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Posted by: elocke Oct 14 2005, 05:47 PM

...is what my neighbor calls my 914. I kinda like it. Any other cool or uncool nic-names that you or others use to refer to your car?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Oct 14 2005, 05:51 PM

had a facet fuel pump hard mounted to body... got known as the 'rattler'
sometimes i call it the shitbox

Posted by: Grimstead Oct 14 2005, 05:53 PM

I was always fond of "Poor Mans Porsche"

Posted by: Hammy Oct 14 2005, 05:55 PM

One day I got out of the 914 and called it a whore after some starting problems. Kinda stuck after that. I don't care if its not appropriate

Posted by: VWnDRAG Oct 14 2005, 06:07 PM

QUOTE
I was always fond of "Poor Mans Porsche"

or, "Rich Mans Volkswagen"

Posted by: seanery Oct 14 2005, 06:14 PM

I call whitey "Squarecar"

Posted by: Headrage Oct 14 2005, 06:20 PM

I get "Flat Bug"...

Posted by: messix Oct 14 2005, 06:22 PM

mines white and my daughter named it snow flake.

Posted by: Mueller Oct 14 2005, 06:24 PM

my wife calls my 914 "the bucket"

Posted by: SLITS Oct 14 2005, 06:25 PM

Der Weisze Bandito....It's German and I live in Mexico Del Norte

Posted by: Thorshammer Oct 14 2005, 07:02 PM

ah not to be negative but FEO2, Just trying to get back to it's elements.

Lets see: Shit box, Rust bucket, Flexiflyer, Exxon Valdez, Flintstone mobile, Flexishift, flexibrake, Love of my life.

Erik Madsen

Posted by: scottb Oct 14 2005, 07:48 PM

i call mine lloyd just like my co-worker....

a short fat white guy with no speed or ambition!!!!!

Posted by: porschecb Oct 14 2005, 08:01 PM

Blue Money.

Posted by: URY914 Oct 14 2005, 08:03 PM

In my 26 years of ownership I think I've used the term "...piece of shit" the most.

P

Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 14 2005, 08:07 PM

We had this same topic 2 years ago.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1137&hl=scarlet
The Money Pit race car I was driving then did not have a name.
Now I have Elvira.

Posted by: echocanyons Oct 14 2005, 08:09 PM

I was pumping gas about a week ago and spoke with a guy who said he wanted one when they were new. He said they referred to them as a cigar box.

That was the first time I had heard it referred as such

Posted by: dlo914 Oct 14 2005, 08:09 PM

QUOTE (URY914 @ Oct 14 2005, 06:03 PM)
In my 26 years of ownership I think I've used the term "...piece of shit" the most.

P

i 2nd that! hope she didnt hear me

Posted by: mikey Oct 14 2005, 08:12 PM

The money pit.

Posted by: Headrage Oct 14 2005, 08:13 PM

QUOTE (URY914 @ Oct 14 2005, 07:03 PM)
...piece of shit" the most.

Winner!!!!!!

Posted by: Headrage Oct 14 2005, 08:14 PM

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Oct 14 2005, 07:07 PM)
We had this same topic 2 years ago.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1137&hl=scarlet
The Money Pit race car I was driving then did not have a name.
Now I have Elvira.

Whoa, that's cruel......

Posted by: grasshopper Oct 14 2005, 08:50 PM

hhhmmmmm my mom calls it the rust bucket, the POS, the stupid car, the mouse trap...hehe

Posted by: Headrage Oct 14 2005, 08:53 PM

QUOTE (Thorshammer @ Oct 14 2005, 06:02 PM)
Flintstone mobile

I heard that once....

Miles has him now..

Posted by: brp914 Oct 14 2005, 09:02 PM

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ah not to be negative but FEO2, Just trying to get back to it's elements.

Not to be pedantic (too late), but FeO2 no can do - FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4. Nother chemistry pet peeve: "high silicone pistons" grrr! silicone = synthetic rubber, as in fake boobs. Silicon, semi-metallic element. Can be alloyed with various metals and carbon.

Back on subject: "Nazi box" - add a gun turret and it looks like a panzer tank.

Posted by: Headrage Oct 14 2005, 09:04 PM

QUOTE (brp914 @ Oct 14 2005, 08:02 PM)
Nother chemistry pet peeve: "high silicone pistons" grrr! silicone = synthetic rubber, as in fake boobs.

I freaking HATE fake boobs.

They SUCK..........

Posted by: Hammy Oct 14 2005, 09:04 PM

QUOTE (brp914 @ Oct 14 2005, 08:02 PM)
Back on subject: "Nazi box" - add a gun turret and it looks like a panzer tank.

I get that a lot. My friends always seem to have to relate my German car to something Nazi.

Though I always think Nazi when i see a Thing..

Posted by: brp914 Oct 14 2005, 09:21 PM

I freaking hate fake pistons.

Posted by: ottox914 Oct 14 2005, 10:05 PM

Mine gets called "Yellow car" for obvious reasons, my nephews call it the "race car" after attending a couple auto crosses, and my wife, while I was building it, referred to the 914 as "your other mistress". She has since mellowed out and calls it "yellow".

Posted by: Brando Oct 14 2005, 10:23 PM

"LBB"

Little Blue Beater

Posted by: lagunero Oct 14 2005, 10:26 PM

Death Trap

Posted by: grantsfo Oct 14 2005, 11:06 PM

The rusty wagon

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 14 2005, 11:17 PM

QUOTE (echocanyons @ Oct 14 2005, 08:09 PM)
I was pumping gas about a week ago and spoke with a guy who said he wanted one when they were new. He said they referred to them as a cigar box.

That was the first time I had heard it referred as such

I've used that term often as a visual aid for the porsche impaired.

Just invision a cigar box on jack stands.

JP's "shitbox" comes to mind also.

..

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 15 2005, 12:36 AM

my wife calls the car "your redhead girlfriend" ...

Andy

Posted by: Andyrew Oct 15 2005, 01:21 AM

Lawnmower... is what my friend first called, it, he owned a kia back then... we went back and forth bench racing....

Now he calls it my freekin fast lawnmower.

Posted by: kwales Oct 15 2005, 08:18 AM

My wife calls it "your mistress".....

Me, I call it a "hanger queen"

Ken

Posted by: effutuo101 Oct 15 2005, 09:15 AM

The two that are my favorite are: the other b*#ch, your other girlfriend, and when my wife drives, she called it " my favorite b*#ch".

Posted by: bmunday Oct 15 2005, 09:20 AM

Right now it's called my paper weight.
My neighbor calls it a pancake... He drives a lincoln continental.. (Yea he has room to talk ) I thought only 70 yr olds drove those.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 15 2005, 10:19 AM

Mine goes by the name of "Baby".

I've called it POS more than once or twice, though.

A few times, I've called it "Persnickety", after Nathan J. Nagle's acronym:
Persnickety Old Roadster, Sucks Cash, Hellaciously Expensive.

Sometimes I'll use "Teener" as a term for any 914.

Someone on the Rennlist, years ago, called it "the Porsche picnic basket--a lid on each end, and a handle in the middle."

--DD

Posted by: bd1308 Oct 15 2005, 11:33 AM

Exxon Valdez is funny.....i had a trail of oil left on I-65 where my car went...

I've called it a few choice words though....

and then i beat the crap out of it when it finally bit the dust...

Posted by: dcruiksh914 Oct 15 2005, 12:49 PM

I sometimes call mine the "stud bucket" with heavy emphasis on the obvious ironey .

Also, Winky for her tendency to wink the p-side head light 3 or 4 times when I turn the lights off. Never did figure that one out, but it corrected itself eventually

Posted by: olav Oct 15 2005, 01:07 PM

Simply "The Six"

Posted by: bd1308 Oct 15 2005, 01:13 PM

QUOTE (dcruiksh914 @ Oct 15 2005, 12:49 PM)
I sometimes call mine the "stud bucket" with heavy emphasis on the obvious ironey .

Also, Winky for her tendency to wink the p-side head light 3 or 4 times when I turn the lights off. Never did figure that one out, but it corrected itself eventually

sticky relay....

the relay "arm" sticks closed for a bit, causing the light to go through the cycle again and again until it gets unstuck.

Posted by: goose2 Oct 15 2005, 02:29 PM

"the pumpkin"

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Posted by: ws91420 Oct 15 2005, 07:13 PM

My girlfriends son names the vehicles and is a big Winnie the Pooh fan. Her Vue is Poohey, her moms car is Eeyore, her dads truck is Tigger, my truck is Rabbitt, my Moms car is Kanga, and the 914 that shares the garage with my moms car is Roo.

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 15 2005, 10:23 PM

For some reason I have started calling my car the Disco Inferno. I really could not say why. I am sure tht it has somehting to do withthe "flamable 14," but my car has never had an engine fire that I know of.

Or Jack - as in jackstands.

Zach

Posted by: DNHunt Oct 16 2005, 08:14 AM

Right now it's "That Thing" that keeps the jackstands on the ground. When it's running it's "Spirit". Right now it's "Spirit of the Devil". It'll never make it to the crusher cause it'll probably burn in hell.

Ah, but when it's right it's a little bit of heaven.

Dave

Posted by: aircooledboy Oct 17 2005, 12:32 PM

My buddy with the Bentley GT calls mine "The Norelco" because he thinks it looks like an electric razor.

Guess it is only fair, since I call his Bentley Continental "The red refrigerator box with wheels."

Posted by: dheinz Oct 17 2005, 01:12 PM

At a DE, a guy I passed in a 911 turbo said he saw in his mirror a little black " fart of a car " approaching at a high rate of speed.

Question?

Is "fart of a car" considered a nickname?

Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 04:49 PM

Mine is called "My mechanic's alimony payments"

Posted by: jhadler Oct 17 2005, 05:04 PM

There's been a few names over the years. I would say that POS was more often used I guess, but only in an affectionate way (what if it heard me?). However, most of my friends lately have came up with more names.

"The Phantom Porsche"
"The Eternal Infernal Project"
"The Dust Collector"
"The Grey German Shelf in the Garage"

but mostly

"The Porsche Planter"...

-sigh-

I have GOT to get this thing running this winter...

-Josh2

Posted by: theol00 Oct 17 2005, 05:15 PM

Louis - (phonetic Looee)

after Mrs. Louise Pietch - the good professors sister & and my 911 is named Ferdi - after the man himself

Posted by: MattR Oct 17 2005, 05:19 PM

jack

my car has spent the last 2 years on jackstands

Posted by: Sparky Oct 17 2005, 09:06 PM

Frequently called OPSB by most of my family, not sure why it doesnt leak oil it marks it's territory I call it the "Ratt" cause seriously it looks ratty and worn down kinda like it's driver

My best,
Mike D.

Posted by: Dead Air Oct 17 2005, 10:18 PM

Ordella (elfin spear, in german or something)

Posted by: Root_Werks Oct 18 2005, 07:52 AM

I usually name mine by thier color while I own them. Or if I have more than one sometimes color and engine.

Grey six
Orange six
Orange four

I have heard:
Rusty
Spot
P.O.S.

Posted by: Joe Ricard Oct 18 2005, 08:15 AM

Mine are in my signature.
Named for what they are.

Posted by: fatlando Oct 18 2005, 09:01 AM

mines been called "THE ROLLER SKATE"

my all time favorite is when they call me the "GEICO GECKO" when he's driving around in his red sports car

Posted by: Two914s Oct 18 2005, 01:09 PM

My first 914 was signal orange.

My father called it " the pumk'n seed"

Posted by: ninefourteener Oct 18 2005, 01:21 PM

I call it:

"The fine example of classic German automotive craftsmanship..... that you're not allowed to drive"

My wife calls it:

"The death contraption that I don't wanna drive, and that our child will never ride in"

LMFAO

Posted by: itsa914 Oct 18 2005, 01:39 PM

My plate on my car is MYGOKART I call it the kart for short.

My almost 4yr old calls it daddy's vroom vroom

Been thinking of changing it to SOLORCR (solo racer) not to be confused with 914 club memebr Soloracer

Posted by: johnmhudson111 Oct 18 2005, 04:02 PM

"In the way" is what my wife calls mine.

I call it "the 14" or "the 72"

Posted by: lotus_65 Oct 18 2005, 04:29 PM

my daughter named it our "sunshine car".

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Posted by: Toast Oct 18 2005, 05:58 PM

I'm not allowed to post those types of names in the Garage.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 18 2005, 06:53 PM

A few more names my car has earned over the years...

The blue car (as opposed to the yellow car, my non-914)
The light-blue car (as opposed to the dark-blue 1.8L 914 I used to have)
The loud car (should be obvious)
The quiet car (a friend who worked in day-care said my car was quiet when compared to the classroom full of kids she took care of)

--DD

Posted by: flesburg Oct 18 2005, 07:40 PM

I had a yellow 74 which had a tendency to have a fuel injection electric plug fall off on no 3 cyl. Happened several times, until I replace the little rubber boot that holds the male plug into the female fitting on the injector....

My wife called it the "lemon". She has never let me have another yellow car, and if I ever do buy one, she will call it the "lemon" car.

I have a brown 911 and guess what she calls it! Her nick name rimes with "bird-car"

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