# Name Ray's 1987 Colt Vista **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [August 15, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629 "2012-08-15T13:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cadillacjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@cadillacjeff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cadillacjeff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/21 "2007-09-19T19:07:24Z")
Vista? Doesn’t VISTA imply some kind of grand view? Maybe a more appropriate name would be “Lasix LuLu” or “Cataract Kate” or “Glaucoma Gertrude”! CadillacJeff ---
**Author:** ![AnneMT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@AnneMT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AnneMT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/22 "2007-09-19T23:16:17Z")
the shaggin wagon ---
**Author:** ![whoeveler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@whoeveler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/whoeveler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/23 "2007-09-19T23:57:59Z")
Ray’s little pony wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Point7Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Point7Q](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Point7Q)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/24 "2007-09-20T00:21:41Z")
The Death Star, because it’s gray and blows up. ---
**Author:** ![Jean\_Rich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jean\_Rich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jean_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/25 "2007-09-20T01:57:45Z")
Vista Cruise Hasta La Vista Loose Bolt Colt ---
**Author:** ![KingsleyLaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@KingsleyLaw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KingsleyLaw)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/26 "2007-09-20T10:34:36Z")
From looks alone, it should be named, “Why did I buy this?” But if Ray is attached to it - it should be named Bullet (which is either a good name for a fast Colt or what you need to put it out of its misery). ---
**Author:** ![Smogdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Smogdude](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Smogdude)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/27 "2007-09-20T18:24:50Z")
“VIRGINia” Nobody will get ‘lucky’ in a car like that. ---
**Author:** ![ron14619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@ron14619](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ron14619)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/28 "2007-09-20T20:40:27Z")
Helen as in “Hell on wheels” ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/29 "2007-09-20T23:19:44Z")
I named my 1964 Fairlane Bertha. It’s a good name. ---
**Author:** ![bmille23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@bmille23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bmille23)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/30 "2007-09-20T23:21:34Z")
The Sloppy Jalopy ---
**Author:** ![cpuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cpuman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cpuman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/31 "2007-09-21T00:36:57Z")
You could call it “Drifter” - The perfect car for picking up a bunch of transients. ---
**Author:** ![lanabanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@lanabanana](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lanabanana)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/32 "2007-09-21T01:30:24Z")
Aunt Tammie, because if i had an Aunt Tammie, this is what she’d have been driving since I could remember… it’s just so no pretty… ---
**Author:** ![Rabidog\_Howl\_s\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rabidog\_Howl\_s\_Again](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rabidog_Howl_s_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/33 "2007-09-21T14:57:00Z")
[b]“DOA”: Dead on Arrival[u] ---
**Author:** ![macher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@macher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/macher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/34 "2007-09-21T19:41:33Z")
When a horse’s feet go bad it is called ‘founder’. When someone asks you where the heck you got that car you say - founder. ---
**Author:** ![mtsmiths](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mtsmiths/32/163_2.png) [@mtsmiths](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mtsmiths)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/35 "2007-09-21T21:45:49Z")
Door Stop, because I think where they got the styling cues. ---
**Author:** ![akeiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@akeiko](https://community.cartalk.com/u/akeiko)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/36 "2007-09-22T02:52:42Z")
How about ol’ scrappy, it looks like the junkyard is calling. ---
**Author:** ![John\_R\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@John\_R\_M](https://community.cartalk.com/u/John_R_M)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/37 "2007-09-23T00:02:09Z")
Colt 45–because you need to be loaded to to drive it. or Smoggy Vista–which is obvious. JohnRM ---
**Author:** ![taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/taylor)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/38 "2007-09-23T17:37:58Z")
I had an 87 Colt Vistit named Puff As in Puff the tragic wagon ---
**Author:** ![ccsantos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@ccsantos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ccsantos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/39 "2007-09-23T22:58:14Z")
How about Hi-ho Silver! After all it’s silver and it’s a colt! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Tice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Bob\_Tice](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bob_Tice)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-rays-1987-colt-vista/4629/40 "2007-09-24T12:29:59Z")
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