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| Posted by: Richard Bercot 07-Nov-2003, 07:43 AM |
| I usually name my vehicles. I thought since Cars is one of the top subject here why not find out how many out ther names their and a story if the have one. Ms. Grebe is my 1979 Jeep J10 Pickup Truck. First of all, it is pronounced Gree - Bee There is a little humor behind this story. But first you need to know what a Grebe is. Harper & Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife Eastern Edition Grebes Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae These ducklike birds sit low in the water and have thin necks, sharp bills, and no apparent tail: their feet are very much to the rear. They are almost helpless on land, but are excellent swimmers and divers. They hold their heads erect when swimming and run along the surface of the water before taking flight. They fly with neck inclined downward, Most eat aquatic invertebrates and fish. Any how, I was taught a long time ago that the pronunciation of this birds name was "Gree-Bee". I was out creeking with Melassa one day when we came across some of these birds, and I called them "Greebees" and Melassa (a Science School Teacher and a former Naturalist for the State of Ohio) informed me that it was pronounced "Greeb". We argued about that for a while and she showed me what it said in the "Book". So I quit arguing. When I bought my Jeep. I informed Melassa that my Jeep's name is "Grebe" (Gree-bee). She tried to argue with me on this again and I said to her that this was my Jeep and I can name her anything I want. We both laughed and it has been that way since 1997. She even gave me a sticker that said Grebe on it with a flying Grebe on it. And now you know the rest of the story. |
| Posted by: RavenWing 07-Nov-2003, 07:58 AM |
| My car's name is "Bessie". I call her that because sometimes she acts like an old cow and I have to coax her to go where I want her to go. |
| Posted by: oldraven 07-Nov-2003, 09:32 AM |
| My Justy I called Bubasu, because it was a play on Subaru (obviously). My fox was named Mulder (get it, Fox Mulder, from the X-files? yeah, it's lame). My '91 Thunderbird was named Tbert, just because. Ange's Tercel is called the Tertle, for two reasons. It's close to the actual name of the car, and the damn thing looks like a little burgundy turtle. My Chevy pickup is called http://www.cardomain.com/id/doasa, because it's blue with a Superman decal over tint in the rear window. My Turbocoupe, I simply call http://www.cardomain.com/id/oldraven, although I sometimes refer to her as oldraven. Plans were to paint it black, and so that would have been appropriate. But I painted it myself, and black shows all imperfections, so Candy Apple Red she be. And TC she stays. |
| Posted by: scottish2 07-Nov-2003, 10:46 AM |
| OK mine lacks all sense of thoght LOL Herbie If you're old enough you'll understand this. |
| Posted by: oldraven 07-Nov-2003, 11:15 AM |
| Is it a Beetle? |
| Posted by: MDF3530 07-Nov-2003, 11:44 AM |
| I don't have a name for my current car, but my first car I called SOW. It was an acronym for (blank) On Wheels. Also, I have a friend who named his 2nd car Eddie, after Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of Pearl Jam. |
| Posted by: silverdragon 07-Nov-2003, 01:23 PM |
| My Subaru Forester's name is Subaru-san (Ryoko-chan to her intimates). The old Isuzu Rodeo's name was Bertha to me (but The Sneeze to my husband. If you remember the old Isuzu commercials, you know why). Funny, but I never felt the need to name a vehicle before I had a truck/SUV... Guess it's a redneck thang... |
| Posted by: scottish2 07-Nov-2003, 04:51 PM | ||
Nah Honda Accord love Honda's' Their very reliable cars never had anything go wrong with one yet except one service recall but other than that no othger problems. |
| Posted by: Faileas 07-Nov-2003, 05:12 PM |
My car is a red Ford Escort and he is called Ruairidh, the red one - or Rory hehe the English version. Very surprised that we called my laddies car, a silver Peugeot 306, Calum?   |
| Posted by: McHaggis 07-Nov-2003, 05:23 PM |
| The current truck was named by the locals "The Surf Truck Of Love" due to the fact that the bed is pretty plush with its black satin sheets, down comforter, boxed in and carpeted storage areas front to back over the wheel wells (for the DVD, wine rack, etc), rolldown black-out curtains....stock looking on the outside but a real pimpmobile on the inside. RON |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 07-Nov-2003, 05:58 PM |
Until recently when I got this oldsmobile, the names I had for my cars can't be printed here.lol  |
| Posted by: Raven_Whitefang 07-Nov-2003, 06:04 PM |
| my Cougar was named Kitty my Camaro was named Christine...yeah the reference is justified lol and the current car which is my sig others is named Hooptie....good old gal Pontiac Bonneville '85. she's about had her date with the car yard in the sky, but she got us across country before letting her battery die. RW |
| Posted by: Elspeth 07-Nov-2003, 10:12 PM |
| I never named any of my cars - a horrible lack of imagination on my part, but back in the 80's my sister had a Mercury Lynx. She named it Cuff. Get it? Cuff Lynx?  |
| Posted by: McHaggis 07-Nov-2003, 11:00 PM |
| I never really named my cars either...still getting the list of them together....it's like old girlfriends, you THINK you remember them all but then another one makes herself known......I just usually swore at them: the cars I mean. The girls I usually left before it really got to that stage. RON |
| Posted by: marius 07-Nov-2003, 11:53 PM |
| my subaru was named "naranjan" after this sri lankan guy i met. i miss it. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 08-Nov-2003, 12:54 PM |
| The only time I have a name for my car is when it's not running right then it's called "Apieceofsh--" Annabelle |
| Posted by: maryellen 08-Nov-2003, 09:11 PM |
| My first car was an '88 cougar named "Anya" My second car was a '95 Escort named "Scooter' Now this car has gone to my husband, and I have a 2000 black ZX2. anyone have any good ideas? It's a stick shift and not "inspired" a name for it yet. |
| Posted by: valpal 59 08-Nov-2003, 09:41 PM | ||
Amen...Annabelle....My 1st car was a 1968 Mustang. (Wish my husband and I hadn't been stupid when we were younger. He had a 1973 Mach I. Both gone.  ) My favorite one was a 1991 Ford Explorer. Now my husband has me in a 1997 F-250 Powerstroke. Someday I will get to pick my own vehicle. LOL |
| Posted by: Angel Whitefang (Rider) 08-Nov-2003, 11:22 PM |
Baby Girl is her name, but she has (hehehe) other creatures that help her along, Kinda like Raven Whitefangs Imps :D:D |
| Posted by: Annabelle 09-Nov-2003, 12:15 PM |
| Since we had been talking about this I decided I needed to name my new Truck a 250 Diesel, awe awe, more power work truck! I love me toys! So I decided to name it "Buckie". Everyone always "ie's" my name so I figured if it was good for it's owner it would be good for it.... Annie A |
| Posted by: McHaggis 09-Nov-2003, 12:32 PM |
Oh.....  Ya gotta love a redhead with a big ol' work truck that likes mountain iving!........well, OK, "I" gotta! Annabelle, where the heck were ya when I was doing all my mountainy-man stuff in the Rockies and The Sierra? For that matter, where were you when I was doing that farm thang? I looked all over for a dream girl like you....where WERE you?Oh, that's right..................Salinas..... Heal up, my friend! All respect, RON (Surfers aren't flatlanders!) |
| Posted by: Annabelle 09-Nov-2003, 12:44 PM |
| I thought I was a freak of nature...no one would ever look for me! Annabelle |
| Posted by: morgana 10-Nov-2003, 01:14 PM |
| I named my car "Rusty Beaver". It's sort of an orange rust color and when you look at the front of it it looks like it has to big front teeth |
| Posted by: Raven 10-Nov-2003, 03:20 PM |
| My last Safari van we affectionately called ticker due to this constant loud ticking in the engine. Our current Safari van we call Sticker because the the gas pedal sticks. You keep applying pressure trying to accelerate smoothly and it lets loose all at once. This can be quite exciting especially when backing a trailer full of band gear into a tight spot at a venue  I also have a 2 tone Ford Escort that I call Beater Because when you look at it from any angle it looks like a beater Mikel |
| Posted by: Swanny 10-Nov-2003, 09:14 PM |
| For a while I had an old Dodge van I named "Probable Cause". No matter what angle you saw it from, you could articulate probable cause to make a stop (it's a cop thang). For several years I rode a '74 Harley sportster name "Piglet" (with the image of the Winnie the Pooh Piglet holding a lance painted on the oil tank.) For those you who don't recognize honest to by-God American motorcycles, the sportster is the smallest of the Harley line. If you call a big Harley a "Hawg" then a little one just has to be a "Piglet". My current ride is "Big Green", a '98 Dodge Ram 2500 extended cab, 4X4, heavy 3/4 ton pickup (1 ton rear-end and suspension) with a turbo-charged Cummins diesel. |
| Posted by: single speed 10-Nov-2003, 11:37 PM |
| My 1995 Miata is named Grover. He's blue, like the Sesame St. character. Like Grover, he has been known to fly. He also sings quite well. (his exhaust plays a great tune). |
| Posted by: Annabelle 11-Nov-2003, 11:19 PM |
| Told someone I had named my Truck " Buckie" that Buckie and I were going over to the mall...when I explained it was the truck they just looked at me like I had 2 heads... Annabelle |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 12-Nov-2003, 09:11 PM | ||
Sister A, After much consideration, I thought it wise that I should let this one just slide on by.  Brother R |
| Posted by: oldraven 13-Nov-2003, 09:20 AM |
| The TC's in hibernation, so for now I guess I'll just call her 'sleeping thunder'. I've been driving Clark around for two days now, and I'd forgotten how much I love this old truck. Damn, it's like you can see everything from up here. |
| Posted by: bhalilama 14-Nov-2003, 12:07 PM |
| This is the first post I realized I share a avatar with someone! I will change it as soon as I finish this post.I appoligize. I had a 1990 red LaMans my husband named redplane-He said because I always flew it he had a blue ford I calledblueskieslots of good times there I have a dark blue Crown Victoria we callTheTank-I ran into a large roll of hay one evening(duke's of Hazzard style)the grill is still messed up! I also have a dark blue jeep cherroke I callTHe MidnightGoddess  )my son is using it most of the time now-He's colorblind so he calls it the purpleplum Fun topic! |
| Posted by: Aon_Daonna 16-Nov-2003, 08:10 AM |
| I got a "Mildred" I inherited the name from the former owner tho... =) She's a nice old lady with stiff joints in the mornings. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 16-Nov-2003, 11:59 AM |
| Does this mean that guys name their cars after the female gender and women name their cars after the male gender....what does that really say? Hummmmmmmmmmmmm? Thinking? What out folkss, I'm going to blow! yep, thinking! Ouch, this hurts! Annabelle |
| Posted by: McHaggis 16-Nov-2003, 10:49 PM |
| Well, as long as you don't get those ".....you know, headaches with pictures? 'You mean ideas?'..."[ obscure FUTURAMA reference] you'll be OK, Annabelle. What about us that don't name our vehicles gender specifically... ..or do gay people stay gender specific, or do bisexul car owners tend to name them stronger toward one gender to another...or............what about animal names? Pretty much exhausted that side trip, eh, my dear? RON |
| Posted by: Highlander 22-Nov-2003, 12:33 AM |
| All of my vehicles are call "Nelle-Belle" for those old enought to remember |