# Stupid Q: What's this part of a car called?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874 "2008-05-28T14:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874/41 "2008-05-30T21:47:49Z")

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_ponder_ registration, manual, tire locking widget, a few receipts, a bunch of old parking hang tags from work, an electronic compass widget that never stayed stuck to the windshield for long.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874/42 "2008-05-30T21:53:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Ignatz]  
Please explain “boiled sweets”.  
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While you’re at it, what’s an “A-Z” and a “Tax disc”?

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874/43 "2008-05-30T23:29:13Z")

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an [A to Z](http://everyclick.shop.com/A_Z_Sunderland_Street_Atlas_(Street_Maps_Atlases_S_)-18489091-25732017-p!.shtml?sourceid=660) is a local street atlas.

A tax disc is a paper road fund licence that has to be displayed on the windscreen to prove payment of tax on the vehicle is current.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-whats-this-part-of-a-car-called/450874/44 "2008-05-31T00:10:30Z")

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[QUOTE=GuanoLad]  
I imagine it’s been about 90 years since anyone ever used it for gloves. Even those weird 80s people who still use driving gloves probably don’t actually keep them in there.  
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You must not live somewhere that gets cold, **GuanoLad**. When that steering wheel is cold, I wear gloves.

Granted, when it’s 20 below zero, I’m wearing heavy gloves that spent the night in the house, but when it’s just cold enough to be uncomfortable, the gloves in the glove compartment do just fine.

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