Until recent times, it didn't matter if you could spell carburetor, provided you could tune one. I'm sorry, Cletus, but those days are over.
I'm not such a pedantic tool as to correct someone's spelling online, but that doesn't mean it doesn't bother me. Beyond simple annoyance (your/you're), it gets to be a problem when trying to buy stuff online.
While I may know that what you've listed as an "axel" sits under the springs and between the wheels, Craigslist has yet to implement Google's "Did you mean _____?" feature. The means I'm not going to find your "axel", because I'm searching for an axle.
That said, here's a list of commonly misspelled car related words:
- axle
- bearing (not "baring")
- brakes (not "breaks")
- Camaro
- carburetor
- clutch
- convertible
- differential
- Galaxie is the Ford product, galaxy is a bunch of stars
- hydraulic
- manifold
- manual
- torque
- transmission
- viscous (not vicious)
- wrench
That's enough for now. I'm hoping to link back to this post, and or edit the (unfortunately) growing list as time goes on.
