My 911's name is "the 911". I also have a BMW. Its name is "the BMW".

My daugther was 2 and a half when I got my car, driving with her in the car seat down a bumpy road I mentioned to her how bumpy the ride was, now 3+ years later it's still the "bumpy car" to her. I like to call it "way fast whitey" but realized recently that Jesse James uses that for a nickname. The old drag car was "A sticky situation" named for the fact that it was a stick shift (uncommon is sportsman racing), stuck great off the line and cause certain troubles with the wifey putting me in a.....you guessed it. The old big block F100 was "rumble wagon" or "mean green" and the new Ranger is "hedgehog" named for its big tires and Sonic blue paint (like Sonic the hedgehog). The Nissan was "the flag" for it's factory race truck paint scheme (red, white and blue) I haven't named the '73 yet (haven't even really started on it either) but I'm thinking about just "sticky" ;)

This thread has reached "ultimate" status.

Lol....

My 911 is called Scroat or Ol' Scroat.
Simple reason that it's old and wrinkly around the edges (bellows)...

Don't know why we name our cars, I think it's a tad silly. Nonetheless, they all mean something and we've had:-

911 Carrera 3.0 Targa - Greenie (RIP)
M-B 300TE - Mother Goose
Golf IV GL - Jonathan Hatchet
Peugeot 205 Junior - Digit
Audi V8 - The V8
Audi A6 2.8 Avant - Worf
Hyundai Terracan - Homer
Mazda MX5 - The Runt

Bertram 28 - Aunty Whiskey

:)

Puf

GHS has given this thread ultimate status!!! there now my life is complete!!! only thing that could make it (this thread) better would be if jack posted a pic of him and his car....

puf,, as i was reading your post i was thinking "does that guy know what scroat means where im from??" then you confirmed that yes we define it the same. scroat thats rich.

porschenut -- explain please.

k911SC, the meaning of 'scroat', same the world over.
Also appropriate owing to the level of testicular fortitude required to extract the maximum from the car!

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lol

The Hyundai?http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1092366461.jpg

"Attilla the..... "is a great one.

Our family only recently started naming cars, but in college years I had a bile green Buick that was "the Republican lizard".

Recently, though, the P-cars have been:
"Lacy" my '75 S that a PO had put lace stickers UNDER the clear coat and for Lacy Underall (CaddyShack)
"Lily" my white '85 Carrera, for Lily von Shtupp (Blazing Saddles)
"Nina" our Boxster for her questionable past ala Nina van Horn (Just Shoot Me)
"Vera" my SC from "vier", German for 4, the 4th P-car
and now "Della", a German girl's name which means bright

Oh, and there was "Zoot", the Saab 900T ragtop. If you're a fan of the Holy Grail, you'll get it.

In order of appearance:
'67 Dodge Dart - "The Dart" (later to become the Fog when the guides went)
'74 International 1/2 ton - "The Intersmashable"
'80 Honda Accord - "Flex" (cause the unit-body was completely rusted through and I drove it Flinstone style)
'80 Chevy 1/2 ton - "The Mouse" (cause the 305 I stuck in it wouldnt start - the mice in my uncle's barn made a home in the intake and a few cylinders)
'67 Ford Galaxy - "Vronsky" (DeNiro's character in Deer Hunter - I hit a whole herd of deer in it - none survived)
'80 Ford 1/2 ton - unnamed as it has yet to distinguish itself

'77 930 - "Kermit" I have played with the idea of going from guards red to bright green just to complete the effect.. you ask anyone what kind of animal an early or impact-bumper 911 looks like and they all seem to think it's a frog.. ;)

Nice Bull Jeremy ! coulden,t agree more mine is 10 yrs now and still playing like a puppy. Last week he jumped out of my car cause he wanted to play with a Jack Russel :) i was doing 50 km/h he diden,t even have a scratch. Funny same year car same color and same dog. His name is Tommy.

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We have 3 914s, a 74 corvette, an 87 Nissan, and a 95 BMW at my house. All but the BMW have names.

1974 914 1.8, My wife's car. She named it "Frodrick" After the character in Young Frankenstein. Shortened to "Frody" or the "Frodster" as in ****** roadster. She had this car when we met at an SCCA AX. She cleaned my clock then and I have been chasing her tail ever since.

1973 914 /6 2.4L MFI MY 914. Named "Igor (pronounced Eye-gore). Frodrick's sidekick from Young Frankenstein. Bought this car after driving her 914.

1974 L82 Corvette. "Miss Piggy" as in Plastic Pig.

1975 914 1.8L Named "Mangey". This is a foster child I am doing some repair work on. Got the name because it's a white car that sat under a tree for 4 years and ended up with black spots all over it that looked like mange.

1987 Nissan Pulsar (RIP) My $700 dollar car. Named "Nikkey". No logical reason for the name, that is just the feeling I got from her. She recently died at 300,000 miles. I parked her and will fix her when I get some time.

1995 BMW 540I. Bought just 2 months ago. We have not had this car long enough to discover her true name.


In the past I have had a number of cars with names. The first was my first car.

1969 Pontiac Firebird. 400 Ram Air III. 12 second quarter with street tires. Named "Fred".

1968 Pontiac Firebird parts car. Named "Shakespear" because we were always wondering if it was "to be or not to be".


1979 Porsche 924. My first Porsche. Named "Bob" after the mechanic who delivers the cobra in the Bill Cosby routine "200 MPH". Sold this after driving my wife's 914.

1980 Fiat 124 convertible Named "Tony" as in Fix It Again Tony"

1980 RX7 Powered by Chevy 383 small block. Dubbed "Oh ****" after the first time I hit the gas in it.

1977 Dodge Aspen. Always called it "the aspen".

Cars have definite personalities that are revealed after driving them for a while. I don't name a car until I have driven it for a while. Then I can find it's true name.

My first car and first Porsche was a '67 912 affectionately named "the orange *****box"

my '92 C2 was not very affectionately named the "redheaded slut"

The RSA doesn't really have a name, but as it gets more and more modified I refer to it as a "monster" more often

The WRX is named "Scooby Ru"

My 911's name is Britney. She had bald tires and shook her hips, all over the place.

Well, I...uh....never felt compelled to put names to my cars. I also never refer to them as "she". It's just a machine.

"the Funmobile".

HillBilly Truck

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BigBad Dodge

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The Crooozer

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I haven't named any of my nicer vehicles, just those with character, worthy of names...

Taco Bender----
99 boxster much tracked car.
it makes me laugh every time .

Much like the first guys, I call my 911 "the Silver car" and my Corrado "the Green car."

my orange car is immaculate
it's registration plate starts with 'YV'
it's called 'Yndig Vogn' (beautiful vehicle)

my red car needs a respray (really really californian-sun faded)
it's registration plate starts with 'YL'
it's called 'Yndig Lak' (beautiful paint!)

My SC is my horse with no name.

My 07 Dodge 2500 CTD is known as "The BMT" (Blue Man Truck)

The 911 used to be just called "the White Car" but is now known as "the Race Car"

I have named a few cars at the shop just because I felt they needed it.

A butt ugly goldish 83SC was named "Sarge" because I thought it looked like an Army car.

The bosses 71 911T vintage racer was named "Rusty Greer" after semi-famous TX Rangers outfeilder and all the rust I spent days treating.

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The BMT and the Racecar.

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"Sarge"

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"Rusty Greer"

"Rocinante," Don Quixote's ass.

My 63 VW truck was Beasley. It just fit so perfectly.

my 84 targa was "the red car"

69E is just the E

I call it the "Dirty Sanchez". Oh, wait, nevermind, wrong thread..... :D

car name, car name, car name......


Uh, I refer to it as the "Silver Sled". Yeah, that's it. :p

Which is why my Porsche is called "The Attention Whore":eek::D

"Max T. Porsche" but we just call him "Max"

My wife calls mine, The Whore.

We call Ingo's the Turd....because it's brown. Dan Byer's is Stay Puff, it's white and USED to be quite soft in the turns....like a Stay Puff Marshmellow.

BAD TUB is my Speedster....DA CAB is the 3.6/SC longhood....then there's the silver 58 356 coupe, yet to be named....prolly "Jersey" as that's where I got it out of garage after a 20 year sleep.

ive had an "ultimate" thread dug back up? i count 2+ years,, dreams do come true.....


T$

Silin, (pronounced Shilene), meaning cherry in Galic[img]

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Back on page 1, Banjomike asked if there was a test for gender. Well, there is no need. The rules, as I was once taught, are:
- all cars are female
- the first letter of the name is the first letter of the make/model.

I once had a 1962 EK Holden called Ethel (or was it Ethyl).

Currently looking for names beginning with Sc or P. Somehow, Scooby doesn't seem right, gender issues aside! And Portia is too obvious.

Matt

Here's one Matt,

Scylla - from Greek mythology; a female sea monster who lived in a cave opposite Charybdis and devoured sailors.

Here's another (if you don't see your Porsche as a female who loves seafood),

Priapus - from Greek & Roman mythology; the god of procreation, guardian of gardens and vineyards, and the personification of the erect phallus.

PERFECT! "Gonna lube ol' Priapus Saturday mornin'. Gotta keep him up an' runnin'!"

My 911 is "Helga" and my old VW Westfalia was "Gretchen". The kids named my cars...

Mine's just "track car".


KT

Not "Homey Doh"?

The Red Baron:

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This Forum Gets More And More Pathetic

- The 63 Chevy pickup I learned to drive in was "The old beater". If you had over 250k miles and head sized rust holes in the floorboards that had been fixed with fiberglass and chicken wire you might feel beaten too!

- The 72 Vega with the 3.5l aluminum V8 was "The little beggar". I can't for the life of me remember how it acquired the name.

- The beat-to-hell 76 Corolla (with the passenger side wheelbase an inch shorter then the drivers side!) was call "Aiders". When I got it it had a Raiders sticker on the back that was missing the "R". Some one looked at its ugliness and said "Ewww, it's got aiders".

- The 98 V70 Volvo wagon is called "New Vo". I really don't like it... The turbo doesn't make up for the fact it has an automatic and is front wheel drive. Bleh...

- The 87 740 Volvo wagon is called "Old Vo" or "The Tank" It is undestructable and has the advantage of a turbo with rear wheel drive. I think I will probably keep it instead of the 98 that we got to replace it. (I still having trouble dealing with an automatic...)

- The 93 Nissan pickup is quite inventively named "The Truck".

- The 87 Carrera is "The Pooch" because it is such a good boy. The name seems have the added benefit of pissing off a few of the "poorsha-or-die" crowd.