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Subject:Re: Vehicle Names
From:Karl Ploessl
Date:Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:39:50 -0400

yes, her name is "Jenny" and she has her name written on the back lid. Every
friend refers to her as "Jenny" as in "can we go camping in Jenny?", "we
could take Jenny and do ... " and so on . And her name is in my signature

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Jeff <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> As I read the posts on this list, I'm more than a little surprised how many
> people have names for their vehicles.  Do people really refer to your
> vehicles by name?  For instance, do you say things like: "Let's take Pinky
> to the hardware store"?
>
> It just seems kind of odd to me.  I've been in the VW scene since the 70's
> and I can't remember anyone referring to the vehicle by name, unless it was
> a derogatory name, like:  "We can take my POS".
>
> I have to admit that I've named a few vehicles... there's the Red Turd, and
> the Blue Turd (see derogatory comment above), but that's about it.  Hell...
> I had a cat for 12 years that I only called Cat.
>
> Just curious...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> 4 Dokas, 1 Iltis... and none of them have a name.
>

--
Karl
1981 VW Westy "Jenny"
2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6
Wilmington, DE

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