funny car nicknames Page 7

Every car ends up with a nickname—usually after the first dent or the second coffee spill. Tiny hatch? That’s the shopping trolley; zippy turbo? Meet the pocket rocket. Big floaty barge becomes a land yacht, and the family bus is, of course, the kid taxi. A battered farm ute graduates to paddock basher, while an old luxo-barge answers only to the couch on wheels. Give it a week and your pride and joy will earn one too—possibly from your mates, definitely behind your back.