Ever since I came to this site and started seeing all these different usernames, I've wondered what some of them meant. Some are self-explainatory, and don't need an explaination. Among these ones:

ford guy = likes Fords

ciera guy = likes Olds Cieras

MBSL65fan = fan of MBSL65, which up until recently I didn't know what MBSL65 meant, but recently I figured it out to be Mercedes Benz SL, and the 65 means... not sure?

58Roadmaster = likes 1958 Buick Roadmasters I guess?

antp = lives in Antwerp, Belgium

carchasesfanatic = loves car chases

Leoz = name is "Leo", added "z" because it sounded cool??

Firebird86 = Owned a 1986 Pontiac Firebird

CougarTim = Has a Mecury Cougar, name is Tim

Valiant1962 = Likes and owns 1962 Plymouth Valiants

Mr Cadillac = Likes/owns Cadillacs

raul1983 = name is Raul, born in 1983?

93Montero = owns a 1993 Montero



And of course some that deserve an explaination

-Neon

-Ddey65

-G-MANN

-fck

-Ingo

-ahight

-wickey

-stronghold

-marioman3138

-wasserspeier

-badlymad

-antrominxx- (yes I spelled it wrong but you know who I mean, the guy that likes Hearses )

Born in the 60's, my teen years in the '70's growing up with loads of comic books, my favourite character being 'The Punisher' ..one of the aliases he uses is stronghold

Mine was the user for another site, so I started to use it, not knowing the spectacale that would arise.

Neptune is his nickname, after his favourite planet as a kid

Neon maybe after a Dodge Neon

Actually I live in Brussels, Belgium.
My nickname comes from my name, Antoine Potten

Similar case for ahight and ddey65 (but I do not know for the 65)

My nick:
Wasserspeier = German word for Gargoyle.

I'm a big fan of the Disney cartoon series "The Gargoyles".

No, the Plymouth

Actually, is for two reasons: Some years ago, my favourite car was the Neon coupè (sold in Italy as Chrysler)... but the last 2 or 3 restyling are not very good... better the first series

And because I like very much the neons (lamps)

.my name is john, i am a christian bmx freestyler.

Though my name is not listed: A couple of years ago I registered at an American Dodge/Plymouth Neon-Forum and at this time I was the 1st German in that forum with a Neon. Thus I merged "German Neon" to "Germaneon"

Ah, ok. Sorry that I misunderstood

Its one of the fastest and rarest of SLs -also available in CL and S saloon
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/48791/mercedes-benz_sl65_amg.html

My username actually refers to old nickname of mine (I know it sounds a bit silly), my first name begins with G. I also used to use it as a username for other internet sites like IMDB (although I use a different username now).

Mine was inspired by Konrad Tönz, the Swiss presenter of a 80's TV crime show in the German speaking countries (like Crimewatch UK or America's Most Wanted).

You're right taxiguy. I chose that name because I love Mercedes and I like the SL65 AMG, one of the top of the line models (Even though it's probably the SLR Mclaren). I thought of that name because I wasn't sure what else I should call myself.

Oh yeah, and the 65 is the displacement number for all V12 AMG vehicles, but it's a bi-turbo V12 that has 6.0 liters, not 6.5.

(ex. S65 AMG, SL65 AMG, and CL65 AMG) They have the same engines.

I'm surprised your name is not "Acura RL" or something that has to do with your car MBSL65fan

Ingo is my regular given name


@Toenz: I've expected it.
Have you ever been in the pub in Berlin with the same name (if it still exists). It was made in complete 70ies-style. I've been there in 2002.

@MBSL65fan: Oh, you mean the AMG's. "SL65" means for me the Mercedes SL of 1965, so the [W113]. I was really a bit wondering "Hmm, the guy is very young, but he likes the Mercedes from the 60ies?"
So I'm wrong.

Yes it's a good name to stand behind for me. I like all sorts of cars and trucks, but I am a Buick man to the core, and 1958 was the flashiest of the 50s, but the 59's had the craziest styling.

In many ways in my daily choices, I try to be different, apart from the norm. Here's a kid in his 20s that likes Buicks and listens to Tommy Dorsey, for example. Whoever thought the phrase "act your age" could work both ways?

@ingo: yes, the bar still existed in winter 2003/04, when I had the pleasure.

Tönz, I saw a graffiti painting with that name in Poland last week.

Anyhow my nick started out as AtomVinterNatt (Nuclear winter night) which is a song by the swedish punkband Dia Psalma. I used it when I played onlinegames and quickly changed it to just atom since it's shorter and faster to write.
I chose it because it was the first thing that came to my mind, and I really liked it.
Nowdays everyone calls me that, friends, theire parents and my teachers did it when I went to school.

Really? That is so neat! I've never heard a name like that, you are lucky!
Is it common in Germany though?