Bu Shanab, Fatma Jumaa... and other 4x4 and cars nicknames

[Barry]

The kettle. Because it likes to boil its water 

[Emmanuel]

French people like to make fun of the Corvette by calling it the « crevette » (meaning : the shrimp).

[Emmanuel]

And they also call the Clio (Renault) the « Clito » 

 

[Barry]

28 minutes ago, Emmanuel said:

And they also call the Clio (Renault) the « Clito » 

 

What about the MR2? When you say M R deux, it sounds like merde

[Frederic]

2 minutes ago, Barry said:

What about the MR2? When you say M R deux, it sounds like merde

Oooh I love the MR2. My colleague had one in red. Kept asking him to sell it to me but he was smart enough to keep it 😁

[desertdude]

5 hours ago, Asif Hussain said:

LC 71 is called as urba (means quater in arabic)

Gaurav is correc Rub'aa means quarter as in Rub Al Khali. The empty quarter

3 hours ago, Rahimdad said:

In UAE the S600 was called Shabak, which means tank in arabic because of its huge size.

Shabak means Cage and the S class is called the Shabah as in Ghost. The round headlight E class the Bu ayoun. The one with eyes.

The LC is referred to simply as Croozer. The patrol aw Neyzaan 

[desertdude]

P.S both the swb LC and Patrol are also referred to as the Capsula. As in tiny like a capsule.

P.P.S : The most popular name for the LC is station. If some one asks you what car you drive ans you tell him Station. It will immediately understood you are referring to the 4 door Land Cruiser 

Edited May 8, 2019 by desertdude

[desertdude]

6 hours ago, Emmanuel said:

Yesterday @desertdude mentioned “Bu Jasim’s” in the “What Went Wrong” thread and I didn’t know until I asked that he was referring to LC 100. I knew Bu Shanab and Fatma Jumaa but not this one. Who knows other local or international nicknames for specific 4x4 or cars models ?

Bu Jasim refers to a rowdy, showoff without much technical knowledge driver rather than the car. 

[Emmanuel]

26 minutes ago, desertdude said:

Bu Jasim refers to a rowdy, showoff without much technical knowledge driver rather than the car. 

OK... And it’s not referring at all to a LC model ? 

[Rahimdad]

I remember PR naming his Land Cruiser as Elsie, much later I realizes that he is referring it to as LC. Hahaha.