One more question: what do you use your FRUNK for?

[Mike in CA]

When I see him next I will have him confirm that you all are crazy and I am sane. Show me one use of the word frunk, in reference to the front trunk before 1990. That’s it, should be easy.

I really think you should find a different hill to die on.

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[Kayone73]

I really think you should find a different hill to die on.

I respect his stubborn persistence ?

 

[Vercingetorix]

I really think you should find a different hill to die on.

All you have to do is find evidence and I will go away.

 

[LeftCoastElectric]

Today, my frunk has wet water skiing gear in it. Of course, inside of a large plastic bag to keep the frunk dry.

My trunk has a water ski (pre work) and golf clubs (post work).

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[Mike in CA]

All you have to do is find evidence and I will go away.

I don't want you to go away, I'm kind of enjoying the give and take. I just don't understand what it is you want to find evidence for:

1. That the word frunk hasn't been used for years by Porsche owners? That's obviously false as many here will attest.

2. That Porsche and some others don't officially sanction the use of the word in their documentation? I'll stipulate that appears to be true although that doesn't change the facts in 1 above.

3. That it matters when exactly people started using the word? Why?

4. That you personally don't like the term? That's pretty obvious and I doubt you need evidence for that.

Please do clarify.

Again, if your goal is to make people stop using the word frunk, that's probably not gonna happen.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I don't want you to go away, I'm kind of enjoying the give and take. I just don't understand what it is you want to find evidence for:

1. That the word frunk hasn't been used for years by Porsche owners? That's obviously false as many here will attest.

2. That Porsche and some others don't officially sanction the use of the word in their documentation? I'll stipulate that appears to be true although that doesn't change the facts in 1 above.

3. That it matters when exactly people started using the word? Why?

4. That you personally don't like the term? That's pretty obvious and I doubt you need evidence for that.

Please do clarify.

Again, if your goal is to make people stop using the word frunk, that's probably not gonna happen.

Written use of the word frunk. Or a recording where the word is used. Find an example from before 1990.

 

[TDinDC]

Frunken hell!

How about “the repository for nearly useless stuff that you just can’t quit”?

Day to day, I use for umbrella, squeegee, ice scraper, towel, paper towels and windex.

On trips, this fits perfectly: https://www.tumi.com/p/international-dual-access-4-wheeled-carry-on-01171601041/

 

[Leawood CT]

For nothing.
i haven’t opened it since day 1.

Same here, and that was by mistake while drying the car.

 

[B61]

Same here, and that was by mistake while drying the car.

+1 …and it happened to me twice

 

[Leawood CT]

Take out food to avoid the smell in cabin and cases of wine to avoid tip over

I had not considered case of wine. That is an excellent use!

 

[Mike in CA]

Written use of the word frunk. Or a recording where the word is used. Find an example from before 1990.

I honestly don't see the point of proving that one way or another. It's not going to change how I, or anyone else, is going to use the word. FWIW, I spent 30 seconds and found this from Merriam Webster:

'Frunks' Are Not New

Anyone who was around during the heyday of the old-style Volkswagen Beetle knows that it was designed with the engine in the back and the front compartment used for storage. In writings about Volkswagens and similarly designed cars, the compartment was still called a trunk, though often with a qualifier:

The rear-mounted engine may usurp some rear load space in the Volkswagen Squareback, but a roomy front trunk makes up for the loss.
— Alex Markovich, Popular Mechanics, September 1970

Is it that hard to imagine that someone, somewhere prior to 1990 took a reference to "front trunk" and shortened it to "frunk" in their personal lexicon? Seems a certainty to me. Anyway, I'm going out to get my cover out of the frunk; that's frunk......F-R-U-N-K.....spells frunk.

Cheers.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I honestly don't see the point of proving that one way or another. It's not going to change how I, or anyone else, is going to use the word. FWIW, I spent 30 seconds and found this from Merriam Webster:

'Frunks' Are Not New

Anyone who was around during the heyday of the old-style Volkswagen Beetle knows that it was designed with the engine in the back and the front compartment used for storage. In writings about Volkswagens and similarly designed cars, the compartment was still called a trunk, though often with a qualifier:



Is it that hard to imagine that someone, somewhere prior to 1990 took a reference to "front trunk" and shortened it to "frunk" in their personal lexicon? Seems a certainty to me. Anyway, I'm going out to get my cover out of the frunk; that's frunk......F-R-U-N-K.....spells frunk.

Cheers.

They never had to make a combination out of front trunk because until Teslas time 99.99% of all cars only had one trunk. Again if every Porsche guy was using the word frunk since the 60s somebody somewhere in some article would have written it down. I can find no evidence of that happening. Everybody I have asked has no recollection of the word Frunk until about the last decade. Every single car review I can find from before roughly 2010 uses either front boot or front trunk.

 

[Jhenson29]

I use it to show people that there isn’t an engine there. That’s literally been my only use for it but it’s been numerous times.

Edit: I should store an engine in there. That’ll make the conversation more interesting.

Is that all electic?

Yep.

So what’s under the hood?

An engine. Duh.

Edit 2: Or empty gas tank.

So what’s under the hood?

My gas tank.

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Wow, I’ve really been under-utilizing this thing.

 

[TDinDC]

I had not considered case of wine. That is an excellent use!

This will sound like I’m making it up but promise I am not. I once won a wine “cellar” at a charity auction and squeezed 16 or so cases of wine into a 911 when it was my sole daily driver. The “frunk” or “front trunk” played an important role in that feat. And yes, I even had a case in my lap (not saying it was the safest decision, but I only had to drive 1.5 miles).

oh, and there is this: https://www.caranddriver.com/featur...-frunk-else-should-they-call-it-column-elana/

 

[Leawood CT]

This will sound like I’m making it up but promise I am not. I once won a wine “cellar” at a charity auction and squeezed 16 or so cases of wine into a 911 when it was my sole daily driver. The “frunk” or “front trunk” played an important role in that feat. And yes, I even had a case in my lap (not saying it was the safest decision, but I only had to drive 1.5 miles)

From what I have seen my wife pack into her 911 I can say I totally believe you.

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