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Old 09-24-2021, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post


Apparently FART means ‘speed’ in swedish….
I think you are correct as far as Swedish goes. But our word comes from the German.

In German, fahrt means exit. Hence, exit gas.

Early Bimmers have the word "fahrt" embossed on the ignition switch to indicate where to turn the key to remove (exit) it.
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