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Give us newby's a break
I can't tell you how excited I am as a new owner of a car with a few issues that I am working on. This technical section and the help you guys offer is priceless! However, the use of acronym's is making it really hard to make sense of answers. It would be nice if you notice a new person/owner with a low number of posts that you could spell things out for us.
I am not new to working on a car and have built and modified many cars over the years but never experienced the acronym problem with other makes/forums. Just a thought...
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Re: Give us newby's a break
I'm no newbie, but the use or overuse of acronyms confuse me too sometimes. Afew extra keystrokes sure would be helpful sometimes.
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Re: Give us newby's a break
What's a acronyms
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Re: Give us newby's a break
Post them up when you see them, we all may learn something new.
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Re: Give us newby's a break
Personally, I would prefer to read a topic without having to refer to a list for translation.
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Jerry Downey JERRYS LT5 GASKETS & PARTS http://www.jerrysgaskets.com 1994 ZR-1, Black/Black, Lingenfelter Aerobody, 416cu in, 3.91 gears, coil-over susp, Brembo brakes, etc. 2016 Black-Red, 3LT-Z51 Auto 8-speed. |
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Re: Give us newby's a break
Clobbered = NCM vettes.
Clutter = my toolbox.
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Re: Give us newby's a break
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Re: Give us newby's a break
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Unfortunately there will always be those that will not only have no empathy for the new comer but aggravate the situation by being self appointed introducers of new acronyms and espouse "it's too hard" to type it all out. Sometime ago I figured there was no stopping the chaos so decided to try and document the lexicon morphing anarchy. (can change it so joined in) So, while "short cuts" will continue .....here is a list of "semi" commonly used achronyms. Hope it's helpful. Or should I save time and say, "U B say'n the truth and U R 2 B thanked" for raising the issue. Acronym List is Here
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Re: Give us newby's a break
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On one of my early posts, People kept telling me I needed a FSM. I finally got frustrated and thought "Screw them and their acronyms" and went and looked for an answer in the Service Manual that was with the car when I bought it. And of course I have the SFSM as well which to my surprise included an email from DRM to the original owner in 04AD confirming a large shipment of parts that included PnR, V,RnS, AF, OP, and CSC. Now I am going to get back to working on the VSS, EF, and AC. Once this is done, I may change out the WB's 
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