Does your Deefer have a name?

[fender22]

Beryll here :-)

She's part of the family!

[alittlebitconcerned]

The Grey Ghost. Not the only Grey Ghost but the first.

[CAPT. Defendo]

Capt. Defendo.

My wife thinks it's hilarious.

[dullbird]

The Mortgage

[noogie]

"Bessy"
Love her to bits.
Even the bits that fall off.:D

[nedflanders]

'Muc' after the state I got her in on a weekend away.

[carlschmid2002]

BERT (British Engineering Rules Toyota) (Bloody Excellent Rover Truck)

[Sue]

Lilu... :)

[The Cone of Silence]

Monty

[strangy]

Wife says it's name is "The Vision" because only a visionary could ever see what I do.

I call it Bumble Bee for now.

[ade]

I call my epsom green disco the otter

[Jondavball]

Monty and my Lightweight is Nelson.

It appears Monty is a popular name!

[OLD]

Nigel - cause she's a ------ legend!:D

[scottvdw]

My White Defender is "Ying"
My dark Grey (nearly Black) Disco II is "Yang"

Scott

[landy]

Mines just know within the family as 'the Rover' as in , let's go away this weekend, we'll take the Rover!
But the guys at work call it the UAV. Urban assault vehicle. I prefer Rover.

Cheers
Nino

[85 county]

Dow Dang

[Andy2.4]

Mongo - From Blazing Saddles - Big, strong if a little Slow!

[Defendozer]

My Deefer is now lovingly named "The Yeti" after my best friend saw it for the first time on a moonlit night and on account of it being big and white was sure that it looked like one:D:D

[vnx205]

With my usual lack of imagination, I call it "The Land Rover" or "The Defender". :p

However, my two year old granddaughter calls it "Truck". :D

[davidgate]

My wife calls it "the other woman" ;)

Dave G

[tonic]

The previous owners called him The Red Roo. That does not suit me so I called him Boomer, same thing only different:blink:

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[VK3UTE]

"George"


I don't know why?:angel:

[The ho har's]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1394.jpg

umm RED 130 what else would you call it:huh::whistling:

Mrs hh:angel:

[chook73]

"Bruce" inspired by the shark in finding nemo.........


My 2009 110 Puma thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-rides/85537-chooks-defender-110-a.html

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[malleefowl]

Mine is Known as "The Green Machine"

[MIDDO]

"MIDDOS Mongrel"

[Didge]

Boofy - first number plate was BFY 79Q. as good as anything else I guess

[Nera Donna]

Originally - Nera Donna - meaning 'Black Lady'
But it aint no Lady, so the name dosent fit.
It gets call the 'Truck' or the 'Black Truck'
It still hasnt shown its true personality yet.
I'm still waiting............Maybe it needs a few more miles under its belt????

[Dan]

Dub Dub.
A couple of years ago my fiancee's daughter and some friends borrowed the Landy for a trip to Bremmer Bay. They came up with the name "White Warrior" which was abbreviated to WW then Dub Dub.
It's kinda stuck.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1365.jpg

[zwitter]

Daddy's truck


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[lowbox]

The landy - or "Dusty"

[Quarks]

Neptune - being a td5, part named after the Roman god of storms, and part because it fits with what we used to call the county (Jupiter - because I liked fireman sam!!).

[ad91on]

"the beast" or "the destroyer" or "the apocalypse-mobile" because of all the gear that is loaded on it :P

I simply call it "the DEFENDER" with large emphasis on the 'defender' part.

[Greyfox]

My TD5 is called Henry
my number plates are Henry1
as my ancestor is Henry 1st :p

[redneb72]

My two young boys and bride called it "Beast" after first driving in it.

This has evolved to "Hank", after Professor Hank McCoy or Beast from the XMEN series.

[MLD]

Hi my name is Dorothy. I am big, slow and I sway when I walk just like a dinosaur. My owner called me the "Beast" for the first month or so. I cried because it's a cruel name. I like Dorothy much better.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1354.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/21827/title/dorothy/cat/500)

[87County]

Do 110s earlier than Defers count ?

...... my 87 110 is known as Rocinante (being a fairly rough but reliable workhorse - apologies to Cervantes)

Rocinante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dullbird]

Daddy's truck


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instant image of a sugar daddy here:wasntme:

[patclan]

My 8 yr old son called him Maximus Primus, think he had just watched the movie and was all transformered up, we call him Max, he only gets his Sunday name when he is leaking oil.

[Magic]

Dora (the explorer).

[easo]

Sally Anne

[bcj]

Rudy (a dinosaur from ice age)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9817/rudyz.png
ancient and unstoppable,
the 109's Bessy (Rudy's mum)

Brett

110 300tdi

[slug_burner]

The slug burner

[daxy]

Any Futurama fans

My 130 is called Bender - bender the defender as my 5yo says!

Cheers
Mike

[strangy]

Any Futurama fans

My 130 is called Bender - bender the defender as my 5yo says!

Cheers
Mike

He he he, yep, love the obnoxious robot and crew.

[JohnR]

"Sirius Black" from the Harry Potter Films as named by our daughter.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/936.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/937.jpg

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Cheers,

[Devomorris]

Rhyming slang for china plate.......mate!

[Vin Rouge]

"Vin Rouge" a pun on red van and also the bottle (or more) of red wine that is carried for 'emergencies'!

[GEK064]

Danny....as in 'Get shorty'....he's a wee 90.

[FLINTSTONE]

My daughter named it 'SHELDON.'

From Ice Age 3, Manny says "I thought you would have had an intimidating name like TIM or SHELDON."

Anyway it stuck.

I still haven't seen the film.

[FLINTSTONE]

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[Racing Sardine]

My friends have dubbed my defender ALBY after Alby Mangels apparently.Something about being able to go to remote places i think. Don't ever remember him driving a landy rather sailing a yacht. But the name has stuck and i like it. Just put the name on windscreen this arvo.

[DEF-090]

Mine is named AMY...
(After Many Years) - standing for the many years searching for her and many many years of very happy Land Rovering to come
:D

[jerryd]

Amazing not one named "the antichrist" :D

Must be just a name for Series Land Rovers

[kaz11]

Another 'Monty' here. You guessed it...we're Python fans :D

It was very nearly called Baldrick though.

[Lionelgee]

Another 'Monty' here. You guessed it...we're Python fans :D

It was very nearly called Baldrick though.


G'day Kaz11,

Luckily it was nearly called Baldrick - because that is what I called my Series III Diesel about 6 months ago. It seems to be working out "cunning plans" of how to be a pain in the arse at the moment. Maybe you chose wisely after all :)

Kind Regards
Lionel

[goingbush]

mine is just called The Landrover,

lucky I've only got one.


when I had two Toyotas it was

The "White Toyota" for the 105 or the "Yellow Thing" for the BJ40

For some reasons Ive never associated Gender or Names with any on my vehicles. my wife says I'm socially inept , meybe that has something to do with it.

[TeamFA]

Ours is Sally D. After the VIN... before we realised that all TD5 Defenders have "SALLD" as the start of their VIN...

Stuck now.

[camel_landy]

It has lots of names, most not repeatable here!! :D

However, a few of the old names used in the owners club are:

"Sandglow money sponge"
"BYB" - Big Yellow Bus - CT 110, CT Disco, etc...
"LYB" - Little Yellow Bus - CT Freelander

M

[Mellow Yellow]

I call my 110 "Peril" which is short for "Yellow Peril". My number plate is PER-11L

If asked, I say it's a reference to its colour and the way I drive.

But others of my vintage will recognise where the name originated.

[Def_9]

We call ours "D9", in reference to he seems to crawl up anything.
Although he's not yellow and there's nothing caterpillar about him other than the way he moves around :D

[jakeslouw]

" The bloody landy", "The money pit" or mostly " Your pile of rubbish in the driveway"

[timandcarly]

Ours is 'The Brigadier' after the character from old Dr Who often seen in or near a Land Rover. My boys came up with it and it's stuck.

[James]

Pandora . . . . . from Greek mythology.

[VladTepes]

Mine's "Rolly" for umm, reasons. Ask bigmac he'll tell you.

[miker]

Clackity Purr.....the sound they make as well as a cool name... I reckon...use to have it on the side of the hood on the previous model.

[firsttimedefender]

Really original. The kids call her Deefie and when they asked why it's a she they were told because all Landrovers are tempermental. I have three daughters and they didn't disagree!!

Our other shame is a Ford Territory called Terry (again a lady not a man)

[Carslil Jim]

My 85 County is called "Big Blue", either because it is mainly blue, or perhaps more likely because it was a monumental mistake to buy it!

And its a boy,(I have been underneath to take a look.)

[flagg]

The previous owners called him The Red Roo. That does not suit me so I called him Boomer, same thing only different:blink:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/gclro-members-rides/49412d1343454527-meet-boomer-bling.jpg

Boomer is good, I'd call it bloody beautiful!

:D:angel:

[flagg]

My 110 is called Hercules.. Because he is so big and strong :D

[DEFENDERZOOK]

mine is called lurch.....
because he is slow.....big....strong......and reliable......

[MuzzyDelta90]

As my number plate is CEU I tend to call my D90 "Jimmy" - as in the Scottish "See you Jimmy"!

[460cixy]

Mines mal after mal Leyland. And my series one is called mike

[bronzie66610]

Yes, Ours its "The whale"

[pormpaul]

Kids call her Lara, Wife calls her the other woman.. I just call her LOVE:wasntme:

[ezyrama]

Mine's called "The Tardis" because everyone says it's bigger on the inside.
The Series 3 is Smeg (from Red Dwarf) and the series 2a is "Ralph"
(because I wasnt allowed to call him "Montegue P Farnsworth" or Monty)
The wife Vitara is called "The Delta Flyer" and the young bloke jap box is called "Starbug 1".
Me thinks there is a theme going on here!!

[gasman]

Ive got "UNCLE BUCK" because he huffs and puffs 3 times when you turn him off. (09 Puma Ute)
Wife has D3 named "BIG GIRLY", no reflection on the size of her arse fortunately, wife's that is!

[butundede]

Ours is Called Dusty, because it's usually Dusty.

[Witchdoctor]

My wife has named our new 90 Mini Mack, it reminds her of a mack truck.

David

[ThoBar]

Spencer ... it looks big 'n' tough like a rugby player, so had to be a name to suit - an English rugby player for a landy of course...

[BST4X4XFA]

The kids call it "White Thunder" cause it thunders up & through anything, that is if mum is not with us. When I put on the muddies, she wearing her "Wellies".

[Dopey]

The fellas at work have named my 300TDI 90 "Chuck Norris" & my TDCI 90 "Charles Bronson". At home they're called the "Bush Basher" and the "New One".

[Pickles2]

We have named our Keswick 90, "Gracie".
Pickles.

[SnowTurtle]

Alfred

Like Batman's butler. He is British, loyal and takes good care of us.
And the first photo I saw of him after having it picked up looked like he was in a bat cave :)

[hans]

Plucka

[hans]

Call my defa
Plucka

[Trooper63]

"Reggie"

Short for Regimental....:cool:

[Lagerfan]

Got our MY13 90 last Feb and called him "George", thought it suited his British heritage.

The big surprise came in July when the royals went and named their new kid after him.

[voltron]

ZOMBIE BOMBIE because my friends thinks it's Apocalyptic worthy and my daughters like to throw BOMBIE after the word Zombie as a 5 and 3 yr old does.

[NT5224]

Our 110 is named 'Hector'

Like his mythical Greek namesake, he's very tough, reliable and does the job.

Where I work I met a hard-working, inscrutably honest Hindi fella called Hector. Thought it was a cool name and like many names from the former colonies, slightly old fashioned -so perfect for a Land Rover!

Alan

[beefy]

my son who is 3 named ours the super car

[debruiser]

Shorty

[Ian1878]

Dixie D

After the one and only Dixie Dean :D

[joe.woods]

We have an old Tanami Defender that I am rebuilding we call her "Sandie"

[Dorian]

Dorian - grey and ageless

[Trundle]

Molly.
Why? Because she answered to it when I called.

[Sandgroper]

Mr Wonka, named by my beautiful eight year old daughter.

[jimr1]

My old stage one ,that my cousin now owns is called Russel , next my v8 county , that my son in law has is called The Red Rooter , and the love of my life is my td5 , she is called Ruby , my wife gave her that name ..:D

[ATH]

Mine gets called many things.........:p
AlanH.

[dlatn]

Mine is called variously "landrover", "110", "county".
It takes offence at the derogatory moniker "defender".
Sometimes I hook the "trailer" up to the back of it.
I call the machine I wash my clothes in the "washing machine"

[97diesel]

Hadn't thought of naming ours but after going up into the Mt Mee forest last saturday in 46deg heat i'm thinking I might name it the OVEN, lol it was that hot the a/c couldn't cope and when you add in the radiant heat from the floor and under the seats thats what it felt like, an oven.

[Uncle Mikey]

"Randy" due to the Randy Lover sticker the original owner left on our girl, which I didn't realise wasn't a proper land rover sticker for about two weeks after purchasing her!
Now wife calls her disco 4 Landy...

[Defender Mike]

Due to the unfortunate number plate issued with DUN in front we have called the 90 Duncan the Defender.:)

[Ian1878]

Due to the unfortunate number plate issued with DUN in front we have called the 90 Duncan the Defender.:)

Not an Everton fan by any chance are you? :D

[Snail Bait]

My mates call my defender "the defenceless" but I named it "Snail Bait" 71528 after this good old stuff 71529 :-)


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[phibbzy]

Bender! Bender the Defender!

Party because its a petulant, gruff, emotionless giant tin can that bends things it comes into contact with and belches fire on occasion but mostly because it rhymes with Defender.

[Mjt084]

Who's given their Defender a name? Is your car a male or female? What is the origin of the name?

My significant other has suggested our new Defender be named Maxwell.

[Pickles2]

"Gracie"
Pickles.

[tyne]

My 1st was Malcolm, my new truck is Douglas.
I miss Malcolm but I did pass on the name to the new owner.

[RVR110]

Number 5 :)

[djam1]

No its a car

[noyakfat]

I originally called my 110 wagon "Vincent" just because at the time we thought it kind of suited it… However, it never quite stuck for me, as I've always named my 4WD's female names (probably comes from a prior career at sea).

I previously had an 80 Series Toyota I called "Joyce" and after that I owned a GQ Patrol I called "Gwen"… both because I thought they were kind of Nanna names, and both vehicles were quite long in the tooth at the time I had bought each of them. (Plus I drove them around with a lot of mechanical sympathy, like a Grandpa myself)...

After much thought, I changed my Defender to "Agnes" which I regard as another kind of Nanna name. My goal is to own her forever :D

[Larry]

My wife names all our cars (they're all male).:angel:
The 90 is Henry, Series 1 is Larry, her Astra is Ted, D2 was Marcel, 110 was Elwood, D1 was Wallace (still is with the current owner), Patrol was Harold, Cruiser was Mikey, RRC was not repeatable!:p

[loneranger]

I don't name my cars or bikes I tend to call them after the model or brand. ie my Isuzu Dmax is The Dmax, the Defender is the Defender or Deefa.

I have 2 Giant TCR bikes that are basically the same model different years. One is known as the Di2 after the gearing and the other is the TCR as I had it first.

I guess when my wife gets her 90 it will be the Deefa and the 90. Can't call them both the Defender. :p

[landy]

My defender is just "Rover" as in, let's take the Rover. Or get in the Rover kids. I think it like "Bono" or "Sting" it stand on its own!!!!;)

(Oh, and there is sarcasm in my typing.....promise)

Cheers all
Nino.

[urumax82]

My girlfriend named my defender 130 .... EL JEFE ...... ( THE BOSS in spanish).

[ngarigo]

Hamish..... ;)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/748.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/puma90/13908128454/)
Now (https://www.flickr.com/photos/puma90/13908128454/) by Defender 90 (https://www.flickr.com/people/puma90/), on Flickr

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[EastFreo]

Ours is still to arrive (currently on route) but already named "Matilda" by the 6 and 4 yr olds.

[TroyFenda]

Perhaps a little boring and predictable however until we come up with something a little more personal our beloved Defender is known as 'Fenda.

[daxy]

Ha Ha

My 130 is affectionately known as Bender - any Futurama fans??
Suitably named by my 6yo daughter!

Cheers
Mike

[87County]

A subject already well commented on -

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defender-county/156197-does-your-deefer-have-name-post1735365.html#post1735365


why not merge this new thread with the old ?

[ezyrama]

The kids named mine "The Tardis" because it's so big on the inside. My 2a is "Ralph" (I wanted Montague P Farnsworth or Monty) but I was voted down. The series 3 was Smeg (out of Red Dwarf). The Discovery was Red and the RR Classic was too rude for this forum.

[digger]

My first defender was called "larry"
as in larry the landrover

current one is BEAR
he is a white 110 wagon, and came from BUNDABERG landrover,
so he is named after something big and white that came from BUNDABERG.

:D

[Chops]

Mines Bobbie.
Named after a Blue Healer I had. She was just awesome too ;)

[Lagerfan]

I thought all Defenders have to have names? It's a legal requirement, like the wave.

Our 90 is called "George" and we're hoping to get ourselves a Perentie at some point which will be "Mildred"...

[dullbird]

threads merged

[Leyland1980]

My 1975 series three was called "The Angel of Murphy" but after a fair few catastrophic breakdowns the name was changed to simply "The Angel" but she still kept up her old habits.

My current Defender was called "Wolf" as her old registration was WLF916GP, she is currently nameless.

[Crocodile Dundee]

Boubous but she died

[Mammalalien]

Mum and I both call the County "The County". Everyone else calls it "The Dray" which I don't think is fair. It has never been towed by a draft horse :)

Dad's Puma 90 is generally referred to as "The Cube".

[kogvos]

My Keswick 90 is better known as The Goose's Turd.

[micksta1973]

My 1995 110 is white and has 2 lockers, and walks up any thing, so it's called the white walker. Also, don't mind game of thrones.

[Wildcard8]

Our new Red Defender 110 which we are yet to pick it up, so we dont know what will fit yet.

So, currently he/she is called:
- 'VYVYAN' - Red, Rivetted and just a little crazy (the Young Ones)

Other options we have are:
- 'Q' Gadgets, british etc from the Bond Series
- 'Matty' after Matthew Scarlet, the best DEFENDER in the AFL (Go Cats!!)
- 'Angus' the red fire truck from Thomas the Tank Engine
- or what ever my daughters decide when we pick her/him up.....

Loving everyones names and reasons, enjoyable reading.

[Rustbucket]

Our Defender is called Daisy

[Craigb]

"Bob" for our white tdi 110 wagon - kids named it - I love it!

And our S2a grey ute is "Old Tom"

[RoboDouche]

Whenever my wife drives it I always say take care of my Baby.

That's one boxy ugly baby though. So ugly she's beautiful ;)

[96defender]

Hugo here.

[patrick miller]

Donkey ... she big , shes black , she carries what I load and shes sometimes stubborn:)

[Handy Harry]

My 130 dual cab is Harry, as in Handy Harry. The name had to be manly for such a workhorse and British to boot. Harry fits the bill!

[Capes]

My 2013 Puma is called 'the Sponge' on account of the excessive water the front drivers and passenger footwells absorb in even the smallest of rain storms...:eek:

[Aluminio]

White 2013 110, called the "Lab Rat"