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i've been hunting around for a used car and i came across the acronym "PM". i know that PB is power brakes and pw is power windows and ps steering etc., anybody have any clues, one thought is power mirrors, as in you can electronically control your side mirrors from the drivers seat, any insight is appreciated and a prize to this man. > i've been hunting around for a used car and i came across the acronym > "PM". i know that PB is power brakes and pw is power windows and ps > steering etc., anybody have any clues, one thought is power mirrors, as > in you can electronically control your side mirrors from the drivers > seat, any insight is appreciated Yes well, you can hardly blame him. Power mirrors are something that some Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin trading in their 20 year old junk heaps for their new 'hey ma look - i gots me a 1990 car!' > and a prize to this man. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> in you can electronically control your side mirrors from the drivers >> seat, any insight is appreciated > Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin trading > in their 20 year old junk heaps for their new 'hey ma look - i gots me a > 1990 car!' I believe XF Falcs had power mirrors. They were 1986/1987. > > Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin trading > > in their 20 year old junk heaps for their new 'hey ma look - i gots me a > > 1990 car!' > > I believe XF Falcs had power mirrors. They were 1986/1987. My 1985 XF S-Pack didn't. They were remote in the sense they had those joystick things, but they weren't power operated. Mybe the '86 onwards ones or the Fairmonts did. > Yes well, you can hardly blame him. Power mirrors are something that some > Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin trading > in their 20 year old junk heaps for their new 'hey ma look - i gots me a > 1990 car!' If Australians are all trading in their 20 year old cars on 14 year old cars, who has been owning the cars before they get to the Australians? There is *NO* significant movement of second hand cars into or out of Australia. Unless you're going to start claiming that "Australians" own the old end of the market and non-naturalised immigrants and backpackers buy all the new cars, you're talking complete nonsense. >> Yes well, you can hardly blame him. Power mirrors are something that >> some Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If Australians are all trading in their 20 year old cars on 14 year old > cars, who has been owning the cars before they get to the Australians? I think you should read it again. I said *some* Australians. In aus.cars Graham W <zebedee@alphalink.commercial.au> wrote: >> Yes well, you can hardly blame him. Power mirrors are something that some >> Australians are only just now becoming aquainted with, as they begin trading >> in their 20 year old junk heaps for their new 'hey ma look - i gots me a >> 1990 car!' > If Australians are all trading in their 20 year old cars on 14 year old > cars, who has been owning the cars before they get to the Australians? > There is *NO* significant movement of second hand cars into or out of > Australia. The second hand car market has a distinct growth area in 15 to 17 yo cars, from Japan and Hong Kong in particular. Lots of upmarket spec versions of Jap models where more basic models were originally sold in AU and quite a few nice EU models, particularly Mercedes Benz from HK. The low-volume compliance scheme was bringing in enough late model vehicles that bypassed the manufacturers and importers that the feral govco tightened up a lot. Mind you, some of the imports were poorly modified to comply with the ADRs and tightening the rules was well justified... David Z is still wrong, and still a total f*wit. The volume of imports are _over_ 15 yo at the time of arrival in AU. That's '89 models ATM, not '90. :-)  SignatureAthol <http://cust.idl.com.au/athol> Linux Registered User # 254000 I'm a Libran Engineer. I don't argue, I discuss. > i've been hunting around for a used car and i came across the acronym > "PM". i know that PB is power brakes and pw is power windows and ps > steering etc., anybody have any clues, one thought is power mirrors, as > in you can electronically control your side mirrors from the drivers > seat, any insight is appreciated It stands for 'poofter magnet' It _was_ a Jaguar, I presume? -- Conehead |
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