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Mon May 12, 2008 9:16 am

it was called eva, but not happy with that name.. any suggestions?
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Mon May 12, 2008 9:20 am

mine is called brutus. :D
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Mon May 12, 2008 9:22 am

I call mine the "Red Bitch"

It's a name I use when it breaks.....

It's name I call it when it hurts me....

It's the same name the middle aged gents in there £60k porka's call it as it pulls past....

She's also "MY BITCH" which is nice :cool:
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Mon May 12, 2008 9:38 am

call it e30 :wink:
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Mon May 12, 2008 9:49 am

A car.
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Mon May 12, 2008 11:37 am

nothing
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Mon May 12, 2008 11:58 am

'My car', 'the E30', 'the BMW'
...or variations on the above! Give a car a name, and you are a girl.




(& yes both my cars have names, according to / thanks to the girlfriend. Damnit!)
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:05 pm

i call mine winnie mainly because of the registration number H***POO as in winnie the pooh also my son seems to like this name :cool:
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:07 pm

haha great names

mine was called Helga (just because its a german name)
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:08 pm

Naming a car has to be the gayest thing i've ever heard :mad: A bit like calling them her/she in my book :?
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:09 pm

I had a Golf called Rolf a while back.

Never had another car with a name.
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:10 pm

if i call mine anything, its 'piece of shit..'
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:11 pm

Nothing wrong with calling a car she/her, kind of a given...ive always been told cars are feminine, as are ships and planes.
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:17 pm

Simon wrote:A car.
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Mon May 12, 2008 12:56 pm

AlexBaur325 wrote:Nothing wrong with calling a car she/her, kind of a given...ive always been told cars are feminine, as are ships and planes.
So are those ships described as 'Man o' War' cross dressing? :mad:
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Mon May 12, 2008 1:00 pm

AlexBaur325 wrote:Nothing wrong with calling a car she/her, kind of a given...ive always been told cars are feminine, as are ships and planes.
A car is an 'it' it has no gender.
Just because they go wrong monthly and require constant maintenance and money throwing at them doesn't make them female :roll: :D
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Mon May 12, 2008 1:01 pm

Never understood naming a car or calling it she.. It's a car.

That just come from those weirdos who like to get a bit more intimate with their cars.

'Oh yeah, she loves it when I give her a good detailing'

I bet 'she' does. :duck:
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Mon May 12, 2008 1:42 pm

Ziggy wrote:'My car', 'the E30', 'the BMW'
...or variations on the above! Give a car a name, and you are a girl.
Just one to add " the touring"

No names for cars :roll:
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Mon May 12, 2008 2:44 pm

i call mine the ol girl... or the three twenty five.
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Mon May 12, 2008 2:52 pm

tg318is wrote:it was called eva, but not happy with that name.. any suggestions?

I like eva,, thats good,,

ive been tryin to think of a good name for mine,,,
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Mon May 12, 2008 3:16 pm

mines currently called "that thing outside on axle stands with no prop on"
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Mon May 12, 2008 3:36 pm

ive called mine the money pit..lol winkeye winkeye :D :D
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:35 pm

Call my 1988 Evo II Betsey and my missus thinks im mental and takes the piss outta me she calls it Bitsey cause its in bitts being restored. :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:42 pm

naming a car is sadder than a champion saddo at a saddo's convention :mad:
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:46 pm

fuzzy wrote:naming a car is sadder than a champion saddo at a saddo's convention :mad:
Naming your car or referring to it as she is SAD unless you are a woman then it just normal!
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:47 pm

Cotty wrote:
Ziggy wrote:'My car', 'the E30', 'the BMW'
...or variations on the above! Give a car a name, and you are a girl.
Just one to add " the touring"

No names for cars :roll:
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:55 pm

none of the names for my touring will get past the zones swear filter...


...gosh darn it!
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Mon May 12, 2008 7:02 pm

my red scirocco scala injection i had a few years back was called "sally". bit sad tbh. but i did love that car! :o:

but in my defence, i havent named a car since.
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Mon May 12, 2008 8:11 pm

SPADGE wrote:
AlexBaur325 wrote:Nothing wrong with calling a car she/her, kind of a given...ive always been told cars are feminine, as are ships and planes.
A car is an 'it' it has no gender.
Just because they go wrong monthly and require constant maintenance and money throwing at them doesn't make them female :roll: :D
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Mon May 12, 2008 8:31 pm

If you've given your car a name, odds are you also use the ashtray to put your testicles in when you drive it. No man gives his car a name.

I can understand refering to machines as she, because they're all attention-seeking tempremental high-maintenance objects, and I wouldn't want to tempt fate by disrespecting a 25-year-old one tonne German. But giving it a personal name, and then telling the whole damn internet, that's for eunuchs.
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Tue May 13, 2008 12:51 am

ha ha dead funny this post :D :mad: :cry:
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Tue May 13, 2008 2:21 am

my cars have names not because i want to humanise them, make them soft and cuddly or give them a gender, just as a term of reference. and if i can make that term mildly amuzing by making the name a bit daft then all the better.

despite having 'names' my cars are most definatly still 'its'
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Tue May 13, 2008 7:37 am

harry_p wrote:my cars have names not because i want to humanise them, make them soft and cuddly or give them a gender, just as a term of reference. and if i can make that term mildly amuzing by making the name a bit daft then all the better.

despite having 'names' my cars are most definatly still 'its'
Thats exactly where im coming from!
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Tue May 13, 2008 11:36 am

my 3 cats all have names! so do my two children! lol! why not my car too??
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