What's in a name

[patrolman pete]

We call our tourer Rover and the saloon Connie or sometime Connie Connie after a line in a Peter Kay joke. Just makes it easier when the wife says’ which car are we taking ‘ !

[Rev Jules]

Mine is called The Black Pearl, after Pirates of the Caribbean.

Rev

[ADO282]

Originally Posted by BoroRover

My CDTI is Percy, a name chosen by a very dear friend for him, so not a name I would have chosen myself, but for her sake, I agreed, she's a very special friend.

You could have always named him Jasper "n" all, I once knew there was an 1800 by that name.


One more sleep until the MOT !!

[Gigagator]

Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

2004 Sunspot Yellow ZT 1.8t+ goes by the name of “The Flying Banana”. Often known as “Banana”. Given the name by a friend when I first bought her back in 2010, and the name has stuck. Well known on here.


Starlight Silver ZTT V8 400 goes by the name of “Pooky Bear“. Often known as the “Bear”. Named in honour of my late wife. It was her CB handle.

It's very touching that you named the ZTT in honour of your late wife. Kudos to that.

I am curious, I know it's no longer in your ownership but how did Redfive happen upon its name?

[Andy Fax]

Our tourers are called Jerry and Margo after The Good Life characters. The MK2 Contemporary Tourer is Jerry as he's faster than the graceful MK1 Connoisseur.

The saloon is called Camilla as she's old and a bit knackered like Camilla Parker-Bowles.

[The wife named them, so we just go with it ]

[suzublu]

I call mine "What the f's wrong now!"
Not really, it's very reliable
Blingy seems apt

[FLYING BANANA]

Originally Posted by Gigagator

It's very touching that you named the ZTT in honour of your late wife. Kudos to that.

I am curious, I know it's no longer in your ownership but how did Redfive happen upon its name?

Redfive, ‘cos it was Red and on a 05 plate. The car was owned by Ian G and he named the car.

[wraymond]

None of my many cars have been given names. Although one of them, a Sunbeam Alpine 3, got called several names that can not be repeated. During the long winded restoration process various non-standard bodges were found. That was in the days before instant pics with phones etc were available so no pics were taken. Just as well really, a horror story.

These days my two are called by their manufacturers' name:
"What car are we going in today then?"
"Is the sun out, my petal?"
" In that case it's the Rover/MX5".

[BoroRover]

Originally Posted by ADO282

You could have always named him Jasper "n" all, I once knew there was an 1800 by that name.


One more sleep until the MOT !!

There certainly was. I often wonder what became of him, I never saw him out and about in Boro, and he was bought locally.

[bl52krz]

My two have very intimate names. The diesel is called ‘Goldie’ guess why? And the silver one is called ‘Connie’ or ‘KV6’ .Quite emotional really.