Date:         Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:32:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Tony Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vehicle Names
In-Reply-To:  <0F2B1624-960C-47B7-AFF7-99DB9AC77B84@comcast.net>
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This Vanagon will make my 8th VW. I also have # 7 Rodolfo the Scirocco. The
Bus actually has two names Blue Brick, El Guapo. I do use the names in way
or another to refer to the vehicles. This is not just a vanagon thing as
many have mentioned. In the Scirocco crowd most of our cars at least in the
Scirocco.org group have names.

Also my wife's Mazda has a name and it is Simon, Simon Bond IIRC.

I had an 88 Fox Wagon Foxxy, 72 Super Beetle Neptuno (my alter ego), 66
sedan "the old guy", 86 Vanagon Party Wagon, 81 chevy chevette (my first
car) chitvette......just to name a few. All pun intended.

Tony

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> My 84 Westy is vanity plate named DETLEF in honor of the OG owner who
> owned it for its 1st 18 years & 38.5k miles.  We were the 1st to
> answer his ad, & he wouldn't let us drive it, but would take us for a
> ride in it.  It had only been serviced by the dealer, & looked/ran
> like  brand new.
>
> Coincidently, I was not even considering a vanagon on the day I saw
> the ad in the local paper, but threw a rod in a new engine in my 63
> DC w/ 700 miles on it & said, hey, how about that vanagon in the
> paper this morning!
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-Detlef now has 118k & is only slightly used
>
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Robert Adams wrote:
>
> My girls named my 87 syncro Gretchen - They thought it sounded like
>> a large german girl.
>>
>> The name has stuck and now we all refer to her that way, The worst
>> part is I find myself talking to her when we are all alone on a
>> drive somewhere ! If she isnt driving/running just right I will ask
>> her... Whats wrong Gretchen ?
>>
>>
>> Bob
>> 87 syncro Westfakia "Gretchen"
>>
>


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82 Scirocco
85 Vanagon