as i sit here and look out over the windswept dust bowl that used to be my paddock, i was just wondering, is it me or do more of us have pet names for our vw's? and if so, why and how did they come about? (i know, i need to get a life or it has to rain)
My current daily driver is a 1975 kombi called "Ned" but that is because it's number plate used to be NED 70H which for the dyslexic is holden spelt backwards,(and that in itself is another tale). Prior to that was "Bert" the beetle (a 68 bug) and i am currently eyeing off a 1970 vw which looks very much like "Nancy"....
yes it's ok, the men in white coats have been alerted and are at this moment roaring up the dusty rd, but am i the only one?馃檪
CoopGirl 路
Well we named our kombi 'Winky' cause it has 2 different blinkers on the front and well...... we just came up with the name Winky. I think it suits it.
barls 路
my first sbug was the beast but when its reborn it shall be chaos. my old man has bluey and daffodil
vern74 路
My first one was called Vernonica and she was a beauty
Did nothing to it besides get the valves ......?fixed ? in those days I was even more ignorant about cars than what I am now.She was white with a lime green bonnet and just beautiful. Used to travel between South Grafton and Coffs Harbour every weekend and don't remember once ever checking the oil.
My current VW some 23 years later is Vern and has a much easier life and is much better looked after.
boersch 路
mine is called boris, don't ask why I just like the name. so of course when dad bought his we had to call it doris
vern74 路
Boris sounds really tuff
And I bet Doris sounds like a sweet little thing
vern74 路
Are your cars boys cars boys or girls ?....in the case of Winky its a bit difficult to work out
Boris and Doris is a little easier
boersch 路
boris is red, doris is purple
only thing is doris sounds like a v8 and is meant to be a girl, boris sounds like your usual dak dak and is supposed to be a male... maybe doris is on hormones 馃檪
vern74 路
Maybe Boris has MAN BOOBIES !!!!!!!!
barls 路
i know chaos is 100% testosterone charged male.
vern74 路
Vern is a mans man through and through
He gets all the looks too and he enjoys it !
barls 路
i think the one im driving though is female. definitely female for the amount of problems its caused me
beerdoc 路
These are all my daughters
Bertie (as in beetle of course) 74L Orange
Suz (my mate bertie wifes name is suzie) 74L White
Ken (had a Kenworth sticker on it) 75L Orange
Suz got wrecked today so that was a bit sad but parts will be used to freshen up Bertie who is a daily driver and Ken must be going early next year for other daughter.
AND I have a 66 Panel ex PMG with no name but may get "the General"( as in Post Master General ne Telecom for you youngins)
Ned My thoughts are with you as I spoke to my old man who now lives in Bermagui and said it was as dry as nuns kiss
He is an ex central NSW farmer
Cheers
vern74 路
I am with you in the thoughts department
Never seen it so dry
A mate has a property at Stanage Bay (Shoal Water Bay) and holy shit its so dry the grass that there is crackles when you walk on it. We really need some good rain before it gets too hot
beerdoc 路
Vern74
Had a bit of a giggle with what you have written after your location
Do you mean as in toast lol (perfect as in dry at the moment)
Need any bits for your bug?
[Edited on 21-8-2004 by beerdoc]
vern74 路
hahahahahaha
Yeah I hadn't thought of it like that
Gladstone = toast
vern74 路
i need a glove box lid but apparently they are as rare as rocking horse Shit
Other than that I just have to replace hood lining,get the front seats reupholstered and he is done.
Oh and he has to go the "rack" to get a crease taken out ?
I don't know much about that......the nice man at the panel Shop will call me when he is ready to do it. All I know is that he scraps his tyre on the mud guard when turning left under brakes and having a full tank of petrol doesn't help
Bubble146 路
vern74 wrote:Maybe Boris has MAN BOOBIES !!!!!!!!
LMAO!!! Good call! :P
B
vern74 路
A bit rude AYE !
But its a fact of life when age starts catching up with men
baybuscamperkid 路
mine's currently known as the fat chick, but i am still working on something shorter
sand kombi 路
Generally at work it's refered as 'TONKA", sits high, big tyres and is orange( mellow yellow is the original name, where the hell do they get the names for some of thier colors )
Mike :beer
bertie_beetle 路
well, surprise surprise, my little bundle of joy is Bertie Beetle. When dad bought it about 5 years ago we named i tBertie because it was a bluish-green, the same colour as the chocolate version's wrapper. We name all of the cars in our household now, its a bit lame, but it makes it easy to know who has what car.
Bertie Beetle - 1962beetle
Frankie - 2000 Ford Festiva
gary - 2003 Hyundai Getz
'The Phantom' - 2003 purple Ford XR-6
plus, we used to have
Vinnie - 87 nissan pulsar vector
and
Mario - 2000 Mitsubishi Magna Altera
My bedroom also has padded walls.
oooh, medication time. :bounce
:rudolf:bounce:bounce
dodge 路
my kombi has a number of nicknames.
its "official" name is dubster,
but its also called the beast, the bomb, the brick, the dub, etc
i just call it baby 馃槈
Starbug 路
my 68 is named cherry, partly because shes red and partly because theres a cute cherry sticker on the back.
tho i sometimes call her b*tch when she deserves it. :P
ByronBug 路
:sandrine
Mine is called "the Old Girl", which is kind of funny when I am the same age as her (1961).
Judy 馃檪
kroozzn63 路
my 77 bay is called "bombi" my wife named it because she didnt like old cars now i make sure i drive her everywhere in it and 3 drives later she loves it "sort of"
lobus 路
Mine are called "the red car" and "the white car".
You will have to work out which is which
beerdoc 路
vern74 wrote:i need a glove box lid but apparently they are as rare as rocking horse Shit
Other than that I just have to replace hood lining,get the front seats reupholstered and he is done.
Oh and he has to go the "rack" to get a crease taken out ?
I don't know much about that......the nice man at the panel Shop will call me when he is ready to do it. All I know is that he scraps his tyre on the mud guard when turning left under brakes and having a full tank of petrol doesn't help
If you cant find one up there in toast land give me a hoy its yours
vern74 路
Good one
Thats gunna be a tuffie to work out !
vern74 路
Morning Beerdoc
I have U2Ued you (I think)
Would like the lid please
Send me through a price and we can "talk turkey"
beerdoc 路
Vern have u2u
Sorry Ned to pinch your thread
I am a poet and dont Know it
Robo 路
my oval is called Pige!
My 66 is called turq
and the Kombi is just the Kombi
Rob...馃槑
emma is buggin 路
My yellow bug is "tweety"
Warrenm 路
ned wrote:as i sit here and look out over the windswept dust bowl that used to be my paddock, i was just wondering, is it me or do more of us have pet names for our vw's? and if so, why and how did they come about? (i know, i need to get a life or it has to rain)
My current daily driver is a 1975 kombi called "Ned" but that is because it's number plate used to be NED 70H which for the dyslexic is holden spelt backwards,(and that in itself is another tale). Prior to that was "Bert" the beetle (a 68 bug) and i am currently eyeing off a 1970 vw which looks very much like "Nancy"....
yes it's ok, the men in white coats have been alerted and are at this moment roaring up the dusty rd, but am i the only one?馃檪
Flying VW 路
My Cars are called.
1 "The good Baja".
2 "The race Baja".
3 "The Red Baja".
4 "The Toyota" (Land Cruiser)
5 "The XR" (XR8 Falcon)
6 "The Golf" (Wifes Mk 3 Golf)
7 "REMO" (My HINO Truck)
The Origional Owner was an Italian named Remo and he died shortly after I brought it
vern74 路
Holy crap !
Are they all registered ?
Canni. 路
My 1960 bugs name is Heidi (number plate HDY) seems to suit her very well...
Our green golf (currently in critical condition at the mechanics) is Kermit (once u see the colour everyone understands)
But then after that for our other cars its "the passat" or "the beemer" (or piece of junk car..) my sister came up with the theory that its only the old volksies that deserve names...
Flying VW 路
vern74 wrote:Holy crap !
Are they all registered ?
All Registered except the Race car and Red Baja. The Red Baja is going to my Dad soon next summer after I fix it up a bit and I'm thinking about wrecking the Race Baja.
We are also thinking of selling the Golf.
That will get rid of 3 Cars.
I'm sick of all these Cars.
I have to keep the Truck to pay for the Cars.
MickH 路
The buggy is Finkelstein and the twin cab is big uterus
vern74 路
I had a corolla years ago called heapa
Short for heapa shit
Was always broken and it looked bloody awful
ned 路
Whew,
i didn't think this many of us need a life, maybe we need a cruise! (I've been away all day and most of the night so missed the banter of the names)
nice to know i'm in good company.
beerdoc, thanx for the thoughts, yes the grass crackles here too馃槈
ha ha Dubnut, bet you stayed awake all nite thinking of those names!
As for male/female...Bertie was Jewish 馃槈
Andy42 路
Well to be honest I just call my Buggy "That fucking money pit in the shed" pretty much sums it up I reckon. :cry
dubcab 路
from dubcabs wife... 馃檪our kids have named most of our cars, when we got our "dubcab" ute she was in grey primer for quite awhile the kids thought she looked like hilda the hippo off richard scarry, we now have..
buttercup the bay kombi from power puff girls also
pippy passat from pippy longstocking...
and not to be left out but not worth mentioning either is terry triton....:kiss
vern74 路
hahahahaha
My kids would use those exact names if I suggested they pick names from the TV
They all must love the same stuff on ABC !
Resto64 路
mine is called Gunter after this german bloke that own's a vw shop in Brighton S.A
he is a top bloke and when i was looking for my first vw he had shit loads of info of what and what not to look out for or buy in a Beetle
~air fooled~ 路
my hippie kombi with wave murals is called "layla", occasionally called "stupid fu#kin bitch" when i'm full of piss and hurling spanners over the fence in a inconsolable rage......hahahaha