On Tuesday 29 Nov 2005 21:52, Kendall David Corbett wrote:
> Jonathan and Mag,
>

[snip]

> '67 purple Jeep CJ-5, with a manual tranny: The Purple People Eater
> (hard to        get into or out of.  Bought in 1976)
>
> '73 green Jeep Pickup: The Green Dragon or Monster (so loud and so much
> exhaust that I swore it breathed fire  Bought in '77, as I couldn't
> drive a stick anymore).
>
> '82 maroon Chevy Citation: The Scarlet Harlot (developed a bad habit of
> dying in intersections and at freeway off-ramps.  Bought in '86, when
> The Dragon belched its last).
>
> '92 grey Pontiac Grand AM: The Grey Ghost (developed same quirk as the
> Citation, but I'd moved to Laramie by then, and the mechanic down here
> knew what the problem was, and fixed it quickly.   Bought in '94.
> Died a premature        death in 1996 in an accident).
>
> '91 black Subaru Loyale Wagon: The Dad Mobile (Named by a friend at the
> time    Janet and I got engaged, because it looked like a family car -
> It was  the easiest vehicle I ever had to get my manual wheelchair in
> and out         of.  We traded it when I had to go to a power chair for
> "The Beast."    We still miss the "Dad Mobile," and wish we'd kept it
> too, as it was a        good vehicle for Janet to drive.  Bought in 1996
>
> '90 3/4 ton Ford van with a marginally working lift: The Beast. Bought
> in      2001, when I had to go to a power chair)
>
> '99 red (burgundy) Dodge Caravan: Yet to be named, but considering "The
> Red     Raider". Bought in April of 2004, after I got trapped inside
> "The    Beast" one      time too many.
>
> Kendall
>

Hi Kendall,

My cars have had strange names such as "Xerxes", "Sergei" and "Hugh", usually
to help me remember the number plate "D199 XGX", "H234 XGY" and "X133 EEW".

My current car is a Skoda Superb "KU04 XHM" - I haven't thought of a name
yet!!

Cheers

Deri