Names for Cars

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:59 pm

Do you have a name for your E-type ?

If so what inspired it ? The numberplate perhaps or the character of the car.

Are E-types male or female ?

I'm just curious to know what others think.

Nick L.

ChrisC · Post by **ChrisC** » Fri May 14, 2010 9:13 pm

lol..... okay I will get this rolling....

I have owned my etype for over 25 years... and I was in my early 20's when I bought it... there was a bugs bunny cartoon at the time where Bugs met the abominable snowman and for some reason the said creature fell in love with bugs bunny...

Author takes a deep breath....

the snowman coined a line "i am gonna hug him and squeeze him and call him George..." Somehow that hit a chord with my love for my car....

... and for 25 years all my friends have known my Etype as "George"

Not proud.... but its true.... :D

christopher storey · Post by **christopher storey** » Fri May 14, 2010 10:15 pm

My S2 OTS, which originally was ALB4G, is Albert , and my FHC BVT366C is Braveheart, both names given by my wife!

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sat May 15, 2010 10:05 am

Are E-types male or female ?

my youngest boy (now 17) used to say (and still does) when we started looking for an E-Type in 2001 that the V12 , with its wider aspect , are male cars and all the rest (S1, S1,5 and S2 ) female cars

I always used to name my cars "Bibiche" (it does not translate...) when I have a special link with it : it started with first Renault 4L when I was student.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:26 pm

Thanks for your thoughts.

Albert, George...

Because my car was made on March 26th 1965 I was thinking of calling it Diana; this being Diana Ross's birthday. But somehow the name doesn't hang properly. A male name seems more fitting even though its a feminine looking car.

Nick

marsh · Post by **marsh** » Sat May 15, 2010 9:42 pm

I personally struggle with names for cars, but my wife refers to my V12 Coupe as Bluebird and I'll go along with that...

Marsh

Echezeaux · Post by **Echezeaux** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:50 am

I call mine, Le Greffier, slang for tomcat in French, and yes I talk to him !!! :?
And I can relate to Bibiche too !!!

Aldeburgh · Post by **Aldeburgh** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:03 am

By coincidence my family were talking about this just last weekend. No firm conclusions were reached but 'Eric' is ahead by a nose....

skiday · Post by **skiday** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:49 pm

I was never one for naming cars until my wife and I both had Citroens at one point. So to clarify which car we were talking about we called the Xantia 'Wallace' and the AX 'Grommet'. Now I have the E-Type and I thought Ernie because it starts with E, and I love the song by Benny Hill.

WDRV12 · Post by **WDRV12** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:14 pm

My fianc?e has named all my cars!

all the Jaguars are names with a J and the Daimler's are with a D so I have Jules Jerry Jeffrey Dooley and so on, only problem is I can never remember them all. :?

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:35 pm

And I can relate to Bibiche too !!!

Thierry, I am glad someone can understand this

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