If you don't practice automotive birth control and end up with 6 babies,
then I fully understand the need for some kind of shorthand nomenclature.
My problem is that some folks tend to refer to their cars by these cute
nicknames without providing the rest of use with the year and model of their
rumor has it that andrew wrote:
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming
cars , e.g. gertrude, Brunhilde, Otto, Hammer, etc. Dogs yes, cars
no.
For you it may be silly. For me it is essential. With more that 1/2 a
dozen W123s I have to be able to reference a
a long drive PLUS I need a name
Tchuss,
Chris
Sea, especially among family and
friends.
Werner
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From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:33 PM
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I picked it up from
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
I picked it up from a friend who studied German and my friend's fiance came
back from Stuttgart and said it constantly...so I think it must have spread
all over Germany now. Interesting to know the origin, though. Being from
the north
I have decided that Gump is a colander in this rain. Most of my yard
is sponge
On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Zeitgeist wrote:
Bring it on, bring it on. I love the rain, it helps me to identify
external leaks in my cars--very helpful, that.
On 1/11/06, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL
I thought of that exact same story after reading Jim's reply -- glad I
read yours before adding my two bits --
So the little Indian boy (er, pre-European-invader indigenous small
human male) asks his mother how boys get their names. She says, well,
for example when your oldest brother was
Nice looking 126 http://www.frappr.com/benzbunch/photo/1071746 .
Still don't see the name though, you'll just have to discover it over time.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97
Ply Grand Voyager 78K
I call it NICE !
On 1/12/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice looking 126 http://www.frappr.com/benzbunch/photo/1071746 .
Still don't see the name though, you'll just have to discover it over
time.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78
Stinky?
Well that is what I call my 300SD
Klat?
Trampas (no that is my name)
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On Behalf Of Donald Snook
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a
Given that it's 200 Lb lighter, has 29 HP more (don't know the torque
of the 103.981), it might not be that different from an SDL --
My SDL is either Limo-lite or the Blue car.
I think you'll know the name by the time you get home - the 300D 2.5
is now known as Rattled with the emphasis on the ed
You can't even think of names until you have had the chance to bond. Then
the name just appears.
At 06:02 PM 1/10/2006, you wrote:
Thanks to all for the input on the upcoming purchase and long drive.
The new car and I can bond it is very important to bond with your
Mercedes. Did you know
Heinrich? Rudolf? Otto? Max? Dieter? Uter?
On 1/10/06, Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stinky?
Well that is what I call my 300SD
Klat?
Trampas (no that is my name)
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Sent:
Well, seeing as how your wife won't be along on this long drive, why
don't you name the car Heidi Klum?
The new car and I can bond it is very important to bond with your
Mercedes. Did you know that?
My wife is not coming. I don't think 24 hours in the car would be good
for us.
I need a
My neighbor in Virginia was an attorney. The vanity plates on ALL of cars
were sort of just the next in a series. At the time in question, his two
cars had plates saying ALIBI 7 and ALIBI 8.
On 1/11/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks to all for the input on the upcoming purchase
LT Don wrote:
My neighbor in Virginia was an attorney. The vanity plates on ALL of cars
were sort of just the next in a series. At the time in question, his two
cars had plates saying ALIBI 7 and ALIBI 8.
Remember Arni on the tv show LA Law?
He had vanity plates that said LITIG8TR
Donald, that 300SDL isn't or at least shouldn't be gutless. My 300SDL
was much faster than my 300SD and 300CD.
On 1/10/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LT Don wrote:
My neighbor in Virginia was an attorney. The vanity plates on ALL of cars
were sort of just the next in a series.
Donald Snook wrote:
126 LWB is an imposing car. But this is sort of gutless
with the 3.0. Thoughts?
A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If
it's not, the engine is broken and needs to be fixed! A 124 or 201
turbodiesel will be a little faster.
On 1/10/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need a name for the new car. A crusty old 123 diesel needs a crusty
German name like Klaus. I can't figure out what my cars personality of
going to be. 126 LWB is an imposing car. But this is sort of gutless
with the 3.0. Thoughts?
I need a name for the new car.
How about Klink, as in our dear departed Colonel Klink fro Hogan's Heroes.
Mike
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From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long
He's buying a 300SEl, not a 300SDL -- 103.981 engine. I'm thinking it
ought be really similar to an SDL though - more HP, less wieght, less
(?) torque ---
A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If
it's not, the engine is broken and needs to be fixed! A 124 or 201
Desert Rat wrote:
Donald, that 300SDL isn't or at least shouldn't be gutless. My 300SDL
was much faster than my 300SD and 300CD.
I agree a SDL isn't gutless. But I am buying a 300SEL. It has the 103
motor that is in the 124. I think OK Don is right, it probably won't
feel gutless, but it
Marshall wrote:
A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If
it's not, the engine is broken and needs to be fixed! A 124 or 201
turbodiesel will be a little faster.
Sorry, when I said 3.0 I was talking about my new purchase. It is a
300SEL with the 103 (gas
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming
cars , e.g. gertrude, Brunhilde, Otto, Hammer, etc. Dogs yes, cars
no.
On 1/11/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall wrote:
A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If
Wouldn't that more accurately be called technopomorphism?
We just refer to our fleet as the blue car, your/my car, the grey
car, or the van
On 1/11/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming
cars , e.g. gertrude,
no, the are much slower.
OK Don wrote:
He's buying a 300SEl, not a 300SDL -- 103.981 engine. I'm thinking it
ought be really similar to an SDL though - more HP, less wieght, less
(?) torque ---
A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If
it's not, the engine is
You misspelled Brunnhilde
She has decided that, should you ever come to the great Republic of
Texas, she will decline to give you a ride.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming
cars , e.g. gertrude, Brunhilde, Otto, Hammer,
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The Bismarck (the sinking part doesn't forbode well)
If ti were a diesel, I would suggest Liesel
At the end of the war, Porsche completed 5 HUGE tanks - biggest ever. Hitler
thought he could stop the Russians with 100 of them (BZZT!). Snorkels
becuase no bridge could carry
Hey, thanks for the clarification, but isn't there a distinct term for
assigning attributes of living entities to the non-living? e.g. That
cloud looks like a fuzzy bunny or those two roundish rocks look
rather buxom My greek and latin etymology is a tad rusty these days.
On 1/11/06, Lee Einer
Hey, thanks for the clarification, but isn't there a distinct term for
assigning attributes of living entities to the non-living? e.g. That
cloud looks like a fuzzy bunny or those two roundish rocks look
rather buxom My greek and latin etymology is a tad rusty these days.
I'm not sure it's
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of
naming
cars , e.g. gertrude, Brunhilde, Otto, Hammer, etc. Dogs yes,
cars
no.
I don't know. I believe more in the Indian method of naming. If/when
a name leaps into your head great, otherwise it's whatever. Of our
fleet
I wasn't aware you knew my Aunt; but her name was Vera.
BillR
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
Sometimes naming a vehicle is more than just fun -- it has actually
become necessary. Since I am a person through whose life has passed a
great number of needful things--most of them vehicular of some sort, I
have become a steady customer on a first-name basis at the motor vehicle
registrar's
Litchfield Park, AZ
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:19 AM
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Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism
I don't know. I believe more in the Indian method of naming. If/when a
name leaps into your head great, otherwise it's whatever.
So the little Indian boy (er, pre-European-invader indigenous small
human male) asks his mother how boys get their names. She says, well,
for example when your
In a message dated 1/11/2006 12:21:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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[OK, so it could be viewed as being in poor taste, and I do sincerely
apologize for that, well actually not the poor taste part but if anyone is
offended by the implied name of the
Donald Snook wrote:
Desert Rat wrote:
Donald, that 300SDL isn't or at least shouldn't be gutless. My 300SDL
was much faster than my 300SD and 300CD.
I agree a SDL isn't gutless. But I am buying a 300SEL. It has the 103
motor that is in the 124. I think OK Don is right, it probably
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Curt.
How about Shaft? Driveshaft plus the guy in the movie? Maybe how you
feel! Sorry couldn't resist.
Fred Moir
Holy cripes! I think I just got the name for the 190D. I was thinking
about how long its taking to get it driveable (still waiting on that
driveshaft, hopefully Friday) and I
I'm thinking of naming my 300TD, Brownie. That way, whenever I drive
it, I can sit down and say You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state
'87 300TD intercooler (211k)
'84 300D (207k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)
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I'm thinking of naming my 300TD, Brownie. That way, whenever I drive
it, I can sit down and say You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive
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I'm thinking of naming my 300TD, Brownie. That way, whenever I drive
it, I can sit down and say You're doing a heckuva job
doesn't it seem that we have a plethora of brains and eccentric personalities?
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Sent: Jan 11, 2006 2:58 PM
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WHEW! I never
86 days without rain.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 146K
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From: Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:37 PM
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I'm thinking
Jim Cathey wrote:
I don't know. I believe more in the Indian method of naming. If/when
a name leaps into your head great, otherwise it's whatever. Of our
fleet only four have names, and all were earned. (Ebola Fishtank,
Chicken Wagon, Frankenheap, and Arab Pimpmobile. The others
are called
Who the hell else would be enamored of 30 year-old vehicles.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luther Gulseth
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:01 PM
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Yeah, my wife calls my 83' 300D Mercedes. But sometimes it gets shortened
to Mercy which I think might be more appropriate in my case since I pray
for it most any time I drive it... (:
Levi
On 1/11/06, ANGELO GIAIMO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How 'bout BOHICA..Bend Over, Here It Comes
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From: Zeitgeist
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
I'm thinking of naming my 300TD, Brownie. That way, whenever I drive
it, I can sit down and say You're doing
Actually, there is a connection. When Emil Jellinek first started selling
Daimlers in France, he insisted on changing the name as the French would not
like a German named car. Although a Jew, he was fascinated by all things
Spanish (AND was a diplomat of the Catholic King of the
I beg to differ. Mercedes is a German Lutheran name, and therefore has no
patron saint :)
HEHEHE:D
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From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 11, 2006 4:07 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
I'm thinking of naming my 300TD, Brownie. That way, whenever I drive
it, I can sit down and say You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state
'87 300TD intercooler
On 1/11/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming
cars , e.g. gertrude, Brunhilde, Otto, Hammer, etc. Dogs yes, cars
no.
*ALL* of my cars have had names. My current stable?
1994 Mitsubishi Galant LS - Green
I've had 3 300D's and a 300CD which were all named. The first 1978 300D was
gretchen (just one that came to mind as was the second 300D, a 77, Frieda.
The third 300D, also a 78, got the name Ingrid. The 300CD got the name
Vinnie as my sisters were coaxing it up the Grapevine coming from SoCal
My cars have names too:
1983 300TD - The wagon
1985 300CD - The coupe (or blue coupe)
1970 280SE 3.5 - The green coupe (to distinguish it from the other 2 door
model)
Brilliant or clever? Not really. Effective and clear? Yes
On 1/11/06, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 1/11/06, andrew
: Christopher McCann
Sent: Jan 11, 2006 4:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
So Catholic girls named Mercedes, have the Virgin Mary as their patron
saint, as do our cars...including St. Frances of Rome (patron saint of cars)
and St
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