FACT CHECKING CAR ACRONYMS

Hagerty ^ | 4/15/15

[Michael.SF.]

Not acronyms but, something I heard year ago regarding European cars:

Never buy a French car, unless you live in France.
Never buy an Italian car, unless you are a mechanic.
Never buy an English car. Never.
If you can afford a BMW
Buy a Mercedes.

[PieterCasparzen]

Thanks for posting this, it was a great laugh break.

[VerySadAmerican]

F.O.R.D First on Race Day

[VerySadAmerican]

That’s funny!

Of course he can always get him a Buick deuce and a quarter.

[Impala64ssa]

LOL Gotta steal this, I know someone who did a beautiful resto on a TR6, this will give him a good laugh ;)

[Jmouse007]

"Lucas Electronics": Car's electronics wired in SERIES if I am not mistaken... talk about an electronic troubleshooting nightmare! A tail light goes out and you have to troubleshoot the entire electrical system to find out what part has failed. Ah the "joys" of owning British "classic" automobiles :)

Didn't MG's, Triumph and Austin Healey's also use "Lucas Electronics" wired "in series" as well?

[SkiKnee]

MOPAR = “My Old Pig Ain’t Running!”

A friend used to twist Harley Davidson into “Hardly Able, Son.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

FORD -- First On Racing Day

[2ndDivisionVet]

NAPA — Narcotics Available, Please Ask

[Rockpile]

For Off Road Duty in the truck division.

Ford went to 12 volt systems in 1956..

I knew a guy who had owned two Fiat x1/9s in the late 60s and early 70s. He said he really had fun driving them but he had to wrench on them a lot and that the engines were only good for about 50,000 miles..

And then there are French cars-—Peugeot, Renault, Citroen, Chevrolet.

[jy8z]

GMC=Generic Made Chevrolet

[Diapason]

In South Africa, BMW is Black Man’s Wish.

[boop]

I’m embarrassed that I know people who said that.

[Hugin]

FIAT, “Fix It Again Tony”

My first car was a 1969 Fiat 124 sedan, and it was a great little car. It hugged the road like a sports car, and fit 4 adults with plenty of room, even in the back seat. It had a small 4 cylinder engine in a boxy front end, with lots of room to get at things, which made it easy to work on. You didn't need Tony. It had a few parts like the strap that held the generator and the clutch cable that broke occasionally, but even I could fix them. Once I fixed the generator strap by sticking a rock between the generator and the engine to hold it in place. A temporary fix, but it held up for 100 miles or so until I could get the part. Today's cars, you can't fix anything yourself, and every small repair costs a grand or more.

[Hugin]

See #34.

[some tech guy]

“Never buy an English car. Never.”

I’d buy a McLaren if I had the money, which I don’t.

As it is, Mercedes all the way.

[W.]

I came up with one in ‘75 to insult my friend’s ‘68 Catalina: Poor Old Nagger Truck Thinks It’s A Car.

[Arm_Bears]

GMC: Gotta Mechanic Coming

[exPBRrat]

LOL ‘replacement smoke’

[aomagrat]

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