About that name...

[BrokenSVT]

So here's a fun idea for a thread. I want to know how you came up with that screen name/handle. I'll begin!

In 2003, I purchased a brand new car. It was an SVT Focus, and it was a limited production car(less than 14k over three years of production). There were tons of parts on them, unique to the SVT package from a normal Focus. With that came growing pains.

It seemed to be in the shop more often than not for a time, while they worked out the wrinkles. It probably didn't help that it spent a fair amount of time on the autocross course and corner carving...but I digress.

When I signed up for my first Focus forum site membership, I had to come up with a name and all the easy ones were taken. Since the car seemed to be "broken" all the time, I picked this one jokingly and it's stuck with me through the years.

I still have friends in real life who refer to me as "Broken" rather than "Greg" in conversation lol...

Your turn!

 

[1Alpha1]

Mine has been an evolution over a long period of time.

Rumor has it, it's not over yet.

 

[GeorgiaVol]

I'm a transplanted Tennessee Volunteer fan. I now live in Georgia

 

[Rangerbait]

I originally hail from Northern California, where you're not really allowed to do anything fun. I'm also a fanatical mountain biker, which meant that I had to either stick to boring fire roads, or become an outlaw mountain biker...guess which I chose ;-)

My local loop was 10 miles door-to-door from my house, and was such a great ride, but just a little bit more than the law would allow

I got chased (but never caught) by the park rangers damn near every ride, so my buddies started calling me ranger bait.

 

[Sepia]

I'm not clever or notorious so I just used my real name.

Next!

 

[twinstaged]

I like to turbocharge turbochargers...

 

[beavis331]

I used to do a mean beavis impersonation.

"I need tp for my bunghole"

 

[ANewSawyer]

When I came to this site, I knew nothing about saws. Now I have 4 saws, 5 trimmers and 3 blowers. Still don't know that much about using saws.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

You kinda have to admire somebody that eliminates problems with barrels of acid. Plus the shock value of people seeing that moniker and wondering if they read it correctly.

 

[blsnelling]

Brad and Lisa Snelling

 

[Sportfury70]

My favorite project I ever built with my dad was a "Richard Petty" blue 1972 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe. Long story short I was on deployment and my dad told me he was gonna sell it. I said NO WAY and offered to buy it, but he wouldn't take money as he only wanted a new string trimmer. Needless to say I got him the biggest damn Stihl Trimmer money could buy.

Fast forward several years and I got the itch for a silver 1966 GTO and ended up trading it for one. A real 242 code that was cosmetically done, but had electrical issues and a smog era 400. I loved the look, but the damn car hated me. It caught fire the first time I drove it (mild fire, starter shorted and had to change it out in a gas station parking lot in Orlando) fuel leaks, bad wiring, etc, and kept breaking motor mounts. Sold it and said good riddance.

Ever since then I've been searching for a 1970 Sport Fury. I love those C body mopars, and the 70 fury is my dream car (followed closely by a 300 Hurst)

I've owned a lot of classics (1970 Monte Carlo SS clone, 1965 Cutlass convertible, 1971 Toronado, 1973 Dart, 1985 535is, and a few others) but the Fury has stuck with me. Sportfury70 is my username for all of the forums I'm on, whether it's a Bimmer forum or Cummins)

 

[L34]

I had a Holden (GMH) Torana L34 in my younger days.Loved that car thus the L34 name.
Cheers,Chris.

 

[JonCraig]

I'm not clever or notorious so I just used my real name.

Next!

Same.

 

[cuinrearview]

I used to race sportbikes, on the street. It was about as clever as the name, but I kept it anyway.

 

[bulletpruf]

Old college nickname from 25 years ago. Involved tequila and putting a beatdown on someone. I spell it funny because "bulletproof" is taken on a lot of forums.

 

[cus_deluxe]

I built a mudtruck out of a k-5 blazer frame, with a custom deluxe square body with a shorty flatbed. Everything about it was "custom", and my name is custer, go by cus most of the time so it became the cus deluxe.

 

[marti384]

Mine was my email username at Michigan State about 20 years ago. I needed to pick something I would be able to remember.

 

[rageej]

I pushed buttons until it said I could reply to a thread.


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[smokey7]

I am a 2 stroke fool. So when i wanted a user name i looked in the garage at 7 2 stroke bikes 7 quads 7 skis 7 saws 7 blowers 7 whips 7 nitro cars and thought 7 must be a fluke or i am nust so i came up with smokey 7 as it seems fitting. Now i have more of some and less of others so the fluke of all 7s fell apart but still love them 2 strokers.

 

[astnmacgto]

My first name, my main collectors item and my car