Re: where does Audi fit?
SLowther01 wrote:
> > Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? -- Mike Smith |
Re: where does Audi fit?
"Mike Smith" <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> skrev i melding
news:vgts7pf6l57n28@news.supernews.com... > Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? Maybe Q = Quattro = 4WD?? Audi Quattro, you know.................. |
Re: where does Audi fit?
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:16:33 -0400, Mike Smith
<mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote: >SLowther01 wrote: >> >> Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. > >Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? A WW-II construct, "Q-ships" appeared to be common merchant freighters when in fact they were heavily armed gun platforms. They were often used to try to draw u-boats to the surface to fire on them with guns (and thus spare their torpedoes) whereupon the Q-ship would suddenly spring to action and blow the u-boat out of the water... By any other words, they were "wolves in sheep's clothing". The analogy to cars is then fairly clear... /daytripper |
Re: where does Audi fit?
But what does the "Q" stand for?
"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message news:b56ugv4ue9bvr3nonlmomf6r786h1ru3kn@4ax.com... > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:16:33 -0400, Mike Smith > <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote: > > >SLowther01 wrote: > >> > >> Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. > > > >Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? > > A WW-II construct, "Q-ships" appeared to be common merchant freighters when in > fact they were heavily armed gun platforms. They were often used to try to > draw u-boats to the surface to fire on them with guns (and thus spare their > torpedoes) whereupon the Q-ship would suddenly spring to action and blow the > u-boat out of the water... > > By any other words, they were "wolves in sheep's clothing". The analogy to > cars is then fairly clear... > > > /daytripper |
Re: where does Audi fit?
"Stephen Clark" <nospam> wrote
<< But what does the "Q" stand for? >> SWAG: Quartermaster Peter Smith |
Re: where does Audi fit?
Peter Smith wrote:
> "Stephen Clark" <nospam> wrote > > << But what does the "Q" stand for? >> > > SWAG: Quartermaster Google yields the following: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship "...Losses mounted rapidly. On January 20, 1942, Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet (Cominch), sent a coded dispatch to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier (CESF), requesting immediate consideration of the manning and fitting-out of 'Queen' ships to be operated as an antisubmarine measure. The result was 'Project LQ.'" -- Mike Smith |
Re: where does Audi fit?
"Mike Smith" <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote in message
news:vgts7pf6l57n28@news.supernews.com... > SLowther01 wrote: > > > > Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. > > Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? Q (queer, whatever) was never assigned in standard codes - hence it's traditionally the "left-overs" or specials. Cars & bikes with a similarly murky history are given Q-registration number plates in the UK[1] H1K [1] I assume that this is still the case, following the latest (illogical) change.. |
Re: where does Audi fit?
Thanks! Very interesting...should have guessed it!
God Save The Q-Ship! "Mike Smith" <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote in message news:vgucc570ofqt07@news.supernews.com... > Peter Smith wrote: > > > "Stephen Clark" <nospam> wrote > > > > << But what does the "Q" stand for? >> > > > > SWAG: Quartermaster > > Google yields the following: > > http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship > > "...Losses mounted rapidly. On January 20, 1942, Commander-in-Chief, > United States Fleet (Cominch), sent a coded dispatch to Commander, > Eastern Sea Frontier (CESF), requesting immediate consideration of the > manning and fitting-out of 'Queen' ships to be operated as an > antisubmarine measure. The result was 'Project LQ.'" > > -- > Mike Smith > |
Also...
The term (or "Q-car") has subsequently been used to describe cars that have
much higher than average performance (often through extensive modification) but look like conventional, uninteresting family transport. As well as the ships, this term may also be reinforced from the United Kingdom's system of registration plate numbering - the first symbol on a British plate is a letter code for the year of manufacture, but for vehicles of uncertain or mixed age, a plate beginning with "Q" is used. |
Re: Also...
Also for non-British readers, there are certain letters of teh alphabet that
do not appear on British registration plates as they are similar with another and can be confused when attempting to make a quick recognition. "Q" can be confused with "O" so neither are normally used on plates. Tony Ottawa -Audi S6 which must a Q-car? "Stephen Clark" <nospam> wrote in message news:Km6dnWorBMwkxJKiXTWQlg@giganews.com... > The term (or "Q-car") has subsequently been used to describe cars that have > much higher than average performance (often through extensive modification) > but look like conventional, uninteresting family transport. As well as the > ships, this term may also be reinforced from the United Kingdom's system of > registration plate numbering - the first symbol on a British plate is a > letter code for the year of manufacture, but for vehicles of uncertain or > mixed age, a plate beginning with "Q" is used. > > > |
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