Many cars have a name. An anthology
Posted on 03-05-2016 at 20:58 by nicolasr – 31 Comments”
You can you probably still remember. A few days back we asked you if your car has a name. And there was a flock responded.
I was told that my three cars Jaab, Jacques and Arnold called and I wondered if I was the only one with the tic to all names, including my car. Well, I was not the only one. Far from even. That I knew very secretly, actually, but it is more fun to you inner life to hear. As always, also now (again completely subjective) anthology with the best responses.
The car of @frisian1206 has no name. But that of friends.
Friends of mine call their car ‘Mrs. Bucket. British-racing-green-like green Opel Corsa with beige trim. Sounds like a classy combo, but is just corny. Just like Mrs Bucket.
Puns. Always fun, also @edge.
I have my car, no name given, but the Opel Agila my grandmother is just not of misery from each other, so that we have renamed Fragila.
There you go again, @rick-dos. His car has a very recognizable name, especially for the klassiekerliefhebber.
Godverredomse Pokkeding! If something is wrong with the car and I have an appointment…
Clearly. @stephano has now to his window better close.
My previous car was by my friends the “spinmobiel”, after I made him on a cold herfstnacht something to close against the bushes had parked and dozens of spiders climbed inside of it! Then the next day I drove away, I saw literally all spiders from crawling! It took weeks until I have them all taken out and had I not every morning was greeted with fresh spider web on my steering wheel! That name is then to continue for years to paste!
You can see it right away, @rronnie loves his car.
Of course, Dolf a name. I have him to thank if it is me by the Alpine guides, or by the snow, or just on the A27. And sometimes I say I’m sorry if I did switch. Just a pat on the dashboard, “sorry Dolf”. And then the weather is good. Dolf is not so difficult.
Funny reasoning of the girlfriend of @raoulporsche.
The MINI Cooper of my friend is called Bubby… Why… Well her old bike was indestructible, so had to have the MINI also but so called. And my grey golf 5 hot Gühnter.
Here we have @rrrobert. Still, as someone who has everything give a name.
In my student days I drove a yellow Opel C Kadett. Because of the color, and the fact that there are exactly 4 crates of beer in the trunk fit, had everyone talking about the “bierwagen”. Then I had a Suzuki Swift, which is entirely in accordance with the zeitgeist of the late eighties two-tone was sprayed, that is to say, below the rubbing strip was-tie and white, above it is red. Therefore it was that “Gympie”. Then never more a car is driven that a nickname was given, or earned.
Still: everything with more than 5 seats is at home with us standard referred to by the name “refocontainer”. Small Japanese or Korean cars which are controlled by a ‘good-crazy’ hairstyle is still a “truttenschudder”.
Haha, nice @dordrecht144
ever seen a white Lancia had so full with roestpukkels was that we have it but have renamed the ‘duo-penotti’ (that chocolate spread). The car has not survived (he was for the parts purchased). He is now in smaller pieces of chocolate spread (read: in parts) in the garage.
@rocky does exactly the same as I am.
…. I am glad that I am not the only with a touch 😉 My Citroen C5 the Jean-Luc…. No, not because it happens to be a French car, look to the following: a C5 is actually a battleship chin my eyes hey) and there (Star Trek) Enterprise, a battleship is, well a little bit, and I was a little Trekkie, I have my C5 was renamed Jean-Luc (you know, captain Jean-Luc Picard….)
Cool right?
This from @natnek I see right in front of me.
My first car, a Swift Sedan, from 1994, was called Rudolf. I had the nose of a well-ridden. The car was red and had the nose in a different color red respray. It looked horrible.
A beautiful story of @faalhaas. Especially that last paragraph, I find great!
Silver Bolt.
Who knows him not?
The Old Bolt is the car of lord Bommel in the Bommelsaga, written and drawn by Marten Toonder. The vehicle appears for the first time in the story The drakenburcht from 1941. The vehicle is not older than 13 years and Lord Bommel has his own hand laboured. In the story The new ice age explains lord Bommel useful tracks to the wheels as the snow driving. Tom Cat knows with built-in jet engine the pier-race Rommeldam-Siddewier to win. The two friends exchange of each other in the different stories as a director and sometimes the rear seat. Also servant Joost takes in later stories occasionally behind the wheel.
The Old Bolt seems to be based on a mixture of various prewar makes of car. The car runs many times damage, but is always restored, since the Old Bolt that is holy for lord, Ollie. Maintenance, he commits himself to do, and this is generally done with rubber bands, paper clips, cod liver oil and aspirin. Also tape and solution, wire, and firmly twine are mentioned, as well as fresh air in the tires. Thus the Old Bolt is almost 45 years without replacement play a large role in the stories, in spite of this way of maintenance, and the state of mind of the owner and the generally poor condition of the roads, particularly in the Black Mountains.
Ps: The robotstofzuiger in the house faalhaas has the name Joost. It looks strange when they see it and ask what it is, and you say, “oh that’s Joost”
And last, @dannys. Because just funny!
last year, together with 3 friends in a borrowed Chrysler pt cruiser went on a holiday spontaneously renamed Marion because we have the name Marion standard to a something gezettere woman thought. and because we are already not taken seriously by that thing so give it a name.
O=verigens it also happens the other way around. There are quite a few parents that their child to have a car not to mention.