How To Survive: Automotive Forum Acronyms

Jeremy Nutt 5 Comments

If you are a member of an automotive forum / message board of any sort, you are no stranger to acronyms, abbreviations, and bizarre automotive lingo.  Noob’s are often left overwhelmed and confused for weeks as they are hit with the automotive slang learning curve.  Since I too was once an automotive forum newbie, I feel like it is my duty to share some of this slang with the masses.  If you are so bold as to become a member of an automotive forum / message board, it will make your experience 10000x more fun and educational.  Here we go…….

Engine names and sizes – Could be displayed in cubic inches, liters, or factory engine code.  Engine code is typically a mix of letters and numbers.

General guidelines: Old cars = use cubic inches, newer non-performance cars = use liters, newer more performance-oriented vehicles = use factory engine codes.

Cubic Inches Examples: 289, 292, 307, 331, 348, 350, 401, 409, 429, 454, 472, 502, 572………etc….
Liters Examples: 1.8L, 2.0L, 2.2L, 2.4L, 3.0L 4.3L, 5.0L, 5.3L, 5.7L, 5.9L,  6.6L, 7.3L…..etc…..
Factory Engine Code Examples: LS1, SR20DET, 4G63, D16Y7, 13B-REW…..etc….

Transmissions – Almost always a combination of letters and numbers.

Examples: TH350, TH400, KM132, T-56, T5, C6, R-154, 4L60-E, 4T45-E

General Chat – These could be used for normal everyday terms

AFAIK – As Far As I Know
BBK – Big Brake Kit
BOV – Blow Off Valve
BRB – Be Right Back
BTDT – Been There Done That
BTW – By The Way
CAI – Cold Air Intake
CEL – Check Engine Light
DBW – Drive By Wire
DIY – Do It Yourself
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
FF – For Free
FS – For Sale
FTL – For The Lose
FTW – For The Win
FWIW – For What It’s Worth
GB – Group Buy
HID – High Intensity Discharge (Headlights)
HTH – Hope This Helps
IAC – Idle Air Control
IB4TL – In Before The Lock (When you know the forum moderators are going to lock the thread, you get in fast!)
IIRC – If I Recall Correctly
IMHO – In My Honest/Humble Opinion
ISC – Idle Speed Control
LMM – Losing My Mind
LOL – Laughing Out Loud
MAF – Mass Air Flow Meter
MHH – My Head Hurts
OBO – Or Best Offer
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
ROFL – Rolling On Floor Laughing
TB – Throttle Body
TGFTT – Thank God For This Thread
TIA – Thanks In Advance
TTT – To The Top (Used to move your thread to the top of the page)
WOT – Wide Open Throttle
WUT/WAT/WHUT – What?!
WTB – Want To Buy
WTT – Want To Trade
YMMV – Your Mileage May Vary
YRMV – Your Results May Vary

As I come across more of these, I will add them to this list, so you can always reference it in a time of need.   Acronyms FTW!

Corvette: Do Not Want.

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Over the weekend I went to one of my favorite junkyards.  It’s smaller than some of the others around but I feel like the guys that work there are friendlier than average, and 99% of the time, I can find what I need.  So it is definitely my number 1 pick for yards…. This time around, I stumbled onto a late 70’s / early 80’s Corvette that had clearly reached the end of the road.  It was rotted, crashed, crushed, parted out, beaten, and then disrespectfully smashed.  Cars like that are sad to see because you know at some point, a person brought it home from the dealer and loved every single inch of it.  They cruised the streets and showed it off to their friends , and now, all that’s left is rust and memories.  You had a good run at it Blue Corvette, a real good run…

Animals & Cars: A Friendly Photo Collage.

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Before my short lived pre-teenage career in newspaper delivery, I had no idea that dogs could run 100+ mph.  It turns out that every dog in my neighborhood could, and they chased me like my pockets were full of delicious steak.  The highlight of every dog’s day was when I tried to sneak up to the front door with my GIANT yellow newspaper bag that might as well have said “attack me” on the side of it.  Looking back, I think I spent about 10% of my delivery time actually delivering newspapers, and 90% throttling my BMX away from the fastest dogs in the entire universe.  For years this traumatized me into fearing dogs and all other animals for that matter.  For all I knew – horses, cows, sheep, Bison, and turtles could chase me down, knock me off my bike and bite my legs.  Luckily for me, this all changed in high school.  A good friend of mine got a dog that was the biggest, scariest looking, friendliest, most lovable dog you could ever imagine.  This dog was the turning point for me & animals.  So since cars are my passion and animals are just plain fun, I put together this animal & car – friendly photo collage for your enjoyment. Read More

Twin Engine Delorean on eBay!

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There is a time to buy and a time to sell, and for this Twin Engine Delorean owner…..It’s time to sell.  Obviously, I could fill an entire paragraph with Back to the Future references, and maybe even include a picture of Michael J. Fox sporting red leather to really drive some points home….. but I’m not going to.  I think when you look at these pictures, you will draw your own opinions, and likely want to take this car back to 1982 before it had a Cadillac V8 and a Prelude engine stuffed into it. eeeek!

Facts:

1982 Delorean
Front engine:  2.0liter dual overhead cam Honda engine from a third generation Prelude.
Rear engine:  8.2liter high compression Cadillac engine, from a 1970 Eldorado.

Twin Engine Delorean eBay Listing

Item # 110516547384

"April Fools" Automotive Style.

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Has anybody ever done anything to their friends cars as an April Fools joke?  I have always wanted to do something over the top to one of my friends, but never had the real audacity to do it.  Here are some of my favorite ideas.

Automotive April Fools:

1) Take your friends steering wheel off. Leave it on the passenger seat, doors locked.

2) Remove your friends drivers seat. Put it in the trunk or rear hatch. Again, doors locked.

3) Remove the entire interior carpet, put everything else back in and make sure nothing else is out of place.

4) Fill your friends vehicle with crickets.

5) Disable the engine from starting, and put a giant sign under the hood that says something humorous.

6) Fill the car with balloons, don’t forget the glove box, trunk, console, etc.

7) Make a sign that says “Please stare at me awkwardly” and tape it to the outside of the passenger door.

8 ) Poke tiny holes in a carton of eggs, and hide it in a friends car. Wait patiently for epic stink.

9) Jump the horn wire to permanently be on.

10) Grease under all of the door handles, heavily. The more grease the better

What Automotive Related jokes have you played on your friends?