Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually emits?

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polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira
is likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between
what is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it
actually emits?

Don't know, but both GM trucks and BMWs have some record of
elecrical fan motor fires.

polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually emits?


Haha. Zafira? Apparently you should be more worried about them bursting
into flames. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34603927

Tim

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:31:25 +0000, Tim+ wrote:

polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually
emits?


Haha. Zafira? Apparently you should be more worried about them bursting
into flames. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34603927

Whoosh.

On 22/10/2015 22:29, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:31:25 +0000, Tim+ wrote:

polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually
emits?


Haha. Zafira? Apparently you should be more worried about them bursting
into flames. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34603927

Whoosh.

Is that what a Zafira sounds like when it bursts into flames? :-)

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En el artículo , Bob Eager
escribió:

Whoosh.

Indeed. The OP was nice and subtle

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En el artículo , polygonum
escribió:

Is that what a Zafira sounds like when it bursts into flames? :-)



Best thing for them. Horrid cars. They're probably self-immolating out
of shame.

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On Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:22:49 UTC+1, polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually emits?

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Rod

I wonder where they get these stupid names for cars these days?

On 23/10/2015 07:11, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:22:49 UTC+1, polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is
likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what
is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it actually emits?

--
Rod

I wonder where they get these stupid names for cars these days?


The dictionary of meaningless words in any language.

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En el artículo , Michael Chare mUNDERSCOREn
escribió:

The dictionary of meaningless words in any language.

They try and choose words which will be acceptable in any language.

Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish. That's the kind of pratfall they want to avoid. That and
building ****e like the Zafira.

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

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On Friday, 23 October 2015 13:38:12 UTC+1, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Michael Chare mUNDERSCOREn
escribió:

The dictionary of meaningless words in any language.

They try and choose words which will be acceptable in any language.

Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish. That's the kind of pratfall they want to avoid. That and
building ****e like the Zafira.

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.


They were going to call one model of Rolls Royce the "Silver Mist".
'Til someone pointed out that Mist = **** in German

On 23/10/2015 18:22, harry wrote:
On Friday, 23 October 2015 13:38:12 UTC+1, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Michael Chare mUNDERSCOREn
escribió:

The dictionary of meaningless words in any language.

They try and choose words which will be acceptable in any language.

Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish. That's the kind of pratfall they want to avoid. That and
building ****e like the Zafira.

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.


They were going to call one model of Rolls Royce the "Silver Mist".
'Til someone pointed out that Mist = **** in German

Zafira is a victor. Names so very often are like wheels and just go
round and round.

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:38:58 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On Friday, 23 October 2015 13:38:12 UTC+1, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish.

Except, of course, the car that was called the Vauxhall Nova in the UK
was called the Opel Corsa in Spain. And in every single country it was
sold in apart from the UK (and Australia, where it was the Holden Barina)

If you want to laugh at GM for using "Nova", then the 1962 Chevrolet Nova
might be a better starting point.

Except, of course, the whole story's a load of ********.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

Like "Exeo"?

On 23/10/2015 19:21, Adrian wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:38:58 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On Friday, 23 October 2015 13:38:12 UTC+1, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish.

Except, of course, the car that was called the Vauxhall Nova in the UK
was called the Opel Corsa in Spain. And in every single country it was
sold in apart from the UK (and Australia, where it was the Holden Barina)

If you want to laugh at GM for using "Nova", then the 1962 Chevrolet Nova
might be a better starting point.

Except, of course, the whole story's a load of ********.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

Like "Exeo"?

In AOL style, Mii too?

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"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
...
En el artículo , Michael Chare mUNDERSCOREn
escribió:

The dictionary of meaningless words in any language.

They try and choose words which will be acceptable in any language.

Vauxhall ****ed up when they came up with Nova, which means "won't go"
in Spanish.

And the Pajero, means ****** in some slang. Hardly surprising it didn't sell
too well there.

That's the kind of pratfall they want to avoid. That and
building ****e like the Zafira.

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

Not the ones most can't pronounce.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:43:31 +0100, polygonum wrote:

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

Like "Exeo"?

In AOL style, Mii too?

Well, quite.

And who'd like to be the first to tell 'im that neither Ibiza or Alhambra
are cities? Or Inca. Or Terra. Or...

polygonum wrote:
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira
is likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between
what is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and what it
actually emits?

The most interesting question is why the plastics are not self
extinguishing as is required for goods used in the home or office. IIRC
our plastic mouldings had to self extinguish in less than a minute.

On 23/10/2015 20:04, Adrian wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:43:31 +0100, polygonum wrote:

I quite like Seat's practice of using the names of Spanish cities.

Like "Exeo"?

In AOL style, Mii too?

Well, quite.

And who'd like to be the first to tell 'im that neither Ibiza or Alhambra
are cities? Or Inca. Or Terra. Or...

Odd they named a vehicle after a theatre in Bradford.

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En el artículo , Adrian
escribió:

Like "Exeo"?

León, Córdoba, Málaga, Ibiza, Marbella, Toledo... need I go on?

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On 24/10/2015 09:05, polygonum wrote:

The fairly strong tendency of quite a number of companies (e.g. Audi,
Volvo, BMW) to use numbers gives you a fighting chance of realising
whether someone is talking about a bus or a shopper.

They use numbers so the owners can have bragging rights..
"mines a 7 series much better than your 3 series".

It gets the idiots to part with more cash to have a higher number.

On 24/10/2015 13:10, dennis@home wrote:
On 24/10/2015 09:05, polygonum wrote:

The fairly strong tendency of quite a number of companies (e.g. Audi,
Volvo, BMW) to use numbers gives you a fighting chance of realising
whether someone is talking about a bus or a shopper.

They use numbers so the owners can have bragging rights..
"mines a 7 series much better than your 3 series".

It gets the idiots to part with more cash to have a higher number.

"They" also use numbers for things like classes of hire cars. Which can
be a convenience.

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Rod