Shortened car names on PH
Discussion
Rawwr said:
There was some massive wheelie spacker on here a few weeks ago referring to his Vauxhall Astra Nurburgring as 'The Burg'. Seriously, I wanted to stab him.
People from Ashington in Northumberland have been using this term for years on;y 'The Burg' means toilet up there. :-)toon10 said:
Rawwr said:
There was some massive wheelie spacker on here a few weeks ago referring to his Vauxhall Astra Nurburgring as 'The Burg'. Seriously, I wanted to stab him.
People from Ashington in Northumberland have been using this term for years on;y 'The Burg' means toilet up there. :-)toon10 said:
Rawwr said:
There was some massive wheelie spacker on here a few weeks ago referring to his Vauxhall Astra Nurburgring as 'The Burg'. Seriously, I wanted to stab him.
People from Ashington in Northumberland have been using this term for years on;y 'The Burg' means toilet up there. :-)
Model code is kinda handy. A 540i doesn't really tell me a lot, but an E39 540i and I know what you're on about. Similarly for M3s, etc. and then it's still a lot more informative than simply saying 3-series.
While we're at the BMWs, we have 1er, 3er, 5er, 6er, 7er, and though it's rare I presume 8er.
While we're at the BMWs, we have 1er, 3er, 5er, 6er, 7er, and though it's rare I presume 8er.
LotusOmega375D said:
Monosyllabic TVR drivers often seem to write about:
"the Chim"
"the Cerb"
"the Griff"
Can anyone think of any other examples of truncated model names? I can only think of "the 'Grale" which very occasionally appears on here.
the Granny"the Chim"
"the Cerb"
"the Griff"
Can anyone think of any other examples of truncated model names? I can only think of "the 'Grale" which very occasionally appears on here.
the Vix
the Taz
the Tusc
the Tam
the Sag
And of course the Tiv.
BOR said:
I still don't know what a CTR is
Civic Type R. 'cos i know you were dying to know 
land rover and range rover get this a lot
Landy
Rangey
FFRR
RRS
leafer (not really a shortening, but thought i would add it anyway)
88
90
109
110
disco
toylander/gaylander
also any car that simply has a number is usually just referred to by that number
Don't really see what the issue is though. Where do you draw the line? Would you expect me to refer to my little eurobox runabout as the "Suzuki Swift 1.5 GLX 5d auto VVT" or is it ok to just call it "the Swift" or "the sh*tbox"?
Likewise I generally affectionately refer to my TVR Sagaris as "the Sag" or "the slag".
Likewise I generally affectionately refer to my TVR Sagaris as "the Sag" or "the slag".
JonRB said:
Don't really see what the issue is though. Where do you draw the line? Would you expect me to refer to my little eurobox runabout as the "Suzuki Swift 1.5 GLX 5d auto VVT" or is it ok to just call it "the Swift" or "the sh*tbox"?
Likewise I generally affectionately refer to my TVR Sagaris as "the Sag" or "the slag".
Where to draw the line depends on the car in question, and how you refer to it. Coming up with an evocative (or just plain stupid) nickname for a sLikewise I generally affectionately refer to my TVR Sagaris as "the Sag" or "the slag".
tbox with a slightly powerful engine is over the line. Owning a Koenigsegg and referring to it as the 'egg' is acceptable.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff