'Sable' - the 'in' lie to sell your item?

Skunk?!?! Yuucckk.

Surely serious buyers of such items would not be taken in by such crude subterfuge? Then again, "some people would drink sulphuric acid if it came in a gin bottle".

If they get tired of 'sable' it'll probably be 'ermine' next you reckon?

FalconGal,was there not an american car called a "Sable"?

GG

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Skunk?!?! Yuucckk.


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Nice and 'black' you see! There's a 'fur resource' set up by one sller that makes this reference as a 40's/50's thing I think but it's never mentioned in 'J G Links' pub 1956/7? despite him especially having a section on skunk because his dad liked it as a fur.

This 'subterfuge' will often work because people really don't know what these things look like and pics won't always help distinguish betweeen 2 like furs (eg. at certain seasons and sizes beaver & muskrat).

The funniest one I remember freom a seller was someone whose 'moles' must have been 9-10 inches long!

It's those pesky wabbits again!

GG

The bad part about buying things on line is that you can't examine them before buying. Do they ever get the, uh, "essence" of skunk out? I knew someone who had a descented pet skunk, and the aroma never fully went away, especially when the animal got wet.

You're right, Gardengnome, there is a car called a Mercury Sable. There was a Volkswagen Rabbit, too.

Oh No!! Wait until the Greenies get wind of you buying furs

Yeah, I think the VW Rabbit was a Golf to the rest of us.

Still a strange choice of name for a car though, nearly as weird as Nissan Cedric.

GG

Ohh I am with you now, I couldnt place the *Rabbit*, but know it well as the *Golf*.

Great little cars!!!

So the Rabbit and the Golf are the same thing?

On his second page, this guy talks about taking parts off of a Golf to put on his Rabbit:
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/386762

Hmmmm - now I am confused again.

Thats not a Golf by Aussie standards (unless its a very old one).

Hmmm, Ok. For Australia, it looks like the Golf was called the Rabbit from 1977-1984 (approx).

That's a Golf orright. From 'round 1980 I'd say.

From my bottomless pit of useless knowledge I can find no reference to the Golf being called a Rabbit in Aus. ever. They prob'ly couldn't get through the Rabbit Proof Fence!! Yuk, Yuk. Rabbits have never been a popular import in Australia.

We also got the Passat about then, yet the Polo name didn't come to Oz till recently.

I have to come clean here and admit that my brand is and always has been, Mazda, and my real expertise is in that marque.

GG

I've heard that rabbits cause a lot of damage over there, so it was probably wise not to call a car by that name.

I'm trying to figure out why they chose the name Golf since it isn't the type of name manufacturers usually use for a car. They usually like to name them after animals or make them sound high tech. Maybe because it's not much bigger than a golf cart???

Its a very cute car and has become really popular with the younger girls, in particular.

Dont know about the origin of the name - maybe they are going for *cute* appeal?

GG - you will have to trust me that the Golf was called the *Rabbit* (I pulled out the Manual), since I work in the industry

Rabbit Skin products would be the only fur I would encourage. Although the introduction of the Calicivirus has fixed alot of the problems with the rabbit population.

Of course, now with the decline in rabbits, the excess of foxes (which built up due to the rabbit food source) has taken to killing more farmed animals...so now they are trying to cull the foxes. But, as the furs arent worth anything anymore, no one can be bothered hunting the foxes.

Hmmm - Monday morning rambling complete

The first is a VW Rabbit. These were made, I believe, from the mid seventies to the mid eighties. The second is a VW Golf, 2004, still imported here.

Hard to warm up to the name Golf. Can't think of another car named after a sport. Who want to drive a ping-pong, or even a baseball?

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Best and Worst Auto Names

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I got agree with that, coming from a long lasting hate of the game!

How about the VW Polo??? Now that's a ball sport with "horse" power!

Bartleby, I too have worked in the industry and I still doubt you are correct, but I admit I've no proof one way or t'other.

Speaking of rabbits, Nissan's first post-war car was called a "Rabbit" or "Dat" to the Japanese. Their next one, evolved from the first, was called the "son of dat", or, more familiarly, Datsun!

Mazda preferred more 'stellar' and 'light' related apellations, such as Cosmo, Capella and Luce.

Mazda itself is a combination of the name of the head of the company at one time, a Mr. Matsuda, pronounced "matsda" & Mazda Ahura, the Assyrians, or perhaps Pheonician's, god of light (one of those early mideast civilizations anyway).

I can't explain "Savannah", however.

GG

Maybe Golf is a pun. One drives a car and there’s long drives in golf. Also, there’s a putt pun.

Maybe. The Germans aren't famous for their sense of humour however.


Zer cherman joke, ya?

Vhy do zer Bavarians square heads haben?

Zo zey don't roll down zer mountains!


That was told to me by a German, pardon the "accent".

GG

GG, Ihr Deutsch ist groß und Witze sind lustig!

How about a car that runs on natural gas called the Fart?

I would definately be interested in a *fart*.

Well, then how about names for a car that runs on electricity: Zap, Shocker, Jolt, Outlet, Bolt, Franklin, Plug, Ground, Capital Punishment, Volt, Charger, Watt, Surge, Fuse, Circuit, Breaker, the Rosenburgs (two models - Ethel and Julius).

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How about "Stranded" or "Walker"?

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"Farthard" maybe? Not quite as obvious?

The only thing that would put me off such a car is the ridiculous position you have to assume when filling the tank!

GG

There are definitely VW Rabbits on the road in the UK

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The 'Datsun' name originated a long time before that.
<anorak>
DAT, the company name derived from its founders' names Den, Aoyama and Takahichi (sp?) bought an Austin Seven about 1931 and made an approximate copy of it.
The story is that it would originally was to be called 'Datson' (son of DAT) for the English-speaking market but 'son' has some dubious meaning in Japanese, so it became 'Datsun'
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GG, your German is good and your jokes funny.

Thank you, Mrs. M.

I had translated it as "Your German is gross and your jokes lousy!"

GG

Mike;

Quite so. 'Son' was considered to be risky but 'Sun' invoked the good luck of the Sun.

I've earned my anorak!

GG

I only really know one bit of German by heart;

"Steuerman las die wacht"

My favourite tune from "Der Fleigender Hollander"

GG

It must get a little lost out of context! Steuerman read is awake that ...or you can drop the "that".

More Japanese car manufacturer trivia: Mitsubishi developed/manufactured the torpedo used in Pearl Harbor. It was assumed the harbor was too shallow for the use of torpedoes; well, the Americans assumed that.

This also ties in nicely with the German posts.

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Thanks, Rick for the bit trivia,! Very interesting!

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Thanks, Rick for the bit trivia,! Very interesting!

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Elaborate?

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I would definately be interested in a *fart*.

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Ford Fart
Chrysler Crap
Dodge Dump
Plymouth Poop
Toyota Turd
Acura Anal
Eagle Excrement
Daihatsu Diarrhea
Jeep Jakes
Datsun Do-do
Chevrolet Crud
Peugeot Pile
Buick Bog
Ferrari Feces
Saab Spoor
Packard Pie
Edsel Enema
DeLorean Dag
Geo Gas
Triumph Toilet
Panoz Pucky
Bentley Booty-cheddar
Subaru Shart
Fairlane Flatulence (at least I didn’t use a Falcon)
BMW BM
GMC Guano
Frazer Fertilizer
Oldsmobile Ordure
Hummer Hotbed
Cadillac Chips
Scion Stool
Desoto Dung
Fiat Flops
Shelby Scours
Fiero Flatus
Mazda Muck
Pontiac Pats
Daewoo Dingleberry
Saturn $hit (nice that being a capital dollar sign)
Mercury Manure
Dodge Droppings
Suzuki Sewage

I take it you're not in a positive frame of mind, Rick?

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Nope.