Car Slang

[Dayzedandkonfuzed]

Lets see a list of slang only gearheads would understand. Actually a bit of a research project for me... I'll get this started

Whip - badass car (or your Corolla, whatever)
Ride - see above
Mud - body filler
Rockford - 180 turn in reverse, and a Firebird driving P.I.

 

[Texas82GP]

Stick - shifter

 

[Dayzedandkonfuzed]

Slushbox - automatic transmission

 

[pagrunt]

Hooptie-old or a P.O.S. car

 

[ssn696]

Loud pedal. The one on the right.
New shoes. Fresh tires.

 

[Texas82GP]

Meats - wide tires
Mill - engine
T-r-a-n-n-y - transmission (had to add the hyphens for the thought police

 

[fleming442]

Rock Crusher- Muncie M22
Laughing gas, giggle juice, gap sauce- nosszzzzz/nitrous
The Stripe- finish line
Burnout, boiling the hides- heating tires
Light- reaction time
Rocket- Oldsmobile

Some of my least favorite
Dizzy
Cutty
Nosssssss

 

[GuysMonteSS]

Hogshead = Ford 9 inch center section
Guy

 

[melloelky]

knocked the tires off-burnout
belt driven intake-blower
skinny's-narrow/drag tires
power adder-forced induction/nitrous
kicked a rod out- catastrophic engine failure

 

[Steve 82 Elly]

Nailed the tree = very good reaction time
Hooked = good traction
Roundy rounders = Circle track racers