What do you call your landrover...

[landyprincess]

Hi All,
Being an owner of a V25 Custom when I first got my L's, then upgrading to a VT750 (after 12 months), then a Shadow Sabre 1100 (for more power!!!) (motorbikes for those that don't know what I am on about).... plus having a 3 door proton hatch, I NEVER had a name for my 'machines'... now that I have a Land Rover... I do - Landy Princess.... Odd that I have given HER a name...
Reason why.... i'm not a princess at all!

So - do you call your landrover a HER or a HIM? What name have you given to your Land Rover and WHY?

--- Not sure if this is posted in the right area, but I am sure the mods will move it if not! -----

Cheers,
Lp

[seano87]

I have a S1 Discovery and it got named Lyndesay Dorothella (so definitely a girl - she has expensive taste at times...) and was named as such for no real reason at all. It just seemed to suit when it was mentioned during brainstorming!

A recently acquired ex-army '69 IIA 109" GS is yet to be named, but I'm sure a name will be chosen soon enough when one seems to just fit!

[Ricey]

I called my D2 'Teflon' Reason being because the mud doesn't seem to stick! She's a she, aren't all cars female?

[rangieman]

My kids named a swb series 111 years ago (dino) short for dinosaur
My old Tdi Defender (uggles) cause it was bloody ugly
My latest Td5 Defender (retro) short for retro dinosaur;)

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/576.jpg
Need I say more?

[QLDMIKE]

My old man had an 87 Rangie that he called Pig Dog, so I called my S1 Disco Bush Pig, always trying to catch me plus my rover is loud and always dirty. Seems to suit it well.

[V8Landy]

Mine is called Called Kevin after a poll on here. I also had an esky by this name alas he passed away almost 12 months ago:(. I think the name suits him as he is not to flashy but does the business.:p
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/newreply.php'do=newreply&noquote=1&p=874835

[Fusion]

The kids named my disco " Elmo ". very red disco :D:p......

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/548.jpg

[PSi]

Mine is Humphrey, on account of the hump on the roof, and the fact that I was going for a Camel Trophy look ... camel, hump, see?
It's kind of an English name as well, and the Disco is very much a Pommie car so it's apt.
Almost called it Humpty (as in Dumpty) when it fell off the trail shortly after I did the sandglow paint job, but a neighbour already has a Citroen 2CV that is named that, and actually has the name plastered on it in 6inch letters.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/535.jpg

The day it almost became Humpty ...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/106.jpg

[A Commodore cant 4x4]

PSi, much damage to Humpty after his "roll over, play dead"?

[waynep]

Like most others mine just gets called "the Disco" except when it's being bad or contrary- then it gets called all sorts of thing not permitted on this site.

[stevo68]

Mines called Smokey...cause Im da Bandit :cool:.....but mainly because of its colour. Don't know if it is a He or a She....keeping that one secret :),

Regards

Stevo

[Grover-98]

She's a she, aren't all cars female?


Only the ones which are unreliable and require plenty of attention :p

[PSi]

PSi, much damage to Humpty after his "roll over, play dead"?

Hardly any. Couple of small dings that are more proud battle scars than anything else. See those 2 small trees to upper right of pic in my first post? They sort of lay down slowly when Humphrey/Humpty leaned on them so it was a very slow-motion roll. Biggest damage was to my ego but that has healed too.
As you can see from 1st pic, the left side is all square now.

The recovery required 3 other vehicles with winches but accomplished in under an hour, and I drove him home, 70km away.

The rescue ...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/527.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/528.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/529.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/530.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/531.jpg

Fired up immediately, albeit with a big cloud coming out the exhaust.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/338.jpg


The damage - dent ahead of snorkel and on roof above B-pillar.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/532.jpg

[Shonky]

Ambrose the Ambulance and Gus the SWB. :D

Also have a Fairmont Ghia named Monty and a Patrol Trayback called Harold. ;)

[goldey]

Just to pick up on waynep's reply, ours is normally just the "disco", except for at the moment where it needs the auto gearbox replaced and now it's called by swmbo as the "f%^$#*&^%$%$%$ big black hole of finances....%$@$%%@$%.

Cheers

Goldey

[01DISC2]

I call my Discovery a heap of choice affectionate names!

Last week it was F*&$%n S$%t Box, week before it was Bl*&dy Piece of Cr*p, have see what goes wrong with it this week to see what rolls off the tongue!!

Dont we all just love our discoveries!!:p

[disco_mitch]

picked my disco up on the weekend and took it camping, on the way we said what shall we call her and hey there delilah was on the radio and sarah said delilah so delilah she is

[The ho har's]

Only the ones which are unreliable and require plenty of attention :p


HHMMMMM


and mines is just Disco...and....ho har's is RED 130


Mrs ho har:angel:

[tolinja]

BIG , WHITE , AND SQUARE..........
BUT OF COURSE " KELVINATOR "


CHEERS
CHASER

[harry]

mine has no name by me, although i call it the truck all the time








she calls it a





s h i t b o x.






her favourite statement when travelling in it when it decides to do a disco thing is:





'your car's a ****box'

it is said with such feeling that i get very sad and feel miserable for ages after.





anyway it may just turn around with her new car,

[The ho har's]

mine has no name by me, although i call it the truck all the time








she calls it a





s h i t b o x.






her favourite statement when travelling in it when it decides to do a disco thing is:





'your car's a ****box'

it is said with such feeling that i get very sad and feel miserable for ages after.





anyway it may just turn around with her new car,



Wellllll what is her new car?????


Mrs ho har:angel:

[harry]

not telling.






i might get in trouble for calling it a -

let's just say it's a highly strung european mechanical powerhouse that needs massaging to keep it in fine fettle,
not like her old merc, the 450 is a tough truck and doesnt need to have it's bum and nose wiped before it leaves home, and still does over the old ton.

and 'aint got plastic engine bits!

like who in their right mind would build a car with a plastic dipstick tube and then turbocharge the engine?
and build an engine that has a belt driven cam shaft, well two really, and when the belt breaks it stuffs the engine - an interference engine they call it!

anyway we are off topic.
grumble over.

should i turn the 450 into a rally car? if i can't sell it.
wanna buy a fast classic?

[mcrover]

Mine was named in a thread on AULRO last year and the winner was Casper.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/429.jpg

Casper the freindly Discovery :D

[McDisco]

Mines the White Knight on a account of the fact that its white and its always rescuing my dads Patrol!! :lol2:

[long stroke]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm better think up a name other than "disco" and on a bad day ****@#****%$#!!
The county is called "the beast"...sticker on the back.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/388.jpg
It's an isuzu so you can kindof understand why mum got the sticker for dad's birthday after she first drove it:angel:

CHEERS TIM.

[warren9981]

Mine is Called Fionnlagh. Means White Warrior.
I Like Irish names.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2034/1003955yj2.th.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1003955yj2.jpg)

[that_kid]

my 01 disco is called dougy, but he's a she.... i dont know its all too confusing

[cooter]

mine is named the green gremlin it copped that when we were doing the diffs and suspension and we had all sorts of small niggling problems (gremlins) during the build
and it is green

[tcgooge]

Bought a Green S1 Disco TDi - named it the Disco Frog :D
We love the Frog!
We can't decide on the sexuality so I guess that makes it an hermaphrodite?!:wasntme:

[Pierre]

Ahoy, jeep boy, Delilah's already taken! Check the signature!!!

Others in the pack were Daisy, now BroomeDefender's car; Desiree, No 2 son's 96 Disco Tdi; Roger, No 1 son's Rangie. BroomeDefender's 96 Deffie was Darryl.

The bloke across the road has 97 V8 he calls Dora.

Weird, isn't it?

Compliments of the Season to all.

Pete

[sich nich]

My 95 300tdi D1 is named The Ross.

This came about when we found him on the side of the road for sale, and my girlfriend yelled out "Its a ROSS!" with joy. Apparently one of her friend's parents used to own a Rossignol model Disco with the same nickname, but it wasnt around anymore. So when I eventually bought my Disco, it was affectionately dubbed Ross.

So its always: "lets take the Ross!", "can i drive the Ross?", it's in the Ross", and "poor Rossy!" when he gets stuck or has a problem. Good times.

[Bearman]

12461Mine has always been called the Rockhopper.