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Manufacturers' acronyms


Ford: Full of rust damage.  Fix or repair daily. Found on rubbish dump.

Fiat: Fix it again tomorrow.

Lotus: Lots of trouble, usually serious.

and I hesitate to do this because I like them really

KTM: Keep tightening me.



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KTM: Keeps Taking Money

That's what I heard from an Ex-KTM owner in Wales.

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yawn



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Have One Never Drops Anything



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You And Me Always Have Acne - eh? no



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i always thought that KTM stood for keep tightening me!



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In a similar vein
Escort- Escrot
TDM- Tedium
Mondeo- Mundaino
Honda Deuville- Dullvile or even dull and vile
I'm sure something could run and run

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AUDI
Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
Another Ugly Deutsche Invention

BMW
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Beautiful Models Wanted
Big Money Works
Bought My Wife
Bring More Women

BUICK
Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
Big Ugly Imitation Chrome King

CADILLAC
Company Always Denies Its Lawful Liability After Collisions

CHEVROLET
Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
Can Hear Every Valve, Rod, or Lifter Every Time
Cheap Heap Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time

DODGE
Darn Overhauls Do Get Expensive
Darn Old Dudes Going Everywhere
Dear Old Dad's Garbage Engine
Old Dads Garage Experiment
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere

FERRARI
Ferociously Elegant Racer Ravages All Roads Intuitively

FIAT
Failure In Italian Automotive Technology
Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
Fix it again, Tony!
Fix It All the Time
Found In A Trashcan
Futile Italian Attempt at Transportation

FORD
Faithful, Obedient, Reliable, Dependable
Fancy Oil Recycling Device
Fast On Race Day
Fast Only Rolling Downhill
Fault Of R&D
Fireball On Rear Damage
First On Race Day
First On Recall Day
First On Rust and Deterioration
Fix Or Repair Daily
For Off Road Driving
For Old Retired Drunks
Found On Road, Dead
Found On Rubbish Dump
Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven

GEO
Get Everything Overpriced
Got Everything Overhauled

GMC
Garage Man's Companion
Get More Cash!
Gimme My Checkbook!
God's Mechanical Curse
Got A Mechanic Coming?
Greasy Messy Contraption
Great Mountain of Crap
Greatest Mistake Created

HONDA
Had One, Never Did Again
Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
Happy Owners Never Drive Anything else
Honest, Officer, Nobody Drank Anything
Horribly Overpriced, Needing Dad's Assistance

HUMMER
Hope U Made Me Extra Reliable

HYUNDAI
Here's Y U Never Drive An Import
Hope You Understand: Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive
Hardly Your Understanding New Dealer Allowance Incentive
Hold Your Usual Nitpicks, Designs Are Improved

Jeep
Just Empty Every Pocket
Just Expect Every Problem
Just Eats Every Penny
Junk Everyone Eventually Piles

Jaguar
Just A Guess U Are Rich

Kia
Keep Inside Asia
Keep It Away!
Kick It's [censored]
Killed In Action
Killer's Imported Asset
Kiss It Away
Korea Invades America
Korean Imitation Accord
Korea's Imported Accident

LAMBORGHINI
Loser Always Maintains Big Old Rotten Gunk; Hardly Inflates Nobody's Image

LOTUS
Loads Of Trouble Usually Serious

Maserati
Must Also Suggest Extra Rope And Towing Implements

MAZDA
Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
Must Always Zoom Down Asphalt

MERCEDES
My Expensive Race Car Emits Dense Exhaust Smoke
Most Every Red Cent Eventually Dissipates, Extinguishing Savings
Merger Engaged Reverse Chrysler Entering Decline Evident Soon

MITSUBISHI
May Involve Turbos, Suck Unless Boost Is Seriously High Inside

NISSAN
Need I Say Something About Nothing
Never In Season Simply A No-show

OLDSMOBILE
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick`s Irregular Leftover Equipment

PONTIAC
Poor Old Ninny Thinks It's A Cadillac
Piece Of Nasty Tacky Icky [censored] Crap

PORSCHE
Plenty Of Repairs Service Can't Help Everything
Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything

SAAB
Sad Attempt At Beauty
Send Another Automobile Back
Some [censored] Actually Boughtit!
Sorry Auto Assembled Backwards
Styling Absent After Buyout
Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown

SATURN
Sorry Assed Transmission Under Repair Now
Some Argue That Ubiquitous Repairs Needed
Send Another Towtruck Ubiquitous Repairs Needed
Same American Trash Under Revised Name

SUBARU
Stupid Urbanites Bumbling Around Rural Areas
SUBARU backwards is: U R A BUS (You are a bus)

TOYOTA
Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
This One You Oughta Tow Away
To Operate Your Own Terrific Automobile
Tolerances Over Yielding, Often Towed Away

VOLVO
Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

VW
Very Weird
Virtually Worthless



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KTM Keep Thrashing Mebiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Big T wrote:

Have One Never Drops Anything


 except valves  biggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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jt wrote:

VW
Very Weird


Back in the Day the VW badge also meant Very Wicked



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RichT4 wrote:
jt wrote:

VW
Very Weird


Back in the Day the VW badge also meant Very Wicked


 beats Flavor5-public-enemy.jpg Flav's Time piece (oh dear are we starting to show our age)



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