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Neil Wyatt13/12/2016 12:03:12
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On German cars - NSU - No S****g Use

Michael Gilligan13/12/2016 12:15:17
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'tis said that the Frech ridicule the Toyota MR2, whose designation is unfortunate when expressed phœnetically.

MichaelG.

Neil Wyatt13/12/2016 14:21:09
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 13/12/2016 12:15:17:

'tis said that the Frech ridicule the Toyota MR2, whose designation is unfortunate when expressed phœnetically.

MichaelG.

As in how the ancient inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean would have spoken?

Neil

<EDIT> It seems you just destroyed an innocent Googlewhackblat before it was dicovered.

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2016 14:23:00

Georgineer13/12/2016 14:48:29
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Posted by JA on 13/12/2016 09:12:51:

A couple of decades old and from the street - BMW = Bad Man Wheels.

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I knew it as Bavarian Murder Weapon.

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Michael Gilligan13/12/2016 18:47:21
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2016 14:21:09:

<EDIT> It seems you just destroyed an innocent Googlewhackblat before it was dicovered.

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Merde !!

duncan webster14/12/2016 00:01:09
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Posted by Georgineer on 13/12/2016 14:48:29:
Posted by JA on 13/12/2016 09:12:51:

A couple of decades old and from the street - BMW = Bad Man Wheels.

JA

I knew it as Bavarian Murder Weapon.

George

When we had a joint venture with a German compnay our Chief Engineer ahd a BMW: Brings More Wine

Hopper14/12/2016 05:05:10
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2016 12:03:12:

On German cars - NSU - No S****g Use

In the motorcycle world, NSU stole one of Norton's top designers in the 1920s and proceeded to produce an overhead cam single banger that looked for all the world like a Norton - known west of the Channel as Norton Spares Used.

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