Acronyms

[vr2jetta]

VIN - Vehicle Identification Number

Pretty common, but I cringe when someone says "VIN number". Totally redundant.

Yea, or ATM machine. DMFC! (drives me fu*kin' crazy)

[flyboyx]

i know that eta stands for the greek symbol related to efficiency, but often i see posts with ate. what does that mean?

[dashboardmonkey]

LMB

lick my balls

[e30trooper]

SAN
suck a nut

[daniel]

i know that eta stands for the greek symbol related to efficiency, but often i see posts with ate. what does that mean?

ATE makes brake fluid.

[daniel]

PIYM

poop in your mouth

[JMil86]

VIN - Vehicle Identification Number

Pretty common, but I cringe when someone says "VIN number". Totally redundant.

ATM - Automated Teller Machine, I cringe when I hear someone say ATM machine.

[Bmwmotorm52]

[B]
4WD - All Wheel Drive

AWD - All Wheel Drive (All the time)
4WD - Abel to go from high, low, all wheel drive,and rear wheel drive

[MmacAttackK]

BOOB

No Acronym, just wanted to put that there. :up:

[Mark 42]

Is there a guide to what the different letters after the numbers like 318i,
318ic, 318es, 318is, 325ix, 325e... etc mean (I know some of those 'prolly
don't exist, I was just guessing at the pattern, assuming there may be a pattern)

[Pl3wA]

yes, 3= 3 series
18= 1.8liter
25= 2.5liter
28=...
just my guess
e probably means economy or something
no idea what i means
s is sport
x is ... 4wd or some shit

[Vivek]

"i" Stands for injected. In e30's, it was used to deferential between "i" and "eta" engines. Eta were the "e" engines. They were both fuel injected.

The 16, 18, 20, 23, 25 standing for engine size has been mostly true for e30's (except eta's). As you get to newer BMWs it's slightly less true (335i, e46 323i, etc.).

[ohthejosh]

325e are the eta engines that have the SAVAGE 2.7l motor most desirable engine of the e30s. ;)