# Put down acronyms and explanations of names for all makes **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572 "2008-11-03T02:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/1 "2008-11-03T02:25:17Z")
Here is one, in the diconary “Chevy” is defined as the following: to irritate with repeated small annoyances. ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/2 "2008-11-03T02:52:52Z")
It must be referring to Chevy Chase. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/3 "2008-11-03T03:51:32Z")
Nova. In spanish it means “No Go” Tester ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/4 "2008-11-03T04:04:07Z")
FORD: Found On Roadside Dump or Fix Or Repair Daily I’ve owned Ford products and do NOT ascribe to these acronyms, but you asked. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/5 "2008-11-03T04:06:29Z")
Or CHEVROLET. Can Hear Every Valve Rocker Or Lifter Every Time. Tester ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/6 "2008-11-03T12:16:42Z")
FIAT=Fix it again, Tony! ---
**Author:** ![clammppit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@clammppit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clammppit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/7 "2008-11-03T16:36:36Z")
BMW is the Bayrisch Mist(manure) Wagen. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/8 "2008-11-03T16:51:43Z")
Back in the days when BMWs were one of the few makes with expensive sound systems, it was said that BMW stood for Break my Window! ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/9 "2008-11-03T18:02:06Z")
Back in the 80s I worked for a large multi-line dealer who took on a Yugo franchise and we tagged the Yugo as Yucky, Ugly, Godawful, Obsolete. The following ditty was also attached to it. Yugo Oh Yugo It’s made of solid tin The owner drove it off Now the wrecker’s hauling it in. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/10 "2008-11-03T18:43:35Z")
Not really an Acronym. Yugo - Sometimes You Go…Sometimes You Don’t. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/11 "2008-11-03T23:50:42Z")
One of those cars that the rear defrost wasn’t to clear the window, but to keep the owner’s hands warm while they pushed it in winter ---
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/12 "2008-11-04T00:31:36Z")
Mecedies benze… I woulda benze dead if I had driven that night but thank mercy (mercedies) that it broke down, And jaguar: A working man’s car! (you drive it on the weekend and work on it all week!0 ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/13 "2008-11-04T01:57:59Z")
AUDI Accelerates Under Demonic Influence Always Unsafe Designs Implemented BMW Beautiful Mechanical Wonder Big Money Works Bought My Wife Brutal Money Waster BUICK Big Ugly Indestructable Car Killer CHEVROLET Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time DODGE Darn Old Dirty Gas Eater Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere FIAT Failure in Italian Automotive Technology Fix It All the Time ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/14 "2008-11-04T02:00:02Z")
HYUNDAI Hope You Understand Nothing’s Driveable And Inexpensive… MAZDA Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along SAAB Send Another Automobile Back Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown. TOYOTA Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto VOLVO Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object VW Virtually Worthless ---
**Author:** ![clammppit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@clammppit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clammppit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/15 "2008-11-04T02:23:55Z")
Back when the VW was known as “Hitler’s revenge”.Sure enough; my knuckles have the scares to prove it ---
**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/put-down-acronyms-and-explanations-of-names-for-all-makes/21572/16 "2008-11-04T05:15:43Z")
MOPAR - moldy old piece of arriated rust MOPAR - move over power approaching rapidly FORD- freaking old rebuilt dodge PONTIAC- poor old nitwit thnks it’s a cadillac AMC- almost a car BMW we called them “Bowel Movements” AMC PACER- we called them terrariums since only a blooming idiot would drive one. AMC PACER- we also called them fish bowls