What's the origin of the term 'flimper' spec?

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danmiddle2

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I gather it means 'basic'... but where does it originate from?

Appreciate this may be a daft question... but was curious.
 
Funny this topic came up because i was wondering what the hell flimper meant. I am still none the wiser. What is flimpers flimper spend car.
 
w1ndsurfnut said:
Funny this topic came up because i was wondering what the hell flimper meant. I am still none the wiser. What is flimpers flimper spend car.
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A basic car with little or no optional extras
 
srhutch having finger trouble. He meant flimper spec car.

- It has no satnav (most significant missing part)
- It has no blue tooth
- It has no extras what so ever really :D

I used to tease him a fair amount over his getting lost on trips, so the term got stuck :lol:

He even got lost when we were driving in a convoy of 5 cars a few weeks back on a straight motorway with him wedged in the middle :rofl: We could not call him as he does not have BT :lol:
 
pvr said:
srhutch having finger trouble. He meant flimper spec car.

- It has no satnav (most significant missing part)
- It has no blue tooth
- It has no extras what so ever really :D

I used to tease him a fair amount over his getting lost on trips, so the term got stuck :lol:

He even got lost when we were driving in a convoy of 5 cars a few weeks back on a straight motorway with him wedged in the middle :rofl: We could not call him as he does not have BT :lol:
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Was a classic moment :lol:

Even better when he phoned as from the services asking where we were, then realising he was on the wrong side :rofl:
 
I seem to recall the term even made it into an autocar article or similar :lol:
 
Not autocar, but an article about the launch of an autotrader iOS app :lol:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/products/17433/auto-trader-goodwood-fos-app-launches-ios
 
Urban Dictionary said:
To Flimp: The process of tying your foreskin into a knot and shove the knot into your ass curl up into a ball and then do a jumping jack thus ripping of your dick and your anus.
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By extension, one presumes a flimper is one who flimps and a flimper-spec car must be one that facilitates the act of flimping :?
 
flimper said:
Flimper is a betting term for offering little or no value by the way
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After six years, I've finally learned the other meaning of "Flimper" (other than the Dutch definition).
 
Bing said:
Not autocar, but an article about the launch of an autotrader iOS app :lol:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/products/17433/auto-trader-goodwood-fos-app-launches-ios
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Oxford English Dictionary next :lol:
 
Followed by Top Gear (if existing).

I can just imagine JC getting into an Atom or so, looking at it, and stating it is rather a flimper spec :rofl:
 
Ignore flimper's contribution to the thread, he thinks that petrol and tax are extra's :evil:
 
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