QOTD: Car nicknames.

"El Rivinado" (joeman856) 01/28/2016 at 16:11 • Filed to: None

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We here on Oppo often are fond of cars. To the point, when they became something else. One of those is giving a car a nickname, so that’s what I’m asking today. Have you ever given a car you owned or a car a friend owns, a nickname, be it affectionate or derogatory?

In my case, it’s not my car, but rather a friend’s. My friend Jack drives a 2004 Ford Expedition that used to be his parents. His car looks similar to the one pictured above, only sort of rougher looking. Due to the car’s size, white color, and traditional SUV characteristics, my friend Chris and I affectionately refer to the Expedition as The Farming Silo. All in good fun of course

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:14

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A friend of the family had an early 70s Blazer much like this one, but much more ragged and threadbare:

Unsurprisingly its nickname was Booger.

Ike > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:18

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“The donkey” , or ‘old blue’ or OBee for short

El Rivinado > Ike 01/28/2016 at 16:19

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I've never seen a Volvo in that color before. Factory or custom?

CB > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:20

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We affectionately call thebigbossyboss’ Cavalier the Braplier due to its exhaust.

bob and john > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:20

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the SV is affectionally known as Ebay in my friend circles. because all of the parts off it are from Ebay. (along with some slightly ghetto mods, but meh)

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:20

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My friend has a ‘73 chevy truck that’s green and everyone calls it “the green truck” which was confusing because i had a ‘97 gmc truck that was also green and called “the green truck”.

HammerheadFistpunch > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:21

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The Nox Box

Ike > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:21

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That’s a “dupla color ‘wrap’ spray special” lol, it looks pretty bad in person

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Ike 01/28/2016 at 16:21

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My older sister’s Volvo, if memory serves, was named Gertrude. Looked like this. This is of course getting out of nicknames into proper names, which is going off topic a little.

Nonster > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:22

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I don’t remember how it started (alcohol may have been involved), but we call my buddy’s car Sexraptor.... its a Mazda3 sedan

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:22

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The Red Rumbler

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:23

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I’m a namer. My jeep is named Samsquanch, after the legendary Nova Scotian missing link. My motorcycles have been a progression of Slightly Dangerous (on SD II at the moment), after my grandfather’s bomber in WW2.

Before that I had the Lonely Bus (a suburban), and El Honda Grande (an Accord) for named vehicles.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:24

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There's an Outback in the house that occasionally gets Poobaru or Outhouse from me, but nobody else uses those.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:25

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The Safari is called the Shitfari, a name I'm pretty sure started on Oppo. The M3 is called Emma but that's more a proper name.

Jack Does Cars > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:33

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Nobody got nothing on our green, 2003 Chevrolet “4/20 TrailBlazer.”

XJDano > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:36

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I refer to my cars as the model names. The Equinox, the metro, the jeep, the rabbit. Exception being jeep (Cherokee) & other rabbit that is black, I kind of call it black jack, but neither rabbit runs, so I rarely talk about them.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:38

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My car friends, girlfriend and I sometimes call my car Alexus. Yes, it is a Lexus and she has 293,000+ miles. I’ve had it since I started to drive six and a half years ago.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:39

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My previous 2002 Subaru Impreza 2.5TS wagon was affectionately know as Beastie as she never let me down and would plot through anything.

My current, base-model 2009 Accent us known as Humdrum. :)

RallyWrench > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:39

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I named my friend’s black ‘83 380SEL (with a euro 5.6 and LSD rear installed) Battlestar Galactica, or just Battlestar. It was often sideways.

$kaycog > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:39

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I’ve only named one vehicle I’ve ever owned, my present 2013 Ford Escape which I named Mattie after our own lovely Matt Hardigree. Matt drove one and posted a review on it. I told him I was thinking about buying a Ford Edge, but the Escape sounded pretty neat. He recommended to that I get the Escape. I took his advice, and I love my Mattie.

Bman76s-ws6OtherAccount > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:46

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Occasionally known as the “Black Magic Trans Am”, origin being a point to point race in which it came over an overpass (where a competitor was stopped at a light) at about a buck thirty.

Tripper > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:47

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My 87' Ranger was the only car that I owned that had the type of “personality” that warranted a name. Tan Stan he was.

My Fiancee has named her Cooper S “Helen”.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:47

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The first was nicknamed various things based on police connotations or the fact it was a full size.

The second one was nicknamed the Bad Ass Beastie (BAB) in the last year and a half I owned it after I moved everything I owned 1200 miles with it towing a trailer. It was a tiny little coupe and absolutely bulletproof in every way. It climbed mountains with that trailer like a boss and still got respectable gas mileage.

Third is simply The Land Yacht.

Fourth may be “White Snake”, because it is white and the letters in the license plate are the name of a snake.

My dad’s “Twinkie Van” (1970 VW T2) was sometimes called the “Baby Box”, because of all the kids in my family. My mom’s van was “The Vanus”. Honestly, we’re not that creative.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:49

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My wife refers to my Montego as my Red Headed Girlfriend, because I’m always sneaking off to spend time with her.

Laurence > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:50

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Never any car with a positive nickname, but my parents once had an awful Citroen minivan called the tank; not because it was strong; more because it was slow, way bigger than we needed and was a pain to drive and park. Somehow, it's still on the road and I see it sometimes

supra-squirrel > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 16:53

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Currently a bi-polar motor so 2 names.

1. Banshee when running cuz turbo woosh.

2. Mumblebee. Cuz old car and I’m a mediocre on a good day mechanic

itschrome > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 17:14

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My 87 dodge K car was the “Rally K” because of questionable suspension mods and my tendency to drive in fields with it.

1987 jeep wagoneer was hank Williams because I kept getting out of tickets with it, my friends are either super ironic or miss under stood the lyrics of I fought the law..

All my Sevilles have been the USS CHROME

other than that they more or less have just been called POS

Montalvo > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 17:42

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I named my car Maera, after a dog in Greek mythology. Loyal to the end until its master died, overcome with grief it jumped off a cliff. Dionysus would eventually turn it into the star procyon. The dog star before Sirius. I picked it because it seemed fitting as the car was reliable but its resale value will most likely drop like a rock which is why I have no plans on selling it. It will like the star it is named after be used to light and navigate my way through the world.

Pickup_man > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 17:59

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I’ve named all of my vehicles, although I don’t really refer to them as such. Listed as follows, in order of ownership, ones with * are ones that have been sold.

*1995 Oldmobile Aurora - Aurora (duh)

1999 F-150 - Miranda

*1989 Camaro - Karen

1950 Ford F3 - Olie (O-Lee)

*1977 Ford LTD - Linda

2004 Honda Rancher - Suzette

1982 Yamaha XJ750 - Jane

1978 Yamaha XS750 - Theresa

2008 HD Sportster - Veronica

1983 Honda ATC 200x - Hillary

1949 Ford F2 - Yet to be named

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 18:13

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I used to call my sister’s Chevette ‘the shitbox’. My friends used to call my dad’s Grand Marquis ‘the beast’.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > El Rivinado 01/28/2016 at 20:21

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My S600 is incredibly German, so it’s name is Klaus.

My suburban is the Black brick.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > El Rivinado 01/29/2016 at 04:01

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Skyler. Just like breaking bad, sometime the middleman (transmission or Walter Jr. In this case) sometimes flakes out on you.