essence deux temps
English translation: The station supplies/sells/carries a large range of fuel :
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U.S.: regular, plus and super gasoline; regular unleaded; diesel; gas for two stroke cycle engine Explanation: "essence deux temps" would be for two stroke cycle motors (ref: LGDT) See websites for "TWO -STROKE-CYCLE GASOLINE ENGINES" at the Google site listted below: Le grand dictionnaire terminologique Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22two+stroke+cycle%22%2Bg... |
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Some of this has already been said by the previous answer, but... Explanation: "The [service] station provides a large assortment of carburants (fuels): regular 86 [octanes], super 92, super 98, unleaded 95, diesel... and two 2-stroke regulars for the [rare automobiles] Trabant and other Warburgs. The "Trabant" is an East German-built car of very poor quality. The "Warburg" may be a variant of the Trabant. Other ex-Iron Curtain cars were the "Lada", and the "Skoda". Regards. Luis Luis |
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2-stroke, Wartburg (with a t?) Explanation: "The station sells a wide range of fuels: normal grade 86, super grade 92, super plus 98 and unleaded 95 petrols, diesel... plus two types of 2-stroke for the legendary Trabant and other Wartburgs." The figures refer to the octane rating of the petrols sold in the country. Two-stroke was traditionally used to fuel things like mopeds and other vehicles of the low-powered "phut-phut" kind - hence also the old East German Trabi! Wartburg (with a t?) used to be a make of German car, though whether or not it owned Trabant I'm not sure... general knowledge... |
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The station supplies/sells/carries a large range of fuel : Explanation: two-star/ordinary petrol, three-star/super petrol, four-star/super plus petrol, standard/ordianry unleaded petrol, diesel...and two types of two-stroke petrol for the mythical Trabant and other Wartburg. By the way I find the "et autre Wartburg" misleading, as my websearches did not indicate that the Trabant is a Wartburg. Here are some sites to check out : Generally & for future reference, try the bi-lingual : http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/am00614e.html (for general car vocab) Otherwise, for a Trabant enthusiast's site, go to : - www.eauto.com and follow the link to - www.icbl.hw.ac.uk (descritpions, pictures of this 2-cylinder, 2-stroke car produced in former East Germany, until fairly recently by the way). For the Wartburg, although one hit indicated a military connection (www.milweb.com) which gave nothing interesting, you have some great pictures on this site, with lots of specifications on style, engine, production and so on : - www.motorbase.com (Check out the Wartburg 311, for example). Good luck, Nikki www.eauto.com, www.motorbase.com Reference: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk |
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two-stroke fuel Explanation: The gas station offered a wide range of fuel; 86 octane, super 92, super 98, lead-free 95, diesel . . . and two grades of two-stroke for the mythical Trabant and other Wartburg derivatives. The Trabant was a degenerate and stunted thing, but of noble lineage. I don't want to bore you, but you've reawakened my passion for the old EMW marque. There is a lead at http://www.cs.tut.fi/~pasi/vehicle/Wartburg.html. Have a safe journey. |
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fuel for two-cycle engine Explanation: Two-cycle engines need fuel and oil mixture because they run hotter than four-cycle engines. The two-cycle engine has just one compression (up) stroke and one power (down) stroke. The four-cycle starts with one suction (down) stroke and ends with an exhaust (up) stroke. Me |
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2 -stroke petrol. Explanation: Simple translation. Dictionary. |
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