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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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Triumph Man said: Quick quiz: What are these? E36, E32, EP3, B5. 1991-1998 3 Series, 1988-1994 7 Series, One of the Civics, 2002-6 I think, either a 1995-2001 Audi A4/S4/RS4 or an ALPINA 2003-2010 5 Series (E60 & E61)
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Triumph Man
2,150 posts
37 months
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Zwolf said: 1991-1998 3 Series, 1988-1994 7 Series, One of the Civics, 2002-6 I think, either a 1995-2001 Audi A4/S4/RS4 or an ALPINA 2003-2010 5 Series (E60 & E61) Well done, virtual pint. Although I knew you'd get the BMWs  . Yes I was referring to the A4/Passat. To be honest I just put them there to wind All That Jizz up
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otolith
19,345 posts
73 months
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Or a Passat of the same generation as the Audi, I think.
They're just names. Having a name for something is useful. An FN2 and an EP3 and an EK9 are all Honda Civics, but are all very different propositions.
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DanDC5
6,912 posts
36 months
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Triumph Man said: Oh for God's sake... Not this again. This is a car enthusiast's site. People are likely to be nerdy. If you say 'Civic' nobody knows which one you mean. If you say EP2 or whatever, people (may) understand. I don't know all the 'EPs', but I won't complain about their usage. I'm extremely nerdy, so will use internal codes when I can.
To summarise, sorry if it annoys you, but don't try to stop people using them. Quick quiz: What are these? E36, E32, EP3, B5. 3 series, 7 series, Civic Type R, Alpina 5 series edit, forgot about the Audi model numbers. PH card will be handed in on exit.
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V8Triumph
5,961 posts
84 months
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And onto the hard quiz (only the real geeks need apply) E12 E21 R107 R129 W114 W115 ADO28 ADO16 ADO52 No google / wikipedia allowed (it spoils the fun!)
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DrTre
12,428 posts
101 months
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otolith said: Or a Passat of the same generation as the Audi, I think.
They're just names. Having a name for something is useful. An FN2 and an EP3 and an EK9 are all Honda Civics, but are all very different propositions. To be fair, I think the original complaint was that the car model is often not mentioned, just the code. Fine on a BMW specific board or a Civic specific board etc etc, but on a generic catch all like PH not everyone has the same knowledge across all car ranges. (Depends on the thread of course, if the thread is about Civics then it'd be a bit redundant to mention..) Something like Escorts Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 etc at least allows a casual reader (who will still have an interest in cars) to guess which model is being spoken of in the lineage. Personally I'm not greatly bothered by it, if I don't know what the model code is (like those Civics) then it'll be because I'm not particularly interested in those cars.
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V8Triumph
5,961 posts
84 months
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DanDC5 said: Triumph Man said: Oh for God's sake... Not this again. This is a car enthusiast's site. People are likely to be nerdy. If you say 'Civic' nobody knows which one you mean. If you say EP2 or whatever, people (may) understand. I don't know all the 'EPs', but I won't complain about their usage. I'm extremely nerdy, so will use internal codes when I can.
To summarise, sorry if it annoys you, but don't try to stop people using them. Quick quiz: What are these? E36, E32, EP3, B5. 3 series, 7 series, Civic Type R, Alpina 5 series edit, forgot about the Audi model numbers. PH card will be handed in on exit. LOL I thought Alpina 5 series too then thought nope it's a VAG number - no idea which though! I haven't a clue on VAG or Honda BUT if I was interested I'd research what it was before I posted a reply, not exactly difficult, is it?
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rohrl
3,708 posts
14 months
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V8Triumph said: And onto the hard quiz (only the real geeks need apply) E12 E21 R107 R129 W114 W115 ADO28 ADO16 ADO52 No google / wikipedia allowed (it spoils the fun!) E12 - Early BMW 5 series I think. E21 - First 3-series. R107 - Mercedes SL 1980s. R129 - another SL, the 90's one. w114 - Merc Saloon, 1960s. w115 - Another Merc saloon I think. ADO28 - The ADO numbers are Britsh cars produced by BMC. Don't know any of these.
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getawayturtle
3,166 posts
43 months
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Limpsfields head just exploded.
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squareflops
Original Poster
623 posts
52 months
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Snowboy
3,178 posts
20 months
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It’s worse than bloody txt speak.
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Triumph Man
2,150 posts
37 months
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rohrl said: V8Triumph said: And onto the hard quiz (only the real geeks need apply) E12 E21 R107 R129 W114 W115 ADO28 ADO16 ADO52 No google / wikipedia allowed (it spoils the fun!) E12 - Early BMW 5 series I think. E21 - First 3-series. R107 - Mercedes SL 1980s. R129 - another SL, the 90's one. w114 - Merc Saloon, 1960s. w115 - Another Merc saloon I think. ADO28 - The ADO numbers are Britsh cars produced by BMC. Don't know any of these. ADO28 is the Marina; ADO26 I'm not sure, want to say 1100?. Not a clue what ADO52 is. I do know that ADO stands for "Austin Drawing Office". Anyone know what the SD in SD1 stands for?
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Snowboy
3,178 posts
20 months
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Triumph Man said: Anyone know what the SD in SD1 stands for? StarDate. SD1 is January 1, 2323, Time: 08:45:36
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Triumph Man
2,150 posts
37 months
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V8Triumph said: DanDC5 said: Triumph Man said: Oh for God's sake... Not this again. This is a car enthusiast's site. People are likely to be nerdy. If you say 'Civic' nobody knows which one you mean. If you say EP2 or whatever, people (may) understand. I don't know all the 'EPs', but I won't complain about their usage. I'm extremely nerdy, so will use internal codes when I can.
To summarise, sorry if it annoys you, but don't try to stop people using them. Quick quiz: What are these? E36, E32, EP3, B5. 3 series, 7 series, Civic Type R, Alpina 5 series edit, forgot about the Audi model numbers. PH card will be handed in on exit. LOL I thought Alpina 5 series too then thought nope it's a VAG number - no idea which though! I haven't a clue on VAG or Honda BUT if I was interested I'd research what it was before I posted a reply, not exactly difficult, is it? Exactly, that's what I've been trying to say. If I don't know something, I won't make a song and dance about not knowing, I will look it up!
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DanDC5
6,912 posts
36 months
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Triumph Man said: Exactly, that's what I've been trying to say. If I don't know something, I won't make a song and dance about not knowing, I will look it up! Googling takes a matter of seconds, until 20 seconds ago I had no idea what the ADO model numbers were from. And now I know I understand why I didn't know in the 1st place 
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Life Saab Itch
34,048 posts
57 months
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NotDave said: G reg Ekky van. Immaculate.
Rinsed me without trying.
2 days later, I call in to a body shop, chatting to owner, he shows me his "project" ...
G reg Ekky van running 300+ BHP Escort. Not that difficult to type, is it?
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PH lurker
1,231 posts
26 months
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The Land Rover fans are some of the worst for codes. It ends up with gearbox codes in conversation. LT77 R380 It annoyed me at one point when I found one magazine reffering to the second generation Range Rover as P38 and another as 38a. I reckon on P38a. I find most of these specific idioms / phrases to be quirks rather than annoyances. HTH
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jatinder
1,580 posts
82 months
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getawayturtle said: I for one like the "What car" threads, a good way of hearing ownership experiences. Maybe you shouldn't click on the thread titles in the first place, they are usually clear enough. You need to re read what I said, no problems in comparisions bettween different cars. The ones that have NO idea what car to buy are just daft. I mean the must actually find it quite difficult shopping in sainsbury's in the afternoon or what colour underwear to wear in the morning. Yes I read thread titles, I avoid those like the plauge.
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getawayturtle
3,166 posts
43 months
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jatinder said: You need to re read what I said, no problems in comparisions bettween different cars. The ones that have NO idea what car to buy are just daft.
I mean the must actually find it quite difficult shopping in sainsbury's in the afternoon or what colour underwear to wear in the morning.
Yes I read thread titles, I avoid those like the plauge. Yeah sorry I might have misread your post, I thought you were aiming it at what car threads in general.
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BorkFactor
4,864 posts
27 months
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Zwolf said: Triumph Man said: Quick quiz: What are these? E36, E32, EP3, B5. 1991-1998 3 Series, 1988-1994 7 Series, One of the Civics, 2002-6 I think, either a 1995-2001 Audi A4/S4/RS4 or an ALPINA 2003-2010 5 Series (E60 & E61) I *think* EP3 means Civic Type R (01 - 05) rather than the entire model line. Happy to be corrected though! 
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