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Found On Road Dead and other acronyms for automobiles

By Tim Martin Nov 5, 2020 | 3:05 PM

I only knew a couple of these…. Had no idea there were so many!! Did you?

VOLVO – Very Odd-Looking Vehicular Object

FORD –  Fix Or Repair Daily, Fast Only Rolling Downhill, First On Road to Dump, Found On Road Dead, Fix Or Recycle Dilemma, Follow Our Rusty Dogsled, Forlorn Old Rotten Dustbin, Frequent Overhaul Rapid Deterioration, Fraternal Order of Restored DeSotos

FIAT – Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation, Fix It Again Tony!

BUICK – Butt-Ugly Imitation Chrome King

JEEP – Junk Engineering Executed Poorly, Just Empty Every Pocket

PINTO – Put In Nickel To Operate

HONDA – Had One Never Did Again, Hang On Not Done Accelerating

DODGE – Drips Oil & Drops Grease Everywhere, Dead On Day Guarantee Expires, Dear Old Dad’s Garage Experiment

SAAB – Swedish Abstract Art Backfire (my personal favorite), Something Almost Automobilish Broken

PORSCHE – Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything

GM – General Maintenance, Great Mistake, Generally Miserable

EDSEL – Every Day Something Else Leaks

PLYMOUTH – Please Leave Your Money Out Under The Hood

OLDSMOBILE – Overpriced Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick’s Irregular Leftover Equipment, Old Ladies Driving Slowly Making Others Behind Insanely Late Everyday

TRIUMPH – This Really Is Unreliable Man Please Help

ACURA – Asia’s Curse Upon Rural America, Another Crummy Useless Rotten Automobile

BMW – Break My Window, Born Moderately Wealthy, Bring More Wrenches, Bring Me Women, Bought My Wife

AMC – All Makes Combined, A Moron Car, Another Major Catastrophe

MGB – Might Go Backwards

GEO – Good Engineering Overlooked

CHEVROLET – Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips, Cheap Hardly Efficient Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time, Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques

HYUNDAI – Helps You Understand Nothing’s Drivable And Inexpensive

TOYOTA – Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto, This One You Ought To Avoid, Tripling Our Yen Oh Thanks America!

 

**Credit – Bathroom Reader’s Institute**