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Did you ever own a car named after an animal? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 OP
1970 Beetle. $1900 LakeArenal May 2022 #1
Cool 😎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #7
Orange with sunroof. LakeArenal May 2022 #44
Far out! 😎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #45
Same car, same year. Mine was yellow. Auggie May 2022 #93
We were rocking'. It was a fun car. LakeArenal May 2022 #94
'65 Barracuda. Sneederbunk May 2022 #2
Sweet Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #10
But I can t say Bacaruda.( It was an old commercial when the car first came out) CentralMass May 2022 #79
Me: True Dough May 2022 #3
😳 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #11
Damn, Batman should have ordered the wheel spinners from the Batmobile Factory. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #28
1978 Buick Skylark Blue Owl May 2022 #4
😃 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #15
Ashamed to say but I had a Mercury Bobcat (Pinto)...didn't hold up well (not explode) wcmagumba May 2022 #5
😁 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #16
1972 Buick skylark. I think that's an animal Walleye May 2022 #6
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #18
I had a 68 Buick Skylark! csziggy May 2022 #52
I hate to say it but cars today are so much better. Mine was purple though we called it the grape Walleye May 2022 #55
Mine was silver - I hated the color csziggy May 2022 #59
Me too. I had a Geo metro for a while, always drove with the headlights on Walleye May 2022 #61
Pinto...n/t Drum May 2022 #8
😃 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #19
Sorry it's a bean..LOL LeftInTX May 2022 #103
Buick Skylark, '78-ish. Ocelot II May 2022 #9
😃 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #21
2001 Candy Apple Red Mustang GT Scottie Mom May 2022 #12
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Is Jetta an animal? OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #13
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #24
I don't know. What *is* a ... eppur_se_muova May 2022 #14
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #25
THIS! elleng May 2022 #37
I do now, a 2012 Pilot, dem4decades May 2022 #17
Ha ha! True Dough May 2022 #23
🤪 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #26
1983 Rabbit and 1983 Cougar mockmonkey May 2022 #20
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'67 Impala SS EYESORE 9001 May 2022 #29
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I named my first car after my first cat, does that count? n/t TygrBright May 2022 #31
Only if your cat was named Cougar, Puma, or Jaguar! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #34
What's wrong with "Percy?" TygrBright May 2022 #50
A 19 what Percy? Two or four door? Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #81
I currently have a vehicle named Moby csziggy May 2022 #54
First care was a 1973 Super Beetle. rsdsharp May 2022 #32
😎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #35
Rabbit! elleng May 2022 #33
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #36
Beetles (2), Pinto & Skylark GP6971 May 2022 #38
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #39
Yup, an Impala. gab13by13 May 2022 #40
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1965 Falcon. nt TexasTowelie May 2022 #42
😃 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #43
'63 Impala, light blue, black convertible top.. asiliveandbreathe May 2022 #46
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1974 Dodge Colt. cloudbase May 2022 #48
🐴🐎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #82
Audi Fox leftieNanner May 2022 #49
🦊 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #83
TOYOTA TERCEL BLACK HAWK Goonch May 2022 #51
😢 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #84
VW Rabbit Wicked Blue May 2022 #53
😢 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #85
Yup! Tucker08087 May 2022 #56
🐎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #86
Thunderbird SouthernIrish May 2022 #57
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #87
Had an '83 VW Dasher, like, you know, the reindeer...? Leghorn21 May 2022 #58
🤔🦌 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #88
Mustang Nt spooky3 May 2022 #60
🐎 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #89
Yes. The one I have now. jmowreader May 2022 #62
🤪 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #90
1971 Gremlin. Archae May 2022 #63
😃 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #91
1975 Pinto n/t ChazII May 2022 #64
🐴 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #92
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk SeattleVet May 2022 #65
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo May 2022 #100
'02 Thunderbird... Ohio Joe May 2022 #66
A "Brat" can act like an animal. gab13by13 May 2022 #67
Parents had an Audi Fox MyMission May 2022 #68
A Rabbit! Scrivener7 May 2022 #69
A Colt and a Rabbit, Ohiya May 2022 #70
Impala sinkingfeeling May 2022 #71
Goat madamesilverspurs May 2022 #72
1966 and 2014 mustang stjohndoe May 2022 #73
I'm glad to see the Buick Skylark is well represented here. Earth-shine May 2022 #74
Ford Bronco, American Motors Eagle, Chevy Impala, VW Beetle doc03 May 2022 #75
'72 Fiat Spyder - let me tell you, FIAT really has an apt nickname - every weekend something Hestia May 2022 #76
1969 Chevy Impala Still Sensible May 2022 #77
Brand new 1968 Lime Gold Ford Mustang Fla Dem May 2022 #78
A Mustang and a Cougar Best_man23 May 2022 #80
Cougar here too. Duppers May 2022 #99
69 convertible here. I think they only made about 7000 examples. SaintLouisBlues May 2022 #106
A Mercury Sable. NNadir May 2022 #95
Nope. sakabatou May 2022 #96
I had two Beetles at different points in my young adult life, and Sogo May 2022 #97
Mythical beasts ok? Tom Kitten May 2022 #98
I've owned two Jeeps. FSogol May 2022 #101
Have owned three Impalas lastlib May 2022 #102
Mercury Bobcat and Sable LeftInTX May 2022 #104
1984 Pontiac Sunbird nuxvomica May 2022 #105

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
52. I had a 68 Buick Skylark!
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:44 PM
May 2022

Until I drove it to death. When I limped back home with it there was compression in 3 of the 8 valves. RIP Skylark. Cars like that are not meant to be driven on dirt roads in a national forest or to ford streams.

Walleye

(30,935 posts)
55. I hate to say it but cars today are so much better. Mine was purple though we called it the grape
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:47 PM
May 2022

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
59. Mine was silver - I hated the color
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:50 PM
May 2022

Apparently it was invisible on the road. I can't remember how many dozens of time someone pulled out in front of me since they "didn't see me. Fortunately it had great brakes. I ended up developing the habit - which I have kept to this day - of driving with my headlights in the daytime. Even then, people would pull out in front of that car.

TygrBright

(20,753 posts)
50. What's wrong with "Percy?"
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:42 PM
May 2022

My first cat was named Percy.

I named my first car Percy in honor of my cat.

A cat is an animal.

Therefore, my car was named after an animal.

Seems perfectly simple to me.

logically,
Bright

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
54. I currently have a vehicle named Moby
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:46 PM
May 2022

It's a GMC Suburban - it's as big as a (very small) whale and white.

Leghorn21

(13,522 posts)
58. Had an '83 VW Dasher, like, you know, the reindeer...?
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:50 PM
May 2022

I THINK THIS SHOULD COUNT

Also, a Beetle (‘68ish), of course!

jmowreader

(50,527 posts)
62. Yes. The one I have now.
Sun May 15, 2022, 10:03 PM
May 2022

"Tiguan" is, for reasons no one can explain, what they got when they combined the German words for "tiger" and "iguana."

This goes to show that Volkswagen encourages the use of LSD by its staff, since you would HAVE to be higher than a kite to come up with that.

Archae

(46,297 posts)
63. 1971 Gremlin.
Sun May 15, 2022, 10:05 PM
May 2022

Yes, I know those are just imaginary critters.

I did love that car, it was just so easy to work on.

To change the starter, I climbed INTO the engine compartment, all 6 feet of me!

(Try that nowadays!)

Straight 6 engine.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
65. 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk
Sun May 15, 2022, 10:14 PM
May 2022

1964 VW Beetle convertible

1972 Mustang

1974 Pinto (Named for the horse, and not the bean, I assume)

MyMission

(1,849 posts)
68. Parents had an Audi Fox
Sun May 15, 2022, 10:34 PM
May 2022

I had an AMC Gremlin, not quite an animal.
It was a Levi edition, denim seats.
Loved that car,

Earth-shine

(3,934 posts)
74. I'm glad to see the Buick Skylark is well represented here.
Sun May 15, 2022, 11:39 PM
May 2022

I had one of those. Good car.

I also had a Volare, which means fly away, something that animals do.

I also had an Isuzu Rodeo, which is also a thing animals do.

 

Hestia

(3,818 posts)
76. '72 Fiat Spyder - let me tell you, FIAT really has an apt nickname - every weekend something
Sun May 15, 2022, 11:52 PM
May 2022

had to be fixed.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
97. I had two Beetles at different points in my young adult life, and
Mon May 16, 2022, 11:28 PM
May 2022

when I was in high school, I got to use my brother's Ford Falcon when he joined the Airforce during Viet Nam.

Tom Kitten

(7,340 posts)
98. Mythical beasts ok?
Tue May 17, 2022, 02:26 AM
May 2022

First car was a 1974 Pontiac Firebird. Currently drive a 24 year old Taurus that runs great! My mechanic says it should be good for another hundred thousand miles!

nuxvomica

(12,408 posts)
105. 1984 Pontiac Sunbird
Wed May 18, 2022, 01:30 PM
May 2022

I had the special "sport" edition that had chrome trim everywhere and a sunroof. Drove it until the engine gave out in 1996. Sweetest little car that was so fun to drive my next car was a Mazda Protege, also fun to drive.

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