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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:13 pm

As per the title, have you named your car something?

If so, why?

Personally i haven't, it's just a machine in my eyes...
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:20 pm

mine is called the ol girl or the three twenty five... shes sometimes called the shit box or the turd.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:24 pm

:lol: yeah, i've called mine a few choice names at times, none nice though :)
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:33 pm

My e36 is affectionately known as the 'Barry Wagon'. My e30 supposedly has a name but is only ever referred to as the blue car.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:35 pm

Yeah, usually c*nt, bast*rd, wan*er, or any combination of the three, usually dependant on what/how much has gone wrong with it at the time.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:37 pm

powelly wrote:Yeah, usually c*nt, bast*rd, wan*er, or any combination of the three, usually dependant on what/how much has gone wrong with it at the time.
What he said!
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:37 pm

me and a friend both bought e30 325's to track so currently known as thelma and louise.... :)
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:38 pm

Nope, but i sometimes call my Mrs DAF(t).
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:50 pm

My H36 is called Hettie, apparently.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:00 pm

My bm is called billy the beemer (s**t I know)

My project escort cab is called cosby (coz it thinks it's a cosworth.......it's got a personality disorder)

My daily escort cab is called s**t heap/f***ing pile of poo and so on and so on x
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:12 pm

Bitza Shlagggggg is her name.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:36 pm

Mine is the Alpina, mums KA is called the mouse and dads is the bardge.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:52 pm

Mine's just ''the touring'' although it's turning into a money pit comments from my friends make me smile.

''Why dosent this old thing rattle when my 3 year old clio does'' was a good one 8)


The escort i had was either the Escrote, shed, turd, the SI (on the very few occasions it did me proud) or the scrapper...... bag of crap that was but was good on fuel for a 1.8.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:00 pm

My brown 325i was called "Brown", my maroon 740i was called "Maroony", my red touring is called "cunt", my red 325i project car is called "Reddy", and my green Honda Civic is called "Arthur" :)
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:24 pm

Mine is called the FUCR - the plate is F ### UCR
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:30 pm

i've only given 1 car a name.
i called her avril,her reg was avr.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:47 pm

I dont know or work with any one who has a BMW so the guys at home call it "The Bimmer"


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Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:59 pm

I call mine 'my baby',except for last week when it took me two and a half days to fit a scorpion back box to it....i'm not joking!
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:06 pm

sihooker wrote:I call mine 'my baby',except for last week when it took me two and a half days to fit a scorpion back box to it....i'm not joking!
thats nothing, it took me a year to fit a new clutch.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:11 pm

Never had a bad word said about my car. But she has been know to be called the 'Old Girl' now and again... :wink:
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:12 pm

A friend of mine told me I had to give my car a German Girl's name, so the name 'Heidi' has since stuck.....
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:13 pm

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thats nothing, it took me a year to fit a new clutch.[/quote]


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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:19 pm

My bird calls the touring, 'Ashes to Ashes', as she feels like she's goneback in time to the 80's. I just refer to it as the Red Shed.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:19 pm

Mines just called the BM,the 5 on the other hand tends to be The Shed,the Corsa has yet to be named,maybe The Egg,the last three letters are basically French for egg according to the missus.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:19 pm

Why do you all think that E30s are girls / women? My Mother owns and has owned cars that are 'girls / women'. But E30s.......... :roll:

During its gay phase, my car was called Sebastian. Now it doesn't have a name :evil:
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:21 pm

i only name them when they die

so i can remember them :D
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:35 pm

eric, brutus, ned, rolf and the metroid.

lancia, m3, e36 compact, mk2 golf and my metro respectively.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:53 pm

the girlfriend names all of our cars.

her mx5 is daisy
the e30 is roger
the jag was called winston
just bought an e36 touring, no idea what she has in mind for that.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:11 pm

Ours is just usually "The Bimmer" or "The Touring", although we did also give it a joke name that our friends tend to use: "The Sheriff". The reason? When we bought it, it was as rusty as a sheriff's badge...
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:28 pm

nickso wrote: the e30 is roger
Good choice :D
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:30 pm

The Gold One, The Convertible One, The Silver Driveway Ornament. Although I more often use the last 3 letters of the reg to differentiate.

And if your car has a person's name, you need to get out more.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:39 pm

beemerbird wrote:Why do you all think that E30s are girls / women? My Mother owns and has owned cars that are 'girls / women'. But E30s.......... :roll:

During its gay phase, my car was called Sebastian. Now it doesn't have a name :evil:
I will resist giving the steriotypical male answer to your question Fi, but as for car names, i,m not sure how " i,m just nipping out to give Sebatian a good service " would be met.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:42 pm

Right now its name is unprintable!! :x
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:49 pm

gooner1 wrote:
beemerbird wrote:Why do you all think that E30s are girls / women? My Mother owns and has owned cars that are 'girls / women'. But E30s.......... :roll:

During its gay phase, my car was called Sebastian. Now it doesn't have a name :evil:


I will resist giving the steriotypical male answer to your question Fi, but as for car names, i,m not sure how " i,m just nipping out to give Sebatian a good service " would be met.
It only really made sense in an 80s way when it was behaving like a shirt lifting tart and the song by Steve Harley was playing :mad:
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