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Subject: Does your car have a name?
How many of you have names for your car? My first car (1988 Pontiac Sunbird w/ one headlight that wouldn't come up) was named One-Eyed Willie and my second car, a Chevy Cavalier, was named Foxy Brown. Unfortunately, I haven't come with a name for my new Honda Civic (silver, 2-door coupe). Maybe you guys can help me come up w/ a cute name. Any suggestions?
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my car is an 87 chevy celebrity and her name is sharla...sharla chevyhead. i love my car. i'd like to help you name your car, but i can't name anything until i get a feel for it. some of my plants have gone weeks without names. yes, i said plants. i'm one of those crazy people who names her plants.
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The only car I ever named was my 1979 Honda Accord....which I had from '79 until it's sad demise in 1987....totalled.....I called it "Buford" :)
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My truck is my baby....I call her baby. ;) When I was growing up we had a little blue volkswagen named Harold, though.
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Yes, Honda Civic. ;D
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I had a 96 Purple Firebird that everyone called the purple people eater....and a 91 Mercury Capri Convertable that an ex boyfriends little brother called "The Tuna Can"... real nice huh?!
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I don't have car myself, but several friends have had cars with names or nicknames.
In order to properly name the car, you must know it's personality...
One friend's father had an ugly blue Ford station wagon that was falling apart. The exhaust pipe was held on with a wire coat hanger, it was full of rust holes, and there was a small hold halfway up the side of the gas tank. You could only put $5 worth of gas in it at a time, so none would leak out of the hole. The muffler (or lack of one) was so loud, you could hear it coming a block away. I have no clue how it passed inspection, but her dad only used it to haul stuff to and from work (he was a carpenter/handyman). We called this one the "Blue Bomber".
One of my brother's friends had a black car, the make of which no one knew. It was put together from parts. All I remember of it was that it had tailfins. The steering wheel had a bad habit of coming off in the driver's hands, so he always kept a pair of needle-nosed pliers on the dashboard to steer gently to the side of the road. For some reason this car was called "The Batmobile".
BTW, this guy's favorite prank was to get someone new in the car with him, and go for a drive on a long twisting road. At some point, (especially if there was a police car nearby) he would say, "Here, hold this for a minute", and hand over the steering wheel to his passenger (literally). ;D :o ;D :o ;D
The idea was to see how people would react. My brother was the only one to "pass" the test. He took it in his hands and pretended to steer. His reason? "If the cops see us, we are driving a British-manufactured car".
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My car's name is DeVille. It says so on the registration.
Kryllith
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My car is "Come on, baby, start for me." If it fails to start, it's name is "You lousy piece of s**t!"
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My car is "Come on, baby, start for me." If it fails to start, it's name is "You lousy piece of s**t!"
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;D ;D ;D ;D he he ha ;D
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I guess if you looked at the plates my car would be called "JONMAN" but I usually call it "my little red babe-magnet" LOL....
I used to have a Honda Civic....I called it "Fenry Honda" ...
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My car is "Come on, baby, start for me." If it fails to start, it's name is "You lousy piece of s**t!"
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Thats about the size of it!! ;D
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The heater core pipe corroded away last week and flooded the passenger side compartment with Coolant (the green stuff).
Lots of money for repairs.
It didn't have a name previously but now I think of it as :
The Antichrist
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I do not name cars because they are not living. People can name their cars if they want to, but the only name the Highway Patrol care about is the name on the license.
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The Highway Patrols are nicer to you if you name your car Glazed Donut though. At least, they seem to become distracted and leave.
Kryllith
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The heater core pipe corroded away last week and flooded the passenger side compartment with Coolant (the green stuff).
Lots of money for repairs.
It didn't have a name previously but now I think of it as :
The Antichrist
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Ha ha ha! You had me LMAO for that one. Linda Blair would be a good name, too.
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We used to call my dad's 1950 Buick "The Tank". You would understand why if you ever saw a 1950 Buick. They're HUGE!
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The Highway Patrols are nicer to you if you name your car Glazed Donut though. At least, they seem to become distracted and leave.
Kryllith
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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
you're too funny, kryllith!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Subject: Re: Does your car have a name?
Not anymore. :-/
My first car, a 1973 Chevy Malibu, was named Betsy. Then we had the Big Blue Beast, a 1982 Chevy Caprice Classic named Melba. Then, a 4-door silver Chevy Cavalier named Slyvia. Then I had a little white 2-door Chevy Cavalier named Angel. In the middle there, after the Malibu, I had a Ford, and it was named "that piece of shite that doesn't run."
Now I have a 1988 Chevy Nova, and I hate it, so I haven't named it. :'(
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Not anymore. :-/
Now I have a 1988 Chevy Nova, and I hate it, so I haven't named it. :'(
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How about naming it after the person you hate the most?
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Right Kryllith, but with my luck they would probably eat my car. ;D
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The Highway Patrols are nicer to you if you name your car Glazed Donut though. At least, they seem to become distracted and leave.
Kryllith
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Our cars (a red Nissan Micra Inspiration and a blue Vauxhall Corsa) are named Red Dwarf and... erm.. something, I'll find out.
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Right Kryllith, but with my luck they would probably eat my car. ;D
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Well that IS one of the definite drawbacks. ;D Take heart though, they'll get indigestion and leave, forgetting why they stopped you in the first place. ;)
Kryllith
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If it fails to start, it's name is "You lousy piece of s**t!"
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Ahh I agree thundervamp.
If my little car that makes me late for school could talk it would think it's name was:
da**it
sh*t
WHy dont u Fu**in start!!
Ahhhhh! I'd do better if i took the D**n buS!!!
My aunts car is Deville (2000)
Our Tahoe is the burgendy truck (i never call it an SUV)
Then our red truck is called the "bee catcher" because everyday when it's hot there are loads of bee's outside of it.
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I have decided to bring this thread back yaaaaay!!!!!
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My car is "Come on, baby, start for me." If it fails to start, it's name is "You lousy piece of s**t!"
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Hey, that's my car's name too!!!
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On Friday, may car's bettery died, beyond any hope of charging. When a 12 volt battery is only pushing 1 volt, even with the car running (thanks to a jump), it's time to get rid of it. That day, the cars name was "You F****N piece of horse s**t, I'm gonna take a damned 20 pound sledge to you!"
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My '99 Sonoma is called "Buzz", because of my license plate specialized ËMFINIT".
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If I did name my Neon, it would be 'The Terrapin' or 'The Terp', after the National Champs Maryland, because it's pretty slow for a sub-compact. :-[
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I've always named my cars. My 70 Mustang was named Lewis; my 74 Charger was named Victor; my 66 Charger (which I still have but it's in sad shape and has not been driven since 85) is named Seymour. My 73 Montego was named Merlin, and my horrible old LTD was named Elmo. We currently have 3 work trucks called Waldsige, Herkimer and Hyronimus, and our work van is Emmeline. I wanted to name our GTX "Azariah," but my husband gagged at that, so we just call it "the Giddex." We've never named our pick-up truck. I guess we should; it probably feels left out :(
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I've always named my cars. My 70 Mustang was named Lewis; my 74 Charger was named Victor; my 66 Charger (which I still have but it's in sad shape and has not been driven since 85) is named Seymour. My 73 Montego was named Merlin, and my horrible old LTD was named Elmo. We currently have 3 work trucks called Waldsige, Herkimer and Hyronimus, and our work van is Emmeline. I wanted to name our GTX "Azariah," but my husband gagged at that, so we just call it "the Giddex." We've never named our pick-up truck. I guess we should; it probably feels left out :(
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If you know your Australian history from the early 80's (as I'm sure you do Zella, as you are very well read), you would not call your car Azaria(h), as objects called that tend to go missing...
Your husband made a good call on that one
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Bizarrely, I haven't got a license, but I have a car. Sort of. My parents currently own three cars. The extra one, although currently off-road, will be mine if I get a license before my sister comes home from Italy in August. I have a job, which my sister won't have right away, so we might be able to work something out.
The extra car was purchased from our down-the-street neighbor. It's a 1987 navy blue Honda that used to belong to his mother (Grandma Downthestreet) who I remember fondly from the Downthestreets' many intergenerational parties when we were kids. I would be proud to drive her car, if ever I learn how.
Her name was Martha, and I thought of naming the car that, but decided it wouldn't be respectful. I decided to name it after another Beatles song, and immediately hit on Prudence--a suitable name for a sedate, old-lady car which will eventually be driven by a pathologically cautious person (me).
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If you know your Australian history from the early 80's (as I'm sure you do Zella, as you are very well read), you would not call your car Azaria(h), as objects called that tend to go missing...
Your husband made a good call on that one
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Er...sorry Fuss. My entire repetoir of Australian History comes straight from the Thorn Birds. :-[ (How's that for well read, eh? ;D ) So you will have to elaborate.
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Er...sorry Fuss. My entire repetoir of Australian History comes straight from the Thorn Birds. :-[ (How's that for well read, eh? ;D ) So you will have to elaborate.
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Hi Zella
Well I will go gently here because this is (still) a sensetive subject in Australia.
In the early 80's, at Ayer's Rock, there was an incident where a baby named Azaria (without the 'h') was allegedly taken from a tent at the campsite by a Dingo (wild Australian Dog) ***.
A huge police search ensued but the body has never been recovered. Some time later some of the baby's clothing was found. There were all sorts of problems with the investigation and allegations of police incompetence, cover ups, some people said the name 'Azaria' was connected with Human Ascifices and Devil Worship and on an on it went.
The mother got sent to Jail, only to be let out some time later. It was all very unpleasant.
Anyway, hence my reference to 'going missing'.
*** Anyone who has watched the Simpsons may remember the episode where Bart rings up a number in Australia to ask which way water circulates when it runs down the plughole.
In that same episode Bart makes a prank call and yells down the phone "A dingo's got my Baby", which was part of the testimony given by the mother at the time.
Everyone knows that the Simpsons is irreverant and makes jokes at everyone's expense. But the night that episode was first shown I swear a collective shudder went through the whole country....
So there you have it - steer clear of the word Azaria(h)
FBVP
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Oh. :(
I just took the name from the Bible. It was the name of one of the better Kings of Judah and if I recall correctly, the name means "The Lord is my helper." But the name just didn't stick, and as I mentioned before, my husband hated it. :-/
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Hi Zella
Well I will go gently here because this is (still) a sensetive subject in Australia.
In the early 80's, at Ayer's Rock, there was an incident where a baby named Azaria (without the 'h') was allegedly taken from a tent at the campsite by a Dingo (wild Australian Dog) ***.
A huge police search ensued but the body has never been recovered. Some time later some of the baby's clothing was found. There were all sorts of problems with the investigation and allegations of police incompetence, cover ups, some people said the name 'Azaria' was connected with Human Ascifices and Devil Worship and on an on it went.
The mother got sent to Jail, only to be let out some time later. It was all very unpleasant.
Anyway, hence my reference to 'going missing'.
*** Anyone who has watched the Simpsons may remember the episode where Bart rings up a number in Australia to ask which way water circulates when it runs down the plughole.
In that same episode Bart makes a prank call and yells down the phone "A dingo's got my Baby", which was part of the testimony given by the mother at the time.
Everyone knows that the Simpsons is irreverant and makes jokes at everyone's expense. But the night that episode was first shown I swear a collective shudder went through the whole country....
So there you have it - steer clear of the word Azaria(h)
FBVP
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There was a movie based on that incident. It was called "A Cry in the Dark", but I don't remember if it was accurate or not.
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There was a movie based on that incident. It was called "A Cry in the Dark", but I don't remember if it was accurate or not.
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Yes Jessica - It was reasonably accurate but like any movie they had to leave a lot out to make it fit.
The only problem was Meryl Streep's (and I have liked everything else she has done) appalling attempt at an AW-STRAY-LEE-ANN ARKS-EARNT.
I think she took coaching lessons from Bart Simpson ;)