does anyone else hate the word rims?
- Thread starter NCZ13
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
LOL I thought about that as well as I have my electronic leash with me all the time.
Exactly how I see it.
it only annoys me because it's inaccurate, like when people say motor when it's really an engine. it's nowhere near as bad as when people say naws. like NCZ13 said the rim is the outer metal ring. a wheel is when it has the center stuff in it also. from wikipedia:
In recent times, the custom aftermarket carwheel has become a status symbol. These wheels are often incorrectly referred to as "rims." The term "rim" is incorrect because the rim is only a portion of a wheel, just as with a coffee cup or meteor crater. These "rims" have a great deal of variation, and are often very shiny. Some custom "rims" include a bearing-mounted, free-spinning disc which continues to rotate by inertia after the automobile is stopped. In slang, these are referred to as "Spinners" [3].
In recent times, the custom aftermarket carwheel has become a status symbol. These wheels are often incorrectly referred to as "rims." The term "rim" is incorrect because the rim is only a portion of a wheel, just as with a coffee cup or meteor crater. These "rims" have a great deal of variation, and are often very shiny. Some custom "rims" include a bearing-mounted, free-spinning disc which continues to rotate by inertia after the automobile is stopped. In slang, these are referred to as "Spinners" [3].
We Are Ninja
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- 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 GT; 2004 Mazda 6 Wagon
"Ghostride the car" doesn't roll off the tongue the same...
I'm not a huge fan of "rims". I usually say "wheels".
kudakev615
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thats nasty
I'm surprised that multiple people think that "wheel" includes the tire! Wheel is metal. Tire is rubber. Just like MiaTurbo said. If you're going to use "rim", fine, but that's just slang for "wheel." And no, that does not include the inflated thing stretched around it.
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
It took 14 posts for someone to mention this? Damn, that was the first thing that popped in my dirty mind. I really don't care what they're called, but I actually prefer rims. (shrug)
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
Irregardless, I guess I use rims more often b/c when I first got into cars that's what people were calling them most often. :\
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Agreed! I think that annoys me more than the use of slang.
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- 96 Miata M-Edition, 2015 Mazda 3 Hatch
not as bad as when people add about five extra h's to the pronunciation of "wheel."
Those are some mighty fine Whhhhhhheel's.
Those are some mighty fine Whhhhhhheel's.
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On this forum... I'd give it about another page before the topic COMPLETELY changes b/c there are now TLT posters. And really, it could go on from there. We tend to takeover. But this topic, I'd say about now.
irregardless
an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the exact opposite of what it is used to express, attested in non-standard writing from 1912, probably a blend of irrespective and regardless. Perhaps inspired by the double negative used as an emphatic.
(thinkbeer
