What's yours called?

[Keith]

Ever since I bought my first brand new car a red Renault 5 which I called Pebbles (do you remember the whats yours called adds?) I have given them names.

My 75 CDT is called "Ogleve"
My ZTT 190 is called "The Auk"

Those names were made up from letters in the original number plates

What do you call yours?

I also need some help as the current plate for this does not inspire anything so I need something fitting, DPA suggested the "Panther" but that is to Ford "Jaguar" ish for me, the name needs to be dark sinister and ....... what, no not something from Pokemon David :)

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/imagehosting/124551d1085ea93.jpg

[Kandyman]

I have never given any of my cars names.

How about the name

Black Beauty
stalker
Dark Hunter

[Mike]

R40 :D :D

couldn't resist ;)

[JP53]

Mines got to be Sue short for pseudonym due to all the different number plates she's had!

[JP53]

Ever since I bought my first brand new car a red Renault 5 which I called Pebbles (do you remember the whats yours called adds?) I have given them names.

My 75 CDT is called "Ogleve"
My ZTT 190 is called "The Auk"

Those names were made up from letters in the original number plates

What do you call yours?

I also need some help as the current plate for this does not inspire anything so I need something fitting, DPA suggested the "Panther" but that is to Ford "Jaguar" ish for me, the name needs to be dark sinister and ....... what, no not something from Pokemon David :

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/imagehosting/124551d1085ea93.jpg

How about Wooooooooooshhhhhhh Keith or Thrust 3 ;) :D John.

[majedm75]

I used to call my 620 SDi Cashmere (due to the Cashmere designs on the seats)
I call my 75 Samarkand (the Steel Blue and Beige Leather Interior reminded me of the colours of the city of Samarkand Blue roofs and/or domes and Beige walls ;) )

[baxlin]

Mine's just "the Rover"

[GreyGhost]

The Zed

Boring I know., Soon to re-christened The Grey Ghost

[Womble]

The one and only true Kermit as christened by MGR engineering of course!!!

I would put a picture up, but I don't know how I'm supposed to take a 590Kb file and make it less than 19Kb or whatever the limit is! :confused:

[Ken]

The one and only true Kermit as christened by MGR engineering of course!!!

I would put a picture up, but I don't know how I'm supposed to take a 590Kb file and make it less than 19Kb or whatever the limit is! :confused:

I will PM you Womble:lol:

[Womble]

I also need some help as the current plate for this does not inspire anything so I need something fitting, DPA suggested the "Panther" but that is to Ford "Jaguar" ish for me, the name needs to be dark sinister and ....... what, no not something from Pokemon David :)



What are the letters? Maybe the rest of us can be inspiring!

[Womble]

Let's try getting the Kermit image up this way..

http://gallery.xpowerforums.com/data/9038/online_Front_angle1.JPG

And yes, I have been told about the typo in the signature, which I will be changing next! :D

[GreyGhost]

Let's try getting the Kermit image up this way..

http://gallery.xpowerforums.com/data/9038/online_Front_angle1.JPG

And yes, I have been told about the typo in the signature, which I will be changing next! :D

Remove the URL tags and you will be in business.
Got there before me :)

Those wheels a a bit grubby :)

[mykl]

I too, generally, never name my cars.

However, every time I look at my ZT one word sums it up 'stunning'

mykl

[mykl]

Womble

What colour is Kermit ? (apart from just green)

Brilliant colour

mykl

[Womble]

Womble

What colour is Kermit ? (apart from just green)

Brilliant colour

mykl

The official name is "Biomorphic". It is a Monogram Supertallic paint. :D

All I can say is thank God I love it! I had set my heart on a Mk1 ZT-T 260 before I knew there were fewer than 30 ever made! :D

[Womble]

Those wheels a a bit grubby :)

I refer my honourable friend to my now correctly spelt signature! :driving:

[GreyGhost]

I refer my honourable friend to my now correctly spelt signature! :driving:

:):):):):)

[PaulG]

I would put a picture up, but I don't know how I'm supposed to take a 590Kb file and make it less than 19Kb or whatever the limit is! :confused:

Good question Womble, I've been wondering about this myself. Keep trying to crop pictures but can't get anything down to the size required. Anyone help please?:confused:

Thanks
Paul

[JP53]

I refer my honourable friend to my now correctly spelt signature! :driving:

Went on the motorway today, it rained (alot) when I got back and cleaned it I found a Blue car under all the dirt and managed to fill a plant tub with the said dirt :) Don't you just love winter roads?

[GreyGhost]

Good question Womble, I've been wondering about this myself. Keep trying to crop pictures but can't get anything down to the size required. Anyone help please?:confused:

Thanks
Paul

Paul mail it to me at [email protected] and I will optimize the pic for you.
I haff ze technology.

[PaulG]

Paul mail it to me at [email protected] and I will optimize the pic for you.
I haff ze technology.

Thanks,
Will sort out something reasonable and will send it through to you.

[GreyGhost]

Thanks,
Will sort out something reasonable and will send it through to you.

38 Dcup and a nice........ :)

[JP53]

38 Dcup and a nice........ :)

Would you do one for me too please, if I promise not to post a bad joke for a whole week? I've been locked in mortal combat with one for 3 days now :panic:

[Commodore]

Played around for ages trying to find a suitable name for the 75.

I eventually settled on The Tank - I think it's the moonstone green paint, reminds me of a Challenger rampaging over Salisbury Plain.

[Keith]

I was born in Tidworth Army Hospital and spent my first seven years in a place called Netheravon the plain was the local playground

I once did something horrible with some squadron chalk markings on the road at sent several largish things with tracks on them to Amesbury by mistake!

I get the Black thing tomorrow "Shadow" is on the short list

[SCOTTY1]

HERBERT after Herbert Austin.

[Zeb]

I was born in Tidworth Army Hospital and spent my first seven years in a place called Netheravon the plain was the local playground

I once did something horrible with some squadron chalk markings on the road at sent several largish things with tracks on them to Amesbury by mistake!

I get the Black thing tomorrow "Shadow" is on the short list

Me too! How scary is that?

I am gonna call mine 'Express'....y'know as in STARLIGHT Express....lol

[Alex30013k]

Played around for ages trying to find a suitable name for the 75.

I eventually settled on The Tank - I think it's the moonstone green paint, reminds me of a Challenger rampaging over Salisbury Plain.

My 75 is called The Tank!

:unlucky:

[Phil]

How about stealth? big and fast, undetectable by radar!

[GreyGhost]

undetectable by radar!

If only that were true :lol:

[PaulG]

[QUOTE=Simon W;3988]Paul - there's a brilliant little programme called 'Irfanview' that enables you to resize pics exactly as you like - it does plus plenty of other things as well. You can download it for free from here:

http://www.irfanview.com/

QUOTE]

Thanks Simon,
Have managed to hack a couple of pictures about with some other software I had forgotten was on my machine, so hopefully have something usable now.
Will try the programme you suggest as well, 'cause no doubt I'll want to change the images at various times.

Paul

[PaulG]

38 Dcup and a nice........ :)

Err... sorry couldn't find anything lining up with that criteria.

Have finally managed to convince a couple of pictures to shrink to the size I needed, so won't be sending anything through. Thanks for the offer of help though.

Paul

[Simon W]

[quote=Simon W;3988]Paul - there's a brilliant little programme called 'Irfanview' that enables you to resize pics exactly as you like - it does plus plenty of other things as well. You can download it for free from here:

http://www.irfanview.com/

QUOTE]

Thanks Simon,
Have managed to hack a couple of pictures about with some other software I had forgotten was on my machine, so hopefully have something usable now.
Will try the programme you suggest as well, 'cause no doubt I'll want to change the images at various times.

Paul


Yes, do give it a try Paul - you won't be disappointed. As well as re-sizing pics, you can change the Red, Green & Blue components (individually), tweak the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation & Gamma, switch to monochrome, and all sorts of other goodies (e.g. special effects, sharpen, etc, etc, etc..........). Best of all is that it's really easy to use.

[pondweed]

I also need some help as the current plate for this does not inspire anything so I need something fitting, DPA suggested the "Panther" http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/imagehosting/124551d1085ea93.jpg


with nice big white vinyl spots... Maldatian?

[BMC123]

having owned a few Rovers (mostly SD1 V8's) i christened them all rather unimaginatively "Ronald" :o
One of them however was known locally as "The Batmobile"

dunno why though....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/jaguarxj40_nutter/Last_V8_small.jpg

:D

The current 75 doesn't have a name, apart from the neighbours calling it the "baby Jag"

[salop75]

Keith,

How about 'the hound' or 'black dog', possibly fitting for a monster black motor :)


John

[majedm75]

Keith,

How about Midnight Run or Black Diamond (Blacky for shorts) or the Interceptor (for those wild runs)?

Cheers,
Majed

[Nick Hoare]

For some very strange reason I have always called my cars "The Broom Broom"
Don't know why, maybe something from my childhood. :wine:

Hope I don't get chucked of here now for revealing that:D

[Mike]

Hope I don't get chucked of here now for revealing that:D

Where's a moderator when you need one :rofl:

I'll get me own coat shall I ;)

[GreyGhost]

For some very strange reason I have always called my cars "The Broom Broom"
Don't know why, maybe something from my childhood. :wine:

Hope I don't get chucked of here now for revealing that:D

Only for spelling errors it's Brum Brum now don't do it again :)

[Nick Hoare]

Only for spelling errors it's Brum Brum now don't do it again :)

Maybe it's spelt "brum" but I pronounce it "Broom" as in sweeping up.


Am I still mad............:confused:

[GreyGhost]

Maybe it's spelt "brum" but I pronounce it "Broom" as in sweeping up.


Am I still mad............:confused:

Getting worse by the minute :)

[Keith]

with nice big white vinyl spots... Maldatian?

That would be lost on some people ;)

needs to be more Noir

"After Eight"
But would it look naff with a white stripe down the centre?

[Ken]

That would be lost on some people ;)

needs to be more Noir


Keith how about shēn hǎi yān cōng? It means 'black smoker' in Chinese:D

[Simon]

Good question Womble, I've been wondering about this myself. Keep trying to crop pictures but can't get anything down to the size required. Anyone help please?:confused:

Thanks
Paul

Well, I can tell you.

Firstly you need an image-editing program. Then you need to open your picture in said image-editing program.

Usually there will be an option somewhere to resize the picture. Select a size no bigger than 600x600 pixels. Anything bigger will increase file size in the next step.

The next step: Choose "Save As". Hopefully here you can have the choice to select the image format. Choose JPEG (also listed as .jpeg or .jpg) This file format is good for good-quality and low file-size.

You may also get the option to choose the image quality when saving. Often you will get a choice of either "Best" through to "High" through to "Low" or a percentage scale. Selecting either "high" or about 80% is a good compromise between image quality and file size.

Save your picture.

Hopefully now you will have reduced your file size to the required amount. If not, repeat above steps adjusting either the file size or the quality of the file.


Hope this helps!

[Puddles]

Mine's called Harvey as I name all my vehicles. The 25 before him was Boot (I somehow connected him with, 'The Perishers,') and the 100 was Squeaky for obvious reasons.

How about Vader?

[windrush]

I call mine THE CAR or MY CAR:clap:

[Lord Minty]

I'm thinking of polite names and compliments, not nicknames for the car, e.g. mine's been called:

"The Limo" (althought it's not!)

"The magic carpet"

"a Jag"

"a Rolls Royce?" (honest!)

[GreyGhost]

Hi all, I've just found that the club has set up it's own forums!

Anyway, by way of a first post I'd like to ask "What's your 75/ZT called".

I'm thinking of polite names and compliments, not nicknames for the car, e.g. mine's been called:

"The Limo" (althought it's not!)

"The magic carpet"

"a Jag"

"a Rolls Royce?" (honest!)

So, what's yours called?

Hello Sir Minty

Glad to see you over here, mines usually called "the car" :rofl:

[mitch]

mine's called "The Money Pit" (but worth every penny)

[Simon]

I call the car "the car" or "the ZT".

SWMBO calls it "old gits car" :eek: The shame, the shame...

[Keith]

Thanks Chris, threads now merged

[Christopher]

Mine would be 'R70' ... the avatar says it all ;)

[actros]

Mine would be 'R70' ... the avatar says it all ;)mines is called the blue babe.as it is sparkling:driving: