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Plenty of interesting posts so far, a recent quote from my "Wombling" thread should explain mine : I've moved 11 times ( 9 different houses) in 2 months. This is a lot even for me !
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When I joined these hallowed pages my car of choice was a 1300 Dolomite, which I still have its sat behind my unit awaiting the 'one day restro', it was also my username on most forums I visited in the early days of internetting. I don't use my real name due to my job I'm not very well liked (some say its because of my personality and not job) which has resulted in the inevitable trolls calling me a troll. Think I have rumbled you,Mr Trump..😂😂
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Mine comes from the fact that 13 years ago I was 20 and needed to think of a username when signing up to the fordcaprilaserpage..... didn't really think the longevity of that one through!
I rememeber that very day. Sad I know lol. It was not long after you posted the famed burnout picture.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Shortcut
Posted a lot
I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
Posts: 3,037
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Because I have a soft spot (insane liking for) Peugeot 104 ZS's and the knickname for them at the time was Shortcut. Since that's what Peugeot did to make the coupé from the saloon.
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Last Edit: Dec 15, 2017 9:19:55 GMT by Shortcut
This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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kabman
Part of things
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I was heavily involved with air-cooled VWs in the 80s and 90s and eventually had a very nice 1958 Karmann Kabriolett. It was my user name since the early pre-WWW days of aircooled.net bulletin board.
I drifted away from the scene when it got swamped by over-priced ratty buses but still own a couple of VWs.
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Given this years ago when i said i would get around to it when discussing lack of progress regarding some project or something
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Badger
Part of things
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Dec 15, 2017 10:03:42 GMT
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I was christened as Badger using beer one late night at Restormel castle; I used to do medieval reenactment (full contact combat, living history etc.) My fellow reenactors chose Badger as I'm relatively short, was already going grey in my early 20's, slightly innocuous looking but surprisingly vicious and and hard to put down. Alternatively it could have been that I liked shouting "Badgers!" at people at the time. Who knows The surname is a misspelling of a favorite activity of the reenactment company - plus it differentiates between me and the thousands of other Badgers out there
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Dec 15, 2017 10:06:59 GMT
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I drifted away from the scene when it got swamped by over-priced ratty buses but still own a couple of VWs. There was a point a few years back where the "lifestyle trend" of owning an old VW bus had peaked to become a middle-class social epidemic that absolutely blighted Brighton seafront every summer weekend for years. I have to be honest and say that it drove me mad, and I developed a strong dislike of the VW scene for a while. I think Jamie Oliver was partly to blame for it, and curse word brands like Fat Face who used the VW bus as a graphic device in all of their rubbish advertising, cliched window displays and naff teeshirt graphics. For about four summers though, you literally could not drive Brighton seafront without getting stuck in a traffic jam of "Trendy Lifestyle" VW buses, all packed with hyper-happy, hyper-pleased-with-themselves, yummy mummy families who had come to Brighton for no other reason than to drive up and down in their bus, which had a cute name like Snorky, so that they could all sit inside in their Fat Face teeshirts, eating vegan burritos, smiling their heads off and waving at everybody... literally... they were so besotted with themselves and their ability to plop £40k on a £10k jalopy that they seemed to assume everyone else was delighted to see them too, and they'd all be waving constantly at everybody on the seafront. They'd literally drive up and down waving at passers by and the people driving in traffic alongside them. For them, it was a kind of chinless carnival of the comfortable classes. They were running on hi-octane smug. It absolutely drove me nuts. I don't know anybody who is into cars, but people who knew me and knew I was into old vehicles would always try to engage in a discussion about my hobby by asking me "I hear you drive an old car/van... is it one of those really cool old Volkswagens?" or they'd say "Oh you'd absolutely love to meet my brother... he's just bought one of those really cool old VW buses and..."... and I'd feel my blood rising and would SHUT THEM DOWN IMMEDIATELY with my withering contempt of anyone who had simply blown a tonne of money on an old bus because it was the latest lifestyle accessory. I don't know what happened to all those people with their vans who literally clogged up every weekend for years, but that Brighton plague died out out a couple of years back. Now when I occasionally see one I am able to consider that maybe that's a genuine owner, and it is a cool van, and I no longer need to seethe with raging animosity when they drive past. I still have to avoid the seafront when the official VW gatherings roll into town though. That still makes my facial twitches fire up.
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Last Edit: Dec 15, 2017 10:13:25 GMT by Deleted
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Dec 15, 2017 15:33:46 GMT
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I'm a medical type. I'm originally from north of the border. Squaddies aren't very imaginative when it comes to nicknames
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Dec 15, 2017 16:47:21 GMT
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Drive down Hurn Road and turn left. If I forget my user name, I can't find my way home!
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dazcapri
North East
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Posts: 1,058
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Dec 15, 2017 16:47:22 GMT
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I drifted away from the scene when it got swamped by over-priced ratty buses but still own a couple of VWs. There was a point a few years back where the "lifestyle trend" of owning an old VW bus had peaked to become a middle-class social epidemic that absolutely blighted Brighton seafront every summer weekend for years. I have to be honest and say that it drove me mad, and I developed a strong dislike of the VW scene for a while. I think Jamie Oliver was partly to blame for it, and curse word brands like Fat Face who used the VW bus as a graphic device in all of their rubbish advertising, cliched window displays and naff teeshirt graphics. For about four summers though, you literally could not drive Brighton seafront without getting stuck in a traffic jam of "Trendy Lifestyle" VW buses, all packed with hyper-happy, hyper-pleased-with-themselves, yummy mummy families who had come to Brighton for no other reason than to drive up and down in their bus, which had a cute name like Snorky, so that they could all sit inside in their Fat Face teeshirts, eating vegan burritos, smiling their heads off and waving at everybody... literally... they were so besotted with themselves and their ability to plop £40k on a £10k jalopy that they seemed to assume everyone else was delighted to see them too, and they'd all be waving constantly at everybody on the seafront. They'd literally drive up and down waving at passers by and the people driving in traffic alongside them. For them, it was a kind of chinless carnival of the comfortable classes. They were running on hi-octane smug. It absolutely drove me nuts. I don't know anybody who is into cars, but people who knew me and knew I was into old vehicles would always try to engage in a discussion about my hobby by asking me "I hear you drive an old car/van... is it one of those really cool old Volkswagens?" or they'd say "Oh you'd absolutely love to meet my brother... he's just bought one of those really cool old VW buses and..."... and I'd feel my blood rising and would SHUT THEM DOWN IMMEDIATELY with my withering contempt of anyone who had simply blown a tonne of money on an old bus because it was the latest lifestyle accessory. I don't know what happened to all those people with their vans who literally clogged up every weekend for years, but that Brighton plague died out out a couple of years back. Now when I occasionally see one I am able to consider that maybe that's a genuine owner, and it is a cool van, and I no longer need to seethe with raging animosity when they drive past. I still have to avoid the seafront when the official VW gatherings roll into town though. That still makes my facial twitches fire up. And breathe
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Mk3 Capri LS
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MiataMark
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,969
Club RR Member Number: 29
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Dec 15, 2017 17:00:44 GMT
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Umm my name is Mark and I've got a MX5, actually it's an Eunos as it's an import and MX5's are Miata's in the US where I first drove one. Although just to confuse things when I first joined my username was 'garra' which is part of my address. The badly painted gold is 'Mark' in Japanese.
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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Dec 15, 2017 17:23:02 GMT
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I've two dogs, the four legged kind and always have at least one four wheeled dog too!
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Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!
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voodoo57
Club Retro Rides Member
That's not 2 metres! come a little...Closer!
Posts: 2,849
Club RR Member Number: 137
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Dec 15, 2017 18:10:58 GMT
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I was in the Army in the 80's, there were 2 guy's with the same surname, so they called him by his and the last 2 numbers of my army number was 57 so i was called Five Seven! later i was impressed with a band i saw in Leicester called The Empress of Fur, the band were great but the lead singer couldn't hold a note, but i loved the words to one of their songs 'Johnny Voodoo' ever since leaving the Army the no.57 has been unlucky for me, so i reckon it's at that age i will die, so hence the name Voodoo57 I think that's the reason.........?
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Dec 15, 2017 18:45:56 GMT
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Nudger is a common nickname for people with the surname Needham and I’ve worked at Saxon Steels for 23 years hence the SS
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Dec 15, 2017 19:01:33 GMT
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^^ So the good bits of gauge plate come from you,and the bits with skid marks in them come from your apprentice? 😂😂😂
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Dec 15, 2017 19:08:16 GMT
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Well.....my name is Drew, and I have a datsun 120a f11 coupe.
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simes
Part of things
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Dec 15, 2017 19:15:53 GMT
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My name!
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Last Edit: Dec 15, 2017 19:16:16 GMT by simes
Simes
205Mi16 - 262 cams, Jenvey Throttle Bodies, Emerald managment blah blah...... E91 320D MSport Honda NC30 Vespa 300GTS
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Dec 15, 2017 19:17:38 GMT
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Mine comes from the fact that 13 years ago I was 20 and needed to think of a username when signing up to the fordcaprilaserpage..... didn't really think the longevity of that one through!
I rememeber that very day. Sad I know lol. It was not long after you posted the famed burnout picture.
That's amazing 😂 This'll be the pic in question! Good times....
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Dec 15, 2017 19:18:24 GMT
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quatermass ..your post is just the same as me giving up on the ford scene...mostly the I can pay more than you And I’ll pay thousands for an old snotter brigade That became no longer a hobby I wanted to be in Sorry guys rant over
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Last Edit: Dec 15, 2017 19:19:34 GMT by Mercdan68
Fraud owners club member 2003 W211 Mercedes E class 1989 Sierra sapphire 1998 ex bt fiesta van
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