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Thread: How do you say REPU?
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Tom93R1
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posted October 23, 2002 08:14 AM |
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How do you say REPU?
Ok, I know this is a stupid question and I almost feel like I am wasting bandwidth, but tt just hit me that I may have never heard anybody else say REPU in my life. I want to make sure I don't sound like an idiot when I say it. Any way, I have been saying ree-poo, is this right?
thanks for tolerating me :)
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'74 lawn-green
4-port 13b
Weber 48DCO
Racing Beat Header
Magnaflow
resonator/amplifier
really loud!
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Jeff20B
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posted October 23, 2002 10:26 AM |
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I've always pronounced each letter because ree-poo sounds kinda dumb. Or I call it a rotary truck.
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
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posted October 23, 2002 11:04 AM |
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I've always pronounced each letter because ree-poo sounds kinda dumb. Or I call it a rotary truck.
I've just gone with Reepoo. Its an acronym, I assume the purpose was to shorten the name for ease of use, and Are-Eee-Pee-You just doesn't do the job, so I pronounce it as a word, as silly as it sounds.
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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rotarynews
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Too Many Rotary Websites
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posted October 23, 2002 11:11 AM |
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Reee Poooh
I've always called it a REE-poo.. Sounds odd, but, we do own odd little trucks...
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wankel_dreams
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posted October 23, 2002 12:22 PM |
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I've always called it a REE-poo.. Sounds odd, but, we do own odd little trucks...
ree-pooh is how its pronounced here, some friends think its odd, but thats ok, I've educated most of them in some way about rotary engines.
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74 wankel panther
77 REPU
79 rx7
89 Vert
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Tom93R1
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posted October 23, 2002 01:51 PM |
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So far 4 out of 5 REPU owners call their truck a ree-poo, I guess I won't feel so dumb next time I say that then.
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'74 lawn-green
4-port 13b
Weber 48DCO
Racing Beat Header
Magnaflow
resonator/amplifier
really loud!
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repuguru
Redlining
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posted October 23, 2002 06:19 PM |
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Ree pooh boy, Ree pooh bear, Ree poohn tang, Ree pooh poo.
I guess Mazda could have called it a Wankle Engine Pick Up.
Wee-pooh!!!!!
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Draggin_2600i
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posted October 23, 2002 08:18 PM |
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I call it Reh-Pew.......my buddy calls it Ree-Poo...Damn...It is pretty interesting when you think about it....good topic Tom93r1. Maybe next time we meet at a show we should compare pronounciations.....
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Tom93R1
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posted October 23, 2002 10:19 PM |
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I call it Reh-Pew.......my buddy calls it Ree-Poo...Damn...It is pretty interesting when you think about it....good topic Tom93r1. Maybe next time we meet at a show we should compare pronounciations.....
Haha, a good reason for all of us to put great effort into attending Sevenstock 6.
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'74 lawn-green
4-port 13b
Weber 48DCO
Racing Beat Header
Magnaflow
resonator/amplifier
really loud!
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Draggin_2600i
Redlining
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posted October 23, 2002 10:26 PM |
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Hopefully Next year there will be more "Ree-Poo"s there. Danm I wish mine was up and running.......
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mazilla
1st Gear
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posted November 27, 2002 12:00 PM |
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sorry slow response...Around the bay area, at least with my group of rotor heads it is "rotary truck". REPU was something in the parts books...ReePoo? Hmmm kinda strange...Rotary truck is self explainitory, there's only one kind in the world from what I know...(stick foot in mouth here)...
Great topic though!!!
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ROTARY POWER!!! V8 is a great juice for consumption.
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mazdaspeedgirl
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posted December 01, 2002 06:13 PM |
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I say ree-pooh. :)
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Diane
President of the TexasRXs Club Austin,TX
http://www.texasrxs.com
Newest addition to my Mazda collection: 1974 REPU
2001 Mazda MX-5 Miata
2002 Mazda Protege5
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nwaco
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posted December 01, 2002 06:30 PM |
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I think "Ree-Poo", but I speak "Rotary Truck" as every person I speak with wouldn't have a clue what I am talking about. I am a solo Mazda enthusiast here, and anyone I talk verbally with has never heard of a "REPU" so why use the acronym? They would just way "Huh" anyway. And online, its "REPU" cause it is just a word to us.
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Tom93R1
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posted December 01, 2002 06:31 PM |
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Haha, every time I think this thread is dead it comes back. On a related note, what does everybody call the truck when they go to the DMV to get it registered or to Checker to get a brake rebuild kit or something? I was at Midas to get a cat for it just so I would pass emissions. When he asked what it was I told him it is a '74 Mazda rotary pick-up. Then he asked if it is a b1600 or what. I convinced him that a new entry was needed for REPU in the computer. When I finally went down to get it titled the person giving the inspection asked what it was, I told her rotary engine pick-up. I dont know what happened after that but my new title says make, model and body style are Mazda, Rotar, PU. I just hope that doesnt ever cause me problems in the future. The inspector asked me if it is really slow because it doesnt have any pistons, lol.
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'74 lawn-green
4-port 13b
Weber 48DCO
Racing Beat Header
Magnaflow
resonator/amplifier
really loud!
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wankel_dreams
Redlining
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posted December 02, 2002 11:03 AM |
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The inspector asked me if it is really slow because it doesnt have any pistons, lol.
HAAAAAAA
My truck is titled Mazda other rotary pick up
whenever i go for parts i always try too look them up myself and have a part number to ask for. If i do ask for help, I say "Rotary Pickup".
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74 wankel panther
77 REPU
79 rx7
89 Vert
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Mazdaspeedgirl
Newbie
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posted December 05, 2002 10:00 PM |
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being a person who works for a parts store, it is classed in our parts database as the B1600, and you have to choose the "0 cyl 1.3L Rotary engine".
0 cyl...I LOVE it!!!
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Diane
President of the TexasRXs Club Austin,TX
http://www.texasrxs.com
Newest addition to my Mazda collection: 1974 REPU
2001 Mazda MX-5 Miata
2002 Mazda Protege5
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Klaus43
Rotorhead
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posted January 05, 2003 03:45 AM |
 Edited By: klaus42 on 5 Jan 2003 03:46 |
So who classified it as a B-1600? Those never came with the 0-cylinder engine... Makes me wonder how many other (mis)classification variations there are hiding out there...
Ree-poo Rotary Pick-up: the pickup with pickup!
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Jeff20B
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posted January 05, 2003 10:48 AM |
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I've seen it classified as a B1300 before.
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'74 REPU
'76 Cosmo
'77 MG Midget 13B
'81 RX-7
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Rota_Motor
Newbie
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posted January 05, 2003 07:34 PM |
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hey guys,
my first post on the board, and downunder, we would have to refer to them as 'some Mazda ute with a 13B' (we commonly refer to pickups as utes over here) for that matter, any tray backed vehicle is usually a ute.
anyways, you'll see me asking around the tech section.. new project, B-series + rotor is a definite possibility for me. :)
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Rotarys - you gotta love em.
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