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Stupid names for cars

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by rufaro, Jul 1, 2006.

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  1. AuntBee

    AuntBee New Member

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    Does anyone remember the car called "The Thing?" (I think it was made by Volkswagon)
     
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  2. Drift Motion

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    yaris, echo, prius n more thats wat i can think right off the top of my head

    duno wat they really mean, but they just sound funny
     
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  3. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mssmith95 @ Jul 2 2006, 10:33 AM) [snapback]280143[/snapback]</div>
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Jul 2 2006, 10:39 AM) [snapback]280147[/snapback]</div>
    Are these two real? (I'm using a borrowed Mac and can't figure out multiple open windows...do NOT bug me about this :angry:, so I can't google 'em....If they are NOT real, they get points for funny, but, with yet another rule mod, because it is my game and I can :p --MUST BE REAL CAR NAMES!

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(larkinmj @ Jul 2 2006, 08:09 PM) [snapback]280369[/snapback]</div>
    Yugo I go we all go for...4-wheeled sewing machines run by asthmatic hamsters... :lol:
     
    #23 rufaro, Jul 3, 2006
  4. parrot_lady

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    Lincoln blackwood (its a $65,000 yuppie pick up truck with a powered toneau cover/lift gate)

    Anything that just puts "BLACKWOOD" across the back on the lift gate is just wrong.

    I've seen about 5 of them in the total, the first with the BF sitting in my passenger seat screaming at the top of lungs.... OMG ITS A BLACKWOOD! I think I gave him the most horrified look, and he was like no no its a truck, and we make the powered latches and stuff for it at work.... apparently lincoln doesn't sell many.

    oh and the edselwood.
     
    #24 parrot_lady, Jul 3, 2006
  5. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(parrot_lady @ Jul 3 2006, 06:32 AM) [snapback]280473[/snapback]</div>
    Let's see--the Blackwood Convention is a thing (the technical term) in bridge...sounds like you COULD fit a convention in a blackwood...But omg--a $65k PICKUP TRUCK? What do they pick up? Gold bars for deposits in the bank?

    And, madame strict rulemaker here...cars named after carmakers' kids are kinda borderline out of bounds--I mean, there'd be no Mercedes...
     
    #25 rufaro, Jul 3, 2006
  6. mbutterfield

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    Thing.
     
    #26 mbutterfield, Jul 3, 2006
  7. silentak1

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    Ford Falcon from the 70s or 80s..... not much of a Falcon, maybe closer to pinto performance... still, a comfortable car.
     
    #27 silentak1, Jul 3, 2006
  8. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    buick century: is that how old you have to be to drive one?
    buick la crosse: when this came out i lived in la crosse, wi... and the local radio folks found out that in canada it is slang for masturbation... bet they market that one under a different name in canada!
    pontiaz aztek: Wth?
    ford's new campaign to name all of their cars with something that starts with an F... i can think of a name for em... ;)
    ford focus... while i'm on ford... focus on what? the pricetag seems to be the only decent thing about it
    ford five hundred: approximately how many they sold
    and what about mercury and their M names? do you have to resort to this in order for the general public to remember your vehicles?
    the lincoln aviator: we were just laughing at one of these on the road the other day, "well he must be confused, after all he's *driving* an *avaiator* i mean, doesn't that sound like something you should be *flying*??
    lincoln zephyr: i wouldn't be caught dead in something called a zephyr, i do not know about you
    kia optima: isn't that an oxymoron?
    chevy avalanche: yes, let's name our cars after natural disasters... anyone see foreshadowing?
    chevy suburban: hey at least they're honest... the vast majority of em will never leave suburbia
    pontiac torrent: a *heavy* and *uncontrolled* outpouring (of rain, curse words, whatever) either way it doesn't sound like something i'd wanna be driving...
     
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  9. silentak1

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    I actually think Prius sounds funny. Sounds like a toy to me... yes, i'm an owner!
     
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  10. rufaro

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Jul 3 2006, 08:45 AM) [snapback]280518[/snapback]</div>
    It seems to me this one is even stupider than THAT, as the aviator IS the pilot who DOES the flying...So, what we have here is a $40k SUV that doesn't even need you...and haven't we all heard about what happens around vehicles that drive themselves...? :eek:
     
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  11. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Drift Motion @ Jul 2 2006, 11:15 PM) [snapback]280415[/snapback]</div>
    Yaris - Ja in German and Paris, France.

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rufaro @ Jul 3 2006, 02:33 AM) [snapback]280446[/snapback]</div>
    Yeah, they're real.

    Super Bird:

    http://blog.yam.com/brianme93g/785383b2.jpg

    http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/pl...uperbird-1a.jpg

    Rumble Bee:

    http://www.moparalley.org/albums/hollywood..._3242.sized.jpg

    http://www.moparpowerclub.com/Tony_As_2005_Rumble_Bee-1.jpg
     
    #31 Tideland Prius, Jul 4, 2006
  12. AuntBee

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    How about the Renault LeCar?
     
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  13. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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  14. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    The Chrysler Concorde. It looks more like a grape than an airplane.
     
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  15. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    The longest names:

    Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR FQ 320

    or

    Subaru Impreza WRX STi WR1
     
    #35 Tideland Prius, Jul 5, 2006
  16. larkinmj

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    Here's a list of boring cars named after exciting places:

    Dodge Aspen (they've recycled the name; now there's a chrome-laden SUV called a Chrysler Aspen)
    Chevy Malibu
    Seat Ibiza
    Ford Grenada
    Chevy Corsica
    Hyundai Santa Fe
    Hyundai Tuscon
    Chevy Tahoe
    Chrysler New Yorker
    Dodge Daytona
    Dodge Monaco
    Mitsubishi Eclipse
    Saturn
    Chevy Monte Carlo
    Chevy Bel Air
    Cadillac El Dorado
    Suzuki Reno
    Toyota Sequoia
    Ford Fairmont
    Mercury Monterey
    Pontiac Montana
    Kia Rio
    Pontiac Phoenix
    Pontiac Ventura
     
    #36 larkinmj, Jul 5, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(larkinmj @ Jul 5 2006, 11:08 AM) [snapback]281526[/snapback]</div>
    You can add:

    Pontiac LeMans (especially that Daewoo version)
    Chrysler Sebring
     
    #37 wstander, Jul 5, 2006
  18. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Funny eh..

    At DC headquarters:

    Hmm.. we need another SUV to boost sales but we don't want to waste money creating another one. What can we do? The Chrysler brand must have a halo SUV just like we have the T&C minivan. I know! We shall take the Dodge Durango, steal the Aspen name from Dodge too and we'll call it the Chrysler Aspen! It's brilliant! It'll have a big chrome grille like the 300.
     
    #38 Tideland Prius, Jul 5, 2006
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    Toyota Supra? Trying to hard to sound super...
     
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    The AMC "Gremlin".
    As defined by Merriam Webster's:
    grem-lin: a cause of error or equipment malfunction.
    Nonetheless, successful in spite of (or perhaps because of) its name.
     
    #40 jmccord, Jul 5, 2006
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