Something i've found is that humour very rarely "travels" - living near to 2 well known US Air Force bases in the UK and as such having met quite a few Americans, i can honestly say that for the most part they don't really get our humour and we don't get theirs - obviously there are excep...

Dirk - fora is one of the strange quirks of the English language we Brits have to live with. As far as i'm aware, American English uses forums as the plural of forum (someone please correct me if that's wrong) so on a multi-national forum such as this, i would say that within reason anything goes as...

Hand brake, somtimes refered to as the screem leaver. GB Parking brake USA Paul (tho) boxerr Often also referred to as the Emergency Brake in the USA too. Usually in most Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals there is a translation chart with a good few GB/USA translations e.g. Sill = Rocker Panel Bulkhea...

I might have this wrong but i think the original post was aimed at people who were being deliberately lazy with punctuation etc, not people such as yourself where English isn't your first language. In the experience i've had on this and other fora, very often it's people such as you that write Engli...

Offshoregrass wrote:

matthew1 wrote: Doesn't sound as good as French or Spanish to my ear, but better than Flemish!

A semi-disgruntled flemish speaker in Quebec.

Therein lies the rub!

Priceless!!!

What a perfect example!

As to your question Dan, haven't a clue but please read the rest of this thread about punctuation etc - might save you getting a "virtual tongue lashing" from some of the less tolerant members!

What may interest you is that a symptom of a bad ignition switch is both ABS warning light and the speedometer not working. It is possible that if you have a bad switch, replacing it can solve both speedo and ABS problems. Jim Hmm, i'll bear that in mind Jim, thanks. In fairness (and with no diresp...

Interesting about the ignition switch Jim - it had crossed my mind on mine (1989 740 GLE). Not sure what the arrangement is on later models but the speedo sensor (mounted on the diff) also doubles as the rear ABS sensor on mine (no separate sensors for each rear wheel - strange arrangement IMHO!) so...

Hi guys, I am new hear and interested in making friends giving and getting advise and all, am I in the right place to ask about things like Debt review and staff? thank you guys. Debt Review????? Not being funny but this is a site about Volvos! As in cars, not Debt as in money! If you're after fina...