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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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OOOo man...I dont know if its how you worded it, or the fact that its past 5 in the morning already...but you are a funny guy!!

Ford: Topaz, Festiva, Tempo, Probe(as mentioned), Ranchero
Chevy: Everything
Dodge: WTF is a Durango???
Durango is a state in Mexico, somewhere in the center. The capital of Durango has the same name.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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Ahhhaaahhh.....now it all makes sense. Dodge makes all their vehicles in Mexico, so lets name one after somewhere in Mexico. Right on.
Rocket, I just read your sig....funny.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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What about the name "Fairmont"? That sure was a catchy one.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:35 PM
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I think that qualifies Durango as a stooopid name. Let's explore that:

The Lincoln 'Washington'
The Mazda 'San Francisco'
The Toyota 'Dallas'

Yeah, none fo those work very well...
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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Yep, those are some pretty dumb names. Maybe it was the 'name guys' day off, and the engineers decided to give it a whack? LOL
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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Buick LaCrosse

Buick LaCrosse incidentally is sold under a different name in Canada because "lacrosse" is quebec slang for self-enjoyment.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...16/227790.html
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000917.php
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 02:04 PM
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But isn't there a "sport" called Lacrosse? Man that's priceless!
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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I mean I think we all can agree that "Probe" was a pretty poor choice, but Justine just typed in "Galaxy". I had always thought that was a pretty decent name.[/QUOTE]

I'm biased cause I got one-but yeah, I love that name. And actually it's spelled "Galaxie" which I think makes it cooler yet!!!!-----Ryan
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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LaCrosse

Not only is that the name of a sport, but it's Canada's national sport. Feel free to insert comments about self-enjoyment being the national sport of canada . . . here---->



Now that we've got that out of the way, I should mention that Calgary has a really good lacrosse team.

The lacrosse is called the allure in canada, which is also a crappy name. I don't see the allure of such a boring car.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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What about the buick "Le sabre" doesent that mean "the sword" ? I work with my bro who has one and whenever we go out for lunch it's always like "Are we gonna take my pickup or the sword today" ha ha ha
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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The Le Sabre...that reminds me of the movie freddy got fingered, and another stupid name. The Le Baron. LE BARON!!! how does chrysler expect to be taken seriously after that?
Anybody watch that movie? It's pretty funny.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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Ugh - "Freddy got Fingered" is on my all time list of worst movies ever made. It's second on that list, and I've watched a LOT of movies

I thought of some new names for cars, anyone care to comment on whether I am better at naming cars than the pros?

Chevy Fissure (Why not, they used Avalanche!)
Scion Disco (They all look like little club cars!)
Toyota Tsunami (Is this one in poor taste?)
Dodge Disintegrate (Truth in advertising )
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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Haha, yeah, it was an awful movie, but some of it was just so random and funny....definately not close to Napolean Dynomite though, lol.
Yeah, your doing better then the pros IMO. Keep up the good work, lol.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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MRKnight,
You got the job!
 
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Old Jun 30, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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It always just slayed me how everyone called the Suzuki Samurai the "Suzuki Somersault"
 
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