Another UK Grenadier has arrived

bemax · Mar 18, 2023

DaveB said:
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Could someone please explain me foreigner whether „it’s arrived“ is correct English.

Michael H. · Mar 18, 2023

bemax said:
Could someone please explain me foreigner whether „it’s arrived“ is correct English.

“It's“ can be short for ”it is” or in this case “it has”.

so … It has arrived.

can be shortened to … It's arrived.

Tazzieman · Mar 18, 2023

alvan said:
You know that Porsche (for sure in the past, I don't know at the present) mounted the Porsche shield in the pneumatic rims with the tip oriented towards the valve... That was attention to detail...

I'm not renewing my m'ship of the local club this year for several reasons. But I have enjoyed pointing out the shield rotational malalignment to quite a rew members at events/ car shows, and slowly walking away.
I know it's dickhead behaviour , but some people take themselves too seriously, and need a bit of stirring

DenisM · Mar 18, 2023

bemax said:
Could someone please explain me foreigner whether „it’s arrived“ is correct English.

Yes... it is correct (= acceptable) English usage

"It's arrived" is the written form of the spoken shortened form for "it has arrived" the apostrophe between the t and the s signifies the 'missing' letters 'h' and 'a'.

Another example... instead of saying "It is not a good idea to dwell on the RHD footwell" the words "It is" are shortened in everyday speech to "It's not a good idea...." and so written accordingly
Hope this helps!

EDIT: In a similar way... examples "they had just arrived when..." might be spoken as "they'd just arrived when..." ; "I would like to see that!" becomes "I'd like to see that"... etc

Tazzieman · Mar 18, 2023

DenisM said:
Another example... instead of saying "It is not a good idea to dwell on the RHD footwell"

The footwell intrudes again!

DenisM · Mar 18, 2023

Tazzieman said:
The footwell intrudes again!

Gotcha!

ADVAW8S · Mar 18, 2023

Solmanic said:
Pretty standard best practice with bicycle tyres is to make sure the lettering is closest to the valve when fitting.

Actually, you centered the lettering to the valve. My dad was stickler about where we mounted tires in relation to the valve. We even built wheels a certain way where the hub lettering matched the rim lettering.

Tazzieman · Mar 18, 2023

ADVAW8S said:
Actually, you centered the lettering to the valve. My dad was stickler about where we mounted tires in relation to the valve. We even built wheels a certain way where the hub lettering matched the rim lettering.

Did you balance them as well, or is that a touch too ocd?

bemax · Mar 18, 2023

Michael H. said:
“It's“ can be short for ”it is” or in this case “it has”.

so … It has arrived.

can be shortened to … It's arrived.

Thanks a lot. I just read it as „it is arrived“
Learned again

Eric · Mar 18, 2023

JohnHeagney said:
Hope that its not registered, at this rate it will need an MOT before the customers takes delivery….

Tazzieman said:

The footwell intrudes again!

Click to expand...

Aaaaaaaah

Shaky · Mar 18, 2023

Michael H. said:
That would be because the spare is reverse mounted to allow for storage.

Well spotted and pointed out sir

However

You forgot to take into account I had already thought of that !!!
(Slowly walks away)

Eric · Mar 18, 2023

Shaky said:
I see it has white lettering out on the tyres. My dealer actually asked me which way round I wanted them last week, which I was impressed with.

Because he had nothing else to do with his time during the BIG wait.............

DCPU · Mar 18, 2023

Shaky said:
I see it has white lettering out on the tyres. My dealer actually asked me which way round I wanted them last week, which I was impressed with.

50% chance he does nothing and still looks good.

CountyV8 · Mar 18, 2023

DCPU said:
50% chance he does nothing and still looks good.

Had heard they will change and recharge Ineos the cost.

DCPU · Mar 18, 2023

alvan said:
You know that Porsche (for sure in the past, I don't know at the present) mounted the Porsche shield in the pneumatic rims with the tip oriented towards the valve... That was attention to detail... But, I don't think that is the right spirit of a Grenadier...

I think I'd prefer them to take notice of:

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DCPU · Mar 19, 2023

CountyV8 said:
Had heard they will change and recharge Ineos the cost.

I'm going to quote you with my agent if they're the wrong way round.

I'm just not sure at the moment which way is the wrong way...

Krabby · Mar 19, 2023

DCPU said:
I'm going to quote you with my agent if they're the wrong way round.

I'm just not sure at the moment which way is the wrong way...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a logo on just one side of their helmet because they wanted to try it out before committing. They then had some success and decided to leave it that way; they’re the only NFL team with a ”1-sided” helmet design.

So, have one side of the car with the white letters out, and the other side without. Best of both worlds

Eric · Mar 19, 2023

DCPU said:
I'm going to quote you with my agent if they're the wrong way round.

I'm just not sure at the moment which way is the wrong way...

Off road tyres OWL. Road tyres it's a no no

DCPU · Mar 19, 2023

Eric said:
Off road tyres OWL. Road tyres it's a no no

Sorry ~ I'm calling @Jean Mercier to get that sorted.

Eric · Mar 19, 2023

DCPU said:
Sorry ~ I'm calling @Jean Mercier to get that sorted.

Tyre manufacturers use OWL meaning outside white lettering

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