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Re: New acronym proposal for giant lego spaceships
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 4 Sep 2002 02:51:29 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes:
> Imagine if you owned an automobile dealership. Let us say that you had some
> vehicles in that automobile lot. For the sake of an example, we will use
> General Motors as an example to convey my idea across to LUGNET users who
> read this message.
...and who are familiar with the model designations of North American Trucks...
> Let us pretend that you had a Chevrolet 1500. Well,
> there are 1500 trucks, 1500 Silverado trucks, 1500 Heavy Duty, or HD trucks,
> 2500 trucks, 2500 HD trucks, 2500 diesel engine trucks, 2500 diesel trucks
> with double wide rear tires, 3500 trucks, 3500 diesel trucks, 3500 diesel
> trucks with double wide tires, S-10s, Blazers, TrailBlazers, Tahoes, and let
> us not forget that Suburban is published under both GMC and Chevrolet, as
> the Neon was sold under both Dodge and Plymouth when it was first
> introduced. Then there are the Yukon trucks, the Yukon Denali, the Jimmy
> trucks, the S-15s and a whole system of trucks identical to the Cehvrolet
> line after that and we did not even delve into other GMC made vehicles, such
> as school buses and large trucks such as the Kodiak.
... of all those, the only ones we've had here in Australia are the Suburban
(rebadged as a Holden Suburban) and the Neon (if it's the same thing - a
compact car - which is sold as a Chrysler Neon).
> The point is, to be quite truthful, even looking at typical normal every day
> vehicles on planet Earth is a headache to keep up and then there are phased
> out models and the debate to keep models alive for one more year and to
> slightly alter them every year.
Maybe, if you're keeping track of models! But it's not the case if you're
merely tracking sizes/types - subcompact, compact, mid-sized, full-sized,
luxury, and trucks designated by tonnage.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) day (...) phased (...) This is sort of what I was trying to get at. I think that there could be hyperlogical systemic ways to derive names for the vehicle classes, but i also do like the idea of coining a new word altogether or using an (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) So, Chrysler also made Neons as well? This is news to me but then again, automobile manufacturers have to make some changes to their vehicles. Is Holden a part of General Motors? If not, how long have they been making their Suburban? Richie (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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