Little MG content; just some odds and ends acronyms and terms I picked up
over the years that are automotively descriptive...
Brand names:
AMC: All Makes of Cars.
Audi: Accelerates Under Demonic Influence.
Austin-Healy: Always Under Seriously Terrible Influences of Night -
Hell's Engine Always Leaks Yuck
BMW: Babbling Mechanical Wretch.
Basic Marin (County, CA) Wheels.
Beastly, Monstrous Wonder.
Beautiful Masterpiece on Wheels (Mechanical Wonder).
Big Money Waste (, Why?) (Works).
Blasphemous Motorized Wreck.
Born Moderately Wealthy.
Break My Window.
Broken Money Waster.
Brutal Money Waster.
Bumbling Mechanical Wretch.
Buick: Big Ugly Import Car Killer (Indestructable Compact Killer).
Chevrolet: Car Has Extensive Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips.
Cheap Heap, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
Chevy: Charged HEaVilY.
Cheapest Heap Ever Visioned Yet.
Cruddy Hick Engine, Very Yucky.
Dodge: Dead On Delivery, Go Easy (Guarantee Expired) (Or Dying
Garbage Emitter).
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere.
Fiat: Failure In Automotive Technology.
Fix It Again, Tony.
Futile (Feeble)( F***ing) Italian Attempt at Transportation.
Ford: First On Race Day.
Fix Or Repair Daily.
Found On Road Dead.
Fraternal Order of Restored DeSoto's.
F***ed On Race Day (Over Rebuilt Dodge).
GM: General Mainteneance.
Getta Mechanic
GMC: Garage Man's Companion.
Generally Mediocre Cars.
Get More Chicks.
Got a Mechanic Coming.
Got More Crap.
IROC: I'm Really Out of Cash.
I Race Other Cars.
I Run Over Children.
It's Really Only a Camaro.
Jeep: Just Eats Every Part.
LBC: Little British Car
Lousy British Car
Mazda: Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along.
MG: Money Guzzler.
MGA: Money Guzzling A**hole.
MGB: Money Guzzling Bastard.
MGTC: My God Tin's Cheap.
Midget: Miniscule Idiotic Doo-hickey, Garaged Every Time
Mopar: Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously.
Mostly Old Parts (Paint) And Rust.
Most Often Passed At Races.
My Old Pig Ain't Running.
Olds: One Leak, Dead Starter.
Oldsmobile: Oh, Look, Dammit! Some Massive Oil Burning Idiot's Leaking
Everything.
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly
Late Everyday
Old Loose Dented Sheet Metal Out-dated By Infamies Like Edsel.
Pinto: Put In Nickel To Operate.
Plymouth: Please Let Your Mother Out from Under The Hood.
Pontiac: Poor Obtuse Nincompoop Thinks It's A Cadillac.
Porsche: Piece Of Retired Scrap, Continually High Expense.
Saab: Send Another Auto Back.
Stupid Arrogant A**hole Babies.
Such An Arrogant Bastard.
Swedish Auto Always Broken (s Are Best).
Toyota: Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto.
Triumph: Totally Ruined Industry, Unable to Meet Purchase Hype
VW: Virtually Worthless
*****
Miscellaneous Terms
BFH: Big F***ing Hammer
Blue Wrench: Cutting Torch
DPM: D***ed Previous Mechanic
DPO: D***ed Previous Owner
Gone Lucas: Possessed of Bizarre Electrical Problems
Persuasion: Use of the BFH
Serious Persuasion: Using the Blue Wrench
PM: Previous Mechanic
PO: Previous Owner
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