Acronyms

[pgarner]

ohv - overhead valve
ohc / sohc - single overhead cam

[fingers]

CRDi - Common Rail Diesel injection

[HDi fun]

On a different note it's always amusing to see 'genuine reason for sale' in the classifieds.

Strangely they never tell you what the 'genuine reason' is.

Yes, it's genuine allright. It's a piece of unreliable junk that drives like a wheelie bin and eats fuel and money.

That's why the seller genuinely wants shot of the thing.

[pgarner]

another one then aviod at all costs

POS pile of ****

yeah or baby forces sale

[waynne]

I saw an ad for a nicely tuned up Supra which ended after the spec list - girlfriend pregnant, GUTTED!

What about
GT - Grand Tourer
GTi - Grand Tourer Injection
Type R - Race spec (Honda)
(Notice how I steer the thread back on course!)

[Pixel]

Are you also looking for things like:

RCL = Remote Central Locking
ES = Electric Seats
EW = Electric Windows
EM = Electric Mirrors
ES = Electric Sunroof
CC = Cruise Control

I reckon if Paul could compose a complete list of these, it should be stickied and locked at the top of the general car chat forum. What you think Waynne?

PS:

Ford = First On Race Day

[Pixel]

Whats HDi stand for?

[HDi fun]

HDi stands for High pressure Direct injection.

Peugeot carefully avoids the dreaded diesel word, although we all know HDi's are diesels.

Notice how Land Rover, Ford and Jaguar (who all use the same diesel engines) are careful to avoid the diesel word.

Perhaps 'Heavy Depreciation included' would suit better.

Or 'Hardly Driveable, innit?'

'Hinders Driving incessantly'....?

How about "It's another f.....g diesel car that the driver of which will incessantly bang on telling us about midrange torque and real world driveability. Who cares if it takes four years to get to sixty from a standsill if you can leave in in fifth gear at walking pace." OK, I can't quite wrap the acronym around that one but you get the general idea?

Only kidding, I quite rate the HDi engines.

Rgds,

Paul.

[pgarner]

Originally Posted by pixel

I reckon if Paul could compose a complete list of these, it should be stickied and locked at the top of the general car chat forum. What you think Waynne?

this could be a very long list if im including everything as alot of manufactures call things that are near enough the same best example is proberly the varible valve timing
it came come under a whole load of other things

vvt
valvetronic (old BMW ??)
vanos (new BMW)
vtec (HONDA)
mivec ? (mitshi)

[Prince]

Originally Posted by steve_e45

HONDA: Hold On, 'Nother Dickhead Arriving

What's wrong with the people who drive Honda's?!