Tiv?

[Eighteeteewhy]

I see it used a fair bit on here, eg... I like those seats, I'd like some in my "Tiv"

I'm guessing TVR?

I think it must be a PH thing as google doesn't help much. My personal favourite suggestion..

Tornado Intercept Vehicle!

So unless there's a bunch of amateur storm chasers on here...

@

[Blown2CV]

TVR

[R300will]

It's one of those stupid nicknames thats not actually shorter or easier to type than the orignal name.

[NiceCupOfTea]

TVR -> Tivver (phonetic) -> Tiv (abbreviation)

[deeen]

R300will said:

It's one of those stupid nicknames thats not actually shorter or easier to type than the orignal name.

But easier and shorter to say.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Got it, cheers peeps. I suppose it's a bit like Beemer/Bimmer which is actually longer than the original BMW.

Is it a PH thing or TVR in general?

[R300will]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Got it, cheers peeps. I suppose it's a bit like Beemer/Bimmer which is actually longer than the original BMW.

Is it a PH thing or TVR in general?

If i had a TVR i would treat it with respect and scorn anyone who talked about theirs in such a slang term. But i don't. And I'm jealous.

[Chris71]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Is it a PH thing or TVR in general?

In general, but the two are intertwined. This place started off as a fansite for the TVR S-Series originally.

[900T-R]

I've always learned it's bad style to use the same word in a sentence (or even paragraph) several times, so in a TVR forum there's bound to be a few synonyms floating around, used to avoid sounding a bit repetitive...

[Mr2Mike]

You TVR owners should be lucky none of your cars have been branded with the ridiculous name that certain owners give to the MR2 Turbo: "Tubby"

I suspect Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La-La and Po must have had significant influence on these people

[vixen1700]

Could never bring myself to write it or say it to be honest, sounds so very 'jolly hockey sticks'.

It's a TVR.

[Eighteeteewhy]

To me Tiv sounds too much like Div!

[vixen1700]

Eighteeteewhy said:

To me Tiv sounds too much like Div!

Yeah, there's that an' all.

[redgriff500]

Lets face facts anything is better than

TreVoR

Which is where it came from

[Ikemi]

Mr2Mike said:

You TVR owners should be lucky none of your cars have been branded with the ridiculous name that certain owners give to the MR2 Turbo: "Tubby"

I suspect Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La-La and Po must have had significant influence on these people

I've seen 'titty' thrown about on the SELOC (Lotus forums) a few times ... I'm guessing it's short for titanium (the colour, not metal). Alternatively perhaps 'titty' means powered by the engine from an Audi TT ... ? I'm going with titanium.

[englisharcher]

It's better than lengthening BMW to beemer, and yes I'm guilty of using it myself.

[graeme4130]

Someone once told me that PH started as a TVR forum, hence the high number of TVR owners on here (myself included) and the amount of TVR categories
Not sure if it's true or not ?

[Rower]

graeme4130 said:

Someone once told me that PH started as a TVR forum, hence the high number of TVR owners on here (myself included) and the amount of TVR categories
Not sure if it's true or not ?

As Chris 71 has already said 'Pistonheads' was started by 'Petrol Ted' about 10years ago as a site for TVR owners and in particular the S series , it grew and grew and he sold it to Haymarket about 4years ago.

Rower

[Blown2CV]

Rower said:

graeme4130 said:

Someone once told me that PH started as a TVR forum, hence the high number of TVR owners on here (myself included) and the amount of TVR categories
Not sure if it's true or not ?

As Chris 71 has already said 'Pistonheads' was started by 'Petrol Ted' about 10years ago as a site for TVR owners and in particular the S series , it grew and grew and he sold it to Haymarket about 4years ago.

Rower

I never knew that! I always wondered why there were so many TVR forum categories compared to other things.