TheSamba.com :: View topic - You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:46 am

JGKoenig wrote: My daughter named mine the "Great Pumpkin."

Bottomend named mine "The Great Pumpkin"! I'll Roshambo you for it!

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:11 am

Bert.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:14 am

Icy wrote:

"Puddle Jumper". I made a short movie about it.

Do tell, we'd love to see it. Does it actually jump through the air?

As for names, mine's just "the bus" until inspiration hits me. I've referred to it as the "mini-winni" but would never call it that. GWB was already taken also. Snuffleluffabus was too long. Hippopotabus was taken. So, "the bus" it is. Although it has been called other things at times, sometimes not too affectionately by people behind me, but alas, I digress...

Morgan

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:15 am

Combination name: 'Sgt. Hulka' for being like a cranky old drill sergeant and for the sage green paint.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:16 am

wanderglobe wrote: The first song I ever played on the car stereo was The Hell Rider by Judas Priest. Hence, Dante - The Hell Rider.
excellent metal reference.

Dante's Inferno- good listen by Iced Earth should you like that kind of metal.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:23 am

VWBusrepairman wrote:
Dante's Inferno- good listen by Iced Earth should you like that kind of metal.

I'd forgotten about them. I have a couple CDs right here... :)

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:37 am

"Blue Thunder" - don't know why, it is baby blue though!

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:41 am

My '71 is named Bonnie Abbzug, after the Ed Abbey character of the same name (from The Monkey Wrench Gang). Perfect fit, too... the bus is just as temperamental as her namesake! :D

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:48 am

My wife's family cars all thier cars by the color such as silvie and redie the jeep is dusty though. The other day she said how about Pee Pee. Uh no, no no. My guess is it will end up being the bus or greenie

Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:48 am

My 77 Westy's named Ripple. I've always loved that song. Besides, the PO painted her purple... and ripple is a name for inexpensive wine.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:13 pm

My '71 high top's name is "Gerty" - don't ask why

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:21 pm

my g/f named our '71 Farben...it's German for colors or colorful.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:26 pm

my bus goes by "the great gonzo" after my favorite muppet. and it just kinda fits him.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:28 pm

HIPPOPOTABUS

Its large and shaped like a Hippo and if you break it apart the rest says it all

HIPPO - Large amphibious mamal that loves to camp :)
POT - Hee he he :D
A BUS - Commonly refer to a VW Westfalia by the laymen. :vw:

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:40 pm

flat4freak1978 wrote: my bus goes by "the great gonzo" after my favorite muppet. and it just kinda fits him.

Great Album!

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:46 pm

Grasshopper----but the name is actually the name she gave me. How do I know? Because I "heard" her call me this one afternoon while working on her. I asked, why? She replied, "because you don't what in the hell you are doing"!

I am trying........and one day she will run!!

Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:59 pm

GregKnod wrote: My '71 high top's name is "Gerty" - don't ask why

Why :wink:

Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:05 pm

I'm surprised at the weird names here, you guys are a bunch of freaks. Good job.

Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:06 pm

My first bus ( a blue 10 seaters ) was "Nini Bus"; From my son's baby language: Mini was spelled Nini for quite a while.
My second ( a Westy ) has no name, however my girl friend says: "The orange" about my bus, and "the red" about my car.

I had a Citroen 11 named "Grosse Berthe" in the 60's. 8)

Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:11 pm

Certain people keep calling it Turtle. I think it has something to do with Mutant Ninja Turtles and the bus they rode in.

I think I'm going to call it Caravaggio (the fifth turtle killed at birth?)

Too wordy? Whaddya think?