Jump to content

Slang names for cars


bangernomics

Recommended Posts

On 29/10/2021 at 00:24, eddyramrod said:

Ford Cack (Ka)

Tranny (Transit)

Granny (Granada)

Dagenham Dustbin (Zephyr or Zodiac, usually mk4)

Triumph Harold (Herald)

 

On 29/10/2021 at 10:33, garethj said:

That’s interesting, my dad always used to call the Ford Escort a Dagenham Dustbin, it does roll off the tongue nicely 😀

I refer to any Blue Oval as a Dagenham Dustbin, as did my granddad who was in the trade 35 years.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Some from my friends and family

Fiat Teapot - Tipo
Ford Onion/Urinal - Orion
Ford Curtains - Cortina (Cortina is Spanish for curtain)
Datsun Micron - Nissan Micra
VW Flog - Golf
VW Borat - Bora
Skoda Labia - Fabia
Ford Scrotum/scrote - Escort
Shove-it - Chevette
Chavvy Leah - Cavalier
Tupperware car - Reliant 3-wheeler
Vulva - Volvo
 

Can't think of any more at the moment

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 months later...

VW Toe Rag

Plastic pig - Reliant Regal ( may have been applied to the Robin as well)

Skip - Skoda convertible

Russian wheelbarrow - contrary to a previous post , I believe this referred to a mythical  Lada with twin exhausts

Fizzy - Yamaha FS1E

Dont remember seeing Roller, Cossie or Bini mentioned ( maybe too obvious).

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In Ireland, for some reason, every 4x4 is referred to as a jeep.

Land Rover Defender? Jeep.

Land Rover Freelander? Jeep.

Toyota Land Cruiser? Jeep.

Jeep? A whip.

I catch myself doing it too, I blame my dad.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

18 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

In Ireland, for some reason, every 4x4 is referred to as a jeep.

Land Rover Defender? Jeep.

Land Rover Freelander? Jeep.

Toyota Land Cruiser? Jeep.

Jeep? A whip.

I catch myself doing it too, I blame my dad.

Not just 4x4's, some people call all SUV' s jeeps. Drives me nuts. It's mostly an older generation thing though

Link to comment
Share on other sites

53 minutes ago, mcmolloy1 said:

Not just 4x4's, some people call all SUV' s jeeps. Drives me nuts. It's mostly an older generation thing though

Anything that looks like a 4x4, Dacia Duster, it's a Jeep. My mom calls my Land Cruiser a jeep, I try calling it a truck, but I end up reverting back to jeep as "broken land cruiser on my driveway" is a mouth full. 

It doesn't bother me so much. It winds my wife up though, so I do it to wind her up about it really.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...
On 5/14/2022 at 9:42 PM, St.Jude said:

In Ireland, for some reason, every 4x4 is referred to as a jeep.

Land Rover Defender? Jeep.

Land Rover Freelander? Jeep.

Toyota Land Cruiser? Jeep.

Jeep? A whip.

I catch myself doing it too, I blame my dad.

A mechanic I used to know through oval racing once had a big jacked-up orange Land Rover Discovery, on the back of which was a sticker reading "IT'S NOT A FUCKING JEEP, OK?"

(Kind of an appropriate sticker for him, as he was completely unable to form a sentence without using the word "fuck" at least twice.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...