There's no "E" on a SAAB Gas Gauge

It's an "R" - stands for rien ("nothing" in French)

You mean there's a flaw in the otherwise perfect "The Dealership"? The writing was so tight in Season 9, it's hard to believe an error like that got by. (Sarcasm Alert!)

^^^^^^ "Art is often hailed as the grandest expression of human spirit, but we know now ... that the grandest expression of human spirit is whatever it takes for a man or woman to rush back into a burning building to save more people."

[email] (Art Vandelay) wrote in message news:...

Yes I called the network the day it originally aired and complained. They sent me a t-shirt and a case of valium.

w wrote in message ...

What in the hell do the French have to do with a Swedish car?'??

I'd guess it stands for 'Refill'!!! [swedish for you're gonna wish you'd put more gas in.. ]

homerr..

"homerr..2.1k" wrote in message news:...

Do you live in a cave? French is a universal language in Europe.

w wrote in message ...

Yeah.. the chatter in french in Stockholm is deafening..

le homerr..

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On 23 Dec 2001 15:33:33 -0800, [email] (w) wrote:

Touche�

On 23 Dec 2001 15:33:33 -0800, [email] (w) wrote:

How can it be *universal* only in Europe?

Seriously, I'd really like to know.

Sophie

French is NOT a universal language in Europe. German is (obligatory in most of EU).

Anders

"Sophie" skrev i en meddelelse news:[email]...

"Anders HJ" writes:

Right... which is why 2/3 of the advertising billboards in Berlin are in English.

I'm talking about how many people understand/speak the language.

The Americanization finally hit Berlin, it was about time.

Anders

"Gareth Owen" skrev i en meddelelse news:[email]...

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Sarcasm Alert?

"w" wrote:

I emailed a friend of mine from Sweden, and apparently you're full of shit. :-)

Here's the reply I received today:

"Well I asked two SAAB owners today and they said that the gauges reads E and F. Only a frenchman could believe that we have R for rien. :P I have faint memories from child hood of seeing R for empty on a car we had (not a SAAB) but in that case it stands for reserve as almost empty and the bottom area was I think redmarked. You know we have many words in common. Reserve=reserv, Full=full etc."

"w" wrote:

who else thinks this guy is full of merde? or sheiss, or caca... .ted

On 22 Dec 2001 13:29:28 -0800, [email] (w) wrote:

When a gas tank is empty in French, it would be "vide"...

Sophie

/me waits for someone to correct Sophie's French... again.

:-)

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 21:05:17 GMT, "John Twernbold" wrote:

I'm not saying the gas gauge doesn't say "R"; I'm just saying it's unlikely the "R" would stand for "rien". And I'm pretty sure the Peugeot I was riding in last year (during "Sophie does Southern Spain") didn't have an "R".

And German being the "universal language of Europe" doesn't make more sense than French being the "universal language of Europe". (Universal... universe... Europe...)

You undersand me, John, don't you? Here, have some freshly baked cookies; I baked one or two gross too many.

Sophie

On US models as well? Or only ones produced for use in Sweden?

On 22 Dec 2001 13:29:28 -0800, [email] (w) wrote:

Trevor Smithson wrote in message news:...

No- all of them- even U.S. models. It's like that on every European car. At least the ones I've owned- SAAB ,Audi, Mercedes, VW, BMW and a Fiat I had which was my first car.

That's right- I never buy American. Deal with it, flag-wavers.

Interesting. I've just owned Japanes and American cars, and the few times I've driven European cars I guess I never noticed the language difference.

Cool to know though.

On 25 Dec 2001 16:29:33 -0800, [email] (fsbfgvsx) wrote: