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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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Yeah, I named mine "Aaaarrrrghh" which is the sound I make whenever I'm trying to get out of the car!

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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03 is "Red"
04 was "Slik"
07..........don't know until I get it!
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Mine is called "Yvette"
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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The Vette doesn't have an official name...just "Vette" gets me excited enough...but if I do use one...it's usually "Knight Rider"



The Mustang Cobra is definitely "Snake":

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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nope.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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His name is Quicker because he's quicker than anything else I've owned.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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I call mine Christie.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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The people I work with named it Darth Vader. It stuck.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:12 AM
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Nope, no name for mine...
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 06:50 AM
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Molly...as in "good golly, Miss Molly".
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 07:59 AM
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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Wife calls mine the "Mistress"
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:08 AM
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I would name mine.....but I'm not gay.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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I'm a huge Johnny Cash fan, and since she's Triple Black,
'A Vette named Sue'
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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they each have two names depending on whether its my wife or I that are speaking.... mine and yours ....
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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I call my MagRed Cpe. "FLASH", after the comic strip character "The Flash".
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bizaro
Not that I think naming your Vette is gay, but mine doesn't have a name either.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:25 AM
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i autoX, and many people have "race" logos for their cars, like Smith racing, or Cone Killer, etc...
i had Great White Racing on mine
now everybody refers to the car as Great White
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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Is there a book,where I may get suggestion's.Or should I let the god father and mother pick it out.ha ha ha.
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