of postage. I don't personally believe you would buy something like this in the first case so I can't see why you posted in the first place

Ben

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:18 pm

meanmx wrote:You may note the fact that it says "add the look" which in no way implies that it is a "one off" piece and when it is read as a whole rather than out of context the sentence makes perfect sense. I certainly can find no criticism in it's use of English.

I realised after I quoted that I shouldn't have taken it out of context, but I then also realised that it'd be much more fun to leave it taken out of context and see what happened

That being said, even within the context of the rest of the sentence, it still doesn't quite make sense. What the hell is "trick"? I have nothing against the rest of the sentence. It makes perfect sense. Perhaps it's just a bit of English colloquialism that I've never heard of before... something along the lines of tricked up, but just shortened.

Anyway, let the COW continue :mrgreen:

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:59 pm

marcusus wrote:I realised after I quoted that I shouldn't have taken it out of context, but I then also realised that it'd be much more fun to leave it taken out of context and see what happened

That being said, even within the context of the rest of the sentence, it still doesn't quite make sense. What the hell is "trick"? I have nothing against the rest of the sentence. It makes perfect sense. Perhaps it's just a bit of English colloquialism that I've never heard of before... something along the lines of tricked up, but just shortened.

Anyway, let the COW continue

Lol Marcusus :lol:

. Fancy is another word for trick so when read that way it makes sense. Yours wasn't the post I was really objecting to though. Learn something new everyday huh. Well done on the baiting :lol:

Ben