"PUD"? And you folks make fun of me naming my cars, what??? Good luck with it DF/FF/PF, my little escort (no name) has over 160K/38-40mpg and still runs great, my opinion, ya done good, but why PUD, is that for future cus words, like you damn "pud F*^%er" come on start!!!
Nah, Pud is a nickname that goes WAYYYYY back in time for me. It's way TMI but my Dad gave all of us "P" nicknames when we were just little rugrats. I was Pud (pronounced 'mud') until I was 6 or so. It's sort of a shout out to Dad, since he's gone now; a nickname for a little squirt of a car like a Festiva. *sniff*
OMG !!!!!! a Kia Pride.................... they were even laughed at over here , the land of small cheap automobiles............. I'm starting to worry about you John, couldn't you have got a "proper" Ford, like an Escort or a Fiesta?, did they sell Fiestas over there?. It was the best selling European hatchback for donkeys years, cheap, reliable and fun...........but still a proper Ford. I've arranged for the men in white coats to come and pay you a visit...................... Regards customising "Pud", may I suggest 18" rims with liquorice rubber, dark metallic green paint, slamming sound system, (must be worth at least 8 times the value of the car), body kit and a rear wing the size of the flight deck of the USS Forrestal, won't make the car go any faster, (quite the opposite in fact), but at least you'll be down with the kids..........................
Great ideas, all (except for the ones after the word 'suggest'). Thanks Tony. Yes they sold Fiesta's here. The green ones looked like frogs. "Proper" fords don't get ~50MPG Tony! And they cost a lot more then the Pud. Besides, this is my second Pud. I had a 91 a coon's age ago. Fiesta's were frogs, 72 Torinos were catfish. Ford was really at one with the land weren't they?
I'd like to see that, FF's "Pud" with a wing that size... I served in Forrestal for two deployments, and that flight deck wasn't even considered "big" when the ship was paid off...
A 1.6 litre diesel (none turbo) Fiesta would give you 65 mpg............ sorry to rub it in....... and it's a "proper" Euro Ford. Maybe this will inspire you with some customising ideas.............
Might be onto something there John, about that name thing. Every single person who looked at my 72 Mercurys said the exact same name = Land Shark.
Those Fiestas didn't look like ours. Here's a frogmobile. http://www.cardomain.com/member_pag...ges/12/web/2280000-2280999/2280883_2_full.jpg
Thats a Mark 1 Fiesta, the one in my pic, (my old work van, a 2001 year) was a Mark 4, they're now on Mark 6 or 7............
Oh. Well I don't think they made it past Mark 1 here then. That's all I remember about them. I was just a baby when those were new.
I was a baby too (10 years old) when they came out, I suddenly feel very, very old........ heres a link to the various incarnations of the Fezzy in the UK......... http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/kb.php?aid=85
Agreed, but only if it was named after a cartoon animal (i.e. Garfield, Scooby Doo, etc). Calvin, Charlie Brown, or even Snuffy Smith, would be acceptable.
So this means Freddy, Shaggy, and Velma are acceptable, HOT DOGG!!! How about cartoon cars or motorcycles, I'm a little partial to Speed Buggy or maybe Wheelie But I lay claim to Mater that is if such a name is acceptable to you Oh great one
Shoot, Dawg, Mater is not only acceptable, it is prefered. Shaggy would be a great name also. Freddy, well, maybe in SF.
I think that the key here PDW is that if you use a person's name, make it a well-known character or at least a jovial type of obscure name like Artemis. For instance, calling the car Ichabod Lugnut would be whacked but acceptable, but calling it Barbara, Rosie, or Jennifer, may be considered creepy. So in that vein of thinking, Wheelie would be just fine. Even Freddy is OK assuming you really mean it's after the Scooby Doo character. But be careful; if you go overboard you can cross the 'creepy' line real quick, i.e. Rodney "Big Nuts" Torquewrench. Wouldn't want to go there.
Ya know John/Sean you can say all ya want about me naming my cars after women. All I can say is that I have a love affair with my cars, always have always will and for me to call one Chuck or Charles, thats creepy!!!... I invite you to do a google search and see what ya come up with, I did and you may be enlightened what Mr and Mrs Public do... Just named my escort Betsy, so there!
That doesn't really help your side of the argument. But that's OK; to each his own. Really, be who you are.
