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Misused and confusing abbreviation \"T3\"

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jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#284293
Sorry, i just gotta say this..

On these forums, it appears that the abbreviation "T3" has two differernt meanings, some people use 😀it to describe the late model vans, other use it for type 3's.
I've been told by andy (volksfolks) that a t3 IS the van..
Sorry, its just getting annoying when you're browsing topics and i don't know whether people are talking about the vans or type 3s.

Anywho, maybe this is just nit-picking.. but i feel better now :bounce 😀

[Edited on 25-12-2004 by jo_tas]

DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!

1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#284311
i class t3 as type 3, didnt no about the van... must not be aircooled then

jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#284318
yep.. a T3 is a late model watercooled van.. also known as the transporter.. i think

DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!

1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#284331
so id call it that i say T1 T2 & T3 should be aircooled things makes sense 2 me that way

penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#284345
I guess you have to just read it and make sense of the car that they are talking about. T1 - 4 are the Type 2's, but Type 3's are... well, you know what they are.
As we have waterand air cooled on the forum, if you know what your's is, eg: type 3, then stick with saying Type 3 not T3. There has been a big thread on this ages and ages ago.
'Ah, whatever................'

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284373
a T1 is a splitty
a T2 is a Bay
a T3 is a wedge, transporter, vanagon, etc.

a type 1 is a beetle
a type 2 encompasses all kombi's
a type 3 is, well, a type 3

type3kid Custom Title Time!

1,183 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#284429
i think it is pretty much up to th writers discretion whether or not they use t or type when refering to the type 3. i have many times referred to it as just t3 and someone always ends up correcting you which i really don't care about as i did it out of sheer laziness

if you see t3 do what i do and just check in case the writer of the post is lazy like me.

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PurpleT3 Fahrvergnugen

880 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#284481
Oh, crap.

Now I have to change my user name. Would TIII be acceptable? I could be wrong and mean no offence to the van owners, but I get the impression that there are not that many T3 vans around and therefore not that many T3 van freaks on the forum.

I generally assume T3 means type 3, as in a fastback, squareback or notch, but that's just my little world.
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robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284492
I saw T1 T2 T3 movies and liked them all :P

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284506
here's a T3

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284507
and here's a type 3

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284508
there's often the same confusion between t4 and type 4.

this is a type 4

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#284510
and here's a t4

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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#284512
What about the T101 or the T2000....oh hang on....they were the terminators in the terminator trilogy....commonly known as T1, T2 and T3...:P

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#284517
I just call them Notch, Squareback or Fastback.... :thumb:thumb:thumb

Squiz....

57 Panel Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#284529
but isn't a type 2 (bay window) engine called a type 4........

pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#284557
thats engines after they went from the early ones....like the bays with the high indercators. big fat flat engines that look nuffin like the beetle one when put on a bench next to it....

you think that was confusining try being on this end of the screen :duh:
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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#284573
Well I'm glad thats sorted....
I only learnt about the t3 transporter this year at Valla.....
and was a bit confused to say the least....
but Now I know that a type 3 is a type 3 I can sleep tonight...

thanks for all that info.....

a type 3 should always be called a type 3....

Seasons Greetings everyone....

Lee
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penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#284680
Naaarrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Its all tooooooooooo confusing :duh :duh
'Ah, whatever................'