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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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Echo-Tech

So...I was watching TV a minute ago...and it was a saturn aura commercial.


The guy says "With a Powerful (Echo Tech) motor".

Now..ive always called it an E-co tech...kinda like...ecological...or some ****.


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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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There was a very long thread about this already, might have even been a poll
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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whatttttt, you kinda lost me there
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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i say ee-co-tek
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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It looks like it would be pronounced E-CO TEC but it's really pronounced ECHO TEC
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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...Atleast its not "Vtec"
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo06Sedan
...Atleast its not "Vtec"
Indeed
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:30 AM
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same thing as there are 2 differen't pronounciations of aveo and equinox. just depends on who you are.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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^^also depends where you are. want a coke? sure i'll take a dr. pepper. want a pie? yeah get cheese and pepperoni.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by outtamymind
same thing as there are 2 differen't pronounciations of aveo and equinox. just depends on who you are.
uh-vay-o and e-kwuh-nox
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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I think the name came from "emissions control optimization technology", and emissions has the long EE sound so I've always said it that way but who really cares. We could always just say L61/LE5/LSJ.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:53 AM
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i was JUST thinking this yesterday.... E-co!!! and it's SODA!!!!!
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Old May 30, 2008 | 02:10 AM
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were you watching overhauling aswell??? i saw that, they were talking about a saturn aura iirc.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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It's EEEECO /end thread lol
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Old May 30, 2008 | 05:46 AM
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echo-tec....atleast thats what Lutz and the other GM execs. call it...but i dont really think ether way is wrong.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 07:16 AM
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Eco-tec, and POP (not "soda", sounds a lil )
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Old May 30, 2008 | 07:20 AM
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Dude its pronounced " EE kO TAK"
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Old May 30, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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The proper pronunciation is ECHO tec. It's a European motor and the Europeans with their crazy pronunciation named it. But I do it wrong and say EEEco tec.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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That commercial annoys the hell out of me when he says that!!

I'm not pronouncing the word like it has an invisble 'H'
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ColeJJones
i say ee-co-tek
X2....
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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I have always pronounced it EE-CO-TEK

Thats what it looks like to me.
Echo Tec is just unpleasent to say.
Ecotec rolls nicely off the tounge.

Oh, and Soda FTW.
Pop is someones father, Or something that starts with loli, or something you do to your hood, not something you drink.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WickedSS2005
Eco-tec, and POP (not "soda", sounds a lil )
dude. the gm engineer at cbus called it echo tec. wtf, were you sleeping??? lulz
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by alleycat58
It's a European motor and the Europeans with their crazy pronunciation named it.

Like al-oo-min-ee-um...
(aluminum)
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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E-co-tek

So is it Chevro-let, or Chevrol-ley?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z_vnJaYHgAM

I say both, just depends on what model i'm folliwing it with.
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevroley Impala
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Old May 30, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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I pronounce it eek-oh-tek, but I've always been unsure as to how it's pronounced, so I've never brought it up in a conversation.
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