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So what's the deal with naming your car.

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The Green machine!!

or as my wife refers to it as The money Pit!


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Rickc said:
When I was doing the body off restoration between 1998 and 2001, my wife got to the point of compaining to me about me spending too much time and too much money on my mistress.
The name stuck.
Rick

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Royal blue, overdrive and I see the headrests from a 69. Sweet car I remember when mine looked a lot like that, your a lucky man to have such a lovely mistress.
 
My car is definitely female. She's beautiful, not handsome. Her body lines are sexy. She is not a muscle car....just fun to be with.
I pamper her; coax her; polish her; massage her to be her best.

Nice looking engine bay,

Heaving, undulating fan belts,

.....eh, is it getting hot in here?


Nawwww. Maybe I should check her tire pressure (not a foot fetish).

Sorry. I got a little carried away.
Anyway, my TR is a she and is referred to as
the TR or the Triumph. Works for me.
 
2wrench said:
My car is definitely female. She's beautiful, not handsome. Her body lines are sexy. She is not a muscle car....just fun to be with.
I pamper her; coax her; polish her; massage her to be her best.

Nice looking engine bay,

Heaving, undulating fan belts,

.....eh, is it getting hot in here?


Nawwww. Maybe I should check her tire pressure (not a foot fetish).

Sorry. I got a little carried away.
Anyway, my TR is a she and is referred to as
the TR or the Triumph. Works for me.
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Were still talking bout a car right?
 
2wrench said:
My car is definitely female. She's beautiful, not handsome. Her body lines are sexy. She is not a muscle car....just fun to be with.
I pamper her; coax her; polish her; massage her to be her best.

Nice looking engine bay,

Heaving, undulating fan belts,

.....eh, is it getting hot in here?


Nawwww. Maybe I should check her tire pressure (not a foot fetish).

Sorry. I got a little carried away.
Anyway, my TR is a she and is referred to as
the TR or the Triumph. Works for me.
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So what are you getting her for Valentines Day?
 
PeterK said:
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So I asked her to settle a long dispute about what the proper pronunciation of the name of my car was, not giving away how I pronounced it; I always thought a 2-syllable [Pors+Cha] not [Porsh] is correct.

Well she looked at me and then out the window at my car and turned to me then said (in her very thick accent) Kaaman Gia. We laughed!
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This is a frequent topic over on the Rennlist 911 forums, and it's always quite hotly debated. All I know is that I pronounce it the same way as I heard it pronounced in Switzerland and France when I lived there: as "Porsh". It was only when I came to the US that I started to hear "Por-sha" - which sounded so odd to me. Technically, though, I believe there is a strong argument that it *should* be pronounced "Por-sha" based on general rules for how to pronounce other German words.

I have one of the first Tiptronic 911s (a 964) ... I'd have gone for an earlier model, but I wanted my wife to be able to drive it, and she doesn't "do" stick shifts. In practice she never drives it anyway. "Too powerful" is her complaint /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Sorry, this is very OT!
 
jjbunn said:
PeterK said:
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So I asked her to settle a long dispute about what the proper pronunciation of the name of my car was, not giving away how I pronounced it; I always thought a 2-syllable [Pors+Cha] not [Porsh] is correct.

Well she looked at me and then out the window at my car and turned to me then said (in her very thick accent) Kaaman Gia. We laughed!
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This is a frequent topic over on the Rennlist 911 forums, and it's always quite hotly debated. All I know is that I pronounce it the same way as I heard it pronounced in Switzerland and France when I lived there: as "Porsh". It was only when I came to the US that I started to hear "Por-sha" - which sounded so odd to me. Technically, though, I believe there is a strong argument that it *should* be pronounced "Por-sha" based on general rules for how to pronounce other German words.

I have one of the first Tiptronic 911s (a 964) ... I'd have gone for an earlier model, but I wanted my wife to be able to drive it, and she doesn't "do" stick shifts. In practice she never drives it anyway. "Too powerful" is her complaint /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Sorry, this is very OT!
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According to my German wife, Porshe is pronounced PORSH-uh. Whatever.
 
TR6oldtimer said:
According to my German wife, Porshe is pronounced PORSH-uh. Whatever.
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This is true. German has some pretty strict rules of pronounciation. My last name is spelled Liefke. In German if it's "ie" it's pronounced "ee". If it's "ei", it's pronounced "ii". An "e" at the end sounds like "uh" or short "a". Therfore, my name should be pronounced "LEEF-kuh". It was Americanized when my granfather came over, and is now pronounced "LEEF-kee".

Porsche is PORSH-uh, or more likely POR-sha.
 
martx-5 said:
TR6oldtimer said:
According to my German wife, Porshe is pronounced PORSH-uh. Whatever.
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This is true. German has some pretty strict rules of pronounciation. My last name is spelled Liefke. In German if it's "ie" it's pronounced "ee". If it's "ei", it's pronounced "ii". An "e" at the end sounds like "uh" or short "a". Therfore, my name should be pronounced "LEEF-kuh". It was Americanized when my granfather came over, and is now pronounced "LEEF-kee".

Porsche is PORSH-uh, or more likely POR-sha.
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You wouldn't last five seconds over on Rennlist with definitive statements like that /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nonono.gif All I'm saying is that the topic is hotly debated, and as much a matter of opinion as, say, which is the best colour or year for a TR6!
 
TR6oldtimer said:
2wrench said:
My car is definitely female. She's beautiful, not handsome. Her body lines are sexy. She is not a muscle car....just fun to be with.
I pamper her; coax her; polish her; massage her to be her best.

Nice looking engine bay,

Heaving, undulating fan belts,

.....eh, is it getting hot in here?


Nawwww. Maybe I should check her tire pressure (not a foot fetish).

Sorry. I got a little carried away.
Anyway, my TR is a she and is referred to as
the TR or the Triumph. Works for me.
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So what are you getting her for Valentines Day?
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Ray: I'm working directly on her heart, of course.
Total rebuilt, warmer cam and more balance.

I know, things are quiet. I am actually waiting for
the machine shop to complete preparation for the
heart transplant.

Reminds me....I do have it in mind to look into
working on her rear end. After the transmission,
the only other thing I could address to make her
purr more efficeintly on the highway is a rear end
that's geared differently, though I just don't really
remember what the specs are. Just know there is a
more freeway-friendly rear end out there.

But, maybe next year....just her heart, for now, rear
end later.
 
jjbunn said:
PeterK said:
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So I asked her to settle a long dispute about what the proper pronunciation of the name of my car was, not giving away how I pronounced it; I always thought a 2-syllable [Pors+Cha] not [Porsh] is correct.
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Down South, It is Pors+Sha....not for any reason other than the Southern Tradition of not havin any one syllable words in our vocabulary....How+us = House, do+ga=dog, car+ra=car, so in that frame Porche= Porsha.
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The topic was hotly debated in 1980 when I purchased the car so no doubt twenty-eight years later, it is still up in the air. TomAHHtoe TomAYEtoe.
 
My TR3 is named Daisy, this came from the POs 5 year old daughter (at the time). who made the comment that it was yellow on the outside and black on the inside just like a daisy. The name sutck and it has been Daisy through 2 owners.
As for the Porsche debate. In 1974 I was stationed in Germany and went to Nurenberg that year. One o the pre-race interviewees was Dr. Porsche. My german is pretty bad but when he was talking Porsche was a one sylable word. It wasn't until the 80's that Porsch-a became normal.I bought my first one after getting out of the army, the current one is my 8th and probably my last as even a good used one is above my comfort level on price these days.
I've owned as many english cars and generaly find them more fun to own and drive. If you want a car that does everything right, you can't beat a Prosche. If you want a car that puts a smile on your face every time a sidescreen LBC has my vote.
 
Whatever:My ancestors were Scot/Irish(not necessarily in that order,Were ALL a land of legal immigrants.Nice thing is their are Spitfires(& the other TR's) EVERYWHERE!Still.Also we Scots use our middle name as our first name,did you know that?
 
Peter
I have a few names for mine, the more common one hinting at its birth out of wedlock...........
My brothers (after driving it) just call it 'The Beast'.
When I had the car inspected prior to purchase, the inspectors were climbing over each other to test drive it, the word 'Beast' came up then too.
My TR6 is no lady............I can't think of a printable name right now.
Regards
Craig
 
Craig;...Hi mate!congrat's on owming a 74 PI,Does it still work?....Not many PI's here in the states.
Ken & Whitelightning...We love the Aussie's for hang-in tough with US in Iraq.
 
TR674 said:
My TR6 is no lady............I can't think of a printable name right now.
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Don't forget that women are not always sugar and spice. Something about "heck hath no fury..." I'm sure you know the rest. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
With ya'lls indulgence,

Back in college, 1967 Rambler rebel s/w, Hermann, because it fit.

Just after college, 1971 Chrysler New Yorker, the battlestar, for obvious reasons. 9 of us would fit in that thing comfortably, and I could stretch out in the trunk and take a nap.

The Spitfire's name is Jehu, from the Bible, Friend of mine rode with me "one" time, and christened it.

2 Kings 9:20

20 The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a madman."

Steve
1971 Spitfire MKIV "Jehu"

Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can rent it.
 
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