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  1. 10th October 2011, 07:11 PM #1
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    What's in a name?

    Distinguished Colleagues,

    Tonight I experimented some with my state of tune in Matilda, and advanced the distributor (using the octane selector) by approximately 1/3 of its travel between fully retarded to more advanced...result? She's going like a German band....

    Well this got me thinking - what is with getting 2 different answers/results/outcomes on 2 different days - when I did more or less the same thing?

    And then it came to me - perhaps this is why we give our beloved vehicles female names!
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  2. 10th October 2011, 08:14 PM #2
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    everything

    "What's in a name? That which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet."
    Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

    Cheers Arthur
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    Lucky

    A mate asked me if Lucky was a boy, and I suppose he is.
    More so his name represents his history, my feeling of finding a Series 1, and to have an uncle in-law who is responsible for his restoration in such a caring and detail way.
    Anyway, you how catty girls can get.
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    Quotes from the Bard and recollection of family good fortune - these vehicles inspire real passion, long may it burn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    Quotes from the Bard and recollection of family good fortune - these vehicles inspire real passion, long may it burn.
    uh...what you talkin about willis
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    Some artistic license, my friend, after the exhilaration of driving a sweetly tuned example of possibly the finest moment of British automotive genius in the last 60 years - the Series 1.

    Just glowing in the experience!
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  7. 10th October 2011, 09:27 PM #7
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    At the moment Im sticking with the name it got at the factory (in 56)
    "Juan"

    as in Series Juan....
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    Hi All

    Years ago, I was in charge of the farms dairy and I never named our cows, they all had numbers.

    Cheers Arthur
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    "What's in a name" you ask? For me, in naming my S2a, it started as pride but it's turned out to be wishful thinking - "DeeDee" for "Daily Driver", but it's been parked in the shed with the gearbox in many pieces waiting for me to get around to replacing the main shaft. I'll be a little more careful in naming the 80" S1
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  10. 11th October 2011, 12:35 AM #10
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    ''Whats in a name''

    Well being an 80'' he is rough around the edges, plain basic, slightly prehistoric and it was the first noise he made when we pushed him onto the trailer ''klonk''

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