The Camel, born out of reading Crossing The Dead Heart by Cecil Madigan. Then following in his parties journey across the desert. He could not have done it with Camels, I could not have done it without the 130.
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The Camel, born out of reading Crossing The Dead Heart by Cecil Madigan. Then following in his parties journey across the desert. He could not have done it with Camels, I could not have done it without the 130.
You know how mine got it's name, Muppet. You won the naming competition as I remember, your entry was the winning one from thousands.....
Shed by name Shed by nature :D.
A highly coveted price, t'be sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheerluck
No name for our new D3 'yet' but even the triton didn't have a name and that was with me for 4 yrs. The Hondas we own all have a name or a plate which is special however. I'm sure a name will come soon.
My eight year old daughter named my D90 "Mr Wonka" from Charlie and the chocolate factory and it has stuck!
HAHA great thread and some funny names! Good stuff
I have Dorothy the Disco, or Dot for short, named by my Fiance.
My mates Jeep is Wendy
Brothers Sierra is Simon
Friends Pajero is Berty
Fiance's MX5 is Elmo
My Pulsar was Pete
My CBR1000RR was Ronda
R2D3
Our landRover no2 Discovery3
Full of electronics and makes noises nobody can understand.
AKA White Whale
Following my first day with the D3 in the mud while still on road tyres.
It was stuck and nobody could move it.
Some really good incites into how you name your rovers
I have
77 Rangie (soon to be a ute) ...Blatt, Use it just to go for a blatt
89 Rangie ... Black thunder, drove past a mates place and his misses said it sounded like thunder and it's black.
93 Disco ... Ogre, cos it's green, mean, fat & ugly. GQ & 80 series diffs.
96 Disco ... Telly, cos of the rego TEL and it has almost no paint on the roof, it reminded me of Kojak's Telly Savalas.
Neale
Do you mean god old WTF now? [ just kidding] Bob