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Trakehner 04-27-2008 07:58 PM

It's not a Benz, it's not a Mercedes,
 
it's a Mercedes Benz. The man across the street was just telling me how he hates to hear people refer to his car as a 'Benz' or a 'Mercedes'. He prefers 'Mercedes Benz'. Kind of reminds me of my cousins in San Francisco who cringe when people say 'Frisco' lol.

TheDon 04-27-2008 08:10 PM

Although "Benz" and "Mercedes" are what we call our cars it is proper to refer to them as "Mercedes Benz Automobiles" since the last true Mercedes or Benz was built before the merger after WWI

Botnst 04-27-2008 08:21 PM

Wow.

300EVIL 04-27-2008 10:00 PM

I say Mercs.... That'd probably piss him off. :D

iwrock 04-27-2008 10:03 PM

Lol..... I call them Mercs as well.


I use Mercedes alot too.... Never Benz by itself though.

Matt L 04-27-2008 10:12 PM

I call mine a "Benz" quite often. "Mercedes" fairly often too. Never "Mercedes-Benz," probably because it is just too long. Nobody assumes that my car is nearing a century in age.

raymr 04-27-2008 10:20 PM

It's ..... the BLUE CAR!

OldPokey 04-27-2008 10:44 PM

I call it "the heap". I could GAF what other people call it. :rolleyes:

t walgamuth 04-27-2008 11:24 PM

I usually call them just mercedes. My black sdl I usually just called the black car.

My dodge truck is referred to as "The big dog".

The 280e autocrosser is "The race car".

My 300cd is called "Neville" by my youngest lovely daughter.....and now by me too.

Tom W

aklim 04-27-2008 11:32 PM

How about MB?

Since66 04-27-2008 11:33 PM

In conversation, I refer to my car as a Benz. Originally, Mercedes was a model of the Benz automobile.


.......but you knew that. :D

Jim B. 04-28-2008 12:16 AM

I was born there.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Trakehner (Post 1837295)
. Kind of reminds me of my cousins in San Francisco who cringe when people say 'Frisco' lol.

And lived there most of my life.

Don't call it "Frisco"!!! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/forum/stop.gif < cringes >

iwrock 04-28-2008 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t walgamuth (Post 1837472)
I usually call them just mercedes. My black sdl I usually just called the black car.

Tom W


We called the SL600 the black car for a while, and then got the G500, which is also black.... Black car no longer works...

t walgamuth 04-28-2008 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Since66 (Post 1837480)
In conversation, I refer to my car as a Benz. Originally, Mercedes was a model of the Benz automobile.


.......but you knew that. :D

Actually Mercedes was originally Karl Benz's Daughter. Or one of those early fellows.

Although Mercedes sounds more like a spanish name you see it from time to time still as ladies names. There is a lady who goes to our church with it as her name but she insists on it being pronounced with the first sylabel (SP?) emphasised.

Tom W

Mr.Kenny 04-28-2008 10:03 AM

We call it 'the Mercedes', the 'Tank' or the "Benzer".


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