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NERD ALERT! Help me name my car.

I like to name my cars because I'm a big dork. But it still brings me a small amount of satisfaction for some reason.

In the past, the names came naturally. One day, I read something about alpine wolves in northern Germany, and I immediately thought of my Alpine White 944. From that point on, my little white 944 was "Alpine Wolf".

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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."

After one particularly hairy incident, the car also earned the name "The Suicide Machine", as a partial ode to both Hunter S. Thompson and Bruce Springsteen.

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The MINI Cooper S was easy. A little, grey mousey Cooper with a turbocharged engine? "Mighty Mouse", of course.

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I've also owned two Volvos during this span: a silver 740 sedan and a forest green 850 wagon. "The Aluminum Falcon" and "The Viridian Falcon" (respectively) seemed natural fits.

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With my Cayman S, though, nothing witty (or "witty") seems to come naturally. Something having to do with crocodiles? Off-shore bank accounts? Its shiny black paint job? My fiancee has recommended a slew of feminine Germanic names ("Greta", "Hilda", etc.), but nothing feels right in the way that, say, "Mighty Mouse" did.

Any ideas?

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The Turd. Looks like a loaf pinched out.

huschke von hanstein

"Big Titties." Just because I like saying "Big Titties."

Lightning McQueen. Just to screw with people.

Heyman but spelled with a 'G'

Sorry, sorry, sorry!

You knew someone was going to say it!

Dark Helmet.

Big Black Croc.

:D

After WWII the U.S.A. confiscated the world's largest crane and it was dubbed:

Port of Long BeachCentennial Forum: Herman the German

Schwarzwald - Black Forest

Brother Grimm.

Feldberg - Highest peak in the Schwarzwald

Lake Titisee - In the BF

I suggested these because "Big Titties" is taken, my friend.

"Cayman Island Girl"

or " Island Girl" for every day.

Best
Les

"Black Capsule" from M*A*S*H.

Gator?
.
You could name that beautiful rig anything and get away with it.

Black Betty
or Bob....

I too name my cars - sometimes you just have to wait until you know them a little better.... Beautiful car though

Until it earns a name for itself,
call it "O'forty one"
"forty one"
"zero four one"
"cero quattro uno"
"041"
or something like that....
(porsche black color code)

Jinx

Minx

Black Sunshine

Cole

Char

Schwarze Schlange (black snake)

You can hear is pronounced on google translate: https://translate.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob#auto/de/black%20snake

BTW, beautiful car. Color me jealous. A Cayman will be my next P-car.

How about you put it up to a Pelican poll? List half a dozen names from this thread and let us vote. Whatever wins, wins. :)

BTW, if you actually do that, I'm going with Big Titties.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 8723315)

Schwarzwald - Black Forest

Brother Grimm.

Feldberg - Highest peak in the Schwarzwald

Lake Titisee - In the BF

I suggested these because "Big Titties" is taken, my friend.

Don't forget Blasiwald - that's the blow forest! :D

The crazy thing is that Blasiwald is right next to Titisee!

http://www.badische-seiten.de/bild/s.../blasiwald.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Ro (Post 8723368)

^^^ THIS!

I'd go with that!

G

The obvious categorical address screams for a DNA reference, providing said moniker is semantically acceptable. But I digress into the inevitable predicktable response. Therefore, for no valid reason other than the melodic annunciation of the phrase, I suggest your ride be hereafter known among the brotherhood as, "Ice Boner."

One of my dogs was nicknamed "Black Demon."

Tax shelter or "Steuerspar"

Just for balance... Perky medium sizes titty's... or just perky...

Paint a confederate flag on the roof and name it "the general Lee"

Dusty. Because it will always be such. (Said the owner of many black cars.)

B i t c h. As in what it is to keep it from getting dust, pollen, etc. to stay off of it.

(Great looking Cayman by the way.)

The Spanish word for Raven is "Cuervo"

Foreign names for 'Crow'

Cheyenne: Okohke
Czech: Harval
Dutch: Kraai
Esperanto: Kornik/o
Finnish: Varis
French: Corneille
German: Krahe (Crow), Rabenkrahe (Carrion Crow), Nebelkrahe (Hooded Crow)
Greek: Koronae
Hawaiian: Alala
Icelandic: Krka (spelling?)
Italian: Corvo
Japanese: Karasu (Crow) or Legarasu (House crow) or Hashibosogarasu (Carion crow) or Hashibutogarasu (Jungle crow)
Lakhota: Kangi
Latin: Corvx
Navajo: Gaagii (crow or raven)
Norweigan: Kråke
Ojinwe (Chippewa indian tongue): Aandag (pronounced 'on-daag' with long a's in 'daag')
Old English: Creow or Corbie
Old French: Corbin
Old Scots: Corbie
Russian: Vorona (Vor-O-na)
Sanskrit: Kaaka
Scottish Gaelic: Rocas (masculine) or Rocais (feminine), or Feannag
Slovenian: Vrana
Spanish: Corneja / Cornella
Suaheli (a Kenyan tongue): Kunguru (house crow)
Swedish: Kråka (pronounced Kroka) or plural: Kråkor
Tagaloy (Philipine tongue): Uwak
Turkish: Karga
Ukrainian: Vorona (voROna) or Chorna vorona (CHORna voROna) for C. corone, or Sira vorona (SIra voROna) or Gava (GAva) for C. cornix