01-22-2014, 01:24 PM
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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. |
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01-22-2014, 07:59 PM
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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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01-24-2014, 07:10 AM
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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 ;-) |
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01-25-2014, 05:28 AM
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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 ;-) 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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01-25-2014, 04:09 PM
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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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01-26-2014, 09:19 AM
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On Mercedes vehicles, the letter indicates the body style and the three diget number following is the chassis code. Code: Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Body Style: W Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Sedan S Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Station Wagon R Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Roadster C Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Coupe X Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*SUV (There are some weird exceptions to this, W164/W166 are MLs, while the X164/X166 are GLs.) Here are some of the common Mercedes chassis codes: C Class: 201 Â* Â* (1982-93) 202 Â* Â* (1993-00) 203 Â* Â* (2001-07) 204 Â* Â* (2008-14) 205 Â* Â* (2015- Â* ) E Class: 120 Â* Â* Â*(1953-62) 121 Â* Â* Â*(1956-62) (Larger engine variant of 120) 110 Â* Â* Â*(1961-68) 114 Â* Â* Â*(1968-76) 115 Â* Â* Â*(1968-76)Â*(Larger engine variant of 114) 123 Â* Â* Â*(1976-85) 124 Â* Â* Â*(1986-96) 210 Â* Â* Â*(1996-02) 211 Â* Â* Â*(2003-09) 212 Â* Â* Â*(2010- Â* )
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01-26-2014, 10:02 AM
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S Class: 180 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1954-57) 128 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1958-61) 111 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1959-71) 112 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1961-67)Â*(Larger engine variant of 111) 108 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1965-72) 109 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1965-72)Â*(Larger engine variant of 108) 116 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1972-80) 126 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1979-92) 140 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1992-98) 220 Â* Â* Â* Â*(1999-05) 221 Â* Â* Â* Â*(2006-13) 222 Â* Â* Â* Â*(2014- Â* )
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01-26-2014, 06:21 PM
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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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