What is 555?

[anonymous-user]

Bring up a search in Google creates nothing? What on earth is 555?

[jjones]

L555BAT

Pretty sure 555 are a cigarette brand.

[TankRizzo]

First paragraph in Wiki.

wiki said:

The Subaru World Rally Team (SWRT) was Subaru's World Rally Championship (WRC) team. It used a distinctive blue with yellow color scheme that is a throwback to the sponsorship deal with State Express 555, a BAT cigarette brand popular in Asia.[2] 555 logos were found on Subaru cars from 1993 to 2003.

[66mpg]

Brand of cigarette popular in Asia. Originally 555 State Express.

[Yex 450]

66mpg said:

Brand of cigarette popular in Asia. Originally 555 State Express.

Winner.............also I believe that 555 is expressed as 22B in hexadecimal

[Steff]

Yex 450 said:

Winner.............also I believe that 555 is expressed as 22B in hexadecimal

everyday's school day

[spookly]

Steff said:

Yex 450 said:

Winner.............also I believe that 555 is expressed as 22B in hexadecimal

everyday's school day

Or 1053 in Base 8.

[Poopipe]

1000101011

[anonymous-user]

They also sponsored BAR Honda in the 1999 F1 Championship.

[williamp]

yes but will they make me look cooler and older??

[Krikkit]

Steff said:

Yex 450 said:

Winner.............also I believe that 555 is expressed as 22B in hexadecimal

everyday's school day

Oh man, love that nerdism.

[kambites]

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

[anonymous-user]

Do 555 not sponsor anything modern then?

[kambites]

allroad one said:

Do 555 not sponsor anything modern then?

How many sports still allow cigarette branding?

[gforceg]

Just in case anyone asks; BAT is British American Tobacco.

[simonr100]

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

That's the wrong reason - 22B came from the engine 2.2litres and the B was a reference to the Bilstein shocks.

[anonymous-user]

kambites said:

allroad one said:

Do 555 not sponsor anything modern then?

How many sports still allow cigarette branding?

Oh yeah.....

[anonymous-user]

simonr100 said:

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

That's the wrong reason - 22B came from the engine 2.2litres and the B was a reference to the Bilstein shocks.

So the whole coding thing was coincidental? I think it has some part in it too.

[Krikkit]

allroad one said:

simonr100 said:

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

That's the wrong reason - 22B came from the engine 2.2litres and the B was a reference to the Bilstein shocks.

So the whole coding thing was coincidental? I think it has some part in it too.

I bet they didn't end up with a 2.2L displacement by accident.

[jamiem555]

Hmm, I arrived a bit late to this thread.