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TSgamer_ayam
post Sep 13 2021, 05:22 AM, updated 5y ago

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Well, continental/conti can be the Asia, Europe, Americas, Oceania etc.

Then why here we called those automobiles that come from europe as conti? Any idea?

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post Sep 13 2021, 05:27 AM

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post Sep 13 2021, 05:31 AM

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TS kecik2 is not exposed to general knowledge or Geography kot?

It comes from the word continental Europe as Europe is a continent.
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post Sep 13 2021, 05:43 AM

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QUOTE(zib5 @ Sep 13 2021, 05:31 AM)
TS kecik2 is not exposed to general knowledge or Geography kot?

It comes from the word continental Europe as Europe is a continent.
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Lel, so Asia is not a continent? How come i dont see ppl calling Honda cars as conti then? Anyway FYI, there is no such thing as "conti cars". Someone just created it and it was continued to be used till now.

Its weird because cars made in UK is called british cars but cars made in Germany is called conti cars. But both UK and Germany are in Europe.
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post Sep 13 2021, 05:54 AM

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QUOTE(sexysarah1992 @ Sep 13 2021, 06:43 AM)
Lel, so Asia is not a continent? How come i dont see ppl calling Honda cars as conti then? Anyway FYI, there is no such thing as "conti cars". Someone just created it and it was continued to be used till  now.

Its weird because cars made in UK is called british cars but cars made in Germany is called conti cars. But both UK and Germany are in Europe.
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That's the idea. the UK is basically an island off Europe and so is Japan.

Cars from China or India should be also called continental Asia but Aisa is a big continent unlike Europe.
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post Sep 13 2021, 05:57 AM

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QUOTE(sexysarah1992 @ Sep 13 2021, 05:43 AM)
Lel, so Asia is not a continent? How come i dont see ppl calling Honda cars as conti then? Anyway FYI, there is no such thing as "conti cars". Someone just created it and it was continued to be used till  now.

Its weird because cars made in UK is called british cars but cars made in Germany is called conti cars. But both UK and Germany are in Europe.
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Mind me reminding you that Japan is a cluster of islands?
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post Sep 13 2021, 06:01 AM

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Probably a UK parlance, in distinguishing themselves as an island nation, separate from continental Europe. And in their daily or common context, "the continent" refers to the European continent instead of any other part of the world, such as "Continental Breakfast".

We just adopt the convention.

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post Sep 13 2021, 06:15 AM

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QUOTE(msacras @ Sep 13 2021, 05:57 AM)
Mind me reminding you that Japan is a cluster of islands?
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Dei, my question was why is Japanese cars not called conti since Japan is on the Asia Continent ? The answer is simple. There is no such thing as conti cars.
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post Sep 13 2021, 07:11 AM

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QUOTE(sexysarah1992 @ Sep 13 2021, 06:15 AM)
Dei, my question was why is Japanese cars not called conti since Japan is on the Asia Continent ?  The answer is simple. There is no such thing as conti cars.
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Japan
Conti

UW0TM8?

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post Sep 13 2021, 07:32 AM

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post Sep 13 2021, 07:34 AM

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makes sense. we are all living in different continents.

different continents produce different brand.

and yet only EU cars are called conti.

it should be like EU conti. ASIA conti. aprika conti
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post Sep 13 2021, 07:35 AM

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QUOTE(gamer_ayam @ Sep 13 2021, 05:22 AM)
Well, continental/conti can be the Asia, Europe, Americas, Oceania etc.

Then why here we called those automobiles that come from europe as conti? Any idea?

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Don't know
I just call these cars tow truck friendly cars.


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post Sep 13 2021, 08:27 AM

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QUOTE(msacras @ Sep 13 2021, 07:11 AM)
Japan
Conti

UW0TM8?
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Was referring to the above person saying that since germany is in europe continent, thats why they are called conti. So since Honda is from Japan which is on Asia Continent, it should be called conti as well right? So as i said, there is no such thing as conti cars.

This post has been edited by sexysarah1992: Sep 13 2021, 08:28 AM
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post Sep 13 2021, 08:31 AM

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post Sep 13 2021, 08:34 AM

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Only malaysia and sg people refer to it as conti car la
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post Sep 13 2021, 08:42 AM

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They even call chevrolet conti car when most of the model comes from Korea and thai
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post Sep 13 2021, 08:44 AM

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QUOTE(ZforZebra @ Sep 13 2021, 07:34 AM)
makes sense. we are all living in different continents.

different continents produce different brand.

and yet only EU cars are called conti.

it should be like EU conti. ASIA conti. aprika conti
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Might as well call or Asian car American car

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