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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

288.0. "So that's what BMW means" by ODIHAM::SMITHD (Key Accounts Consultancy Group) Thu Aug 25 1988 12:45

    
    	Interested to see (285.4) that BMW actually stands for
    	Big Moron Wagon.
    	I'd heard that some people drove them because they thought
    	it stood for Bob Marley and the Wailers.
    
    	Any other offers? (Mine arrives in a few weeks! (Yes, I know
    	its not an Alfa but I couldn't afford one))
    
    	David
    
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288.13MUNKAD::MURRAYI want my Integrale back......Thu Apr 05 1990 19:527
    
    
    Bavarian mist wagen
    
    
    Literally translated - Bavarian shit car.
    
288.14went like a bomb...RUTILE::SMITH_A2 down and 1 to goFri Apr 06 1990 11:188
    mine got dubbed by a friend,
    
                 Bader-Meinhoff Wagen
    
    very poor taste, but the name stuck.
    
    T
    
288.15Cow of a car too!KERBER::SUTHERLANDHave bogu will boogie!Mon Jul 23 1990 11:085
   How about:   Bovine Macho W**k*r..  (and no it doesnt mean Worker either)

    

288.16Power outputsWOTVAX::MEAKINSClive MeakinsFri Aug 24 1990 13:015
    I notice that some BMW engines offer the same power and torque output
    whether configured with a cat or not.  Do I assume that the dirty
    version of say, the 318iS engine is de-tuned to the level of the cat
    clean version?  If this is the case, does anyone know a of chip for the
    engine management system that might provide extra performance?
288.17VOGON::ATWALDreams, they complicate my lifeFri Aug 24 1990 13:0610
>>    clean version?  If this is the case, does anyone know a of chip for the
>>    engine management system that might provide extra performance?
yes...
swap the ems chip with one from a 750i.
theory:
the chip mods done to R5GT turbos is replacing the ems chip from the 5 with 
the one from the R25; so I was told by an ex Renault mechanic


...art
288.18logical ?KERNEL::MCGOWANThu Sep 06 1990 10:099
    Re - swapping a 318is chip for a 750i chip, I wonder if the designers
    coded the following logic into the 750 chip ROMs:
    
    if (appear to be missing 8 cylinders) then
       .........
    end if
    
    
    Pete  :-)
288.19British Motor Works?WARNUT::PICKERINGSMan.United, FA Cup '90 WinnersThu Jan 31 1991 11:122
    I was at a customer site with an American & a german. The American
    thought BMW stood for British Motor Works; the German was apopletic!
288.20Bob's secret nest egg?NEWOA::SAXBYA house! My kingdom for a house!Wed Jun 05 1991 17:416
    
    Going back to the bit about Bob Marley and the Wailer, I notice that
    the 'Legend' album has a BMW catalogue number :^)
    
    Mark