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Offline Duchess

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #25 on: April 09, 2011, 01:23:00 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #26 on: April 09, 2011, 02:19:05 PM »
Our Kluger is called "Freddy", the camper is called "Clarry" and the Mustang is called "Essie"
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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #27 on: April 09, 2011, 04:22:45 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #28 on: April 09, 2011, 05:19:21 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #29 on: April 09, 2011, 05:52:58 PM »

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!

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #30 on: April 09, 2011, 08:16:41 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #31 on: April 09, 2011, 08:29:59 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #32 on: April 09, 2011, 09:04:41 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2011, 11:54:58 PM »
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!

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #34 on: April 11, 2011, 04:03:49 AM »
Maybe Dirty Harry should met The Gernie kid & clean up his act  >:D
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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #35 on: April 11, 2011, 09:41:38 AM »
Ours are;

The Disco

The Camper

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #36 on: April 11, 2011, 10:02:34 AM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #37 on: April 11, 2011, 10:13:43 AM »
Navara - Nav
Cape York Camper trailer - Yorkie
Not really original but works for us...
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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #38 on: April 11, 2011, 06:25:22 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #39 on: April 11, 2011, 09:48:27 PM »
Snow...I thought your camper was called "The Snow Cave"?  :D
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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2011, 10:54:25 PM »
Quote from: Duchess on April 11, 2011, 09:48:27 PM
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2011, 08:31:08 AM »
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

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #42 on: April 14, 2011, 01:26:09 AM »
Our Campervan is called 'Matilda'.

With the old VW van, she is a 'Volksing Matilda'.

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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #43 on: April 14, 2011, 05:01:29 AM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #44 on: April 14, 2011, 07:40:29 AM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #45 on: April 16, 2011, 10:16:41 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #46 on: April 16, 2011, 11:10:53 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #47 on: October 07, 2014, 01:48:36 PM »
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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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #48 on: October 07, 2014, 04:31:06 PM »
We have "Elsie & William".

The Land Cruiser is "Elsie" (or LC), and the Conqueror is "William"  ;D
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Re: Camper and Car Nicknames
« Reply #49 on: October 07, 2014, 04:41:26 PM »
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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