Re: nick-names for our cars

[Jon Moritz <jmoritz@mail.med.und.nodak.edu>]

>re: nicknames 

Lemme see I think mine were all named at one point

'55 Dodge Pickup - 'Old Blue'  (should have kept this one) sold it just
before I was finished restoring it..... had an offer...

'56 Dodge Pickup - 'Whitey'  still have this one... in original (but faded)
condition.

'40 Nash Lafayette - called the 'Lima Bean'... It was a nasty faded shade
of green and was shaped like an upside-down bathtub with wheels.  had to
sell it... bleeding me to death.

'73 Chevy 3/4ton 2wd, 454 big block - 'THE BIG PICKUP'  this was a hauling
and haul-ass truck. Stock it did the 1/4 in 14.53 sec at 73 mph.  I sold
it...it was drinking me to death (high gas prices) proceeds went to the
next one....

'85 Nissan Sentra - hmm come to think of it this one wasn't named anything
other than 'the Sentra'  got tired of it... no cruise... tried to bleed me
to death... proceeds went to the next one

'91 Dodge Dakota Clubcab 4x4 V6 - hmmm darn I guess I didn't name this one
either... oh well... Ordered this one new from the factory....had to sell
this one in the divorce.... it's sorely missed.... I sold it to a friend of
mine who got a job in Barrow, AK.  It's now chasing polar bears out of town.

'94 Ford Taurus - 'Popsicle' so named because of the amount of time it
spent buried in the snow due to 1) my driving during blizzards and 2)
getting drifted in to snow when parked.  I ended up totalling it when a
deer popped out in front of me.... $7000 worth of damage.  

oh yeah I had a '95 Subaru Legacy.... 'the torture chamber'  traded that
one off quick.

Now there is
1992 Audi 100 - 'Hans'  a rather nice German name.  87K miles great
condition except for the fuel pump whine (yes tempting fate)

one more...

The Lobster - my Farmall 706 tractor now that I have the snowblower for it,
Hans won't  have to worry about becoming another 'popsicle' this coming
winter.


my .02 worth


Jon Moritz
University of North Dakota - School of Medicine
'92 Audi 100 87k mi
In the Audi wasteland of NW Minn/ NE Nodak