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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 08:10 AM |
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Naming your car
It seems a lot of people like to give thier car a discriptive name ,a few come to mind like ,King Caddy,Swoop,Wild Cad,King Kong Cuda,Mr FC,etc . But
the Volkswagen guys like human names eg john, fred, jack, What is your veiw and do you have a name for your car?
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 08:39 AM |
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Yep We named our Igor because like Frankenstein's monster he is made from many people the baja is made from many cars
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 09:05 AM |
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Over the years I've called my cars by many names - none that I can put on this forum - but I've never named any of them
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 09:13 AM |
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I just call them what they are. eg. the notch, the EB, the VP, the ford GT etc...
I tried to name cars but I just can't, doesn't work. I think its a woman thing as i noticed nearly all women name their cars.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 AM |
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| Quote: | I think its a woman
thing as i noticed nearly all women name their cars.
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Yes ,that seems to be the case its a girly thing ,if you name your car the name must say something about it like lLow Bug ,Split Personality, Type
threesome ,Karman Sutra ,rather than the name of your mothers second cousin who had one just like it.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 10:36 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I think its a woman thing as i noticed nearly all women name their cars.
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That should stop the boys from replying!
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 10:38 AM |
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my drag bugs called BUZ
the oval is just the oval
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 AM |
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Yeah not sure if i should post now lol
So I named my beetle Rosie well my daughter thought of the name actually.
The reason she named her Rosie is because my first car was a 67 VW and i used to driver around with a cassette deck playing ACDC.
Anyway I took my son and daughter this year to the ACDC concert and told my daughter I should have named her Rosie after "Whole lotta Rosie" so of
course when I bought the beetle my daughter suggested Rosie
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 11:48 AM |
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I've named my two beetles after things I've found in them during their strip down.
My 66 is called Cosmo, as I found a tow receipt made out to a Cosmo in the glove box, the 73 is called Floyd, as there was a Pink Floyd cassette in
the back of it. Somehow these names have shaped how I view the cars, and added to their character. All my cars have ended up being named and I think
it is a good thing.
I had a falcon that was hard to name for ages, until it's computer went crazy and made it dangerous to drive - It was then named HAL (as in 2001
Space odyssey).
Could be wishy washy thinking on my behalf, but it helps me to have a little more respect for them, as they are no longer just a machine to transport
me from a to b. Kinda like how people get in a "Dog Psychologist" to talk to their dogs. All they do is BS a conversation with the dog, then tell
the owners how to train it correctly and set up routines. Gets the owners to do the right thing under the guise of therapy for the dog. Believe it or
not, but people pay good money for that service! (not me, I swear!)
I know that I am setting myself up for a serious dig, but that's my opinion anyway.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 PM |
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My vans name. Is brandy because it drove me
to drink and my teardrop camper is penny because thats all the money I was allocated to.build it
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 01:40 PM |
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We named our 62.5 bug Mary, because she was a one owner from a deceased estate car and Miss Mary ____ was the original owner,.. she managed never to
have an accident in her. That's pretty good going we think. So we named the car in her honour.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 02:06 PM |
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The KOC.
My mrs loves the KOC
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 07:53 PM |
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My 1971 convert is named Smurfette as she is "smurf blue" in colour, actually Ford XR6 blue.
My 1964/5 project is anmed Ruby, she is my little gem!~
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 08:10 PM |
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lol atually the previous owner called my car ..... gets out the paper work.....
Pru Relltupts ? or something like that. Hard to read.
yes she was woman too.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2010 at 11:20 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by helbus
The KOC.
My mrs loves the KOC
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ROFL, this is hilarious.
I'm man enough to admit to having a car with a name. My first Beetle was named by a friend of mine, who called it Bertie after the Bertie Beetle
character from the showbags/chocolates. I refer to my current one simply as 'the red Beetle' at the moment. Some have suggested that it should be
called The Red Baron but I don't really like this idea.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 08:55 AM |
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My car has the initials VAGarage on the top of the windscreen (previous owners VW buisness).
Due to this the car is now commonly reffered to as "The Vadge" amongst friends
But I like to follow the K.I.S.S rule and generally call it the Golf or VW.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 09:44 AM |
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I thought it was only a Melbourne thing
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 09:52 AM |
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I only call em by their model ie 54 or T5 or the plate I have on it like HMMM bus
I'm flat out remembering peoples names
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 06:54 PM |
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Nope - not a girl thing
my first car, a 76 beetle, was called Sebastian (after Sebastian Coe) as he was good at long distance runs - Canberra to Bris in 12hrs was the
best.
The current square is called Osama as my licence plate is 911-IMH.
'Ah, whatever................'
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 08:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ryana89
My car has the initials VAGarage on the top of the windscreen (previous owners VW buisness).
Due to this the car is now commonly reffered to as "The Vadge" amongst friends
But I like to follow the K.I.S.S rule and generally call it the Golf or VW.
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Imagine what would happen if KOC met VAG?
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 09:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I thought it was only a Melbourne thing
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You tried to insult me last week by accusing me of being from south of the border, but it turns out it's everywhere!!
My boring daily drivers don't get names, because they are basically just tools, but when I got the Beetle, I followed the rules of Pete Wood's wife,
which stipulate that the name must use the letters from the numberplate. So a G and a W didn't leave me many options, so Gwendolyn she is.
She doesn't always get called that, sometimes just 'the Beetle', but given that it is more than 'just a car' it's nice it has a name, and all my
friends and work colleagues ask me about her by name, which is kind of funny.
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 10:11 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I followed the rules of Pete Wood's wife, which stipulate that the name must use the letters from the numberplate.
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Which is why our Beetle just had to be called the KOC. It was the numberplate that made us do it.
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| posted on October 25th, 2010 at 08:04 AM |
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I have personalized plates so do I have to call my car my name?
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| posted on October 25th, 2010 at 05:40 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Imagine what would happen if KOC met VAG?
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A baby VW perhaps
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| posted on October 25th, 2010 at 06:15 PM |
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then it would be BUB
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| posted on October 26th, 2010 at 01:52 PM |
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My modern cars usually don't get names, because they are too boring. But the old cars always do.
My Beetle is called "Olive" after my wife read the paint code sticker under the bonnet - "Martini Olive". That name has well and truly stuck,
even our friends and neighbours refer to the car as Olive.
Similarly:
My Moke is called Mopoke as a shortened version of a mate calling it "Moke-with-no-poke".
My Mini Traveller is called Trixie.
The Corona Coupe is called Corrie.
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| posted on October 26th, 2010 at 07:47 PM |
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My '74 L bug is called Pumpkin - because she's big round and (funnily enough) orange!
My '61 bettle is called Victoria Belle - because we drove (from QLD) to Victoria to pick her up and she looked blue in the pictures (bluebell)
Come to think of it, I've only ever named my VW's! 
Kylie
1961 Beetle - Victoria
1965 Beetle - Bertie
1974 Beetle - Pumpkin
1968 Myers Manx
1975 Bay
1968 Split Window
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| Quote: | Originally
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Over the years I've called my cars by many names - none that I can put on this forum - but I've never named any of them
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Too true
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| posted on October 28th, 2010 at 08:07 PM |
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Mines Horace.
Does anyone know who horace is?
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| posted on October 28th, 2010 at 08:20 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Mines Horace.
Does anyone know who horace is?
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Rumpole?
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