Nicknames for C4-C6
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Nicknames for C4-C6
It's kinda unfair that the first three gen's get a snazzy nickname while the last three are just numbers, so I say we start a list of possible late generation nicknames:
C4 - Tomcat years, F14 years, Starwars years
C5 - (back to the sea creature names) Whale, walrus, manatee
- just kidding don't get your panties in a wad, I happen to really like the 5's. Maybe the Touring Years? I dunno
C6 - only thing that comes to mind is some animal that never closes its eyes.
Ok, so my ideas are crap except the 4's - what do you have?
C4 - Tomcat years, F14 years, Starwars years
C5 - (back to the sea creature names) Whale, walrus, manatee
- just kidding don't get your panties in a wad, I happen to really like the 5's. Maybe the Touring Years? I dunnoC6 - only thing that comes to mind is some animal that never closes its eyes.
Ok, so my ideas are crap except the 4's - what do you have?
Last edited by rstackjd; Sep 16, 2006 at 11:40 AM.
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Originally Posted by rstackjd
It's kinda unfair that the first three gen's get a snazzy nickname while the last three are just numbers, so I say we start a list of possible late generation nicknames:
C4 - Tomcat years, F14 years, Starwars years
C5 - (back to the sea creature names) Whale, wlarus, manatee - just kidding don't get your panties in a wad, I happen to really like the 5's. Maybe the Touring Years? I dunno
C6 - only thing that comes to mind is some animal that never closes its eyes.
Ok, so my ideas are crap except the 4's - what do you have?
C4 - Tomcat years, F14 years, Starwars years
C5 - (back to the sea creature names) Whale, wlarus, manatee
- just kidding don't get your panties in a wad, I happen to really like the 5's. Maybe the Touring Years? I dunnoC6 - only thing that comes to mind is some animal that never closes its eyes.
Ok, so my ideas are crap except the 4's - what do you have?
C4-the sandwich
C5-jellybean
C6-smiley face
all in good fun
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I can't think of any nicknames, but i think I've come up with some theme songs for the last 3 Gens..... 
C4: Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
[[A body like yours.. Oughta be in jail ..cuz its on the verge of bein obscene]]
C5: Sir Mix A Lot - "Baby Got Back"
[[I like big butts and i cannot lie.]]
C6: Queen - "We are the Champions"
[[We are the champions, my friend .. And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end... No time for losers 'cause we are the champions Of the world]]
C4: Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
[[A body like yours.. Oughta be in jail ..cuz its on the verge of bein obscene]]
C5: Sir Mix A Lot - "Baby Got Back"
[[I like big butts and i cannot lie.]]
C6: Queen - "We are the Champions"
[[We are the champions, my friend .. And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end... No time for losers 'cause we are the champions Of the world]]
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Originally Posted by Z-07 freak
WTF did you get Tomcat???
The C4's just have a fighter/cockpit feel to me (not that I've ever actually sat in a fighter jet
) Especially that fancy azz digidash
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Originally Posted by VetteUSA
I can't think of any nicknames, but i think I've come up with some theme songs for the last 3 Gens.....
C4: Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
[[A body like yours.. Oughta be in jail ..cuz its on the verge of bein obscene]]
C5: Sir Mix A Lot - "Baby Got Back"
[[I like big butts and i cannot lie.]]
C6: Queen - "We are the Champions"
[[We are the champions, my friend .. And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end... No time for losers 'cause we are the champions Of the world]]
C4: Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
[[A body like yours.. Oughta be in jail ..cuz its on the verge of bein obscene]]
C5: Sir Mix A Lot - "Baby Got Back"
[[I like big butts and i cannot lie.]]
C6: Queen - "We are the Champions"
[[We are the champions, my friend .. And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end... No time for losers 'cause we are the champions Of the world]]
Now I have that damn baby got back song stuck in my head!!! Big AZZ C5
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The `84-`89 are often refered to as "Star Wars" because of the gauges.
Press releases for the `90MY said the designers wanted the driver to feel like they were in a F-16 fighter. Thus the new wrap around the driver design. So I guess you could call it a Falcon.
Press releases for the `90MY said the designers wanted the driver to feel like they were in a F-16 fighter. Thus the new wrap around the driver design. So I guess you could call it a Falcon.
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I kinda like names that go along with a single distinguishing characteristic. Like "solid axle" or "shark" (a stretch, but it was based on the mako shark concept, right?)
Anyway, I'm surprised they just don't call C4's "clamshells." C5's should be "big butts" and C6's will need a couple more years before something falls out -- I think C6 is good enough for now.
And please --"big butt" is not meant as an insult. I really like C5's: I think the rear design is a good example of form following function, and I'll have a C5 in a few years. And when I do, I'll take no offense to anyone referring to it as a "big butt"
Anyway, I'm surprised they just don't call C4's "clamshells." C5's should be "big butts" and C6's will need a couple more years before something falls out -- I think C6 is good enough for now.
And please --"big butt" is not meant as an insult. I really like C5's: I think the rear design is a good example of form following function, and I'll have a C5 in a few years. And when I do, I'll take no offense to anyone referring to it as a "big butt"
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Originally Posted by Onyx C4
I kinda like names that go along with a single distinguishing characteristic. Like "solid axle" or "shark" (a stretch, but it was based on the mako shark concept, right?)
Anyway, I'm surprised they just don't call C4's "clamshells." C5's should be "big butts" and C6's will need a couple more years before something falls out -- I think C6 is good enough for now.
And please --"big butt" is not meant as an insult. I really like C5's: I think the rear design is a good example of form following function, and I'll have a C5 in a few years. And when I do, I'll take no offense to anyone referring to it as a "big butt"
Anyway, I'm surprised they just don't call C4's "clamshells." C5's should be "big butts" and C6's will need a couple more years before something falls out -- I think C6 is good enough for now.
And please --"big butt" is not meant as an insult. I really like C5's: I think the rear design is a good example of form following function, and I'll have a C5 in a few years. And when I do, I'll take no offense to anyone referring to it as a "big butt"
though for policital correctness perhaps the C5's should be Wide Bodies or Enhanced Butts Clamshells - humm - I like it - fits the sea creature theme of the Sharks and Stingrays.
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C5= Fat-*** 
J/K, They're okay. I like them, especially FRCs, I just think the C4s are much prettier. Still not crazy about the C6s though.
J/K, They're okay. I like them, especially FRCs, I just think the C4s are much prettier. Still not crazy about the C6s though.
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Originally Posted by rstackjd
Clamshells - humm - I like it - fits the sea creature theme of the Sharks and Stingrays.
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Originally Posted by VetteUSA
It fits the sea creature theme, but "clamshells" seems like a rather wimpy word.
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Originally Posted by VetteUSA
It fits the sea creature theme, but "clamshells" seems like a rather wimpy word.
Oh, I don't know the "clam" part has something going for it!
I know, how about Snappers!
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