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Old 06-16-2012, 02:39 PM
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Old 06-16-2012, 02:57 PM
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my brother already called it a vulva and i fired back at him with "your just jealous that i get in a vulva a few times a day"... kinda lame but i wasn't prepared haha
 
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Brick...
 
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Old 06-16-2012, 03:00 PM
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brick? explain..
 
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Old 06-18-2012, 10:51 AM
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Gertrude (2004 V70 AWD)
 
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Old 06-22-2012, 08:20 PM
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I call mine the Green Bean. 95 green wagon
 
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Old 06-23-2012, 03:29 PM
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My dad's old Volvo was simply known as "The Volvo'.
 
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Old 06-25-2012, 03:29 PM
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I call mine "The Grape" becuase it's purple. I also like "Brick"
 
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Old 06-25-2012, 03:44 PM
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When she breaks I call her all sorts of names...
 
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Old 06-25-2012, 08:28 PM
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"The Swede Machine" or "The Volv" are what I usually use.
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 02:36 AM
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A friend of mine always managed to get the word 'box' in when describing a Volvo...
 
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So I recently picked up a mint 2004 S80 T6 in a Ruby Red Metallic color which my wife does not care for. She has a Gray XC90 and red is just not her thing. I love it though and one day we were going out and I said why don't we take the tomato. She turned to me and said you mean the "Twin Turbo Tomato" and Triple "T" was born.
 
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My buddy always made jokes about me driving imports so when i sent him the pict of my 1999 s80 , black with tan interior and already had tinted windows he named it papason. He said it a mix of a older mans car with the almost compleat blacked outside and a hint of my jap car days so i call my car papason. " dam u ben dam uuuuu
 

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Mr. Bobbles. Really. It's even on the key chain I got with it. Really.
 
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My 245 has been called "Grandpa's Swedish Mistress" because she soaks up time and money. Recently been called the 427 Big Block----427K mi. and looks like a big block of yellow butter. When my son was driving it years ago, his rowing team buddies called it Gertrude.
 
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