The 'E' Type Forum

An Englishman, taking a road trip through the US, notices he’s low on fuel, pulls into the first gas station he sees
The attendant walks out and approaches the car.
“How can I help you, sir?”
And in a posh voice, the man says,
“I’m low on petrol; please top off the tank.”
With an odd look, the guy begins to fill ’er up.
The Englishman then says,
“Also, while I’m here could you open the bonnet and check the oil?”
Now looking slightly peeved but still saying nothing, the serviceman does as requested.
“Oh, yes,” says the Brit,
“It appears my windscreen needs a good cleaning. Would you mind terribly-”
Unable to hold his tongue any more the attendant angrily snaps,
“Alright, that’s enough! It’s not Petrol, it’s gasoline! It’s not a bonnet, it’s a hood! And it’s not a windscreen, it’s a windshield! We invented cars, so you call them by their American names!”
And with that wonderful, charming, stiff-upper-lip UK wit, the Englishman calmly replies,
“Well yes, my friend, you may have invented the automobile, but we invented the language!”
Cheers
Chris

Wasn’t it the Jermans who invented the horseless carriage

And the British who invented the steam carriage about 80 years before that !

Automobile? It's a car!

If that's all the same to you, my dear fellow.

Well,

The steam carriage was actually invented by the french, see Nicholas Cugnot, 1769…

Carsten

But the first practical steam engines came from Great Britain
But the use of steam can be traced back centuries (if you believe wikilies )

And what about Denis PAPIN...!

Furthermore,

I believe that Jaguar / Mr. Heynes had a very close look under the bonnet of a Citroen 11CV/ see the arm and torsion bar setup… I think is kinda close.

Carsten