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Car Names.....
Ok, so it's not a technical question, but after seeing several signatures and reading a lot of the discussions here I'm really curious: how many people here have names for their cars and what are they?
My '79 is often called the "Batmobile" because of the way she looks in the flat black, but I actually call her "Evil Ways". Came from my dad being a hard core religious nutbag and completely despising my obsession with cars. I actually got the name from when he would say "your evil ways are going to get you into trouble, just you see." If he only knew..... My third gen has no name yet, I will have to see what kind of personality she takes on when I build her.
So tell me, what's yours?
My '79 is often called the "Batmobile" because of the way she looks in the flat black, but I actually call her "Evil Ways". Came from my dad being a hard core religious nutbag and completely despising my obsession with cars. I actually got the name from when he would say "your evil ways are going to get you into trouble, just you see." If he only knew..... My third gen has no name yet, I will have to see what kind of personality she takes on when I build her.
So tell me, what's yours?
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My IROC is affectionatly called "yellow car'. It comes from the Chevy Chase movie Funny Farm where the family dog was just called "yellow dog". My Firebird is just called "The Bird". Pretty simple but it gets the job done.
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The guys at the shop have a few names for my car,
First one is, "The Swiss Cheese Express", because these are several random holes in the back trunk & firewall area.
Second one is "Might-as-well", because it seems like when we change one thing, we might as well change "________" while we're there.
First one is, "The Swiss Cheese Express", because these are several random holes in the back trunk & firewall area.
Second one is "Might-as-well", because it seems like when we change one thing, we might as well change "________" while we're there.
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Re: Car Names.....
lately my car has been pos. I fix something and something else goes wrong.
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Re: Car Names.....
well the prev owner named my IROC "laura" and since its bad luck to change a cars name...
when my uncle saw it he said, it looks like a dragon with that hood (the turbo hood i have) so it became the red dragon named laura...
when my uncle saw it he said, it looks like a dragon with that hood (the turbo hood i have) so it became the red dragon named laura...
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I have a corvette sting ray hood with a Firebird emblem so I call my car
"The Bird Vette".
"The Bird Vette".
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Mine is called "The Black Pearl". Named that way by two ex-girlfriends because that is when Pirates of the Caribbean was big and as my car was full black and my plans were to make it as black as possible. They related it to the black ship "The black Pearl". Surprisingly I liked the name and in stuck.
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Scarlet.
ironically she's black. but after i got her and took her to the state inspection, they failed her and slapped that red sticker in the window
ironically she's black. but after i got her and took her to the state inspection, they failed her and slapped that red sticker in the window
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My wife has a few choice names for the Formula, but the cleanest is "Mistress" so that's what I'll go with.
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When I drove my car the first time... my parents said it took off like I pulled a trigger...
I named the car at that point.. "Trigger"
It has been called other things at times... lol...
I named the car at that point.. "Trigger"
It has been called other things at times... lol...
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Her name is Niomi, Dont know why. But hell she as a personailty of a damn woman. Call her a pos takes 5 mins to talk nice to her so she will start.
Friend farted on the hood she didnt want to start then, after gettting her started had to spend 280 to replace idle control silaniod.
Friend farted on the hood she didnt want to start then, after gettting her started had to spend 280 to replace idle control silaniod.
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Fyrehawk. A variant of the name Firehawk, and not what you think of when you first hear that word hehe! It's a nice double entendre that there is a version of our car named Firehawk, but mine comes from the comic book from which my user name comes from. Firehawk is the girlfriend of Firestorm, and Firehawk looks a lot like the Firebird flaming chicken logo. So they go hand in hand. Only problem is telling people that it is not a true Firehawk hehe!
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mine is also the RED DRAGON i called her that when i first got her but now i pretty much just call her bad b!tch.
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Re: Car Names.....
I call her my baby. By name though, she's ROXIE, you know why.
My friends always say when you getting "the roc" out, i want to see it.
So whats up with "the roc" you get headers yet
How come I dont see "the roc" out yet.
So her nickname is "The Roc"
Nobody will come close to touching my car, Im so OCD with people touching it (not that I care as it has scracthes and stuff, but get off my damn car, is more like it) that nobody tries anything like farting on my hood let alone asking if they can sit in it...haha. Just keeps people from messing with my car and the women love to touch it for that reason(try to get me mad), now I just need to figure out a way to transfer their hand from my car to my pants, oh yeah!
My friends always say when you getting "the roc" out, i want to see it.
So whats up with "the roc" you get headers yet
How come I dont see "the roc" out yet.
So her nickname is "The Roc"
Nobody will come close to touching my car, Im so OCD with people touching it (not that I care as it has scracthes and stuff, but get off my damn car, is more like it) that nobody tries anything like farting on my hood let alone asking if they can sit in it...haha. Just keeps people from messing with my car and the women love to touch it for that reason(try to get me mad), now I just need to figure out a way to transfer their hand from my car to my pants, oh yeah!
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Her name is "JOLLY". AKA "Jolly Green Giant". A friend of mine actually gave that name way back when we used to go street racing in the bay area. Everyone in my ca car club used to have either red, black or white. My wife(girlfriend back then) wanted the DARK TEAL METALLIC. It was fine with me since we were trading her truck.
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My '97 Altima's name is Kitt. Not to be confused with K.I.T.T. But then i got a pontiac and named him KITT. There's a difference.
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Re: Car Names.....
man time for my car to get a new name, mine is also the red dragon
man well mine did actually breathe fire
when i filled the shop up with smoke when the paint was burning off the headers , and when the valve covers sprung a leak and the oil caught on fire on the spark plug wires lol glad it didnt do any dammage. just burned oil.
man well mine did actually breathe fire
when i filled the shop up with smoke when the paint was burning off the headers , and when the valve covers sprung a leak and the oil caught on fire on the spark plug wires lol glad it didnt do any dammage. just burned oil.
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Re: Car Names.....
I've owned many cars, 40 of which I drove, but very few have proven worthy of a name. There was "The red bitch", "ThunderTorque", "Rip", "Sam", "Zed", and of course, "ThunderTorque2"
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What car had the name Zed? I have an 86 300zx, learned that word through the Z31 community.
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originally my car was named "the black bullet"....but people latetly have been calling it just "the interceptor"
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Her name is Niomi, Dont know why. But hell she as a personailty of a damn woman. Call her a pos takes 5 mins to talk nice to her so she will start.
Friend farted on the hood she didnt want to start then, after gettting her started had to spend 280 to replace idle control silaniod.
Friend farted on the hood she didnt want to start then, after gettting her started had to spend 280 to replace idle control silaniod.
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my 88 iroc we call it Rocky, and my 91rs my girlfriend nicknamed it Rusty, which was pretty funny since it fit it just fine. Its funny how many people name there car does anyone talk to their car, i sometimes do(mostly insults though...)
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As far as talking to the car goes; all the time. Mine is a tempermental beast, and we often have pretty heated conversations. I have seen a few posts above that have admitted talking to their cars as well. It's a sickness I know, but hey, I'm happy!
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I try not to admit to speaking with "Trigger", however like others I do when we are alone... lol
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We all talk to our cars in one way or another . If any one tells you otherwise they are hideing the truth .
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Her name is "JOLLY". AKA "Jolly Green Giant". A friend of mine actually gave that name way back when we used to go street racing in the bay area. Everyone in my ca car club used to have either red, black or white. My wife(girlfriend back then) wanted the DARK TEAL METALLIC. It was fine with me since we were trading her truck.
Maybe the only diff between my car & his is, he will probably be able to run 10's w/ the A/C on.
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My Camaro name is Becky and my Yukon name is "Diesel" even though it was built with a V-8, but has a heart of a DIESEL!!!
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In no shape or form do I wish any harm come your way, but isn't changing the name of a car supposed to be bad ju-ju? Again, just so we are clear, I wish you nothing but the best. It is, after all, just superstition right?
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my 85 iroc is red and since i am a fan of i love lucy her name has always been lucy. steve
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I thought that was just on boats. I have heard it was bad luck for cars too, but ya, I don't believe in superstition. Then again that could be why my 2 year old $250 head liner started sagging the other day. The guy at the ebay store said they only warranty the abs for life, not the material. So with only a thousand miles on the car since the new head liner, I now have a metal ceiling again. Still, the name goes great with the car. Its "punishing" me.
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I thought that was just on boats. I have heard it was bad luck for cars too, but ya, I don't believe in superstition. Then again that could be why my 2 year old $250 head liner started sagging the other day. The guy at the ebay store said they only warranty the abs for life, not the material. So with only a thousand miles on the car since the new head liner, I now have a metal ceiling again. Still, the name goes great with the car. Its "punishing" me.
Ah, I see, don't worry bud she'll get used to the new name. Until then some 3M adhesive spray ought to fix you up just right.
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Ya I took it out, but the sides are all very tight. I have 3 cans of the 3M, but I wonder if an upholstery shop might have a needle, that might stick in the fabric, & spray the glue all over, without having to take the fabric off? I would hate to mess up the fabric if I dont have to. It still looks brand new. One things for sure. NO THUMB TACKS lol.
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My Iroc is Amy. I have had here for 18 years now. Hmmm, as for the rest of my herd. My work truck is Whitey, my 4x4 is just called "The 4 wheel", my 01 Cam daily driver is just called "The convertible", and my 442 ended up named The Silver Bullet many years ago.
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i named mine after my x-wife elizabeth - both are life and money sucking *itches