Newbie Silly Question: what is IMO and OEM?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by roverron

would not be only original BMW: Valeo, Bosch, Siemens etc. are all OEM suppliers, means these companys supply parts that are mounted originally into these cars; these companys could be at the same time OEM suppliers and deliver after market parts for other cars.

I work in a closely related industry. We would not refer to Valeo, Bosch, or Siemens as OEM, because we focus on the source of supply. While those and other vendors may supply to the OEM, they make multiple versions of the same part in many case. On a BMW board discussing the X5, OEM would mean supplied through BMW, whoever makes the part. A part supplied by Bosch through a jobber would be an aftermarket part. It may or may not be identical to the OEM version.

[X5.Man]

Originally Posted by lemans4.8

People are just getting too lazy to type out full words now.... full words FTMFW... hehe

FTMFW?... havent seen that here....

So people what other acronymns am i supposed to know... lemme know....