[Tagging] service:car for car shops and repair

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Fri Nov 4 09:26:15 UTC 2016


On Thu Nov 3 22:24:03 2016 GMT, Dave Swarthout wrote:
> Well, in America anybody who has reached old age is an "old timer", someone
> like me LOL. Using that term for vehicles is a little less common but it
> would definitely work in that context.
> 
> @Phil - your spelling of vetran wouldn't fly in the U.S. either. It is
> actually veteran.

I know lol, call it fat fingers and a tiny touch screen. 

Phil (trigpoint)
> 
> Regards,
> DAve
> 
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu Nov 3 08:52:59 2016 GMT, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > sent from a phone
> > >
> > > > Il giorno 03 nov 2016, alle ore 00:41, Dave Swarthout <
> > daveswarthout at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> > > >
> > > > Also, there is a fourth very strange value offered for repair and
> > parts, "old_timer", whatever the hell that is
> > >
> > >
> > > Oldtimer is "German" for vintage / classic car/vehicle. It's just a hint
> > that tags should be briefly discussed to avoid wordings that are not
> > universally understood.
> > >
> > As an owner of a classic car I  guessed what it meant, it sounds more
> > American than German though.
> >
> > I would go with classic, vintage or vetran rather than oldtimer though.
> >
> > Vintage = pre 1919
> > Vetran = 1919-1930
> > Classic everything else, although once you get  into classic businesses
> > will tend to specialise in particular marques.
> >
> > Phil (trigpoint)
> >
> > --
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