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Mr Larrington

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Re: Hoover, coke et al
« Reply #200 on: 04 February, 2010, 10:44:36 am »
Eberspächer

It's weird that this has become a generic term in the boating world as (a) no-one can spell it, and (b) no-one can pronounce it properly. It's a sort of boating central heating run off diesel which sounds like a mini jet engine out the back of your boat.

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Auntie Helen

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Re: Hoover, coke et al
« Reply #201 on: 04 February, 2010, 10:48:41 am »
Yebbut I've often heard people refer to 'Eberspächer heating' when they are describing a Webasto or whatever - it seems to have become the overall word for it. I know we use it as the word for boat heating (although ours is an Eberspächer). I love the pronunciations though - Ebber spatcher, stuff like that.
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clarion

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Re: Hoover, coke et al
« Reply #202 on: 04 February, 2010, 10:59:12 am »
S'funny.  In the Mini world, Webasto has become the generic term for fabric sunroofs.
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