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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Moto Moto on April 08, 2011, 07:15:53 PM
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Wondering if other members give their camper and/or car a nickname?
I wanted to call our Jayco Hawk "Bob", as in the beer drinking PM, my girls wanted to call it "Rainbow Unicorn Princess" :o
We settled on "Gloria". The Patrol gets "Big Red".
We have a new Van on the way and have started thinking about a new nickname, which got me thinking about whether other Myswag members do the same? So what nicknames does your rigs have?
KC
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I called my old black GQ shorty Divine. You work it out :)
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I worked with folks that always name their vehicles
they had a patrol that had heaps of rust so they called it............ yeah... Rusty
they bought another one later and it had only a littl ebit of rust, so they called it .... mmmm..... Notso!
I just call it "the truck"!
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My CT " The Black Pearl " ,,,,, Cpt Jack Sparrow Said ,, Bring the that horizion ,,,, & it will follow me there . & back ,, :cheers:
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I call my GU, "The Patrol" and my camper, "The Camper" mmm alot of thought into that.
I did have a Datsun 200B It was a silver Aspen. i called it "Lightning".
Rich
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Friends of ours called their camper "Allsorts".
It has stripy multi coloured canvas and looked like a licorice allsort ;D
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I have not a name for a car or a camper, once you do that, it means that you have fallen in love with it, a bad thing to do when it comes to sell it.
But if I was going to call the Holden ute something, it would be "The Ute", as for the camper.."Gal".
But, I have called my Bushman 12v fridge "Kevin", it was because the Kevin 07, gave out the money for the stimulus, he gave me $990.00, thank's Kev, the money was good but the fridge is even greater...(I think I have heard that expression, or something before...)
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But, I have called my Bushman 12v fridge "Kevin", it was because the Kevin 07, gave out the money for the stimulus, he gave me $990.00, thank's Kev, the money was good but the fridge is even greater...(I think I have heard that expression, or something before...)
Ah yes the reason why the country is now in debt, Kev buying votes during the recession we didn't have. I digress...
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Hey Rich, was that grease lightning
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I don't know what you're talking about!
Look below
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As I went from a smart to a D40 Navara my fuel bills have increased somewhat, the Navara's benn named Freddy, after the kid in the Quik ads a number of years ago that had the catchphrase "Drink it, Freddy, drink it".
Our CT once it has been purchased will probably get some African name since it will be partially built in South Africa and me working over here will be paying for it.
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It is the month of August, in a quaint, historic resort town. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
Suddenly, a tourist comes to town.
He enters the hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs.
The hotel proprietor quickly takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
...The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the farmer.
The farmer takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit..
The prostitute runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt for the rooms that she rented when she took her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter. At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, takes his 100 dollar bill and leaves town.
Although no one earned anything, the whole town is now without debt and looks to the future with optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States, Australia and British Governments are doing business today
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It is the month of August, in a quaint, historic resort town. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
Suddenly, a tourist comes to town.
He enters the hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs.
The hotel proprietor quickly takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
...The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the farmer.
The farmer takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit..
The prostitute runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt for the rooms that she rented when she took her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter. At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, takes his 100 dollar bill and leaves town.
Although no one earned anything, the whole town is now without debt and looks to the future with optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States, Australia and British Governments are doing business today
Ok so do u call your trailer, vehicle $100?
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Sorry about that.. I should have put in a preamble before posting...
I was reminded about this email that I posted when I read about the fridge "Kevin"...
the stimuless some might say!
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No name for the CT yet we pick it up tomorrow and my Sorento is called Mudlark and Muddie for short cause when we went to Tassie last year for our honeymoon lan managed to drive through every puddle in the state and she was soooooooooo filthy.....lol
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My truck doesn't have an name as such but it gets called a lot of things and answered to none of them.
Jan through good hearted banter developed a bit of a persona shall we say with our group of friends, so now her vehicle, a Suzuki Grand Vitara is called the Broomstick and when the Camper Trailer is connected she calls it the Cauldron.
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Hey Al,
Our wives must be related. Mine also has a Grand Vitara ,& the bit about a broom stick..... Yep definately sisters I reckon mate. :cheers:
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Hey Rich, was that grease lightning
Nah mate I'm not that old >:D ;D
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The Car has always been the The Subee or The Scoobee. The camper? well the wife named her Lucy, i call it Goosey or "The Goose" after all it is an old swan..
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The Camper has no name, other than the Camper. The cruiser is called "My Car" as in "no dear you can't take MY CAR"
:cheers: Cracka
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Hehe
I'll start with the camper, cos the name has only recently come up.
My Hawk Outback is 'the Hi-rider', Teabags is 'the Lo-rider' ;D ;D ;D ;D long story >> http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=12084.0
The Hilux is easy - 'slowlux'
Don't have one for the new D-max yet.....
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Hey Al,
Our wives must be related. Mine also has a Grand Vitara ,& the bit about a broom stick..... Yep definately sisters I reckon mate. :cheers:
ha ha being just up the road a bit bullfrog, we might just find out about that. ;D
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I call my Nissan, Nisota, I should call the camper “never finished”. ;D
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mr hankey and the abortion - the abortion because its such a mishmash - mr hankey because the cruiser is brown and - well .....mr hankey like
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We call ow tug silver after the lone rangers horse
ow camper is simply cub
lol
cheers sheeds
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We name everything here...
The Chevy is Mr Mojo, because my husband thought I used to spend more time with the truck than with him! I had the name put on the tailgate to help cover up a previous owner's own company sticker. It is also on the number plate.
The Hilux has been dubbed "Striker" for all the bird strikes it has managed so far!
The camper is "The Beach House." because its my house I can take to any beach!
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Our Kluger is called "Freddy", the camper is called "Clarry" and the Mustang is called "Essie"
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We have a special edition Prado a "Snowy" So thats the cars nickname and our jayco swan is swanny. Together they are Snowy and Swanny, not very original, but the kids love it.
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We never really got to name the Navara - Mrs Yoda tried for "Navarone" but it never really stuck. The ute or the truck is the best it gets.
The Aussie Swag has got SWAGR as the number plate, and some we know have very presumptively called it SHAGR. Don't know why ;D
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The Aussie Swag Rover LX is called Rover ... don't know where I got that from ... but it follows us where ever we go ... *whistle*whistle* Here Rover .... C'mon Boy ...
My car is called MyCar ... and his ute is called The Ute ... yeah original I know ...
I called my last hilux ute Luxy or The Lux and the Bitch when it blew the head gasket ...
and I had a LiteAce Van (the bubble top type) that I called the Big Banana for a while ... it was bright yellow and big!
Kit_e
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I don't have a name for the tug as yet. The Jayco is known as the 'gadget mobile" aptly named after the original "Joe the Gadget man" because of my propensity to acquire gadgets....lol
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Our Patrol is called 'Moses' cause it was usually the leader and parted the waters; plus we're blessed to have it. The CT is just the camper; but now i may have to name it, since you've bought it up. 8)
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My three year old calls the pajero "the BIG car", i think because he has such a hard time getting into it!
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My Nissan Pathdfinder has been nicknamed "Pathy" (mmm... original....) but it should really be renamed "Stuck in the mud" or "Bogged" for obvious reasons.
My personal Trackabout 4x4 Deluxe Tourer is named "Tracky" (yeap... original again)!
The first Demo trailer my business bought, a Trackabout Safari SV Extenda was fondly called "Big Bertha" - as it was huge... 5.3m long and a whoopy great toolbox/fridge box hanging off the front! "Big Bertha" has been renamed by her new owners in Geraldton as "Black Beauty".....
And my new addition, as of this morning, is a 1 yr old Trackabout Safari SV, now know as "Dirty Harry", and it is not because "he" is packing a nice big .44 magnum in the jerry can holder or toolbox either!
the Nurse
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Maybe Dirty Harry should met The Gernie kid & clean up his act >:D
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Ours are;
The Disco
The Camper
Baz.
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My husband likes to call our Landcruiser Tatonka Truck and I just call it The Cruiser...'cause we cruise around in it ...not very origional ??? :D
I call our camper our Snail House...'cause we put it on the back and off we go !!! ;D ;D ;D
Three more sleeps until we're on the road ;D ;D ;D
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Navara - Nav
Cape York Camper trailer - Yorkie
Not really original but works for us...
Bill and Morag
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The Ute - Errr......Um........ I will call it.......The
Ute Snowmobile!
and the Camper...... I will call that........ The Camper Snow Cave!
Very imaginative....What!
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Snow...I thought your camper was called "The Snow Cave"? :D
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Snow...I thought your camper was called "The Snow Cave"? :D
Dang naggit!!! Your right, I do call it the Snow Cave. :-[
Ruddy Old Timers!! ;D
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Haven't named our Jeep yet - Just call it Jeep ..
The POD is the TARDIS ... sometimes wish it could travel through time !! So much easier than towing it around the place ... LOL
:cheers: :cheers: :cup: :cheers: :cheers:
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Our Campervan is called 'Matilda'.
With the old VW van, she is a 'Volksing Matilda'.
Cheers, Cruisindub.
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The Navara is called the The Ute and the camper is called Arunda after the aboriginal tribe my wife’s grandmother is from :4x4:
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our pajero is called monty as they are called monteros in the usa and i call the camper the starship enterprise but everyone who see's setup calls it the taj mahal
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Hmmm, the Patrol doesn't have aname but I have heard it called "the money pit".
The Camel camper I call "Humpfree" as there are definitely no humps anywhere near it. >:D
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The Maverick is AKA the "Burglar" ..for a number of reasons mainly that its holds up traffic cause it aint too quick. The CT we call the "Holiday House"..that is what its used for.
Got a ute the boys christened "Albert"..something to do with the rego number
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I did not want to start a new thread, so I just resurrected this one.
We've just been on our first real trip, and part of the fun was to name our car and trailer. My other half was adamant to call our Aussie Swag camper trailer 'Ozzie' which I did not find original or inspiring. trying to come up with an alternative name by making something out of the license plate number proves a bit hard and laboured. So, we put our heads together with the kids and let all options pass. Including Star Wars themes and characters from all kinds of children books I've never read or heard off!
Finally, we did agree (not by unanimous vote but with some slight pushing of the kids vote to my proposal ;D) on 'Burke' for the car and 'Wills' for the trailer. After all, these were great Australian explorers and we'll be embarking on our own exploration of Australia.
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We have "Elsie & William".
The Land Cruiser is "Elsie" (or LC), and the Conqueror is "William" ;D
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We both like the sc fy show Firefly
The camper is called "Serenity"
The prado used to be called "Vera"
The Dmax is called "Zoe"
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The poor bastard broken down on the Eastlink near Canterbury Rd heading on holidays with camper in tow, family in car, and his Grenade that had gone off has a few names for his judging by the poor pricks face when I stopped to see if he was ok. His wife was happier to see someone stop than he was. Cant blame him.
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........His wife was happier to see someone stop than he was.......
Maybe he recognised you...... :P
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Maybe he recognised you...... :P
Maybe his wide did - she was smiling lots at me :D :D
or could have been the grenade sticker on the rear side window :D :D :D
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.......or could have been the grenade sticker on the rear side window :D :D :D
Yep. That'd do it..... :cup: