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donk_316
11-08-2013, 08:40 AM
Forgive my naval gazing as I am overseas staring out a window at a Drilling Rig in the Austrian Forests...

Anyone care to explain WHY people, particularly Viper Owners.... Insist on calling their drop top / convertable / spyder / roadster / etc etc etc a VERT?!

It cant just be me who thinks this is some sort of pretentious way of describing your car as roofless and not so attractive as a coupe?! (FLAME MODE ACTIVATED)

Why dont these sort of people call their cars a conv, cnv, droptop, ragtop, or for that matter a "con" or even an "able"?!

Every time i see the word VERT i think they are describing a green viper... Honest to God... Vert is frenchinese for green.

(This post was designed to inflame and cause instant heart palpatations in VERT owners who are most likely 65+ and balding/bald while INSISTING on wearing a baseball cap)

VYPR BYT
11-08-2013, 08:46 AM
You seem to be stressing waaaay too much over this.
If you're overseas staring out a window at a Drilling Rig... then perhaps your extreme boredom with be offset by a mermaid sighting soon. :smilielol:

plumcrazy
11-08-2013, 08:50 AM
relax dude. similiar to calling an engine a motor....

donk_316
11-08-2013, 08:54 AM
No one can tell that my tongue is firmly planted in my cheak? Its too early in north america I guess! Just trying to ruffle your feathers big plum!

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relax dude. similiar to calling an engine a motor....

Oh and dont get me started on that one... they are different and calling an engine a motor is a big no no...

ViperGTS
11-08-2013, 09:20 AM
WHO cares :o -> or call it a non-coupe!

Have a Gösser and Apfelstrudel or Kaiserschmarrn and be happy!

KRATEDISEASE
11-08-2013, 09:40 AM
Forgive my naval gazing as I am overseas staring out a window at a Drilling Rig in the Austrian Forests...

Anyone care to explain WHY people, particularly Viper Owners.... Insist on calling their drop top / convertable / spyder / roadster / etc etc etc a VERT?!

It cant just be me who thinks this is some sort of pretentious way of describing your car as roofless and not so attractive as a coupe?! (FLAME MODE ACTIVATED)

Why dont these sort of people call their cars a conv, cnv, droptop, ragtop, or for that matter a "con" or even an "able"?!

Every time i see the word VERT i think they are describing a green viper... Honest to God... Vert is frenchinese for green.

(This post was designed to inflame and cause instant heart palpatations in VERT owners who are most likely 65+ and balding/bald while INSISTING on wearing a baseball cap)

lets just leave my bald spot out of the discussion !!! OK !!!

HyperViper
11-08-2013, 09:41 AM
Because convertible is too long.

slitherv10
11-08-2013, 09:52 AM
Its like calling Johnny John, or baby Babe or a couch a chesterfield . Comon man, life can't be that bad that this becomes such an issue.

I say you get a convertible green viper and kill two birds with one stone.(not literally of course);)

Oh , and if you find any oil or gold while drilling, save me a piece eh?

City
11-08-2013, 09:53 AM
LOL
Let this be your greatest "erk"!

moparracing
11-08-2013, 09:55 AM
relax dude. similiar to calling an engine a motor....

or a wheel a rim.....

Bill Pemberton
11-08-2013, 09:56 AM
We tried convert and everyone assumed we were having a revival, so then we switched to vertible , and folks in Appalachia thought we was discussing a new wooden apparatus to sit around in the kitchen, therefore we just gave up and went with vert. Course now we have individuals that think it is short for vertical , so I vote we just go with topless ( it has so many more pleasant connotations !!!

slitherv10
11-08-2013, 09:59 AM
We tried convert and everyone assumed we were having a revival, so then we switched to vertible , and folks in Appalachia thought we was discussing a new wooden apparatus to sit around in the kitchen, therefore we just gave up and went with vert. Course now we have individuals that think it is short for vertical , so I vote we just go with topless ( it has so many more pleasant connotations !!!

I vote for topless as well. All in favor say eh?...or is that eye? Must be Canadian. EH ?

donk_316
11-08-2013, 10:00 AM
We tried convert and everyone assumed we were having a revival, so then we switched to vertible , and folks in Appalachia thought we was discussing a new wooden apparatus to sit around in the kitchen, therefore we just gave up and went with vert. Course now we have individuals that think it is short for vertical , so I vote we just go with topless ( it has so many more pleasant connotations !!!

This is the best answer so for. Bill is winning! Cmon you guys get with the program.

The_Greg
11-08-2013, 10:09 AM
Just don't call it a Spyder.

sparkrn
11-08-2013, 10:31 AM
I always understood that a two seater with no top was only a roadster. Convertible could be a 4 door or a 2 door but always has a back seat. For you people with a motor in your car, don't forget your 200 mile extension cord or lots of batteries.

Leslie
11-08-2013, 10:32 AM
I vote for topless as well. All in favor say eh?...or is that eye? Must be Canadian. EH ?

I got a funny feeling a pic is about to emerge haha

donk_316
11-08-2013, 10:38 AM
For you people with a motor in your car, don't forget your 200 mile extension cord or lots of batteries.

This man understands!

Nine Ball
11-08-2013, 10:45 AM
Why do you go by "donk" instead of "donkey"?

Granger73
11-08-2013, 10:48 AM
Definition of VERT
1
a : green forest vegetation especially when forming cover or providing food for deer
b : the right or privilege (as in England) of cutting living wood or sometimes of pasturing animals in a forest
2
: the heraldic color green

Viperbob
11-08-2013, 10:51 AM
Simple

V.V.

Viper Vert

it just flows better....nothing to do with pretensiousness ...

what do you want peple to say Viper Cabrio ? come on man.... its a Vert ! Bro !

Sybil TF
11-08-2013, 11:17 AM
Vert sounds cool and snappy. That's why.

SmoknTires
11-08-2013, 11:20 PM
Ok... I'm not guilty of saying it's a vert... but I've typed it. Find a shorter acronym people will understand and I'll switch - don't want the stress to kill you! :.)

Leslie
11-09-2013, 07:23 AM
Why do you go by "donk" instead of "donkey"?

hahaha!!!

vettetr
11-09-2013, 08:34 AM
We can only hope that a major drilling catastrophe doesn't result from an obsessive dislike to the word "vert". So, while we're on the subject... to the older lady in the elevator downtown yesterday... yes, that was me:web_driver:

ViperGTS
11-09-2013, 09:31 AM
@donk-ey: the Austrian forrests are not very famous for "oil" drilling...did you mean Australia? :p

eucharistos
11-09-2013, 10:00 AM
while i agree with most of the posts, :fpopcorn:

you people are not helping the op with the answer he needs.......

so allow me ;)

b/c people are stupid and have forgotten their elemental frenchinese

eucharistos
11-09-2013, 10:03 AM
for those of you who don't know frenchinese


Emile speaking Frenchinese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedkVGS4VU4

eucharistos
11-09-2013, 10:05 AM
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frenchinese


Frenchinese
A person not necessariy residing in France or China, but of French and Chinese descent. Being racially 'mixed' Frenchinese people are subject to stellar French beauty, charm and romance as well as Chinese logic, superior abilities in the field of mathematics, and video game skills. However, this talent is usually neglected due to the more socialist roots of the Frenchinese as they are more influenced by the social sciences. Overall, a romantic and a passifist, somewhat conceited and intelligent, the Frenchinese possess the best of both worlds.

If you were to combine the DNA of Casanova, Mao Tse-Tung, Blaise Pascal, Ed Westwick and Walshy into an artificial sperm and inject it into Aurelie Claudel's womb, the result would be a typical Frenchinese offspring.

donk_316
11-09-2013, 10:09 AM
@donk-ey: the Austrian forrests are not very famous for "oil" drilling...did you mean Australia? :p

Pretty sure I know what country Im in at the moment! haha! Austria, Germany, Holland, Poland, Romania, Hungary, etc etc etc.... lots of drilling over here! Ill be in France for Dec -Feb!

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while i agree with most of the posts, :fpopcorn:

you people are not helping the op with the answer he needs.......

so allow me ;)

b/c people are stupid and have forgotten their elemental frenchinese

Nicely done on the Frenchinese... But it was more of a slam against french in general.

ViperGTS
11-09-2013, 10:20 AM
well, then we could probably meet for a beer and drill some holes in the Bierfilzln!:)

donk_316
11-09-2013, 10:28 AM
well, then we could probably meet for a beer and drill some holes in the Bierfilzln!:)

If your ever on the German/Austrian border, look me up!... well untill the end of November anyways.

plumcrazy
11-09-2013, 03:19 PM
from urban dictionary....


donk
a very round, attractive ghetto syle booty

derivation: shortened form or badonkadonk

vettetr
11-09-2013, 04:03 PM
from urban dictionary....

Hmmm.... familiar with badonkadonk are we?! You playa!