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A thread I'd like to see is a glossary describing some of the more obscure (at least to me) car jargon used in the TTAC comments and elsewhere.
Examples: (Forgive me if I get these numbers/letters wrong) BMW car codes. what is an E30 vs. an E39? Was there an E31 through E38? The same goes for Mercedes Benz. What's a W124? I realize these are for specific model types but I don't know which code equates to which car model or year. |
They are generally chassis codes.Â* If you venture over to Wikipedia.org, you will generally see multi-generation vehicles broken out into their respective chassis codes.Â* From the BMW 3 Series page (since you brought it up): Contents [*]1 Generations[*]2 E21, First generation, 1975â€"1983[*]3 E30, Second generation, 1984â€"1992[*]4 E36, Third generation, 1990â€"2000[*]5 E46, Fourth generation, 1998-2006[*]6 E90, Fifth generation, 2005â€"2012[*]7 F30, Sixth generation, 2012â€"[/list]etc. ps. E39 is a 5-series, Philistine!Â* :-)
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All I have to do now is keep Wikipedia open whenever I read the B&B commenting on BMWs or MBs
I knew I would mess up a number/letter combination somehow. This Philistine will now take his sloping forehead and pronounced Cro-Magnon brow on to other subjects ;-) |
Blackcloud_9 said All I have to do now is keep Wikipedia open whenever I read the B&B commenting on BMWs or MBs I knew I would mess up a number/letter combination somehow. This Philistine will now take his sloping forehead and pronounced Cro-Magnon brow on to other subjects ;-) Most modern web browsers will allow you to highlight a term, right click on it, and search it. Â*It's even faster than a glossary, and it's always up to date with the latest internet misinformation.
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Blackcloud_9 said All I have to do now is keep Wikipedia open whenever I read the B&B commenting on BMWs or MBs I knew I would mess up a number/letter combination somehow. This Philistine will now take his sloping forehead and pronounced Cro-Magnon brow on to other subjects ;-) Don't feel bad I had an E39 (2002 BMW 530i) and I've often forgotten which "E" it was. It's easier if I just say I had a "5"
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The internet is your friend while reading TTAC. Keep the B-body straight from the Panther Platform from the M-body.Â*
Heck with the way Jack Baruth writes I find myself looking up his cultural references because although we are of similar ages I sometimes find his references escaping me. But that merely gives me a chance to broaden my own mind.Â* |
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