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  1. 23rd September 2007, 08:33 AM #1
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    What car names really mean

    I found this somewhere, sorry if it's a repost.


    Hummer - Huge Unwieldy Monster Mashes Every Rock
    BMW - Break My Windows
    Daihatsu - Damages Axles In Highly Advanced Technical Situations, Unfortunately
    Dodge - Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
    Ram - Replace All Motors / Really Awful Mechanicals
    Ford - Forget Off Road Driving / Found On Rocks Disabled / Flip Over, Read Directions
    Bronco - Body Rust Overwhelms New Car Owner
    Escape - Easy Sidehills Can Alter People's Expectations
    GMC - Got a Mechanic Coming? / Get My Come-along / Garbage Master Cylinder
    Holden - High Output Lights Drain Energy Notoriously
    Frontera - Frightening Roll-Over Necessitates Training; Engine Rattles Annoyingly
    Jackaroo - Junky Air Conditioning Keeps All Registered Owners Oblivious
    Hyundai - Help! Yells Unimpressed Newbie, Disappointed After Introduction
    Santa Fe - Sluggish Automobile Notoriously Tepid and Fools Everyone / Sad Attempt Not Too Advanced, Fails Early
    Jeep - Just Enough Extra Parts / Jinxed Engine Eats Pistons / Jerks Exploring Every Pasture / Joke Electronics Exceptionally Poor / Just Empty Every Pocket
    CJ - Cheap Junk / Children's Jeep / Childish Joke
    Grand Cherokee - Grandmother's Ride Allows No Droop; Can't Hear Expensive Radio Over Knocking Engine and Exhaust
    Kia - Keep It Away / Killed in Action / Know It All
    Lada - Lost and Dumfounded Again
    Niva - No Inherent Value at All
    Land Rover - Laughing At New Driver, Rolled On Very Easy Road
    County - Crazily-Overpriced Unit Normally Taxi's Yokels
    Defender - Driver Easily Forgets Everything; Normally Disabled on Every Rock
    Discovery - Driver Ignorant; Saves Cash to Own a Very Expensive Ride for Yuppies
    Range Rover - Replace All New Gears Eventually; Risk Of Violently Exploding Rear
    Mazda - Mindless Automaton Zipping Dangerously Along
    Tribute - Terrifying Roll Into Bushes Ultimately Totalled Exterior
    Unimog - Uncomfortable Noisy Imposing Monstrosity Often Grinds
    Mitsubishi - Mournfully I've Tried Spending Unlimited Bucks; I Still Hate It
    Pajero - Poorly-Assembled Junk; Engine Replaced Often
    Nissan - Now I'm Stuck, Send another Nissan
    Pathfinder - People Assume These High-Flying Idiots Normally Drive Easy Roads
    Patrol - Phone A Taxi; Ripped Off Leafs
    Subaru - Something Usually Breaks And Renders it Useless
    Outback - Obviously Useless Transmission Breaks; Air Conditioning Kills
    Suzuki - Slid Under Zooming Unimog; Killed Instantly
    Grand Vitara - Grossly Restricted Articulation Normally Denotes Very Interesting Time At Rocky Areas
    Tata - Terrifyingly-Abominable Trash Approaches
    Volvo - Very Old Lady's Vehicle Only
    Toyota - Tipped Over, Yanked Out To Asphalt
    Land Cruiser - Lost and Needs Directions, Can't Return Until Idiot Searches Every Road
    RAV4 - Really Awful Valueless 4wheeler
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  2. 23rd September 2007, 08:53 AM #2
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    Haven't seen that before, very clever.

    Along the same lines...I used to call my old Mitsubishi, 'Bitz-r-missin' or 'Bitz-of-sh*tty'.
    Last edited by p38arover; 23rd September 2007 at 08:57 AM.
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  3. 23rd September 2007, 09:01 AM #3
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    hahah thats cool.
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  4. 23rd September 2007, 09:26 AM #4
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    [quote=Hymie;606670]I found this somewhere, sorry if it's a repost.

    Land Rover - Laughing At New Driver, Rolled On Very Easy Road
    County - Crazily-Overpriced Unit Normally Taxi's Yokels
    Defender - Driver Easily Forgets Everything; Normally Disabled on Every Rock
    Discovery - Driver Ignorant; Saves Cash to Own a Very Expensive Ride for Yuppies
    Range Rover - Replace All New Gears Eventually; Risk Of Violently Exploding Rear


    grrrrr ..
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  5. 23rd September 2007, 11:45 AM #5
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    You forgot one for the fords . This is FORD backwards ....Driver Returns On Foot
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  6. 23rd September 2007, 01:56 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by wannalandy View Post
    You forgot one for the fords . This is FORD backwards ....Driver Returns On Foot
    Or ford #2, found on rubish dump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by easo View Post
    Or ford #2, found on rubish dump.
    Lets not forget the Ford LTD: Found on rubbish dump, left to die.
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    Ford:-
    Fixed or repaired daily
    Found On Roof in Ditch
    Frequently Overly Rusty + Dented
    Fat Owners Ruin Driveline

    But I reckon the nissan ones the best one of the lot
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly_Adams View Post
    Lets not forget the Ford LTD: Found on rubbish dump, left to die.
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  10. 23rd September 2007, 03:08 PM #10
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    Haha, heres one
    FORD...




    ..... at least they circled the problem
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