Your Land rovers name???

[cucinadio]

Was thinking that we had a thread asking where your avatar name came from .... but after reading Vlad's explanation of where the name rolly came from ... I was curious to find out where others beloveds names came from...

So if your keen... tell us about where your name for your beloved Land rover came from ........???

cheers

[alittlebitconcerned]

My Defender is named the Grey Ghost. It is grey. :D

[Heggs]

My daughter named it "Dug" and its kinda just stuck, people often thing it is another person we are talking about when refering to it

[87County]

I often think of my 110 as Rocinante ..... but I haven't had the hide to seize the name and paint the name on it, as it could equally apply to any of our older cars.

It is a name with deeper meaning... to quote from Wikipedia

Rocín in Spanish means work-horse or low-quality horse ("nag"), but also illiterate or rough man. There are similar words in French (roussin; rosse), Portuguese (rocim) and Italian (ronzino). The etymology is uncertain. The name is, however, a pun. On the first order, the Spanish ante means "before" or "previously". On the second order, it also translates as 'in front of'. On the third order, the suffix -ante in Spanish is adverbial; rocinante refers to functioning as, or being, a rocín reflexively. As such, Cervantes establishes a pattern of ambiguous interpretations present in many words in the novel. Another further explanation comes from the text itself: nombre a su parecer alto, sonoro y significativo de lo que había sido cuando fue rocín, antes de lo que ahora era - "a name, to his thinking, lofty, sonorous, and significant of his condition as a hack before he became what he now was" (the gender of Rocinante is not actually specified).

and it was also the name of Monsignor Quixote's old car in Graham Green's novel of the same name

so from de Cervantes to Steinbeck & Greene - a name from literature that could grace any friendly old LR

maybe our members with Spanish backgrounds can fill in more details

[Ace]

Mine doesnt have a name, never really thought of one that suits it. So I just call it "The Disco", really creative i know. :D

[series3]

Ivan.

Sometimes the great, sometimes the terrible.

Sam

[Mick_Marsh]

You know, this week, I've just started research to find out their names.

[Drover]

My Missus calls it the "The Pearl" as in the Black Pearl from pirates of the Caribbean fame.

[isuzutoo-eh]

Dirty Mary is named after a steam train that used to spray oil all over herself and anyone nearby. Is also sometimes referred to as the Black Maria because of her first owner.

The County just gets called the County because thats whats written on the door :p

[wagoo]

A smokey old series 2 that kept breaking diffs, axles and gearboxes was named Puff The Tragic Wagon. My current one I call Wild **** because in the wild is where it spends all of its life.
wagoo.

[cucinadio]

A smokey old series 2 that kept breaking diffs, axles and gearboxes was named Puff The Tragic Wagon. My current one I call Wild **** because in the wild is where it spends all of its life.
wagoo.


LOL...... love it .....:D

[numpty]

My grey Defender is Gandalf...as in Gandalf the Grey from Lord of The Rings.

Leon the Series 1......the previous owners name

Thomas the Series 1 named after Thomas the Tank Engine because he is blue and has red wheels.

[The ho har's]

I am sure we have had this thread:confused:

anyway...

RED 130 that's obvious
zara..the property's name she came from on Zara Road
bessie..a good friends mother, I was told she was a tough old girl
jack..the person we got him from second son
charles..because we can:D
dio..means god..you know the story;)
buttercup..'cause it's yellow

the others we will not be keeping so no names:)

Mrs hh:angel:

[SimonM]

Mr Ploppy - keeps leaving droppings on my garage floor. The name gets inspiration from a Blackadder episode.

[clubagreenie]

I'm of the belief that they have to earn their names.

First Series 2 didn't get around to earning it's name, the 2door RRC was Gumby since it was green and had excessive flex/body roll. Still waiting to take the Disco out to let iot earn it's name.

[ramblingboy42]

Grumble, cause that what it sounds like when the engines under power and when the tyres roll slowly on bitumen.

[kenleyfred]

Fred.
Part of my second name, and by coincidence my wife's nickname from an earlier time.

Kenley .... kenleyfred

[Hymie]

Mine has a registration beginning with EZK.

Hence the name Ezekiel.

[Wongdai]

My girls named my Disco "The Popemobile", coz of all the glass.

[cucinadio]

My girls named my Disco "The Popemobile", coz of all the glass.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/799.jpg

:D

[woody]

I first started out thinking my little girl should be called 'Lady Godiver' because of my wife's English heritage. That was until swmbo was complaining about how much time I spent with this other women and that I treated her better, now she is refered to as 'The Mistress'.

[sashadidi]

First was Eileen after the song come on Eileen which seemed to bring the truck good traction as we always played the song as we bashed through the mud in Africa.
The guys we traveled with had a old series one which was very slow and as they were English and slightly mad (nicely) they christened her "mistress Quickly"
The new truck has not earned a name as such yet

[fraser130]

"Wobbly" for two reasons, numberplate is WBY-xxx, and the way the whole cab wobbles when we hit small hard bumps.

Fraser

[Taipan]

Hi all,

My Defender 2007 Puma is name Taipan, as there are several reasons;
1. Taipan is Chinese for "supreme leader". Which Defenders are in 4WDs.
2. Australia's inland Taipan snake is the world's deadliest snake. And my Taipan defender shares the same habitat (Australia Outback).
3. And finally Taipans are black and grow to around 100-110 inches.

[Tikirocker]

The name of my truck carried over from when I had the Series IIA ... long story short I have a thing for Polynesian carvings of Tiki's which are the Polynesian equivalent of Adam in the Biblical sense. Tiki was the first man in Polynesian lore ... I also have a habit of carving large Tiki out of wood and selling them from time to time.

So ... I have a small carved wooden Tiki that is an Easter Island Moai that would hang from my rear view mirror and when I was driving my Land Rover it would rock from side to side ... hence Tiki-Rocker. There is another layer to the whole meaning in that I love Rockabilly music and Kustom Kulture and Tiki's are a big part of that sub culture also. In that context Rocker means Rockabilly ... so there is Tikirocker there as well.

So the truck is called Tikirocker and I've been using this handle as an online name since year dot. :)

Simon.

[Hall]

As already noted. Iv`e a feeling Iv`e seen a thread like this before. Any way as I might have already posted. My ute was named by the wife George. This does show our age a bit. You have to hark back to the Bug`s Bunny cartoons. In series of Bugs cartoons Bug would meet a giant Yeti or a giant martin monster. The monster would grab bugs and say I will call you George, I will squeeze you, I will hold you etc. Missus thinks I`m a bit like the yeti ( a tad thick and feral ) so the ute was called George.

[Col.Coleman]

Yep, Thread circle of life. But I have added since last time.

There is a theme here
Len - '55 86" Ex SMHEA Hard top
Mal - '56 107" Trayback
Mike - '56 109" Ex-RFS Truck cab
Harry - '69 88" Basic
Les - '82 109" Stage 1 Isuzu Wagon
Steve - '99 130" Crew Cab HCPU
Thommo - '88 KFM

Monty - '59 88" Command Recon
Tom - '78 109 FFR
Charlie - Trak Trailer

Wanted a tough name
Brutus - '77 2 Door Rangie

Girls cars
Xena - '68 Corvette Sting Ray T top
Betty - '03 Subaru Forester

It's a bike thing
Bully - '64 Bultaco Sherpa T
Ago - '86 Moto Guzzi V65SP

The boats came named
Blue Moves - '81 14' Windrush Catamaran
Y-KNot - 19' Carrabean

I haven't bothered naming the rest.


CC

[Randylandy]

My S3 Tetnus because that is what i will likley get from all the knuckle scrapes and rusty bits.

[samuelclarke]

I wanted a cool African name that was a little out of the norm for my red Defender...after searching high and low with no luck I turned to baby name websites (yeah I know :angel: :wasntme: ) and discovered...

Safara

The meaning of the name Safara is Fire
The origin of the name Safara is African
Notes: Word from the Wolof language.

[cucinadio]

sorry guys .. i did look but didnt seem to find the other thread, sorry!!!

cheers

[Milkman Dan]

The first Rangie I had was nicked named "Dolly" as in Dolly Parton.
Both started in country, both went upmarket, both had huge amount of plastic hanging out front, my Dolly's case a pair of lightforce 240's.

Current Disco's has no name, yet.

[RVR110]

Rocky III

because:
- it's our third 110
- like the movie franchise of the same name the saga goes on and on.
- we don't have to think up new names every time we get a new 110 (Rocky IV will be arriving soon)
- it rocks!

[drifter]

Fernando - because when I stripped the engine down, I discovered the pistons had a stamp on each one - in order:

A B B A

It was going to be called Dancing Queen until Mrs HH pointed out in another thread that 88" were female and 109" were male...

[zuno555]

I call it Camo Disco or Tractor (cos its loud, slow and a diesel)

Other people call it Cow (Paint) or Plucka (Hood Ornament)

Wife just calls it a POS :eek: how harsh!

[mattg]

My Disco 2 is called Barry. he just looks like a big bad barry.

[easo]

My 130 is "Sally Anne".
The S1 is just the "Old Girl" my boys call it the little green car.

I had some stickers made up for Sally Anne.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/668.jpg

[cucinadio]

My 130 is "Sally Anne".
The S1 is just the "Old Girl" my boys call it the little green car.

I had some stickers made up for Sally Anne.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/668.jpg


and, why is she called sally anne???

[dmdigital]

Let's see...

There's...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/666.jpg

And there's...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/667.jpg
(which I've already explained before:p)

[cucinadio]

Let's see...

There's...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/666.jpg

And there's...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/667.jpg
(which I've already explained before:p)

lol, and the fact that you posted again is testament that you wanted to spread the love again ....:D...:p

[easo]

and, why is she called sally anne???

Oh, sorry... Its a girl from my schools days, I always liked the name.

Easo

[cucinadio]

Oh, sorry... Its a girl from my schools days, I always liked the name.

Easo


lol,, cool, does she know???

[Gromit68]

Gromit the 2a SWB - previous owner's name that was carried over

Mzungu - white 110 TD5: "Swahili: big white foreigner that travels" - it's a large pommy truck that gets around a bit

[ezyrama]

I wanted to call my 2a "Monty", but I saw someone else already had dibs on it and my 11 year old daughter said all the other 2a's would call him a poof! so she named him Ralph.
My son decided to call the S3 we are rebuilding for his first car "Smeg" from "Red Dwarf" because Nathan can be such a Smeghead.

[easo]

lol,, cool, does she know???

Nah, never seen her again, actually wasn't until I meet my wife Janelle, she payed for the sticker to be made up on a day date to Queen Vic Markets in Melbourne and suggested where to put it.

Easo

[El Duderino]

Interesting but cool question!

My TJ Jeep's name is Eddy (After Eddy The Eagle). It's a Golden Eagle edition, n was named after the crap down-hill skiier Eddy The Eagle...it kinda just stuck after I first saw it in the dealership lot, n thought it was handicapped through old technology, but still pulled looks. I bought it new for a song as that was a sister dealership, n love the beast to bits! Hehehe!

My old BMW (1996 316i Compact) was called "The Reichstag" or "Panzer" because of all the German mods on it. I regret selling that car to this day tbh...it was an awesome run-around which could play damned hard.

As for my D1, I'm still yet to settle on a name other than Landy atm. I call it the Disco (as was the nick-name for mums one I learnt to drive in, n that feels right to me), but mates have called it War Pig, the Beast, Toorak Tractor on Steroids, Roundabout-Blocker, ******, or Toyota Recovery Rig...

I'm happy with Disco tbh...the old joke with mum n I had about her old Discovery is "Dis Co Very" Well In The Driveway or Wherever You Can Push The Limit". Kudos to my mum for encouraging me n my mates to brutalise that kind of new 4x4 back in the day, in a controlled environment!

Sentimental value of flogging the arse outta mum's 1993 V8 Rossignol at max revs with the stereo pumped, the rig loaded with mates, around many hectares on my great-uncles farm at 15yo, is frankly priceless!

Back then, but putting it into todays context with inflation, it was the equivalent of unleashing a new $70k V8 weapon in the hands of 5 teenagers, unsupervised in paddocks...guessing that sounds risky?! Hehehe! That's how we learned to drive n try 4x4'ing early on.

In essence, my rig is "The Landy".

[superquag]

I call it the EH, short for "Event Horizon".. which is a more upmarket and polite way of saying 'Black Hole'.

Well, not quite if you want to be pedantic, but whatever approaches a black hole passes through this distance... after which it appears invisible to a distant observer though in fact it still exists (until its crushed into almost nothingness inside the Black Hole)

- Its a wonderful description of the fate of "money" when it gets close to the car.... so far I've spent over 20% of the purchase price on fixes and replacements, barely six weeks after buying it!

But it IS nice to drive.....

Mentally unbalanced James in Gosnells.

1994 Range Rover Vogue SE with EAS that now works...

[CraigE]

Posted before but;)
Shrek, cause its big, green, ugly, smells and excretes in public.

[cucinadio]

Posted before but;)
Shrek, cause its big, green, ugly, smells and excretes in public.

lol, and again the fact that you posted again is testament that you wanted to spread the love again ....:D...:p.... so cheers, love it

[Dmmos]

Buttercup :)

Named after the colour, a couple of recommendations, and Princess Buttercup (to make up for some lost masculinity my next car is going to be called the Big Bro Beast Basher :p)

[blitz]

depends on mood - SWMBO calls it my mistress

When I'm modifying it or repairing something I've broken through playing then I cant repeat what I call it, sufficient to say not complimentary. As usually I've barked myself and bleeding - not her fault but I blame her anyway

When it's running sweet - my baby

Like Ace usually it's just called the Disco

But the more I modify it the more the term 'The Toy' is bandied about

[zeus11]

The Tardis

When asked what colour my defender was I replied "tardis blue"

My 4 year old daughter got hold of it and the name "the Tardis" has stuck.........the fact that it is british and square helped.

[Didge]

First plates were BFY 79Q= "Boofy" and it's a bit boofy to drive round corners and in traffic at speed :)

[Homestar]

My son calls the RRC "The Weapon" - he likes the sound the engine makes. My wife calls it "The money pit", but also "Get that bloody leaking thing off my driveway", so the "Thing" has stuck.

By the way, my avartar name is from my favorite cat - Baci, named after the chocolate - he is a chocolate burmese, who was born in the year 2000.

Cheers - Gav.

[eddiec]

our yellow 'fender is known by all who know us as 'Greg'...

Simply because it's yellow, and when we bought it our daughter was in the middle of her Wiggles phase. So Greg it was. (Luckily this was before Sam became the yellow Wiggle!)

Although some in our family dare to call it the 'schoolbus'... Damn American influences....

[Chucaro]

"Rustic" is the name of my Defender.
Bugger if I know why :confused:

[gatesy]

I call mine, money pit or other names if something wrong

Daughter calls it the red brick

My mates call it the fire truck lol

[Timj]

The D3 is the "Queen Mary" because it is a luxury boat.
The first Game became "Clancy" as it fitted with Clancy of the Overflow (seals at the top of the tank were stuffed and if you overfilled you got petrol on your shoes) and Clancy was a Drover (a LanDrover).
The second Game then had to keep in style and became "Banjo" from Banjo Paterson who, as you should all know, wrote The Man from Snowy River and other poems that feature Clancy of the Overflow.
The 53 80" went a little out of character since it is small and greeny brown and "Gumnut" just seemed to fit.
The 55 86" has become "Bartie" because that was what Banjo Paterson was called by his family (full name is Andrew Barton Paterson).
Then of course there is the Pinzgauer which had to be "Arnie" since he is made in Austria and has some muscles.

Everything that matters seems to have a name :).

TimJ.

[B92 8NW]

No real name. I've been referring to mine as Ужас lately, as part of a process of lowering reliance on the f expletive as a noun, verb, adjective, interjection etc:D

EG, yesterday lift the bonnet, oil dipstick is on minimum: "Ужас!!"

[Scouse]

We thought long and hard for the names of our two Range Rovers.








I have the 'silver car'.
Mrs Scouse has the 'red car'.

[UncleHo]

The 2a is "Aggie" from an old george wallace (Qld) comedy skit in 60's

The RRC is "Linus" the management took one look at the rego No,***- LNS

[Bushie]

Very imaginative !!!!

Either the defender or the Land Rover, although the kids called it diesel when they were young.



Martyn

[lokka]

From first to last there is my old 84 RRC named GRUMPY we named her this as before i rebuilt the carby she was a hard starter and often backfired and didnt like to run till she had warmed up a bit .

Then along come an old ruff as guts 60 series aptly named G banger as she was a banged up POS with a shiny gold G on the front guards .

Then the disco was purchased and never named tho it was called plenty of names before it met its maker .

Then came the current RRC painted matt black so we named her betty AKA black betty .

The newest addition is my 84 135'' crew cab county we named her FERGIE as she has the creature comforts of an old tractor and sounds just like one also with the isuzu .

[markus_80]

Mines been nicknamed Papa Smurf

its old slow smokey and blue...............and I got the beard:p

but i love it and wouldn't change it - well maybe for a nice defender:p

mark

[Mudsloth]

My discos name is Brum. it gained the name one days 4wding when the horn kept honking by itself and sounded exactly like the little car from the kids show.

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

The previous owners of ours called it Muck....which I find funny because it is anything but :) (Apparently they also had one called Rolly....Bob the Builder-esque)

[PaulP38a]

First P38 Rangie was called the "Black Hole" because it ate money.

Current Blue P38 Rangie has been known as "Tractor", "Hard Rangie" or "Blue Thunder"

New Black P38 Rangie currently goes by the name of "Hard Rangie - Black Label Edition" as it is much nicer than the blue one, at least until all the HTFU bits go on it.

Cheers, Paul.

BTW: yes LSD_Automotive - donation has been made :)

[Phoenix12]

85 110 v8 wagon named Charlie.

Not sure why but the names just seems to fit....................

Sometimes it just feel right if you know what I mean !!

[Hamish71]

A 96 Range Rover called the Mainge Rover, or Maingey....because its pretty Maingey right now

a 03 D2, called Larry, when my wife is in a good mood, and "expensive piece of ****", when she is not.

Mostly its the latter:)

[hodgo]

My ser 3 109 is called Playtime its the army call sign for transport

Hodgo

[lardy]

The previous owners of ours called it Muck....which I find funny because it is anything but :) (Apparently they also had one called Rolly....Bob the Builder-esque)

yeah it is soooooooo dirty!!
Forgot to add Mine is ' Bluey '

[big guy]

I always found it a bit weird naming a car?

Sure its got a mind of its own but naming it??

Pass!:o

[bbarkz]

The kids call the Disco "The Wombat".Thats because,according to them,its the same shape and colour,and not very fast but get there in the end!;) Quiet mean I think..........

[IGL002]

G'day, I'm new to the forum.
My current wheels are a white VW Caddy Maxi. It's big, white and you could live in it, thus called IGL002 (my number plate).

I have a Tamar Blue (with white roof) Defender 110 Wagon on the way and will transfer the plates to it.

Igloo

[grover7488]

1st Disco - Dark Blue 99 TD5 "Grover" as in sesame street

2nd Disco - Black D2a 2003 "Douglas" as in Black Douglas

Puma - White 2009 "Barney" as in Barney Basic [have you seen inside 1 of these? :o]

my wifes cars

Barina SRi - "sabrina"

Renault Clio Sport :D "Clio"

VW Jetta "gretta"

other cars we have owned "beastie", "Grey nurse", "pam" i dont know the list goes on. call us weird..............:eek:

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

BTW: yes LSD_Automotive - donation has been made :)

Good on you Paul! :D:D:D

[SwedishBloke]

I've never owned a Land Rover, or any car to be honest.

But if I would pull off my dream, getting Defender for a long haul to Africa, Asia or both, I would give it the name Pajo.

Pajo was the name of the dog my father had as a child. It saved his and his parents lives by waking them up at night when a fire started in their house. The house burned down to the ground. If it wouldn't have been for that dog I wouldn't be here, so I think it would be a suiting name to give the car as it would be something I would have to rely on if I would make that long trip.

[TerryO]

I put a lot of thought into naming our Landy's and here is what I came up with.

1993 V8 D1 ....Called ... The D1

2003 V8 D2a ....Called ...The D2 (for short)

cheers,
Terry ;)

[Grover-98]

Here is my list of names and reasons...

The Land Rovers:
Oscar (84 RRC) No real reason...

Grover (98 300Tdi Disco) Keeping in theme with the first one...

Grouch (74 S3 SWB Hardtop) Both keeping in theme and due to its old rough characteristics...

Skippy (64 SWB Diesel) Those who have driven a shorty would understand!

Rambo (64 109 Workshop Office) Due to its military Background...

The Others:

Toby (Pinzgauer 710M) Decided the vehicle was tough enough and didn't need a tough name to prove itself :p

Grommet (Haflinger) If you have seen one you would understand :p

Busta (89 Sierra) It is my free bush basher... so its fairly busted up...

Danny (Its a Mercedes Vito) Surely you guys get this one?! :D


I have also been known to name all the other cars in my family but we will leave it at that :)

James.

[Disco_Balls]

I affectionately call the Disco "Me Truck"

Wifey is slowly attaching herself to the Disco, she say's she hates driving it because its big and turns too slow, but doesn't hesitate to take it for a spin to the shops or to work if im at home ... My daughter loves it when we run through puddles and cross creeks and is constantly on the look out for something to drive over, through or across :D

I'm smitten with my Disco, Im now a Landy tragic and will never own any other 4B but a Landy ... my wife and daughter love the truck and always want me to take them to go get muddy.
We are talking about doing a trip up to the Cape in 2012, I couldn't think of any better way to get there :)


ME TRUCK :BigThumb:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/915.jpg

[defenderkev]

Mine has a few names.

The little kidlets next door call it Defendatruckasaurus

The missus calls it The Lurv Bus

I call it Armie, which was my pops nickname and he always wore a shirt almost the same green as my fender.

If its giving me trouble it gets called Rotten Sod after its plates SOD

[Basil135]

The disco goes by a couple of alias

The Black Beast (Obvious really)
Black Bits (to go with the boat she pulls - "Pink Bits")
Da Truck (especially when compared to the rest of the cars. X-Trail & Hyundai Excel)

Or just simply - His.

[geckos]

Eccles - dads old s3 was and so is mine

[blackbuttdisco]

unprintable at the moment as it has broken its starter motor

[IceFyre]

My D2 is called Gizmo - If you add water it turns into a Gremlin :D

[fernockulated]

well my first was a series 2a,originally green ,but after a rebuild/model,it came out bright white,and since it had a slight body roll/wallow it was promptlly called Moby (as in the whale)

Secondly came Thumper the 86 rangie,had a nice exhuast note that sounded like thump thump thump,hence the name

current daily drive (nissa navara),doesnt quite have one name but a few,I like to call it the Datto,but it gets bluey,the ute or simply the nissan, or the nav

cheers

[Wil2k]

Our D2 goes by "The Canyonero",
Actually... It's Canyonero II, Canyonero I was spirited away by our insurance co after a discussion with a creek ended in the creek's favour! :-/ the kids like Canyonero II better anyway. Better colour (silver) and more USB sockets in the back.

I recently claimed my Dad's Series I named "Grover". The name tape has been on the dash since the mid 70's so I guess "Grover" sticks. :-) It is blue(ish) I guess!

Wil

[IZN]

My series 3 is called Princess Fiona, but most of the times just Fiona. Reason: She is green and a little rough like Shrek :)

My Jeep Wrangler is called Frank the Tank, but most of the times just Frank.

[ADMIRAL]

Our trucks seem to get a name as soon as they arrive. However the name doesn't necessarily become common use.

The D4 is 'Ernie' the fastest milkcart in the west. No particular reason, or logic ( the girls in the family came up with it )

[wayne]

My TD5 dual cab is called Rattle-n-Hum cause that's what it does and I also liked the U2 Rattle -n-hum album.
My series 1 was named the Bullfrog by the previous owner and the name has stuck.

[Dave_S]

I used to own a big red 110 County, affectionately dubbed "The Killer Tomato". We changed the name after I accidentally submerged it in the Boyne River. It became "The Red October".

After that I had a blue 110, which I always seemed to be arguing with. It became known as "The Big Blue".

[isuzutoo-eh]

Zombie Stompin' Thunder Truck :angel: :woot:
(Sometimes I leave the 'o' out of County when i'm having a not so good day)

[landchester]

My Defender is called " Reg" because he just looks like a Reg, and the old boys Range rover / Land rover Hybrid is called " Bob " because of the sound it makes when it is running. eg bobobobobobob.....


Mrs Landchester

[dogrock65]

Our Disco 1 is called Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Usually just Priscilla.

[grey_ghost]

My Series II is called "The Grey Ghost"... :)

[greg smith]

the Duchess a white disco that took all the attention away from the wife[named by the wife]--but takes me where I want to go in style and grace and I can choose!!!!!!!!!:D

[greg smith]

the Duchess a white disco that took all the attention away from the wife[named by the wife]--but takes me where I want to go in style and grace and I can choose!!!!!!!!!:D

The wife adds---high maintenance woman:D

[superquag]

The "EH" as in 'Event Horizon' of a Black Hole.

- Its the boundry where things which get too close...get inexorably sucked in and vanish without trace...

In my case, money.

James in Gosnells

'95 Vogue SE Classic, with working EAS, servicabel Cruise Control... and stuffed viscious coupling.

[JohnF]

I had one I did not name, but should have named "Oily."

[TerryO]

Call me old fashioned if you like.

I call the D1 ...'The D1'

The D2a for short ...'The D2'

and the D3 ...'The D3'

Occassionally I call them other names but the censor function on this website wouldn't allow me to tell you what they are...

cheers,
Terry :)

[ashhhhh]

Ron, coz it was written behind the sun visor. :cool:

[DiscoBarny]

Our recently-acquired 2003 D2 TD5 is called Barney (unlike my mis-typed user name), after the previous owner, who's name is in the service book.

Barney is not to be confused with the similarly-named Barney Rubble from the Flintstones. Barney is certainly no rubble, and the TD5 has enough puff not to require any footwork from the driver :)

[rockyroad]

The fella that I bought my Defender off told me that he named it "larry" the Landrover.

Since its been in my possesion I have been contemplating calling it "Bender" the Defender.

35095

[JayBoRover]

I have "DeeDee" as my "Daily Driver" S2a. (Although I can't drive it at the moment due to my leg brace preventing my knee from bending enough to make it to the brake pedal. Do S2a's build up enough speed to require use of the brake pedal??)

Then there's "the donor" that will over time become many separated parts and will be renamed "the parts bin" when dismantled and stored in the "yet to be built" shed.

I don't yet have a name for the S1 as it needs to develop a character. I guess once I start work on the restoration it will naturally "find" a name one day. Until then it's just "the S1" (or the "old one" if talking to my wife because she gives me a blank look when I say "the S1" despite me only having one S1 and two S2a's. Go figure!)

Cheers
John B

[Josh_WA]

My wife started calling my Defender "Kandy" the landy as she reckons it is my mistress as I bring home more presents for my 110 then I do for her.:D

[trog]

i am considering calling my d2 td5 "the White leach " as it has been sucking $ out of my wallet like a leach draws blood ! six months ago a partial engine rebuild now the gearbox. maybe it is a cheap way of getting a new vehicle ?

[roboyobo]

My 86 county is called Casper because it's white and is sooo quiet after my previous 58 series 2 - or I've gone deaf from the noise!

[460cixy]

the defender is mal and the 86 is mike after the leyland brothers

[glenn82]

" the guzzler" is what my white d1 v8 is called,

v. guz·zled, guz·zling, guz·zles
v.tr.
1. To drink greedily or habitually

[HangOver]

My old 81' 2 door Rangie is called HangOver
My 94' LSE hasn't got a name yet, was thinking of Sal <first 3 letters of the VIN

[easo]

My wife started calling my Defender "Kandy" the landy as she reckons it is my mistress as I bring home more presents for my 110 then I do for her.:D

Ha, no different here cobber!

[The ho har's]

RED 130 that's obvious
zara..the property's name she came from on Zara Road
bessie..a good friends mother, I was told she was a tough old girl
jack..the person we got him from second son
charles..because we can:D
dio..means god..you know the story;)
buttercup..'cause it's yellow

the others we will not be keeping so no names:)

Mrs hh:angel:


Have added a couple..well a few actually:o but only 2 for naming

FC 101 is Hercules or herc for short:)
series 2a claire - cause she is cute:D

Mrs hh:angel:

[pop058]

Have added a couple..well a few actually:o but only 2 for naming

FC 101 is Hercules or herc for short:)
series 2a claire - cause she is cute:D

Mrs hh:angel:

So it is official then ?:D

[The ho har's]

So it is official then ?:D


no not till we pick it up on Monday...between you and I noone has picked up on the sig change yet:D

Mrs hh:angel:


PS ohh it is a secret;)

[digger]

no not till we pick it up on Monday...between you and I noone has picked up on the sig change yet:D

Mrs hh:angel:


PS ohh it is a secret;)

You do realise that you now own more ex mil vehicles than most units had when they were in service!!??

Congrats!

(photos, sketches, charcoal likeness... c'mon you know the rules!)

[timandcarly]

The Tardis

When asked what colour my defender was I replied "tardis blue"

My 4 year old daughter got hold of it and the name "the Tardis" has stuck.........the fact that it is british and square helped.

In a similar vein, my two Dr Who obsesses boys named our keswick green defender The Brigadier after the Doctor's friend who frequently drove series Landrovers.

[Michele]

Cube II as it's the 2nd Defender 90, first was stolen in less than 1 year of ownership...:mad:

Nicknamed "the cube-car" by a friend 11 years ago, the name stuck and became simply "the Cube".

Now being truck cab, I made a new sticker: "The Cube II - Ute"
:D

[tony66_au]

Theres a bit of conflict re the name of our Rangie, My wife calls her Ellie which has something to do with Gone in 60 seconds (I dunno why either) and because she is silver grey and has big ears...........

A mate who went for a cheer up hoon through the Gembrook state forest one wet rainy day remarked that my activities were ****** Mental and still calls the Rangie the "mental machine", something to do with 4 wheel drifts on wet clay and getting on 2 wheels trying a Scan flick. Silly I know but we laughed like maniacs for weeks just remembering the madness. Anyway I have referred to her as Princess Mental, something to do with being all pretty and then thrashing about in the mud.

Im inclined to call her Sera Pax because she is so slow and if I could think of a zombie name id use that too because she keeps rising from the dead.

Sadly, My wife can and will hurt me while I sleep so for the record her name is Princess Mental Ellie Queen of the Zombies.

Or The Rangie.

Tony

And heres a pic of her doing what she was born to do.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/1016.jpg

And an old pic showing she did look nice once upon a time

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/04/542.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/04/543.jpg

[4x4_bugsy]

My son reckons we should call our 76 109 'the antichrist' after the landrover in 'The Gods Must Be Crazy'.
I am stuck between 'Millie' after my wife, or 'Gloria' after the hippo in the kids flick 'Madagascar'.
mmm....decision must be made soon.

[land864]

Our 1985 Green Isuzu County was named ' Greenpeas ' by the prev owner as a play on words I think , as it is possibly not the most environmentally friendly vehicle around:o

We thought about renaming it ' Theresa ' as in Teresa ( trees are) Green and the Green meanie ( which was really the Blue meanie from the Beatles theme)

I think Greenpeas has stuck though :)

Pete

[Shamo]

My D2 - When working on it; The **** box

When it out drives a toyota; back to D2 haha

[German Grüner]

There was a global name register for Land Rovers in www.landrovernames.com (http://www.landrovernames.com)
But at the moment it seems no to be working.
Our 1998 Disco's name is "Abolladita" (dented all around )
Because of her dents collection, all of them bringing us remembrance from beautifull places.

Regards

[Xul]

My Defender is named the Grey Ghost. It is grey. :D

"The Grey Ghost does not, surrender. The Grey Ghost does not, retreat. The Grey Ghost does not... want to catch himself a cold. Time for a hottie and a cup of cocoa"

[Galoop]

my son named my rrc "galoop" from the nursery rhyme 'galoop the little green frog' my wife's mate recons its more of a bullfrog ie big, green, makes a lot of noise and most people dont like them. poor galoop!
when its resting (broken down) its name is changed to "poo lag" galoop backwards.
got galoop plates last year for my bday surprise from the family.
on another note... happy 8th birthday john for today

[land864]

I thought Clarkson was a who not a where :eek:

[malleefowl]

Due to the camper roof conversion I sometimes refer to mine as the"Mulgobago":D
Cheers,
Mary

[sniegy]

My wonderful beast's name is "SNOWIE"
It's White! & my surname means snow in English..Tada

Cheers

[FISHGUTS]

Mine doesnt have a name, never really thought of one that suits it. So I just call it "The Disco", really creative i know. :D

Pretty much that's it, although occasionally it gets called the "Truck" accidentally as this is what my last 4x4 was called.

Cheers,

Peter.