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National Name your car day

Started by MudPuppy, October 02, 2012, 01:13:11 PM

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MudPuppy

Today is National Name Your Car Day! Every October 2, people are supposed to give their car a name that properly reflects its character.

Now some people have already named their car, whether they admit it or not.
I know we have quite a few people that name their cars (Eagles or not).

Have you named your car? What is it and why did you choose it?

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called Cynicism by those who have not got it.
I am not now at my least, rather my most; not reduced, rather at my most complete.
Yes, I stand before you now, naked, unhidden, uncamouflaged and unafraid.
As pure and true as a human being is able to be.
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Prafeston

Well I no longer have an Eagle, but I have named my Festiva. It's pretty obvious why I named it as such.

Meet the Mean Green Micro Machine :)


shaggimo

lol, mine have names I guess, lol, more like "tags" or "handles" in a way though.

Jeep: Freekee.
Why: It was a free cherokee, plus it's a bit of a freak so it's fitting, lol.

84 Eagle: Red Headed Step Child
Why: Well, it's red, and the miss was not too fond of it from day one, gets her jabbs in about it any time possible, lol. So it made sense to me to call it that.

Malibu: Mirthmobile
Why: This name was givin to the car by my high school friends back when I first got it. It was the butt of many jokes, everything from it's Grandpa looks, to it's gutless nature.  We were all watching Waynes Worlds, when Wayne says in the movie, "To the mirthmobile!" my friends all bust out laughing and tagged my car with that handle. To this day (even though I've tried renaming in the past) my friends still ask, how's the mirth running?  :rotfl: Grand, I have a chevy named after an AMC Pacer, hahaha, go figure....
88 xj cherokee- ((4)(4))2
81 malibu 4dr- Identity Crisis
81 SX4- gf's
84 Eagle 4dr sedan- it followed me home... ::)
http://www.cardomain.com/id/Oldsmoletic
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MudPuppy

That fits perfectly Rafe lol. I have a fondness for Metro's myself.
Mirthmobile ... :rotfl: too funny! A series of movies and skits I would like to forget now-a-days.
I feel your pain on the high school buds that name your car for you.
Here was mine: (74 Ford Maverick)

Friends named it Papa Smurf and it stuck  ::).
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called Cynicism by those who have not got it.
I am not now at my least, rather my most; not reduced, rather at my most complete.
Yes, I stand before you now, naked, unhidden, uncamouflaged and unafraid.
As pure and true as a human being is able to be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Prafeston

Well the 4cyl in the Festy is a bit more peppy than the 3cyl Metro! :) haha.

MudPuppy

Very true Rafe. Though I loved my little 3cyl Metro, they did start putting 4's in them around 96. A lot of people frown upon the Micro Machines unfortunately.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called Cynicism by those who have not got it.
I am not now at my least, rather my most; not reduced, rather at my most complete.
Yes, I stand before you now, naked, unhidden, uncamouflaged and unafraid.
As pure and true as a human being is able to be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Prafeston

It's surprisingly peppy in the lower gears since it's so light weight. It's a great second car for an Eagle fan. I know Eaglefreek has one too.

Back on topic I my old Mazdaspeed3 was named Quazi because my ex-girlfriend called it a hunchback when I told her it was a little hatchback wagon. So she started calling it Quasimodo...that was too long though and I like Zzzzs so I called it Quazi.




shaggimo

Not much of a micro car person, but their fuel economy is looking better and better, as I pull up to the pump in a High Test thirsty V8 car  :eyepopping:  :covereyes:  :faint:
Quote from: MudPuppy on October 02, 2012, 02:11:19 PM
That fits perfectly Rafe lol. I have a fondness for Metro's myself.
Mirthmobile ... :rotfl: too funny! A series of movies and skits I would like to forget now-a-days.
I feel your pain on the high school buds that name your car for you.
Here was mine: (74 Ford Maverick)

Friends named it Papa Smurf and it stuck  ::).

Lol, papa smurf  :rotfl: that's awesome.
How about the Eagles Mud? since you brought it up and all  ::) .
88 xj cherokee- ((4)(4))2
81 malibu 4dr- Identity Crisis
81 SX4- gf's
84 Eagle 4dr sedan- it followed me home... ::)
http://www.cardomain.com/id/Oldsmoletic
CNY

MudPuppy

#8
I understand that Shag, the V8 truck doesn't sip it guzzles as well.

QuoteHow about the Eagles Mud? since you brought it up and all  ::) .
Well I do realize that I have one newish addition with no name and now I feel obligated to name it.
I am like you though, I don't always give them names, instead some just have "tags" or "handles". Since it is getting harder and harder to say something along the lines of "The vice grip is in the Eagle." ...with 5 of em now, that can't happen. Though I am not very good at naming cars.
I have:
'82 parts wagon - the Beast (named this because it is pretty ugly and so many things wrong with it)
'87 Limited wagon - the Tank (1st one I really got to drive and it felt like driving a tank)
'82 SX/4 - the Squirrel (the color just screams "Squirrel" to me for some reason)
'81 SX/4 - the Black Mamba (she's black and with so much rust, she's deadly literally)
And the newest one, the '81 SX/4 has been dubbed...
the Armadillo

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called Cynicism by those who have not got it.
I am not now at my least, rather my most; not reduced, rather at my most complete.
Yes, I stand before you now, naked, unhidden, uncamouflaged and unafraid.
As pure and true as a human being is able to be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

shaggimo

lol, hey that works. I should've remembered a couple of those, now that you mention them.






I can't believe I forgot my newest addition too  :-[
86 4dr sedan parts car: The Barnacle!  :rotfl:
88 xj cherokee- ((4)(4))2
81 malibu 4dr- Identity Crisis
81 SX4- gf's
84 Eagle 4dr sedan- it followed me home... ::)
http://www.cardomain.com/id/Oldsmoletic
CNY

MudPuppy

Quote from: shaggimo on October 02, 2012, 04:20:23 PM
I can't believe I forgot my newest addition too  :-[
86 4dr sedan parts car: The Barnacle!  :rotfl:
:rotfl: You should post a pic of that car, for those that don't know it. Definitely fits well.
Lurker & unintentional thread killer.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called Cynicism by those who have not got it.
I am not now at my least, rather my most; not reduced, rather at my most complete.
Yes, I stand before you now, naked, unhidden, uncamouflaged and unafraid.
As pure and true as a human being is able to be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

shaggimo

lol, here it is.





er was, I've cleaned it since then, hahaha, yup I'm that warped, I washed my parts car  :rotfl: .
88 xj cherokee- ((4)(4))2
81 malibu 4dr- Identity Crisis
81 SX4- gf's
84 Eagle 4dr sedan- it followed me home... ::)
http://www.cardomain.com/id/Oldsmoletic
CNY

maddog

shag i just have ask are you Wayne or Garth. ;D and now back to our regularly scheduled program. most of you know the names of my two Eagles.
for those of you that don't there is Eagle Eyes my 1980 Amc Eagle wagon

and Survivor my 1983 Amc Eagle wagon

and now for the other car i have that you guys don't know much about The Bird my 1991 Pontiac Sunbird racecar i have slowly been building
1998 CHEVY S10 (DAILY DRIVER/PROJECT) INTIMIDATIN'
1980 AMC EAGLE WAGON (PROJECT) EAGLE EYES
http://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?topic=30758.0
1983 AMC EAGLE LIMITED WAGON-SURVIVOR (gone)
http://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?topic=32372.0

vangremlin

My Kammback is named Pepe, after the Little Mule in Romancing the Stone. 
1981 Kammback 258 - "Pepe"
1980 Coupe 258 - "Ginger
1972 Gremlin X 304
1978 Gremlin 4 cyl 121 - sold
1964 TBird 390 - sold

Pat

Now have "Bleep" because it's a BLack jEEP. Had "Old Rusty" for a few years, my '91 F150. So named because he was - Old & Rusty. Also has an '01 policeman car I sold my niece, should've kept it instead of Old Rusty. Called it "The Beast". Niece's daughter (5 or 6 years old at the time) re-named it "Speedy Beast" after my niece bought it.
1995 Jeep Cherokee "Bleep"



No pic here - BlackBird - My '86 AMC Eagle wagon

R.I.P Old Rusty - My '91 F150

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