Whilst on the subject of names:

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Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
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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.
>

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