Okay kids,

There are a lot of you out there (and you know who you are!) who are using terms like:

MCS
Cabrio
etc.

Would you mind enlightning the unwashed and give a MINI course on MINI speak?

We salute you in advance...

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MCS=MINI Cooper'S' model
MC=MINI Cooper model
Cabrio=MINI Convertable model

Anything else? It can be a little confusing at the start. Welcome and enjoy the ride.
Cheers,

 

Theres actually a whole huuuge list of the common acronyms. I could be helpful and go look for it

 

also if you see things like

IB/W

or

PW/B

it has to do with colors...like

IB/W= Indie Blue with White top

or

PW/B = Peper white with Black Top

you'll catch on..don't worry...

oh and here's one that MINI-Madman for got persay

MCSc is the Cabrio S model....so
MCc is the non-S cabrio...

 

Check out this thread for some help

These MINI abbreviations are making my head hurt

 

A few more, from Tuls signature line:

CF: Carbon Fiber
CAI: Cold Air Intake
15%, 17%, 19% : refer to % smaller than stock diameter for a supercharger upgrade pulley

NAV: MINI Satellite Navigation System

I'm sure Tuls would give you details on the rest of his sig acronyms if you are curious :smile:

 

A message for all newbies!!!

As a newbie I initially tried to deciper the Minispeak but soon found out that all the acronyms used weren't really acronyms at all, but rather a nonsensical collection of meaningless letters. So to be part of the crowd around here, this is what you do:

Type some words like "The color of my Mini is" then bang on the keyboard in caps like this "CR/W" then type some words like "I'm getting a" then bang on the keyboard in caps like this "MCSC" Get it?

See how easy it is? The caps really don't mean anything but don't you feel like you know what you are talking about now?

 

Acronyms abound on NAM! Anyone having any questions, please PM (Private Message) me here on NAM and if I do not understand the acronym, I will find out its meaning for you! :smile:


Clover

 

Dont forget the new ones that had me confused for a bit


MCSa - MINI Cooper S automatic
MCSCa - MINI Coopers S Convert. automatic.

Nik

 

Very funny!

Actually I just spoke to Kimba (my white calico cat) and she has agreed to provide Power Assist Acronym Generation or PAAG whenever I need it!

-mark=

 

I can vouch for that one up there, what with my recently registered username, and future MINI, and all...

 

What do you do if you read where someone owns a SG/SG MC. Does he mean Silk Green or Solid Gold.

Art

 

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Silk Green discontinued the year before they added Solid Gold? Then all we'd need is the year to make the determination!

 

Some more general forumspeak for you:

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

Just my .02 = Just My Two Cents

LOL = Laugh Out Loud

WWYD? = What Would You Do?

MCScJCW = Mini Cooper S Cabriolet with John Cooper Works tuning kit

 

LOL...MY 03/PS/BLK/MOD MCS W/M7-N2O/15%/ECU/MSD/I-22/HAI-soon AGS/SS CB/SS HDR/GTMIC/62mm TB/M7 CF FRT SPLTR/TDR PR1 IS IMHO, FN FST

 

Take it easy man! LOL

Here is a large list of Mini Acronyms.
http://www.sjbaker.org/telamom/acronyms.html

Their homepage with even more cool stuff! Its The Even Less Authorized MINI Owner's Manual! HeHeHe
http://www.sjbaker.org/telamom/

 

a Honda Element page....

I have an EBP2WD5SP

EX model, Blue Pearl color, 2 wheel drive, 5 speed!

There's a company that puts these on t-shirts. On the back they say

If you can read this
I'm out of my Element

 

Yeah,
spend 10 min in any chatroom, public group IM forum, or board and you'll quickly realize acronyms are par for the course here in netland. Anything else would be the exception.

 

heres a nice big list courtesy of Ryephile

http://members.roadfly.com/ryanx/decode.htm