Re: What does ETKA stand for?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.05.9905060829410.28296-100000@shell1> "Douglas H. Quebbeman" writes:

>> Ersatzteil Katalog - Parts Catalogue.

> Mein Deutsche ist nicht sehr gute, but doesn't it literally mean
> "miscellaneous parts catalog" (ersatz ?= miscellaneous)?

No - "Ersatzteil" simply means "replacement part".

In Audi-speak, miscellaneous parts are "Normteile" - these are the ones
you see in the parts listing with 'N nnn nnn n' numbers.  There's a
separate catalogue for these.

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