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Car names as acronyms

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Syclone, Sep 11, 2006.

  1. Syclone

    Syclone Member

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    Car Names Explained

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    Acura
    Automobile Causes Universal Road Accidents
    All Cars Usually Require Adjustment
    Any Child Understands Real Automobiles
    Americans Can Underestimate Routine Accidents

    Audi
    Accelerates Under Demonic Influence

    Beetle
    By Everyone's Experience, They Last Eternally!
    Battered Everywhere; Expect To Lose Engine

    BMW
    Babbling Mechanical Wench
    Beastly Monstrous Wonder
    Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels
    Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
    Big Money Waste
    Big Money Works
    Born Moderately Wealthy
    Break My Windows
    Broken Money Waster
    Broken Monstrous Wonder
    Brutal Money Waster
    Bumbling Mechanical Wretch
    Big Money Waster
    Break My Window
    Busted My Wallet

    Buick
    Big Ugly Import Car Killer
    Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
    Big Ugly Indestructible Compact Killer

    Camaro
    Can't America Make A Real One?

    Chevrolet
    Car Has Extensive Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips
    Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
    Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
    Clutch Hangs, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time

    Chevy
    Cheapest Heap Ever enVisioned Yet

    Chrysler
    Car Having Really Yucky Stupid Lazy Engine Runs
    Could Have Remained Your Sickly Lame Elderly Relative's

    Citroen
    Crummy Interior, Terrible Road-holding, Owned Entirely by Nebishes

    Dodge
    Dead Or Dying Garbage Emitter
    Drips Oil, Drops Grease, Everywhere
    Dem Old Dudes Go Everywhere
    Dangerous On Days Gears Engage
    Death Overcomes Driver's Generous Ego
    Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater

    Fiat
    Failure in Automotive Technology
    Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
    Fix It Again Tony?
    Fix It All the Time

    Ford
    Fix Or Repair Daily
    Found On Road Dead
    Backwards... Driver Returns On Foot
    Backwards... Dorks Ride On Fords
    Factory Ordered Road Disaster
    Factory Ordered Rebuilt Dodge
    Flip Over Read Directions
    Four Old Rusted Doors
    Fixed On Race Day
    Ford Owner Really Dumb
    For Only Retarded Drivers
    Ford Owners Recommend Dodge
    Flipped Over Russian Dunebuggy
    Found On Russian Dump
    For Off Road Death
    it Freaking Only Runs Downhill
    Fat Old Rusted Dog
    Freaking Old Rusted Dodge(Datsun)
    Frigin Oakies Really Dig it
    Funky Old Road Dog
    Found On Roadside's Destroyed
    Backwards...Don't Ride Over Fifty
    Fixed-up Old Repossesed Dodge
    Found Old Rebuilt Dodge
    Forget OutRunning Dale
    Found On Railroad Deserted
    Found On Railroad Dead
    Fools Only Read Directions
    First On Repair Dolly
    Favorite Of Redneck Drivers
    Backwards- Dumb Retards Own Fords
    Funny Old Rebuilt Dodge
    Fast Only Rolling Downhill
    Found On Russian Dump
    Forfiet On Race Day
    Found On River Dead
    Failure Of Research & Development

    Ford LTD
    Found On Road Dying, Left To Die

    Geo
    Good Engineering Overlooked
    Gets Eventually Over 50

    GMC
    Garage Man's Companion
    Generally Mediocre Cars
    Get More Chicks
    Got Mechanic Coming
    Generally Made Crappy

    Honda
    How Odd, No Damn Acceleration
    Hold Overs Not Doing Anything
    Hell Of a Nice Damn Automobile
    Had One, Never Did Again

    Hyundai
    Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive...

    Jaguar
    Junk Always Going Under At Repair Shop

    Jeep
    Junk Electrical and Emissions Parts
    Jump Excitedly in Every Pothole
    Junk Everyone Eyes for Parts
    Jinxed Engine has Extra Parts
    Jumps Everything Ever Parked
    JUST Enough Engine Power?
    Jr. Engineered Every Part

    Mazda Model All Zoids Drive Aimlessly
    Making A Zillion Dollars Annually
    Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along

    Mercedes
    Most Every Red Cent Eventually Dissipates, Extinguishing Savings

    Mercury
    Mileage Eventually Ruins Car -- Usually Ruins You
    Makes Everyone Really Crave Underpowered, Recalled Yugo
    Makes Envisioning REAL Car Understandable -- Recalled Yet?
    Motorists Easily Rate Car (Usually "Real Yo-yo")

    Mopar
    Most Often Passed At Races
    Mostly Old Parts And Rust
    Mostly Old Paint And Rust
    Mitsubishi's Over Priced American Replicas
    My Old Plymouth Ain't Runnin'
    Made Of Plastic And Rust

    Mustang
    Massively Under Siezed Tires And No Go

    Nissan
    Never In Synch Screeching Awful Noises
    Needs Imminent Salvage So Abandon Now

    Oldsmobile
    Oh Look, Dammit, Some Massive Oil Burning Idiot's Leaking Everything
    Old Loose Dented Sheet Metal Outdated By Infamies Like Edsel
    Old Ladies Driving Slow making Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
    Old Ladies Drive Slow - Mostly Over Bridges Into Lake Erie
    Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular Leftover Equipment

    Pinto
    Put In New Transmission Often
    Put In Nickel To Operate
    Paid Inspector Nicely To Overlook

    Plymouth
    Please Let Your Mother Out Under The Hood!
    Police Laugh, Old Men Ogle, All Underestimating This Heap

    Pontiac
    Poor Old Nitwit Thinks Its A Cadilliac
    Pours Out Noxious Toxins In American Cities

    Porsche
    Puts Out Really Smoky Carbonate Hazardous Emissions
    Phased Out Racer-Still Can't Hold Engine
    Please Overlook Really Smutty Cardboard Horrible Engine
    Pulled Over Regularly So Cops Have Enough
    Proof Only Rich Suckers Can Have Everything

    Rabbit
    Replace A Beetle? Boy, It Tried
    Racy? Ain't! Bouncy, Bad Itty-bitty Toy!

    Renault
    Retarded Engine, No Acceleration, Ugly Lump of Trash

    Saab
    Swedish Automobile - Always Broken
    Send Another Automobile Back
    Sad Attempt At Beauty
    Sorry Auto Always Broken

    Sable
    Sleezy Auto Brakes Leak Everytime

    Toyota
    Taking Our Yen Out -- Thanks All
    Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
    Towed Often, Yearly Overrunning Triple A

    Triumph
    The Risk Involving Useless Machinery Pays Heavily
    Trembling Ride, Intrusive Undercarriage, Meekly Powered Hotrod.
    This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help!
    Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt

    Vanagon
    Via Another Name: A Go-cart On Nerve

    Volkswagen
    Vehicle Owner's List: Kite String, Wire, Aluminum, Gum, Engine (NOT!)

    Volvo
    Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

    VW
    Very Worthless
    Virtually Worthless
     
  2. Jack Kelly

    Jack Kelly New Member

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    yours, or can you attribute it to someone?

    riotous; a Pepsi-sprayer
     
  3. TonyPSchaefer

    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
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    Protecting Resources Is Universally Satisfactory
     
  4. aaf709

    aaf709 Ravenpaw of ThunderClan

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    Back in 1912 or so Studebaker used to sell a car called the EMF. That came to be known as either Every Mechanical Failure or Every Mechanics Friend. :)
     
  5. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    For BMW, here are two more:
    Behold, My Wallet
    Brings Me Women
     
  6. flareak

    flareak Fleet Captain

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    Poop In Ur Rear Seat

    haha I dont know why, but it just popped in my head :-/
     
  7. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Please Remember It Usually Sips
     
  8. glenhead

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    Pollution Reducin' Import - User Savvy

    View of some others:
    Pretentious Radical Idiot Under Speedlimit
     
  9. Proco

    Proco Senior Member

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    Person Riding Inside Unusually Smug

    but maybe that's just me. :lol:
     
  10. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Proco @ Sep 11 2006, 01:12 PM) [snapback]317833[/snapback]</div>
    I like that! And Tony's too.

    How about:
    Prius: Pollution reduction is unsung strength
     
  11. JackDodge

    JackDodge Gold Member

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    Petroleum Requirement Is Unusually Small
     
  12. Jack Kelly

    Jack Kelly New Member

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    Partisans Routinely Initiate Unctuous Smugness

    (waal, it was either that or Puerto Rican Indigents Ululate Sadly)
     
  13. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    wow.. how come we never got these acronyms in our previous threads?
     
  14. Renocat

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(flareak @ Sep 11 2006, 01:47 PM) [snapback]317819[/snapback]</div>
    PIURS????
     
  15. Jack Kelly

    Jack Kelly New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Sep 11 2006, 02:46 PM) [snapback]317969[/snapback]</div>
    Evolution-in-action, Holmes.
     
  16. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jack Kelly @ Sep 11 2006, 03:40 PM) [snapback]318004[/snapback]</div>
    Ummmm...shouldn't that be "Watson?"

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Sep 11 2006, 11:01 AM) [snapback]317828[/snapback]</div>
    INCREDIBLY restrained of you, hyo! I am either impressed or worried! B)
     
  17. nicoss

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    QUOTE(flareak @ Sep 11 2006, 01:47 PM) *

    Poop In Ur Rear Seat

    haha I dont know why, but it just popped in my head :-/


    PIURS????


    No, Dyslexic :rolleyes:
     
  18. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cwerdna @ Sep 11 2006, 10:34 AM) [snapback]317810[/snapback]</div>
    Oops...missed these before. The first is my husband, the second my son... :lol:
     
  19. Syclone

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jack Kelly @ Sep 11 2006, 10:01 AM) [snapback]317661[/snapback]</div>

    Received it in an email from a friend - one or the few clean ones he's ever sent.