That was the name given to some open carriages prior to the car being invented
due to the fact that they had a frame or skeleton with radiating arms
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 14:54, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Nice one.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 14:56, Reply)

then why name cars that then?
cars are nothing like spiders
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 14:57, Reply)

Car terms have been lifted wholesale from carriages
sedan, cabriolet, spider, hackney carriage, turbo, 4x4, fuel injection, spark plugs etc etc
( Kroney, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 14:59, Reply)

so why specifically are those cars spiders?
what makes them more like spider carriages than a ford marina?

and i'm not buying that spark plugs carriage thing, your having me on
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:01, Reply)

Because they are convertibles (ie, have a soft removable roof)
like the carriage
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:02, Reply)

sounds shit to me

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:09, Reply)

Am I? Ye of little faith.
Cars are even rated in horsepower, for goodness sake.
( Kroney, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:03, Reply)

yeah but carriages didn't have spark plugs, they had candle corks

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:09, Reply)

No, you see
Spark plugs were originally small vulcanised rubber caps that went on the nails on a horse's shoe. They'd put them there to stop the shoes striking up sparks on the road.
( Kroney, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:11, Reply)

FrankMuirlols

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:13, Reply)

i always wondered about taht

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:15, Reply)

I hate The Two Ronnies.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:22, Reply)

Spaz wagon etc

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:02, Reply)