OK, so i'm bored, it's Friday night and i've decided to tackle a subject that bothers me sometimes.

I'm a little dim somedays and all the abbreviations on here perplex me,
Please could someone make them clearer to me, they are probably really simple......doh

ECU
OEM
MEMS
MY as in MY05 115 TF
AP as in Calipers
MLS as in Gaskets
TT exhausts
KH splitters


tbh - imho & wtf confused me at first but i got there in the end :getcoat:


and what is HGF (only joking!!!!) :haha:

Michaela X

Engine control unit
Original equipment manufacturer
Microelectromechanical systems
Millenium Year ???
Ap ???? Pass
Multi-Layer Steel
Trevor Taylor
KH Splitter??? Pass

I was bored as well :yawn:

 

Hi Michaela.

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturers
MY Model Year
TT Trevor Taylor (in memory of the guy who was involved with the first one's)

 

AP is the company who make the 4 pot calipers
KH should be K&H, again the company name I believe

 

they make the clutch fluid reservoir as well

 

AP AP racing products
KH Krafthaus

 

MEMS - Modular Engine Management system
ECU - Electronic control unit

 

I always thought the MEMS was Motorola Engine Management System:dunno:

 

http://www.mgf-tf-central.co.uk/glossary.shtml

 

...........bored too.........

ECU...European Chess Union
OEM....One Eyed Monster
MEMS....Maximum Energy Management Switch
MY.....Miss You
AP....Aged Parent..(me)
MLS.... Most Likely Shagged
TT....Tank Top
KH...Key Hole
HGF..Head of Global Finances

...........

 

...........bored too.........

ECU...European Chess Union
OEM....One Eyed Monster
MEMS....Maximum Energy Management Switch
MY.....Miss You
AP....Aged Parent..(me)
MLS.... Most Likely Shagged
TT....Tank Top
KH...Key Hole
HGF..Head of Global Finances

...........

Pardon.......Did'nt see that on Wikipedia, I take it you mean as in car broken? or did you?

 

..lol...as in car broken.....kaput,

 

MG Money.......GONE

 

Always thought AP was short for AP Lockheed. You learn something new every day.

Anyway makes a change from MILF and Cougar on the other websites I frequent! :ss:

 

Mindy - I think your versions of the abbreviations are the better ones by far lol.

thanks guys and girls, it's all a lot clearer now

And yes John - MG Is all about Money Gone, or Money Grabber hehehehe

I shall now go and find something more fun to do with my Friday evening !!!

 

Some wag suggested (after the 1st HGF)

MG TF = Mostly Garaged Totally ******

http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=119442&highlight=glossary

 

For the purposes of MG ownership the following applies:

ECU - Every Component Untested
OEM - Original Equipment Malfunction
MEMS - Mend Endlessly, Mostly Serious
MLS - Money Loss, Serious!

 

For the purposes of MG ownership the following applies:

ECU - Every Component Untested
OEM - Original Equipment Malfunction
MEMS - Mend Endlessly, Mostly Serious
MLS - Money Loss, Serious!

Quality !!!!! I like you're way of thinking :wooman:

 

I fall in between two camps, can still remember the oldies SWALK, SWALCAKWS etc and being a mechanic (lapsed) I know most of the technical abbreviations, but the ones I dont know are the IMHO, etc, ( I do know that one, but thats about all ) well I tell a lie I do know a few others, wtf etc.:lol:

 

This Thread might help.

http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=377942&highlight=abbreviations


John.

 

Thanks for the link to that thread John,

Now i'm a total mess, you've really blown my mind, how will I ever remember all those!!!

 

No Prob just use it for reference you can also try this if it helps.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

John.