<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/573e00b891058425008c3de7-3000-1988/gettyimages-104229725 (2).jpg" alt="drag racing" />Rusty Jarrett/Getty ImagesPeople who love cars - people who really, really love cars - have a language all their own.We call these people "gearheads" ("petrol heads" in the UK), and while we are sometime among their numbers, more often we are listening to their secret lingo and saying "Wha?"The words and phrases all sound cool, and maybe a tad offputting. But with a bit of study, you too can soon be speaking fluent gearhead.Read on.

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15 words and phrases that only total car nuts will get

Rusty Jarrett/Getty ImagesPeople who love cars - people who really, really love cars - have a language all their own.We call these people "gearheads" ("petrol heads" in the UK), and while we are sometime among their numbers, more often we are listening to their secret lingo and saying "Wha?"The words and phrases all sound cool, and maybe a tad offputting. But with a bit of study, you too can soon be speaking fluent gearhead.Read on.

Rusty Jarrett/Getty ImagesPeople who love cars - people who really, really love cars - have a language all their own. We call these people "gearheads" ("petrol heads" in the UK), and while we are sometime among their numbers, more often we are listening to their secret lingo and saying "Wha?

15 words and phrases that only total car nuts will get

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