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Offline Dr Goggles

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« Reply #30 on: June 08, 2006, 10:36:12 PM »
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A-Salt'n'Battery" not good 8) .
c ya, Sum

............how so Sum?..............not defending a suggestion just curious as to what the ob is........Lee there is an admirable aspect to the wish to honor others achievements however your mark may eclipse theirs and then the relevance is lost...unless your car is derived from theirs somehow.

..........on another front I'm thinkin' you might need an air-brushed mural of some guy flying a kite in a thunderstorm down the side .......what? :wink:
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Re: S'n'B
« Reply #31 on: June 08, 2006, 11:19:34 PM »
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A-Salt'n'Battery" not good 8) .
c ya, Sum

............how so Sum?..............not defending a suggestion just curious as to what the ob is........Lee there is an admirable aspect to the wish to honor others achievements however your mark may eclipse theirs and then the relevance is lost...unless your car is derived from theirs somehow.

..........on another front I'm thinkin' you might need an air-brushed mural of some guy flying a kite in a thunderstorm down the side .......what? :wink:


Hey Doc "Assault and Battery".  Maybe that doesn't happen over there :D  Pretty common in the US of A.

I was just joking :wink:

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Assault and Battery
« Reply #32 on: June 08, 2006, 11:38:06 PM »
Never heard of it.

Is it something like Shock and Awe?


What about "A Current Affair"?

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« Reply #33 on: June 09, 2006, 12:18:00 AM »
How about....

Faster pussycat, FASTER!

Doesn't make anymore sense for an electric car than any other but I like it!
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Re: Assault and Battery
« Reply #34 on: June 09, 2006, 11:48:04 AM »
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Never heard of it.

Is it something like Shock and Awe?

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Since I don't understand Aussie (see post from DLRA Site -- next) don't worry about it.  

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Sittin in noddlebox gawler waitin for tofu laksa and got readin a current doof doof magazine, there was an artical on a gizmo...


I can see I might have a language barrier problem when I get over there 8)  :D .

Even my spell checker only recognize a handful of words in that post Dave :wink:   Maybe you and I could start e-mailing back and forth so I'll be up to speed when I arrive :D .

c ya, Sum


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« Reply #35 on: June 09, 2006, 05:29:24 PM »
Vehicles often have female names associated with them, so how about Electra?
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« Reply #36 on: June 09, 2006, 06:11:33 PM »
"CARMINE   ELECTRA"
That was too easy. :wink:
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« Reply #37 on: June 09, 2006, 11:53:13 PM »
Oh no Jack, did you mean "Not Carbon Electra"?

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« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2006, 10:09:13 AM »
I like the sound of Lightning Bullet But I am a diehard Buckeye at heart.
 Karmann Electric is already taken by one of the Drag racers.

                      Lee
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« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2006, 07:56:55 PM »
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I like the sound of Lightning Bullet But I am a diehard Buckeye at heart.
 Karmann Electric is already taken by one of the Drag racers. Lee


Hey Lee
..........Don't want to sound dumb but what is a Buckeye?............there's no near fit in the Aussie lexicon....lots of things that end in eye but not that one..... :shock:
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« Reply #40 on: June 11, 2006, 12:09:56 PM »
The State of Ohio in the USA has a state tree and it is called the Buckeye tree. The Ohio State University Mascot  or symbol Is the Buckeye .

http://www.buckeyebullet.com/

http://www.roadtobonneville.com/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ohio state Buckeye&btnG=Google Search
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« Reply #41 on: June 12, 2006, 01:48:30 PM »
The OSU mascot is "Brutus Buckeye" just a minor correction....The teams are called "Buckeyes" the colors are Scarlett and Grey there is the Buckeye Bullet and now the Buckeye Bullet 2 Hydrogen Car coming next year....Hmmm electric cars from Ohio, go figure....... Oh a name!

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Where the heck is Valley Hi?
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« Reply #42 on: June 12, 2006, 02:03:15 PM »
Ever Been To Mad River Mountain ??? I live next to the ski slopes just about 40 min. up 33 from Dublin. If you go the speed limit??
                   Lee
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« Reply #43 on: June 12, 2006, 04:17:58 PM »
And it is still nameless three pages later.
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« Reply #44 on: June 13, 2006, 07:29:18 AM »
I think (And it is still nameless three pages later.) is alittle toooo long for a name. but thanks for the suggestion!! Lee :lol:
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