Hi there. Just got my car back from the body shop after repairs. All looks good but looking under the bonnet (hood). There is no heat proof material under there and I can't remember if it came with one, but it looks like there should be something there. Can anyone tell me if there should be something there.

 

You're fine. There's no heat shield, just a single rubber strip.

 

There's nothing on the underside of the hood (bonnet)? That surprises me. Aside from protecting the paint from high underhood temperatures, the material usually fitted there is designed to come apart when exposed to flame to help smother the fire.

 

There isn't much room between the hood underside and the engine cover, perhaps 1 inch. I also don't recall it getting very hot, but will do the palm test on the hood and engine cover at my next opportunity.

 

"hood" is UK term for what we call the convertible top in the USA.
"bonnet" is UK term for what we call the "hood" in the USA.
"wings" are the UK term for what we call "fenders" in the USA.
We could go on here for awhile...

Funny story about New York City Rolls Royce dealer who sold a new Corniche convertible to an ex.pat Brit who took the car back and asked that they "dye the hood black..."

 

I know, but when I'm talking about that the hinged piece covering the engine compartment, I simply refuse to call it a "bonnet."

 

And a ''Trunk'' is a UK and a USA term for what's bolted onto the front of an Elephant? ;-)

 

When I lived in London a few years ago, I believe everyone I knew called the 'trunk' a boot..
Lawrence.

 

Thanks. Good to know.

 

A boot is what we wear on the feet over here

 

So you can't afford shoes then?

I guess your boots have Aloominum toe caps! ;-)

 

Oh yeah...shooes easily affordable

Boots I had were steel toes, not aloomiminiunm

 

Good British - American translation list here:
British and American terms - Oxford Dictionaries (US)

I'm always confused when they refer to the "nearside" or "far-side" of the car in the UK. I assume "nearside" is curbside (right) for RHD cars.

 

Ah. You are correct in thinking that the Nearside is the side of the car closest to the kerb. When driving any vehicle (LHD or RHD) on the left ("normal" for the UK and a few other places), that would be on the left - rather than the right - of the car. HTH...

 

I thought I was pretty up to speed on the oddities of UK English, but I just learned on the internet that it's common in certain areas outside of NA to spell curb, "kerb."

 

Yes that's how you spell it, Kerb.

 

kurb

now everyone can be happy.

 

Kerb, is a noun. Curb is a verb...

 

Not in the North American continent. "Curb" is both noun and verb, and "kerb" would only be utilized by the spelling challenged.

My Apple Macbook auto spell-checker wouldn't even let me type "kerb" in either of my posts here and tries to change it to the word, "verb." I have to choose override to even type it.

 

You curb your enthusiasm

You park at the kerb.