24 Useless Car Facts To Get You Thinking

If you enjoy useless information to share with your friends, you will love these strange car facts. Memorize a few so that you can make yourself look smart at parties.

Racing

The first track built specifically for racing opened in 1907 in Surrey, England.

Dashboard

The term dashboard comes from the horse and buggy days when a board was attached to the front to keep the mud from the horses hooves from splashing up on the driver.

Hood Ornament

Rolls-Royce has a name for their iconic hood ornament: The Spirit of Ecstasy.

Loud Noises

It will cost you in Great Britain if you use your horn while stationary: 30 pounds as a matter of fact.

Easter Eggs

If you play around with the computer system in a Saab, you should be able to uncover a hidden gem: it comes with the game pong!

Blowing Away The Competition

Many Volkswagen models are named after winds: Passat is the German word for trade wind, Jetta is named after the Jet Stream, and the Golf is named after the Gulf Stream and NOT the sport as one might think.

New Car Smell

That ‘smell’ is the combination of over 50 compounds and chemicals; it’s a good thing those compounds are dangerous!

We’re All In This Together

A whopping 90% of drivers sing while driving: you aren’t alone!

Key Fobs

Because of the way they are programmed, if you press a key fob more than 256 times while out of range, it will cause it to stop working. It has to do with the encryption.

Amplifier

If your key fob begins to fail, you can hold it up to your head to boost the signal because the skull helps to amplify it.

Exhaust

Technology has come so far that nearly 80% of Formula One drivers have a coating on their exhaust pipe that was originally designed for nuclear reactors.

Loopholes

Steve Jobs found a loophole in California state law that excused him from having a license plate.

Stock Car Racing

Stock car racing actually began during Prohibition when moonshine runners souped up their cars to be able to get away from the police.

Roads Weren’t Meant For Cars

Paved roads were actually intended for bicyclists and not cars. Crazy right?!

“It’s A Doozy”

This term originated in the 20s because Dusenberg automobiles were considered the most luxurious in the world.

Loaner

Hitler was sent to prison in the early ’20s as he was a part of a failed coup. While there, he wrote to a Mercedez-Benz dealership requesting a car loan.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has more Rolls-Royces per capita than any other city in the world.

Revenge Best Served HOT!

It is perfectly legal to outfit your car with flame throwers in the country of South Africa. The modification was invented after carjackings skyrocketed.