Author Topic: Have you named your car? (Read 38104 times)

Cees Klumper · « **on:** April 10, 2004, 01:27:58 »

I know one Pagoda owner's wife named his car "mistress", "for obvious reasons".

Have you named your car?

Cees Klumper
'69 white 280 SL automatic

JamesL · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2004, 05:07:10 »

A friend of ours - with a bright yellow Smart car called "Barney" - told us one night ours needed a name.

Eespecially as our Pagoda is "newer" in terms of ownership than our new car - an SLK. So both two seaters etc

She decided we should call our Pagoda "Audrey", after Ms Hepburn

So we do :oops:

hands_aus · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2004, 05:21:18 »

Hey Cees,

I have an English neighbour 83yo who takes an active interest in "OUR" car. Bit like grandparents with their grand children "all care but no responsibility".
He has named my 250sl "SNOWY" because of its bright white colour (actually Papyrus white 717).
It seems very apt.

Bob (Brisbane,Australia)
early 250 SL, RHD

Richard Madison · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2004, 07:26:54 »

Can I turn this around and ask for help in naming my car? A clean, original '71 280 SL, Tobacco Brown, Tan Top, cognac interior, manual tranny, lives in New York City.

I have a few potential names on my list but no name jumps out as just right. The names are:
"The Brown Beauty"
"The Brown Streak" (like 'Blue Streak' but it doesn't work with Brown!)
"The One" (the one what?)
"Brownie" (not so good, the traffic police around here were called 'Brownies' because of their uniforms).
"Hans" (but I'm not sure if the car is a boy or a girl)
"Mannie" (from the transmission but a little too subtle)
"Brown Beast" (ugh)
"The Chocolate Kid" (too sweet)
"Old Faithful" (sounds more like an elderly hound dog)

I sometimes call it "The Jalopy" but never when I'm near the car, might be insulted.

I'm not heavy footed, so names like "Lightening" "The UFO", "Speedy", don't work.

I seem to favor names that include 'Brown' but I'd accept a non-Brown name if it fit.

Any suggestions?

Richard M, "The Driver"
For inspiration, a photo of the car is at www.panix.com/~rmadison/mercedes.shtml

113gray · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2004, 08:19:26 »

Mine is "Olga". A nice German girl. -JP-

n/a · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2004, 09:46:58 »

One of my employees dubbed my car "Benzino (pronounced ben-ZEE-no)." The name stuck.
Sort of gives a bit of cool italian european flair. Makes you want to put the top down, wrap a white silk scarf around your neck, pop in a tape of Pavarotti's "ti adoro" into the cassette, and take a spin in the countryside.
Cheers,
Don
71 280sl ivory with red leather

quote:
Originally posted by cees klumper

I know one Pagoda owner's wife named his car "mistress", "for obvious reasons".
:oops:
Have you named your car? :?:

Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

JamesL · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2004, 10:16:52 »

quote:
Originally posted by 280SL71

Can I turn this around and ask for help in naming my car? A clean, original '71 280 SL, Tobacco Brown, Tan Top, cognac interior, manual tranny, lives in New York City.

How about "Golden Brown", or "Brown Sugar"

Great songs by the Stranglers or the Stones. Both with interesting double entendres. Brown Sugar is about the right age, too

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2004, 13:37:56 »

Hi Bob - actually I thought of this topic because you posted your car's name "Snowy" once before!

Bill Cosby once described his children's grandparents, who doted on their grandchildren, this way: "These are not the same people I grew up with. You're looking at old people, trying to get into heaven now!"

I will have to think of a name for my white W113 now ... So far, I've been calling it "The White Mercedes" to distinhuish it from "The Blue Mercedes", our C180 that trucks the family around.

But first let me try to help out Richard. How about:
"Perfect"
"'71"
... this is more difficult than ironing out a cold start problem.

P.s. Dan Caron named his car 'The Red Rocket'.

Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

Mark in KS · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2004, 17:59:30 »

My wife calls my 230SL, "your other wife". I call her "frauline".

hands_aus · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2004, 05:39:30 »

Hey Cees,

What ever it takes to inspire you to come up with a new post.

I hope the name you choose suits your cars' personality.

You are right about choosing a name ... it IS harder than fixing a cold start problem.

Originally I was thinking of calling my car "Guzzler" because of its fuel consumption. I used to accuse it of being a Petroholic but I have sorted out the cause not just the symptoms with the help of our respected gurus.

I have a concern that SNOWY might be too English for my car, but it seems to like the name and has settled into its own personality with it.

Bob (Brisbane,Australia)
early 250 SL, RHD

n/a · « **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2004, 09:04:42 »

My father named our first benz, a big white Ponton Brunhilda (sorry if my German spelling is off) and the SL was Vonairheart. Guess Vagner characters. You've got to have a German name.

My 4 year old son calls the SL, the fun car. I always called it the red car when I was a kid, but now I have two red cars ... hmmmm. Fun car it is.

I come from the boat naming tradition. My first sailboat was called Windfall since it was practically given to me. My second, a Swedish boat, was called Vindfalle (with umlots and everything, the Swedish trasliteration of Windfall). I always wanted to name a boat Breaking Wind, but my wife wouldn't have it.

Since the SLs are such sexy, curvy cars, they need sexy women's names. How about Inga? I met a German girl when I spent a summer in France named Beurgette. How about Chocolate, pronounced the French way?

Shawn Rock
Philly, PA USA
1968 280 SL 4 speed

J. Huber · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2004, 09:28:10 »

Having a name for your car? How silly...

WHO DOESN'T!!

My car has actually had two names since it became a member of our family. In the early days, it was the 63 Kid. My mom called it that because she had 7 of her own and she loved the little car almost as much as us!

Then one day I was driving my little nephew around and he decided to call it a guzzi. The name stuck and for the next 18 years it has been The Guzzi! I know it sounds more Italian than German but believe me, he responds well to the name...

And if you have an automatic, next time you are accelerating through the gears you will hear it ... guuuuuuuuuu, zzzeeeeeeee!

James
63 230SL

n/a · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2004, 07:51:45 »

Cees,
Well, since that posting I lost the wife, but have managed to keep the "mistress". I just need to find another name for her.......my car, that is. I have come up with several new names for my ex-wife.

Regards,
Stan

pembash · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2004, 19:31:40 »

quote:
Originally posted by houstonbuckeye

Cees,
Well, since that posting I lost the wife, but have managed to keep the "mistress". I just need to find another name for her.......my car, that is. I have come up with several new names for my ex-wife.

Regards,
Stan

Stan,
Congratulations! Atleast you have a mistress! A source of pleasure! Enjoy and ravish it for one lives only once. A wife becomes a painful burden while a mistress is at your beck and call.
With best wishes
Bob

Albert-230SL · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2004, 07:26:29 »

quote:
Originally posted by cees klumper

Have you named your car? :?:

Yes, mine is "Pago"

Albert de la Torre Chavalera
Barcelona (Catalunya/Spain)
Feb.'64 230 SL Euro 113042-10-002432

Naj ✝︎ · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2004, 08:47:40 »

I do like the name 'hobel' which I translates to 'old banger' as the #11 300SL race car was lovingly called (MB Classic mag 1/2002 page 19).
Now, while 'kloine Scheisserle' may literally translate to baby in soiled nappy or something like that, Eugen Bohringer refered to his rally Pagoda as such translated as 'littl'un' (compared to is usual 300se rally mount I guess). Faszination SL W113 page 43)
Very appropriate for a Pagoda - no??
naj

65 230SL
68 280SL

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2004, 02:16:36 »

Good one Naj !

I never DID find out what hobel meant but I did think that 'kloine Scheisserle' meant "little sh1t" !

anyway I dont go for names that much but sometimes I refer to her as "the ol' lady".

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.
'03 CLK Kompressor

J. Huber · « **Reply #17 on:** April 21, 2004, 14:44:18 »

Hey Ben,

Not really a name for the car but a cool plate would be
"Benz 64" or something close to that!

James
63 230SL

kns · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2004, 00:46:45 »

"Elle"

Like her namesake, looks best topless.

kns.
1965 230SL, Manual
[1965 220SEb Coupe, Man.]

Ben · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2004, 01:47:55 »

quote:
"Benz 64"

Hey James I LIKE it !!

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.
'03 CLK Kompressor

n/a · « **Reply #20 on:** April 22, 2004, 08:34:14 »

I came up with Frauline Esselle ... SL, get it? Sounds kind of Germanic.

Shawn Rock
Philly, PA USA
1968 280 SL 4 speed

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #21 on:** April 24, 2004, 16:35:45 »

My wife just named our 280 SL: 'The love of your life'

alternate I: "Brigitte" (after Brigitte Bardot)
alternate II: "Anita" (after Anita Ekberg who drove a Pagoda in a certain movie with Marcello Mastroianni, fountain scene)

...

Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

n/a · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2004, 00:50:26 »

Cees,

How about "Bottomless Pit"? Or "Main reason I'll never be rich"?

Cheers,

Andrew
London
1967 250SL

Ricardo · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2004, 11:58:20 »

I named my 250SL "Elsa" after a boyhood friend's older and beautiful sister...my first infatuation.
My 300TD is named after her mother "Hilda" my first employer as a young lad delivering groceries from their little German butcher shop.
Ricardo

bayleif · « **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2004, 14:35:00 »

My wife and I decided to replace the SL of our youth when I turned 50. So we call it our "Geezer Toy"

Chuck Bartlett
1969 Signal Red 4 Speed

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