What's a Torana?
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> From: Lukin, Gavin <GLukin@nibupls1.telstra.com.au>
> To: Folprecht, Peter <PFolprec@nibueng.telstra.com.au>; Skinkis,
Eriks <ESkinkis@nibupls1.telstra.com.au>; triumph editor
<mfrosh@magna.com.au>; Michael B. Jackson
<michaelj@strategicfm.com.au>; 'TR8 LIST' <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>;
'triumph list submission' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: FW: Car acronyms
> Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 2:22 PM
>
> Just some stuff someone sent me..... I don't write it, I just pass it
> along - gav
>
>
>
>
> AUDI:
> Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
> Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
>
> BMW:
> Break my windows,
> Black man's wheels.
> Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
> Big Money Works
> Bought My Wife
> Brutal Money Waster
>
> BUICK:
> Big Ugly Indestructable Car Killer
>
> CHEVROLET:
> Cranks Hard, Every Valve Rattles. Oil leaks Every Time.
> Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
> Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
>
> DODGE:
> Dead Or Dying Garage Equipment
> Darn Old Dirty Gas Eater
> Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
>
> FIAT:
> Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
> Failure in Italian Automotive Technology
> Fix It All the Time
> Fix it again, Tony!
> Found In Any Tip
> Found It At Tip
> Found In A Terror
>
> FERRARI:
> Fast, Expressive Red Racing Auto - Rahrahrah Italia
>
> FORD:
> Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge
> First On Race Day
> Fubar On Race Day
> Fixed On Race Day
> Fix or Repair Daily
> Found on Rubbish Dump
> Fucked on Race Day
> Fools Only Risk Driving
> First on Race Day.
> Fragile Old Rusty Deathtraps
> Full Of Rust & Defects
> Fragile Overpriced Rusty Deathtraps
> Ford Owners Root Dogs
> Fixed Or Repaired Daily
> backwards --> Driver Returns On Foot
> First On Recall Day
> First On Rust and Deterioration
> 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?
>
> HOLDEN:
> Holes Oil Leaks Dents Engine Noises
> Heap Of Loud Diff & Engine Noises
> Heaps of Lumps, Dents, Engine Noises
> Hope Our Luck Doesn't End Now
> Heaps Of Little Dirty Engine Nuts
> Horrible Old Limo Drives Extremely Nasty
>
> HONDA:
> Had One Never Did Again
> Happy Owners Never Drive Anything else
>
> HYUNDAI:
> Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive...
>
> IPEC:
> I Pass Every Cunt
>
> MAZDA:
> Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
>
> MITSUBISHI:
> Miniature Imported Terribly Substandard Underpowered Boring &
> Incredibly Secondrate Honda Imitation
>
> MOPAR:
> Move Over, Power Approaching Rapidly
>
> NISSAN:
> Nasty Immoral Salesmen Selling Automotive Nightmares
>
> OLDSMOBILE:
> Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Every
> day.
> Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular Leftover
> Equipment
>
> PONTIAC:
> Product Only Needs To Imitate A Chevrolet
>
> SAAB:
> Stick At Aircraft Building
> Send Another Automobile Back
> Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown.
>
> TORANA:
> Tons Of Rust And No Acceleration
>
> TOYOTA:
> Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
> Takes One Yellow Oriental To Assemble
>
> VOLVO:
> Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
> Various Old Lady Victim Owners
> Vehicle Of Longsighted Vacant Occupants
> Very Old Lame Vehicle Owners
>
> VW:
> Virtually Worthless
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