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Lug_Nut 06-26-2008 04:55 AM

Contest!: Name that GS Garage entry <RE-OPENED!>
 
<edit> Second edition of "Name that GS Garage entry" is closed.
Scroll down to post 12 for the start of the thread on this (now closed) second contest<end edit>

Help!
I'm buying a new-to-me car and I haven't a clue of an appropriate name under which to add it to the GasSavers Garage. This isn't a "contest" per-se, but a request for suggestions and for stimulating the creative thought processes to derive a suitable moniker.
The car is a 2005 Passat TDI wagon, 'wheat beige' paint, dark grey 'anthracite' leather interior, 2.0 liter turbo direct injection diesel, 5 speed automatic.
My personal preference for a name would be something based on a pun or a play on words other slightly obscure reference that will require some intellectual thought to derive the relationship between the name and the vehicle.
Suggestions?

theholycow 06-26-2008 05:31 AM

With that TDI engine, VW interior, and wagon practicality...I'd call it "Winner". :)

Jay2TheRescue 06-26-2008 06:02 AM

How about Das Wagen? ( A pun on the 1981 movie Das Boat)

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 06-26-2008 07:24 AM

P=MW^2 >> Passat = my wagon squared..... it's a volkswagen wagon (Also looks kinda like the equation for angular momentum)

Sand Crab >> coz' it's beachin' and vaguely sand colored I presume.

Sand Snail >> snail for the turbo and for driving it easy, and sandy colored.

Ol Trinken >> like like "ole" or "old" Trinken but it's "oil drinking" in german.

MOToKoW >> Mein Ol Trinken Kommando Wagen. My oil drinking staff car.

SoySnorter >> if going the bio route.

ihatemybike 06-26-2008 07:31 AM

Wheat Wagon

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 06-26-2008 07:39 AM

Cap Cornholeo.... Captain corn oil and picking up the P-asshat reference :D

theholycow 06-26-2008 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoadWarrior (Post 108255)
MOToKoW >> Mein Ol Trinken Kommando Wagen. My oil drinking staff car.

Anything that sounds like "cow" gets my vote.

Signed,
theholycow

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 06-26-2008 07:56 AM

MOToKoW could also conceivably stand for, My OTher, other, Kyoto Wagon

Lug_Nut 06-27-2008 11:44 AM

Great suggestions! And a few that I think are lame, but I won't quash any possibilities. Who know what nugget lies just beyond a lump? Already I'm seeing other possibilities I hadn't considered.
Now that I have a monthly payment again, perhaps VW "Pass-the-hat" might work until the payment book ends, but then what?
Yes, biodiesel will be a large portion of its diet, but the name I might think is best does not have to take that into account.

Please, keep all your suggestions coming. I'll select something soon, like before my first fueling entry.

GasSavers_SD26 06-27-2008 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoadWarrior (Post 108260)
Cap Cornholeo.... Captain corn oil and picking up the P-asshat reference :D

Ok, I'm not voting, as this isn't a contest, but that's very intellectual. :D :D :D :thumbup:

So, my vote is for Cap Cornholeo...

Lug_Nut 06-30-2008 05:28 AM

I've chosen a name that I'm pleased with.
Introducing: Kyoto Chimera.
It's a combination of several attributes in one package, luxury and economy, spaciousness and nimbleness, at once practical and "unuseful", thus the reference to a chimera.
The Kyoto portion of the name continues my theme of GreenHouse Gas reduction by using lower carbon biodiesel as my fuel of choice.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
(ol trinken! I liked that one!)

Lug_Nut 07-29-2009 03:01 PM

Again?!?! What's with the quick turnover?
I sold the white 97 Passat diesel conversion wagon (Kyoto Camel too) for a very healthy profit. (The buyer is happy with the deal too.)
My wife has taken over the 05 Passat wagon and I.....
I bought a 1995 VW Cabrio and a rusted, salvage title, 1997 Jetta TDI.
Then I ripped the 2.0 gasoline engine out of the Cabby and plunked in the 1.9 TDI engine.
I just got it (legally) on the road today, have half a tank of biodiesel in it. It goes in the body shop on Monday for a guestimated 2 weeks, so I have some time before I add it to the garage with a fuel fill up data point.

But what to name it?
"bioCar"? I can re-arrange the letters from "Cabrio".
Other than that I'm drawing blanks and again I call on members for assistance in suggestions of even of thought promoting commentary.
Fire away!

Click on the "Oily Rag" link to see some images.

GasSavers_SD26 07-29-2009 03:15 PM

I can't see any image...

theholycow 07-29-2009 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lug_Nut (Post 138834)
https://www.gassavers.org/garage_imag...9j7c71k3g1.jpg
I can't get the image to come up automatically. Click on the link instead until I figure it out.
More images are under the Bolens listing in My Garage

Here:
https://www.gassavers.org/garage_imag...9j7c71k3g1.jpg

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 07-29-2009 06:04 PM

Oily Rag?

IndyFetch 07-30-2009 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoadWarrior (Post 138843)
Oily Rag?

I believe we have a winner.

jcp123 07-30-2009 10:40 PM

Nice choice BTW with the Passat. We had a 2000 4motion wagon and it was a great car. Looking at parts prices at work for it, I'm glad we didn't keep it though. VW TDi's are one of the few modern cars I'd consider buying.

Lug_Nut 08-05-2009 04:26 AM

I Like It!
 
from the first post:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lug_Nut
My personal preference for a name would be something based on a pun or a play on words other slightly obscure reference that will require some intellectual thought to derive the relationship between the name and the vehicle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoadWarrior (Post 138843)
Oily Rag?

PERFECT! "Pun-ny" on at least two levels, and a moniker I'd not likely have thought of.
This second edition of "Name that GS Garage entry" is hereby closed.
Thanks for playing along.


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