I am going to bump this thread because I have a habit of naming almost everything I own (I have a cat named Minion, because I have always wanted a personal minion. . . wouldn't you know it- she is the most independent cat I have ever owned. Guess thats what I get!)
My first car I bought with my own money was 91 Honda Civic, original paint was 'Cappuccino' but she was so burnt she looked ancient. Her name was 'Betty' because she was tiny, couldn't get out of her own way on the HWY, yet still had a habit of cutting in front of people in traffic, and just wouldn't die! She has 250K on her when I moved south and got my Escape in '09. Gave her to charity and now she is belongs to a girl in Alabama going to college- her first car, too!
'09 Ford Escape
Limited is my traveling car- I routinely travel from the Gulf coast to New England and to make tons of stops in between. 'Elsie' is my hotel on the road- I have more then paid for her with the savings I get from in a couple hours in the back in stead of a stop at a no-tell motel. For some reason she reminded me of the cow on those tubs of butter- Elsie.
I had a '01 Nissan Frontier named FiFi that my mom picked out. I had given my mother 3 perimeters for picking me up a truck for work;
1. Small V8 or large V6 to pull a 2 horse trailer (with horses) for short distances
2. Tow package to tow said ponies
3. Extended cab
I handed her 4500. and left the country, having that day went with her to look at a F150 with all the billets ticked.
She got talked into the 4 banger Frontier that had been in a front end collision. "The salesman said it would put a horse trailer if you put a hitch on it. . ." Sigh. . . I love my momma. FiFi came about because the F150 was red- the same color as the Fire Monitors (Fifi system) on the boat I work on. On the Nissan it better represented her work ethic.
Anywho, last month I sold Fifi and purchased my '74
CJ5 from a great couple in PA. The owner had it for 21 years and was rebuilding it for his wife (they met through 4X4ing- real sweet story) but many years ago she got sick and was eventually no longer able to use a 3 speed. He hung onto it (and the 66 Kaiser he got for himself) for years before finally deciding to sell them.
I was planning to name her after the Wife in tribute to her (we were all balling when we finally pulled away with the two Jeeps on the trailer) but her name is Cathy- my sister's name and one of the few name I could not use. I decided to name her Gabby after Gabriel Gifford in stead. She has gone through some rough patches, but still looks so beautiful. (I'm also a bit of a space cadet, so I figure we would be good partners
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I came across some of those fake bullet hole stickers at a store the other day and though about putting one on drivers side of the hood, but they stayed on the shelf. Too soon?
