You are a rational and intelligent human being. You are able to make sense of the world around you, solve problems methodically, and pay your taxes every year. However, if you’re anything like the majority of the collector-car community, you also are prone to start shouting at the screen and throwing things in the instance that somebody repeats as true some tidbit of information that you know couldn’t be more wrong.

(We writers have a similar condition. Don’t you dare show up in my presence with the catastrophe apostrophe. Drives me bonkers.)

Some people suppress that urge to throw things well; they bite their knuckles and just let it pass, figuring the other person will come to realize the error of their ways on their own. Other people give into that urge, leading them to type out rambling responses in all caps on every relevant message board, blog, forum, and Facebook post. Neither approach works: People, in general, have a hard time altering their thinking without external nudges, and they sure as sugar don’t care about the rantings of most online lunatics.

Out with your best arguments against automotive misconceptions, please!