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Originally Posted by wagonman76
I used to call the metal part the rim too, because that's what everybody else I knew called it. You had the tire and rim. Wheel was just a general term for the entire assembly. Just like anything else that sometimes does not have a tire. Then as I got more into cars I learned that wheel was the correct term.
Then you've got the transaxle, which most people still call a transmission. I do sometimes too.
My friend calls the windshield and rear window "the front windshield and back windshield".
Lots of people call a truck bed a box too.
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I'm guilty of the transmission/transaxle one, but not the tire/wheel/rim one. I've also noticed that people in my area will call steelies "wheels" and any sort of alloyed/non-solid/specialty item a "rim." You'll often hear tuners say they want to "replace the stock wheels with a good set of rims." ARGH!
As for truck bed/box, that's slightly variable. if it's got 4 sides and depth, it's a box. If it has no sides/tailgate, it's a bed. You can load something "in the box" of a truck , or put it "on the bed."