FIAT is 'Fix it again Tony'

and FORD is either -
Fastest on roads & dragstrips,

or better, 'Fix Or Repair Daily.'

I like 'Belchfire' for a car model name myself..
for a nice fat low american sled of a car, circa the 70's.
The Behemoth Belchfire.

Had frineds with a Mercury Comet - they called it the Vomit.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?

> Pinto?  You must mean the F*rd "Pimple".
>
> My pet names:
>
> Cadillac = Cattle Truck, Taco Barge (and so many others)
> Porsche = Pushcar
> Explorer = Exploder
> Expedition = Expletive
> Excursion = Excrement
> FIAT = Found In A Trashcan
> Maxima = Noxema
> Celica = Sillycar
> Corolla = Crayola
> Accord = Accordian or Acorn
> Prelude = Quallude
> Spitfire = Sh**fire
> Vanagon = Wanagon
>
> Here's a real one (or more) - The Nissan/Datsun 1600/2000 Roadster and the
> subsequent "Z" Cars were mostly called "Fair Lady" in Japan.  The
> B110/B210
> were called "Honeybee" and the 510/610 series were called "Cherry".
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> Full Timing Since March 1999
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> There is a long history of Ford Exploders from the Pinto days?
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Mr. BZ-TGIF
>>
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>>
>> Ford "Excretion"?
>>>  DHanson
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Alan Felder
>>> <dieseldoofus@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> I like the Ford "Expletive".
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Stacy Schneider
>>>>> <vwcrewman@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Fords SUV lineup starts with ,Escape then Explorer and then
>>>>>> Expedition and then Excursion, It was suggested after that that
>>>>>> Ford
>>>>>> make a vehicle for border patrol called the "The Extradition"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                                  Stacy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> O
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or maybe make one for our "guest workers" called the "Exploitation"?
>>>>> D. Hanson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alan Felder
>>>> Austin TX
>>>> 82 Diesel Westy
>>>>
>>>