nick-names for our cars

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <355CD610.CEAAFE96@bu.edu> "Daniel R. LeFebvre" writes:

> does anybody refer to their car by another name other than "the car."

Yup.

The 1988 MB ur-quattro is universally called "the beast".

The 1986 Passat is referred to as "the shitheap".

Thus: "Are you taking the beast?"   "No dear, I'm taking the shitheap."

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