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Old 06-26-2008, 05:55 AM   #1
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Contest!: Name that GS Garage entry <RE-OPENED!>

<edit> Second edition of "Name that GS Garage entry" is closed.
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Help!
I'm buying a new-to-me car and I haven't a clue of an appropriate name under which to add it to the GasSavers Garage. This isn't a "contest" per-se, but a request for suggestions and for stimulating the creative thought processes to derive a suitable moniker.
The car is a 2005 Passat TDI wagon, 'wheat beige' paint, dark grey 'anthracite' leather interior, 2.0 liter turbo direct injection diesel, 5 speed automatic.
My personal preference for a name would be something based on a pun or a play on words other slightly obscure reference that will require some intellectual thought to derive the relationship between the name and the vehicle.
Suggestions?
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Old 06-26-2008, 06:31 AM   #2
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With that TDI engine, VW interior, and wagon practicality...I'd call it "Winner".
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Old 06-26-2008, 07:02 AM   #3
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How about Das Wagen? ( A pun on the 1981 movie Das Boat)
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Old 06-26-2008, 08:24 AM   #4
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P=MW^2 >> Passat = my wagon squared..... it's a volkswagen wagon (Also looks kinda like the equation for angular momentum)

Sand Crab >> coz' it's beachin' and vaguely sand colored I presume.

Sand Snail >> snail for the turbo and for driving it easy, and sandy colored.

Ol Trinken >> like like "ole" or "old" Trinken but it's "oil drinking" in german.

MOToKoW >> Mein Ol Trinken Kommando Wagen. My oil drinking staff car.

SoySnorter >> if going the bio route.
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Old 06-26-2008, 08:31 AM   #5
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Old 06-26-2008, 08:39 AM   #6
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Cap Cornholeo.... Captain corn oil and picking up the P-asshat reference
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MOToKoW >> Mein Ol Trinken Kommando Wagen. My oil drinking staff car.
Anything that sounds like "cow" gets my vote.

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Old 06-26-2008, 08:56 AM   #8
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MOToKoW could also conceivably stand for, My OTher, other, Kyoto Wagon
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Great suggestions! And a few that I think are lame, but I won't quash any possibilities. Who know what nugget lies just beyond a lump? Already I'm seeing other possibilities I hadn't considered.
Now that I have a monthly payment again, perhaps VW "Pass-the-hat" might work until the payment book ends, but then what?
Yes, biodiesel will be a large portion of its diet, but the name I might think is best does not have to take that into account.

Please, keep all your suggestions coming. I'll select something soon, like before my first fueling entry.
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Cap Cornholeo.... Captain corn oil and picking up the P-asshat reference
Ok, I'm not voting, as this isn't a contest, but that's very intellectual.

So, my vote is for Cap Cornholeo...
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