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FFTS

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:30 PM Reply With Quote
Do you name your car??? what name and why?

Each kit car I've had has been given a name.
1- so I can refer back to past owned cars to friends and family and they know which i mean. and 2) My little girl loves them having names.

What is yours called and where did you come to choose the name?

My new one is called R1Becca get it hahaha.
Past ones

Lola (Freestyle buggy) dity little buggy
The beast (tiger with a tiger face custom paint job)
Mindy M(K)indy





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dave1888

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:32 PM Reply With Quote
B45tard, i dont think i have to explain






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StevieB

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:34 PM Reply With Quote
Hmmmmm

My wife chose Mindy too, though she didn't immediately see the synergy in Mk INDY (she's a bit slow like that sometimes...)

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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:36 PM Reply With Quote
my golf is called pigs......cause they always look at it......
smart got called smartie
and the 7 is the yellow banana according to my wife..... I think peril would be nearer the mark...






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Ivan

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:39 PM Reply With Quote
Nope - never my kit cars - but the Escort in my avatar was Jeremiah becaus it was a Bullfrog and was a good friend of mine.
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Coopz

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:47 PM Reply With Quote
Every name under the sun when having a bad day in the garage. But will most probably namer her (has to be a she) when I drive her for the first time.
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nitram38

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:53 PM Reply With Quote
MotaLeira, reverse the spelling.
Done after the slating I got from their Club forums.






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dhutch

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:53 PM Reply With Quote
Our cars all have names that we call them, but the not original.

Currently we have

'the audi' (dad a4)
'the big red bus' (mums 806)
'the blue 306' (my 306)
'the red 306' (sisters)
'the feild' (my kitcar)

Mainly ive just tried to steer clear of its being called 'the westy' as that reminds me of shity yappy dogs. But some still refer to it as that.

The landrover lot seam to go into it big style
Within the uni off road club we have host of names

But it seems less common with kits.

Personally i think its down to just not have anything to compenstate for.

Daniel

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locoR1

posted on 28/4/10 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
Ive never named mine although it gets called lots of names when things don't go to plan

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55ant

posted on 28/4/10 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
the mondeo is a variety of things- mondy, land barge pingu (W117 PGU) but hes normaly referd to as the vicar.

the indy doesnt really have a name, swmbn calls him cleme (clementine - (bright orange kit))

i think names for cars are cool especialy when they have a back story





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David Jenkins

posted on 28/4/10 at 06:10 PM Reply With Quote
My wife calls my car "The Frog" 'cos it looks like it's got big bulging eyes...






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posted on 28/4/10 at 06:32 PM Reply With Quote
Mine's called Franky cos its green and made from different bits (Frankenstein)


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james h

posted on 28/4/10 at 06:43 PM Reply With Quote
Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Brum'.

All the girls I have shown immediately say 'oh that looks sweet, just like Brum!' And now the name has stuck unfortunately.

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b16mts

posted on 28/4/10 at 06:51 PM Reply With Quote
another vote for brum!! though it hugely pee's me off if i'm honest.

really need to ditch the big chrome headlamps in favour of some domintor style ones.

anyone fancy a stoneleigh swap shop??

Martin





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posted on 28/4/10 at 07:02 PM Reply With Quote
I've had "pisskits" (Pug 106 - the numberplate almost read like hat)

My Clio never got a name.

My MX5 is either "Killjoy" (number plate endinge KLJ), "the matchbox" (my girlfriend's nam for it) or "KLMX5" when I talk about it on the net.

I don't deliberately name ay of my cars, it's all more "organic" than that...

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mistergrumpy

posted on 28/4/10 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
Living up to my name I suppose but no because it's a car, not a person and definitely not a "he" or "she".
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Danozeman

posted on 28/4/10 at 07:26 PM Reply With Quote
Mines kinda called the purple peril which kinda stems from the yellow motorbike i had which everyone at my work called the yellow peril.

The other cars are the Borat for the bora and i cant say what the bmw is called as it may offend. Begins with The ***

Dont really call them names though just money pits.





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RichardK

posted on 28/4/10 at 07:29 PM Reply With Quote
Mines called "The Bruise" as the kids asked me early on in the build what colour it was going to be so I said "Black and Blue" and my little girl replied with "What like a bruise" and it kind of stuck!

Cheers

Rich

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posted on 28/4/10 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
my car is called fugly by my misses...

she says its fuckin ugly......just like me....





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posted on 28/4/10 at 07:47 PM Reply With Quote
Mines called Eric - cuz the reg is ERC...............

Used to have a renault 5 known as Sooty - something to do with a bit of regular banter between friends which went something like ;
"Cheers ears" - "thats how it goes nose" - "F***k off Noddy" ............... and so my car became Sooty...........
I never did work that one out





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posted on 28/4/10 at 07:56 PM Reply With Quote
Kitty





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martin1973

posted on 28/4/10 at 08:10 PM Reply With Quote
my westy was named the flying bedstead








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adithorp

posted on 28/4/10 at 08:16 PM Reply With Quote
Girls name cars.... enough said!

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McLannahan

posted on 28/4/10 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Girls name cars.... enough said!

adrian


And your car is named what again Adi?


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posted on 28/4/10 at 08:21 PM Reply With Quote
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