Vauxhall Chavaliers
I have just about every single Vauxhall Cavalier sales brochure since 1988. I know that they were shit, but i can't bring myself to throw them out and am entrenched in the belief they'll be worth something in years to come.

They won't though.
(Colostomy Bag Explosion Lubing the gears of commercialism, Thu 3 May 2012, 19:49, 2 replies)

Ah I fondly remember my Chavalier.
It cost me £600 and lasted for five years with no servicing at all. When I finally scrapped it due to rust, it only had one working brake. As luck would have it that was the same wheel which had the only legal tyre.
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Fri 4 May 2012, 10:31, closed)

I once worked with a woman who couldn't pronounce "Cavalier"
she pronounced it "C' VAR-lier". Sitting in the office listening to her phoning round newspaper ads asking questions about the "C' VAR-lier for sale" was quite amusing, since the people on the other end of the phone evidently had no idea what she was talking about at first.

Quite amusing for the first day, anyway.

My wife and I have adopted this pronunciation between ourselves because we found it quite amusing; but you don't half get some funny looks if you inadvertently use it in public. Perhaps that's how my workmate got started with it.
(richardm, Wed 9 May 2012, 14:59, closed)