NERD ALERT! Help me name my car.

[rusnak]

Some of my names that I use:

tractor: Daisy
forklift: Marty (green) yellow forklift: Marigold
truck: Hester
rtv: Pumpkinmobile

I would name your Cayman "Froggy" or "Stinky" Why? Because the face. Look at the face. It will just say what it looks like. Yours looks somewhat happy, so it needs a happy animal name. You could name it after a beetle or happy insect too.

[Aragorn]

I kind of like "the Kraken." Then you can say to your fiancee at each stoplight, "It is time for me...to unleash...the Kraken." But you have to say it all bass-baritone like Lou Rawls or Barry White. That is the only way you can pull it off.

[AFC-911]

Originally Posted by CJFusco

After I sold the white 944 and bought a Garnet Red 951, I was musing on how even though the 951 was significantly faster than the 944, it felt exponentially heavier than the older car (on which I had performed considerable weight-loss surgery). Around the same time, a friend gave me a gift of a Porsche mug with the "pink pig" 917 on it. At some point, the 951 became "the Purple Pig."

In what world is Garnet = Purple?

[CJFusco]

Originally Posted by AFC-911

In what world is Garnet = Purple?

For whatever reason, the Garnet Red car looked purple very often, depending on the light. It also sometimes looked bronze or brown-ish. It's an interesting color.

[CJFusco]

I like a lot of the suggestions here... Black Betty does have a certain je ne se quois, and I also like the idea of a word that corresponds to "raven" or "crow" in another language... I'm definitely mulling those over. Keep the suggestions comin'!

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

The Turd. Looks like a loaf pinched out.

Seriously? Do you not like the design of the Cayman? I'm not sure what would possess a car guy to say something like this to another car guy who is obviously proud of his car.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by CJFusco

I like a lot of the suggestions here... Black Betty does have a certain je ne se quois, and I also like the idea of a word that corresponds to "raven" or "crow" in another language... I'm definitely mulling those over. Keep the suggestions comin'!



Seriously? Do you not like the design of the Cayman? I'm not sure what would possess a car guy to say something like this to another car guy who is obviously proud of his car.

I kinda think of the Cayman as the modern 911 now that the 991 has grown to be more of a GT than a sports car.

I always thought I would get a Boxster some day... but I think my Miata has cured me of the convertible experience so used Cayman may be my next sports car... that if there is a sports car in my future at all.

[DonDavis]

Obsidian Crocodilian. You can call it O.C. for short. Or roll it more like "OhSee".

I like craft beer and seafood. Broiled or grilled fresh fish especially.

[ckelly78z]

I think Black Betty, and then have a personalized license plate that says "BamB-Lam".

[scottmandue]

Just IMHO but Black Betty, Crow, and Raven are not very creative names for a black car...
Just my two cents... of course your car your choice.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

I think Black Betty, and then have a personalized license plate that says "BamB-Lam".

Awesome!

[rusnak]

Name it Sambo.

Or Blackie haha

[CJFusco]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Obsidian Crocodilian. You can call it O.C. for short. Or roll it more like "OhSee".

I like craft beer and seafood. Broiled or grilled fresh fish especially.

I do sorta like the sound of "the Onyx Croc" or "the Ebony Croc", although every time I say either to myself I get a mental picture of the ominous black CLOCK in the westmost room in "Masque of the Red Death".

[rusnak]

Those are not names, they are titles. You can name your car that, but then you'll have to wear a mask and cape like Nacho Libre.

[DonDavis]

Obsidian Reptilian.

[LeeH]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Obsidian Reptilian.

Winner!

[scottmandue]

Hey! This is a rated 'PG' BBS you can't say black c.... oh you said crock

[Steve Carlton]

How about you name a fair price for it and call it "sold?"

[wdfifteen]

I never understood naming cars. My dad's cars were always "The Blue Goose" even after he traded his blue '37 Chrysler for a black Buick, then a blue Chevy and then a yellow Dodge.
My old truck gets called "WD" because it's a WD-15, but my '56 coupe is just "the old coupe" and my Speedster is just "the Speedster" and my 911 is just "the new coupe."

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[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

I kind of like "the Kraken." Then you can say to your fiancee at each stoplight, "It is time for me...to unleash...the Kraken." But you have to say it all bass-baritone like Lou Rawls or Barry White. That is the only way you can pull it off.

Wewease the Qwakken...