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  1. 02-03-2010, 11:50 AM #1
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    Who said car names don't have meaning?

    Hey
    Check out this.

    BMW: Brings Me Women.
    FIAT: Failure in Italian Automotive Technology.
    FORD: For Only Rough Drivers.
    HYUNDAI: Hope You Understand Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive....
    VOLVO: Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object.
    PORSCHE: Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything.
    OPEL: Old People Enjoying Life
    TOYOTA: The One You Only Trust, Always.
    GOLF/GTI: Girls Only Love Fun / Get Them Inside
    HONDA: Hanged Over, Now Driving Away.
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  2. 02-03-2010, 03:53 PM #2
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    heh looks like the Toyota one sorta fell through the cracks if you believe the US DOT or whatever department saying that they had to really lean on Toyota to get them to do the recall on the gas peddles.
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  3. 02-06-2010, 11:47 PM #3
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    Who said car names don't have meaning?

    As I grew up I learned FIAT = "Fix It Again Tony", that was the real meaning of those letters!





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    I thought FORD = First On Race Day or alternatively Found On Rubbish Dumps.

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    friggin' only rolls downhill. (clean version)

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  7. 02-07-2010, 12:13 PM #7
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    Who said car names don't have meaning?

    All these comments about the last remaining solely owned public car company = FORD, all the rest are partually owned by the federal government.





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    Saab=Such an arrogant bastard
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