land rover names registry

[thixon]

Rineheitzgabot was right.

There is actually a land rover names registry. I now feel that I have reached the end of the internet. There is no more for me to see.

http://www.landrovernames.com/

Don't all rush at once..."the antichrist" is already taken fellas.

[Bertha]

I am speechless but not surprised. Strange that when you click on the link under each name, it is the owners email address. You can email each person and tell them how truly ridiculous they are.

[Eric W S]

I don't get the whole naming your truck thing.

[navydevildoc]

I call my series "The Hopecrusher", but it's more a joke between all of my friends. Just when I get hopeful that I have fixed the latest problem and might actually be able to drive her, something else blows up/breaks/burns/releases the magic smoke. Rovers North has been getting a lot of my money of late.

The only other real name I have for any of the cars/motorcycles is that the voice in the LR3 for the Navi and voice control. He has been nicknamed "Nigel" because he just sounds like a stuck up brit who would be called that.

[SafeAirOne]

Careful, everyone--I recognize a few rovers from this board in there!

If calling your rover a name (usually during difficult maintenance or while broken down on the side of the road) counts, I've named my rover SEVERAL times. Nothing that can be posted on a family-oriented website, though.

[TeriAnn]

I don't get the whole naming your truck thing.

When I had two Land Rovers it helped people know if I was referring to the red rover or the green rover. Somehow the name stuck after the red rover went away and I was left with just The Green Rover.

[Blueboy]

I don't get the whole naming your truck thing

for some odd reason we only named the 109 - Blueboy; as it is blue and my wife feels it is a "boy" due to how it looks.

the 2 Rangies and the D90 didn't have names although when the rear wheel came off the Rangie going 55 and we were able to stop before going over a cliff, we were tempted to give the name Lucky.

I now check the wheel nuts after any service requiring wheel removal.


Jaime

[LRMAN]

Sorry guys but I have always thought of this as more of a girl thing. I have known and still know lots of women who name their vehicles. My wife believes that names belong on boats not cars.

[SeriesShorty]

While naming your truck may be corny, I still think it's quite fun. And as TeriAnn says, in the case of owning multiple Rovers is convenient to identify them by name. "Hey let's take the Rover tonight"...only to find your sig other sitting in the wrong truck waiting for you.

Good news is that Sir Alfred (my Series) and Crazy Cooter the Dysfunctional Dyscovery (my DI) are both unlisted as of yet. Hmmmmm, I have too much free time on my hands at work...

[Rineheitzgabot]

I'm with Teriann.

I reference them by color so my kids know which one to pile into when I tell them to get in the car; i.e., "The Green One", and "The Silver One".

I don't think I'll be going to a website to register them, however. Just like I will never wear matching articles of clothing with my wife, like matching sports jersey's, etc. Too cutesy.

[Eric W S]

Refering to a truck by it's attributes, such as color, isn't "naming" them. Technically your describing them.

So names are an excuse for laziness? How hard is it to say "We're taking the series? or the Discovery? or the Rangie?

[NelsAnderson]

I don't get the whole naming your truck thing.

Well, I think it just means that to many people their Land Rover is more to them than just a means of transportation.

[SeriesShorty]

So names are an excuse for laziness? How hard is it to say "We're taking the series? or the Discovery? or the Rangie?

Yep, that's it, you caught me, I'm lazy.

[Eric W S]

Yep, that's it, you caught me, I'm lazy.

Eccentric and non-descriptive would be more accurate.

[Rineheitzgabot]

Refering to a truck by it's attributes, such as color, isn't "naming" them. Technically your describing them.

So names are an excuse for laziness? How hard is it to say "We're taking the series? or the Discovery? or the Rangie?

Eric,

Thanks for the clarification on this matter. I feel like such a jacka$$ now. Here's me thinking that I was actually naming my vehicles, when actually I was only describing them. Can you believe it?

In the future I will try to improve the quality of my posts. My apologies to anyone this may have offended.

-Gary