I said sorry first

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1996 s10 zr2 with a 6.5 turbo diesel
1996 c2500 suburban with a 6.5 turbo diesel
1981 300sd with a turbo 617
Monte carlo figure 8 car

Tex and Lance.

Tex is from Texas originally. Lance is somewhat arbitrary.

The parts car is Lazarus :-)

Names for vehicles were needed in my family because we often had the same models of camry.

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

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The 300 and The 240.
When I had my 300TD it was called The Wagon.

My wife's VW Passat is "Heidi" because she thought it was a pretty German name.

She started the naming and I've just kept out of it. So when I got my car she said it needed a not so pretty German name... so it's Elsa. And I'm fine with that, I actually like the name.

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Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat

I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

I've not thought of a clever name for my wagons. my sister calls it a bus, my mum calls it a shoe. I call it the best damned Car I've owned (i've owned too many)

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I've been known to refer to my 82 300D as "Heidi," because she's German and blonde (well, Light Ivory).

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05 E320 CDI - 175K miles
82 300D - 200K miles (sold)

Col. Klatter!

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 91K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 231K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 196K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 249K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 376K (diesel commuter)

I sometimes refer to mine as the Teutonic torpedo, but most people don't seem to know what I'm talking about.

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'82 300SD - Somewhere over 220k - Becoming reliable...

I tend to give vehicles misnomers for names.
The 1970 Chevy pickup is "Bullet".
The 240D is "The Blue Flame".
The 300D actually makes sense and is known as "The Great Pumpkin" because it's orange (called English Red I think).

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

1975 240D "Fraulein"--German for "mistress", because I spent more time and money on her than on my wife
1977 Jeep CJ5 "Janis"
1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer "Herc", short for Hercules
And I have just purchased "China" from TylerH860, and I am thinking that "Frau Blue Car" a play on "Frau Bluker" (cue the horses) would be appropriate........

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"Frau Blue Car" 1980 240D think Frau Bluker, cue the horses, formerly known as "China" from JimmyL
"Gunther" 1982 300D.....Turbo!! A/C!! Sunroof!!
"Fraulein" 1975 240D----Donated to NPR

Aww, I wouldnt change the name from China...

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

The wife named my 240d Daisy. It's manila beige(not counting the rust).

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1981 240d aka "The rust bucket"

I still have not named my car yet...whats a good name for a white sedan...that almost made it to the scrap yard??
It was all green when I got it, but cranked and ran upon first inspection before purchase
we had a 58 pontiac when I was a kid..my mom called her Betsy
I had a gold car in my teens and called it "goldie"

I think the german names are fitting

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How about ....


langsames Weiß



HA thats it!!!

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Q: "do you name your car?"

A: "I never have, until now"

Well that is until I pick up my 87 300 TDT. My fiancee decided to name it "Gehngis Khan" because it's like a barbarian horde . .

Then she decided that my 87 300DT, is Charlemangen. . .

two cars of the same generation, on dignified, standard of civilization. and the other. . .well. . . .

(caveat I am a history buff and know that Kahn was in fact very advanced and civilized, but I'm going for Hollywood with the names)

So I went from no names to two names in a day

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87' 300DT (Grey w/ red leather)
87' 300TDT (silver w/ palamino tex) SOLD

2012 VW JSW TDI (on tdiclub.com all the time "btcost")