Reminds me of the following (Dutch / German) "anti acronyms" for the DKW, a
predecessor of, I believe, the Audi:
DKW: Das Kleine Wunder (the small wonder)
DKW: Duitse Kinder Wagen (German baby carriage)
DKW: Dat Kreng Weigert (the blasted things won't go)
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4
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> From: RCooperman@aol.com[SMTP:RCooperman@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 8:39 PM
> To: morgans@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Auto Acronyms - no Morgan Content
>
> Thought the following might amuse the list, apologies for its lack of
> Morgan
> and LBC content.
>
> >> "Automobile Acronyms"
> >>
> >> AUDI
> >> Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
> >> Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
> >>
> >> BMW
> >> Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
> >> Big Money Works
> >> Bought My Wife
> >> Brutal Money Waster
> >>
> >> BUICK
> >> Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
> >>
> >> CHEVROLET
> >> Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
> >> Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
> >>
> >> DODGE
> >> Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater
> >> Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
> >>
> >> FIAT
> >> Failure in Italian Automotive Technology
> >> Fix It All the Time
> >> Fix it again, Tony!
> >>
> >> FORD
> >> backwards -- Driver Returns On Foot
> >> First On Recall Day
> >> First On Rust and Deterioration
> >> Fix Or Repair Daily
> >> Found On Road, Dead
> >> Fault Of R&D
> >> Fast Only Rolling Downhill
> >> Features O.J. and Ron's DNA
> >>
> >> GM
> >> General Maintenance
> >>
> >> GMC
> >> Garage Man's Companion
> >> Got A Mechanic Coming?
> >>
> >> HONDA
> >> Had One Never Did Again
> >>
> >> HYUNDAI
> >> Hope You Understand Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive...
> >>
> >> MAZDA
> >> Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
> >>
> >> OLDSMOBILE
> >> Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late
> >> Every day.
> >> Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular
> >> Leftover Equipment
> >>
> >> SAAB
> >> Send Another Automobile Back
> >> Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown.
> >>
> >> TOYOTA
> >> Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
> >>
> >> VOLVO
> >> Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
> >>
> >> VW
> >> Virtually Worthless
>
> Richard Cooperman
> '67 Morgan 4/4 RHD
>
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