Acronyms and Terms
You'll See on On-Line Boxster Forums
Originally started by Boxster Bob and then built on via suggestions from many.
718 and 918 included January 2017.
Many from the German terms. Some UK terms too.
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ABS - Anti-lock Brake System
ABT - Display Control Unit
AC - Air Conditioning
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control
ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers Association (also publishes oil standards as in ACEA A3)
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFS - Automatic Forward Lighting
AGA - Switchable Exhaust System
AHK - Trailer Hitch
AKA - Also Known As
ALWR - Automatic Headlight Leveling
AOS - Air Oil Separator (normal cars have PCV valves) part of the pollution control system, commonly refers to black plastic "tank" on passenger side of US car's engine where P-car docs refer to an AOS inside the engine when they use the term.
ASD - Sliding Roof
AX - Auto-Cross...a driver's event consisting of tight turns around cones usually set up in a parking lot. A timed event. Fun or highly competitive.
AZV - Trailer Hitch
B1 - Bank 1
B2 - Bank 2
BARO - Barometric Pressure Sensor
BCM - Body Control Module
BCMf - Body Control Module Front
BCMr - Body Control Module Rear
BiK - Benefit in Kind (company provided car)
BMS - Battery Measurement Sensor
BKE - Operating and Aid Conditioning Unit
BRBS - a several day long gathering of Boxster owners in Western North Carolina (previously always in Blowing Rock, NC) held in the early summer. Blue Ridge Boxster Summit
BRT - Big Round Thing
BSM - Blind Spot Monitor
BT - BlueTooth (cell phone connection)
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTW - By The Way
CAN - Control Area Network protocol
CDR - Infotainment System
CEL - Check Engine Light (also known as Cash Extraction Light)
Chuck - the nickname of Porsche Pete (aka Charles Hammersmith), the founder of PPBB (RIP)
CIB - Crash Imminent Braking
Codes - 5 place indications of trouble produced by the the DME through the OBD2 port in the form Pnnnn
CDR210/CDR220 - Becker Radio models used in Model 986 Boxsters
CDR-23 - Becker Radio models used in '03-'04Model 986 Boxsters
CDR-24 - Becker Radio models used in '05-?? Model 987 Boxsters
CPS - Crankshaft Position Sensor
CRC - Cruise Control
CV - the constant velocity joints that allow the rear axle to flex up and down and still apply power to the rear wheels
BDS - Dynamic Brake Support
BSFC - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, a measure of engine efficiency
DAB - Digital Audio Broadcast
DBL = Dynamic Bending Lights
DE - Driver's Event or Driver Education, a learn to drive your Porsche on a race track learning experience usually sponsored by PCA
Deputy - the forum moderators on some online forums help administer individual subject forums
DFI - Direct Fuel Injection
DFCO -deacceleration fuel cut-off, turn the injectors off when coasting.
DIY - Do It Yourself
DNFTT – Do Not Feed (encourage) The Troll (See TROLL below) by responding to his original posting.
DMB - Digital Multimedia Broadcast
DME - The computer that manages the engine electronics and pollution controls (DME = Digital Motor Electronics)
DMF/DMFW - Dual Mass Flywheel
DMM - Digital Multi Meter
DMTL - Diagnostic Module Tank Leakage (evap system of fuel tank)
DRCC - Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
DTC - Diagnostic Trouble Code signaled via the OBDII port, the signal of the cause of a CEL
DTMF - Dual Tone Multi Frequency
e-Gas - electronic control of the amount of gas fed to the engine at the pressing of the accelerator pedal (Model Year 2000 and later, earlier operated via mechanical linkage)
E10 - 10% Ethanol/90% Gasoline mix, the typical mix in the US in most places, Boxsters burn this fuel with no problem
E85 - 85% Ethanol/15% Gasoline mix, no Porsche is equipped to burn this fuel
ECM / PCM - Engine Control Module / Powertrain Control Module. The computer that controls the engine air/fuel mix and which provides OBD2 diagnostic codes.
ECT Sensor - Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor
ELV - Electronic Steering Lock
EPB - Electronic Parking Brake
ESBB - Eastern Shore Boxster Buddies (Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay)
ESD - Electrostatic Discharge
ESL - Electronic Steering Lock
ESP - Especially
EVAP - Gas vapors collector, part of the emissions equipment.
EZS - Ignition Switch
F4T - Flat 4-cylinder Turbo
F5 Flat 6-cylinder normally aspirated
FAL - Front Axle Lift System on 911s
FBAS - Color Picture Enhanced Synchronization
FCEV - Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
FFB - Remote Key
FCTA - Front Cross Traffic Assist
FCW - Foreward Collision Warning
FLA - High Beam Assistant
FPSH = full Porsche service history. (UK term for dealer serviced)
FSH - Full Service History (UK term)
FUBAR - Fouled (F_cked) Up Beyond Any Recognition (Or Recovery)
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GAHH - Great Another Horrific Happenstance (also the maker of a glass windowed top)
GAL - a circuit that connects the speed signal to the radio so the radio can automatically turn up the volume as the speed increases
GAP - Guaranteed Auto Protection, insurance for difference between car value and what you owe.
GHL - brand of exhaust products
GLW - Continuous Headlight Range Control
GLWS - good luck with sale
GPF - Gasoline Particulate Filter
GT2 - high powered normally aspirated (non-turbo) variation of the 911
GT3 - semi race car version of the 911 series of rear engined cars
HAL - Rear Axle Steering (RAS)
HBA - Headlight Beam Adjustment
HD - High Pressure
HMI - Human Machine Interface
HPFP - High Pressure Fuel Pump
HSB - Current Distributor
HTHS - (relating to oil) High Temperature - High Sheer
IACV - Idle Air Control Valve
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IAT - Intake Air Temperature Sensor
ICCL - I couldn't Care Less
ICYMI - In case you missed it
ICV - Idle Control Valve
IDS - Integrated Dry Sump
IHE - Internal Heat Exchanger
IIHS - Insurance Institute of Highway Safety
IIRC – If I Recall Correctly
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMS - Intermediate Shaft usually referring to the bearing that supports it
IMS - Hyundai term for memory seats, mirors,
IMSG - IMS Guardian from flat6innovations
IMSR - IMS replacement
Indie/Independent - A mechanic or repair shop but not a dealer's repair shop
IWT - Internal Heat Exchanger
J/K - Just Kidding
KBA - Camera Based Assistant Functions
KESSY - Keyless Entry/Start System
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KJS - Radiator Shutter Control Unit
KLSM - Steering Column Switch Module
Lamda - O2 - Oxygen Sensor
LCA - Lower Control Arm
LDS - Light Switch
LDW - Lane Departure Warning
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LEIMO - Power Module
LIN - Local Interconnect Network
LKA - Lane Keeping Assist
LKS - Lane Keeping Support
LNIB - Like New in Box
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LSDL - Limited Slip Differential Locking
LTE - Long Term Evolution
LTFT - Long Term Fuel Trim
LVDS - Low Voltage Differential Signature
LWFW - Light Weight Fly Wheel
LWS - Steering Angle Sensor
MAF - Mass Airflow Sensor
MBB - Modulated Backend Construction Kit
MCD - Magnetic Chip Detector (used to detect ferrous particles in the engine oil)
MIL - Malfunction Indicator Light
MMI - Man Machine Interface
MMX - Multi Media Extension
MOD/MODs - modify/modifications
MOD - Mobile Online Services
MOST - a fiber optic buss used in '03-'04 Model 986 Boxsters to connect the radio to the amp, earlier models used regular copper wires. Media Oriented System Transport
MOT - Ministry of Transport, UK emissions and safety inspection
MPI - Multi Port Injection
MTP - Media Transfer Protocol
MY - Model Year
ND - No Pressure
NBC - No Boxster content in this message
NBL - Natural Brown Leather
NM - No Message, just this subject/header line
OAT - Organic Acid Technology an antifreeze type.
OAU - Operating and Air Conditioning Unit
OBD2 port - On Board Diagnostic standard connection just above your left knee (aka OBDII)
OCI - Oil Change Interval
OSF - Offside-Front or the driver's side front in UK speak.
OP - Original Poster as in "the OP's message" ...the one who started this thread
OPC - Official Porsche Centre, term used by UK folks to describe a dealer
Option Codes - Porsche makes cars and labels each change from the base model with an option code so it can be ordered at the dealer and the factory then knows what parts to put in the car. Many Porsches have the option code sticker on the inside of the front hood of the car. Reading the option codes tells a future buyer what optional features the car was originally built with.
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OTT - Over the Top
P-Car - Any Porsche
PADM - Porsche Active Drivetrain Mounts
PaO - (relating to oil) Polyalphaolefins (One of the synthetic hydrocarbon liquids manufactured from the monomer ethylene, H2C=CH2.)
PAS - Porsche Active Safe (prompts when approaching a vehicle too quickly, with adaptive cruise control)
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
PCA - Porsche Club of America
PCC - Porsche Car Connect
PCCB - Porsche Ceramic Composit Brakes
PCM - Porsche Communication Management, the big screen radio/GPS system
PCNA - The Porsche distributor for the US is located in Atlanta
PCV - Positive Crankcase Ventilation allows oil saturated vapors to be routed back into the air intake and then into the combustion chamber for burning. Part of the anti-pollution system.
PCS - Pre-Collision System
PCM - Porsche Communication Management
PDC - Park Distance Control
PDCC - Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control
PDK - the 7-speed dual clutch automatic/manual transmission that replaces the TIP auto/manual in the 2009 models (Porsche Doppelkupplung)
PDLS - Porsche Dynamic Light System
PDLS Plus - front Carera automatic high beam
PDQ - Pretty Darn Quick
PDR - Paintless Dent Removal
Pedro - the owner of pedrosboard.com a active Boxster forum, successor to PPBB
PIWIS - Porsche Integrated Workshop Information System, a third generation system tester available almost exclusively at dealers.
PLG - Power Lift Gate
PM - Personal Message as in send me a PM
POSIP - Porsche Side Impact Protection System -(head and body airbags)
PSE - Porsche sport exhaust
PSIG - Pounds per square inch gauge
PSM - Porsche Stability Management
PST-II/PST2 - Porsche System Tester-II was the second generation system tester from Porsche. A dealer may have one and some independent shops will. See PIWIS.
PTM - Porsche Traction Management
PTPA - Porsche Track Precision Application
PTS - pain to sample
PTV - Porsche Torque Vectoring differential
PVTS - Porsche Vehicle Tracking System
RAS - Rear Axle Steering
RASC - Radar Assisted Speed Control
RCC - Radio and Connected Car
RCTA - Rear Cross Traffic Assist
RDK - Tire Pressure Monitoring System also TPMS
Re - Concerning, Regarding
Reader - an OBDII code reader
RFK - Reverse Camera
RLF - Rain Light Moisture Sensor
RMS - Rear Main Seal of the crankcase to crankshaft junction often used to signify a leak and need of repair there. So often used on PPBB that an oil drop smiley now replaces the abbreviation.
Rob - the previous co-owner and sys-admin of PPBB
ROT - Rule of Thumb
ROW - rest of the world (non-US) an optional suspension package that lowered the car
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*s Off
ROFLMHO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLSHISMC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilled My Coffee
RTFM – Read the *Fine* Manual
RTS - Roof Transport System (luggage/Ski rack)
RTTI - Real Time Traffic Information
SAD - Sun Roof
SAI - Secondary Air Injection (part of the emissions controls, runs on startup)
SBC - Some Boxster content in this message but maybe not too much
SCR - Selective Catalytic Reduction
SENT - Single Edge Nibble Transmission
SMFW - Single Mass Fly Wheel
SMS - Short Message Service
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled (F_cked) Up
SOL - Sh*t Out of Luck (Often used when referring to out of warranty assistance)
SORN - UK Statutory Off-Road Notification telling the tax folks to take you off the rolls
Spoiler - Used in the subject line, a "Spoiler Alert" warns that, if you don't want to know the race results, don't open this thread.
STAF - Save the Amber Foundation (there is a fun disagreement between those who like amber tail-lights, side-lights and front turn signals and those who don't)
Stealer - Porsche dealer meant harshly for the labor and parts price markups some of them take.
STFT - Short Term Fuel Trim
SWA - Lane Change Assist
SWAG - ?hitty Wild ?ssed Guess, even less precise than WAG
SWaP - Software as Product
SWMBO - She who must be obeyed
TADTS - They all do that sir
TB - Throttle Body
TBN - Total Base Number of oil measures the amount of additive left.
The Dark Side - a Boxster/Cayman owner who bought (or is considering) a 911 type P-Car
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIP - Tiptronic Auto/Manual transmission used in '97-'08
TIR - Total Indicated Runout
TLA- Three Letter Acronym
TP Sensor - Throttle Position Sensor
TPMS - Tire Pressure Monitoring System
TROLL – Someone trying to deliberately provoke an argument
TSB - Technical Service Bulletin issued by PCA to dealers instructing them on service issues
TSBL - get together of Porsche owners in the Adirondacks in the early summer, Tri State Boxster Lovers was what it originally started as but it has expanded to include all manner of Porsche cars.
TTIUWP - This forum thread is useless without pictures
TWC - three way catalytic converter
UAI - Universal Audio Interface
UAYOR - Use At Your Own Risk
UDP - Under-Drive Pulley
ULSD - Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
UOA - Used Oil analysis
USB - Universal Serial Bus
USCWOAP - Up S...s Creek Without A Paddle
VED - Vehicle Excise Duty (UK tax)
VI - Viscosity Index
VRLA - Valve Regulated Lead Acid
VSC - Vehicle Stability Control
VTG - Variable Turbine Geometry
WAG - Wild ?ssed Guess
WAW - Wind Deflector
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
WOT = Wide Open Throttle
WTB - Want to Buy
WTF - What the F...
WTFO - What the F... Over (expecting a reply)
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary as in "you may have a different experience/opinion"
ZR - Control Process Unit
ZZH - Closing Aid for Doors
2,5, 2.7, 2.9 - base engine size in litres of the 1997-1999. 2000-2004 and 2005-2011 Boxster
3.2, 3.4 - S model engine size of the Boxster 2000-2004 and 2005-2011 models (3.4 was also the size of some 996 engines used in upgrade engine swaps)
911 - the generic name for the iconic 6 cylinder rear engine Porsche
914 - the VW engined mid-engine 1970s car marketed in the US as a Porsche
986 - the 1997 thru 2004 model year Boxster
987 - the 2005 thru 2012 model year Boxster
993 - last of the air cooled rear engined Porsches
996 - first of the rear engined water cooled Porsches of the 911 style
997 - thru 2011 rear engined water cooled Porsches of the 911 style
991 - 2012 rear engined water cooled Porsches of the 911 styl
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