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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 09:31 AM
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Some names just stick

When I bought the X it had a sticker on the inside of both 2nd door windows in the bottom front corner. Its a white background with a blue check mark, and below that it say's Whale. Since the X is Blue Everybody calls it the blue whale.The name stuck. I don't have any idea what the sticker signifies,but I left them on. Some names just seem seem to fit I guess. I never named a vehicle before,but I do refer to it as the whale on occasions.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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My son's friends named mine "The Beast", now my my friends and family do also...
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 12:47 PM
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All my friends call it the short bus......good thing it is black!!
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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the check mark is the NIKE logo.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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My daughter named ours The Limo and that has stuck. In fact whenever there is a school dance I end up taking all of her friends, pulling up in front of the school unloading all the girls sure gets the looks.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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It is funny how names come about. My kids just gave mine a new name after I put the Buckstop bumpers on. Zombie Crusher.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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My wife names all our vehicles. She calls the X "Tiny".
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gregorymn
My wife names all our vehicles. She calls the X "Tiny".
that's funny. welcome to the forum by the way...
 
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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A lady at my church keeps calling ours the Land Yacht....but that name as we all know, is taken.

Big Red works well for ours.

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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by gregorymn
My wife names all our vehicles. She calls the X "Tiny".
Haha.. that reminds me of the movie Robin Hood Men in Tights. When Little John says "The name is Little John, but don't let the name fool you, in real life I'm very big"

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Big Red works well for ours.
That's cool.... everyone calls my truck Big Red. My old Ranger (click the link in my sig) was called Ol' Red.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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I made the comment, just after I bought it, that it was like driving your living room down the road. That name has stuck. My X is now "The Living Room". Going shopping? Just take the Living Room. Need to pull something? Use the Living Room.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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ours is called the baby whale
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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All my friends call it the short bus...
LOL! I down sized from a short bus, really, handicaped door and all, for towing and my former business stuff to an Excursion. She's simply "The X:.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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Since mine is green and ugly, I have taken to calling it Godzilla.

and HAHAHAH @ The Living Room.
 
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