How do we pronounce 2002 as it refers to the car?

[Samplemaven]

Okay...I'm new here. Please help me with this earth shattering question!

Do we call our 2002's: an oh two, a twenty oh two, or a two thousand two?

Thanks,

[esty]

o2

[jrhone]

I have always referred to them as two thousand two's.....I am also 40 and remember them as new cars when they were quite common and almost everyone knew what you were talking about. Go to Pep Boys and ask for parts and you will get very puzzled looks...or the customary, "Not the year, the model...."....Just 02 is fine for BMW enthusiasts and twenty oh two has been used to describe them as well.....

[norm]

Maybe this will help:

Norm

[jmon0261]

Norm - Where do you find these German Girls to Give us Lessons ?

Keep your Hub Caps on and DO NOT call it a Beemer !

[tjones02]

Two thousand two

Zwei tausend zwei

Duce

Ought 2

Two double oh two

2K2

Tee eye eye

Tee double eye

The Whispering Bomb

Die Flüsternde Bombe

Bimmers are cars Beemers are Motorcycles.....

That concludes our lesson for today.

[Edwin]

Remarkably the 2002 are called two thousand two, but the 1.6 and 1.8 versions are called sixteen 02 and eighteen 02.

At least that is what they are called over here in the Netherlands and as far as I know in Germany as well; translated back in the native language off course :-)

[jmon0261]

Just in case you ever get an Alfa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JKkCAVy7VA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Febaymotors%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D130313854171%26viewitem%3D&feature=player_embedded

[Scott Sislane]

02er

or when it lets me down: GDPOS!! (only in my head, of course)

[4x2]

Vijftien nul twee (1502)

Zestien nul twee (1602)

Achttien nul twee (1802)

Twee duizend twee (2002)

Nul twee (02)

Good luck on pronunciation ;-)

[tjones02]

Two thousand two

Zwei tausend zwei

Duce

Ought 2

Double oh two

2K2

Tee eye eye

Tee double eye

The Whispering Bomb

Die Flüsternde Bombe

Bimmers are cars Beemers are Motorcycles.....

That concludes our lesson for today.

This mornings lesson.....

Sixteen hundred

Eighteen hundred

TiSA =

Tee eye S A (OR)

Tee sa

Eighteen o 2

Two thousand

Al peen ah

Heart ga

Shnit zer

Dye nin

Thank you and enjoy.

[dubois]

"Dos mil dos" is the only way in Spanish! Which sounds a lot more poetic and suave.

[NickVyse]

deux milles deux

[bobthomas]

Haven't heard it in years,but don't forget Duck.

[JohnH]

OK, no ones got the name right yet. In all English speaking countries other that those in North America, and probably there as well, it's Two Double Oh Two. And by the way its also ok to call them beamers as per the rest of the world.