I think I've named every car I've owned... I talk to them sometimes too. 
Oddly enough the wife names her cars too 
I think I've named every car I've owned... I talk to them sometimes too.
Oddly enough the wife names her cars too
"Vanna White" and "Green 909" -(below). I'm currently building "Blue 909".
And our newest Spridget, ~The Red Rat~. Other cars are just "Miata", "MGB" and "Appliance" (Accord")
we are a non-car naming household.
oh well i guess we did call the Grand Marquis the Failboat. Now every time my wife sees one on the road she says "Hey look! A Failboat!"
Mine have titles: 09 Versa- The Toaster, 03 F150- The Monster, 97 318ti- The Frau.
My wife only lets me have 2 cars....
Felina, 1966 Impala
"Thumper" 1987 Toyota.
"Roxanne" 1986 Mazda RX-7
"Incha" 1987 Lada 2105 (Incha-lada)
My rallycar, after spending the better part of two years on a lift fighting tooth and nail to ever run again, got named 'Humpty'. Actually, it pretty much named itself.
Hungary Bill wrote: I think I've named every car I've owned... I talk to them sometimes too.
I talk to mine too, but the conversation is generally limited to, "berkeley you, berkeley YOU!"
I prefer the old "Come on you hunk of E36 M3, START"
Woody wrote:Hungary Bill wrote: I think I've named every car I've owned... I talk to them sometimes too.I talk to mine too, but the conversation is generally limited to, "berkeley you, berkeley YOU!"
When my car says that I hit it with a hammer.
I had to start naming cars when I owned multiples of the same one. It started when a buddy and I both had Dark Red Turbo Coupe TBird's, they were the 87 and the 88 (the years they were). About a year later I found myself owning four Dark Red TC's. One ended up being called Layla (from the Clapton song). At one point I owned one of every color (except the stupid rare Bright Red) from 87.
The 5 is now occasionally referred to as the "Falcon" (as in Millennium Falcon, due to the bashed up silver paint and surprising performance for a cargo ship). The others right now go by their normal names (Porsche, Javelin, etc). In our Pontiac clubs we refer to Audra's Grand Prix as the GTO-NO (gee tee oh no) because it's a Grand Prix GT, and not a GTO, GTP, etc.
My buddy named his 62 Beetle "Blanche," because "she's an old slut..."
Wasn't expecting a Golden Girls reference in this thread.
Z4 Coupe is Hansel 328xi is Grretel because my wife want to spell it that way.
She giggles over thoughts of Hansel and Gretel in the Looney Tunes Witch Hazel cartoons.
The refridgerator white Expedition is Moby
Some of the cars I've had were named, some not. My first car - 82 Toyo Corrolla 4dr - was Sparky because it was like a loyal, eager little dog. It tried hard.
Later years there was the 70 Impala - Priscilla - because it had such an Elvis-Era feel and seemed fairly feminine for its size.
The Mustang was stuck with Angel after it saved my ass from what could have been bad wrecks and was never mechanically damaged. But it doesn't really get called that, it's kind of a past afterthought.
Mostly, it's "The Mustang", "The MINI," and "The truck"
Normally we don't name our cars, either, But somehow the big red extended cab diesel dually 4x4 got the name "Clifford, the Big Red Truck" and it stuck. Even has a vinyl cutout of Clifford, the Big Red Dog on the back window now. Now all the friends and coworkers know it as Clifford.
Wife tried to name the MINI, But none of the "official" names stuck, and it ends up often just being called The Pooper. And neither the BMW nor Mustang have names of any sort.
A friend named his red VW Fox Fred G Sanford
Let's see
My mom's Impala--"Vlad the Impala"
My brother's cherokee--"General Vo Nguyen Jeep"
(we're history fans
and my youngest brother's old Pontiac was called "Giuliana..." because she was always on "E"
1960 Bugeye Sprite named Cosmo. (Seinfeld reference)
P71 with peeling paint...Patches.
P71 with a broken emblem..Victor.
P71 named Gladys...that was on the key tag when we bought it..cops named it.
91 Escort named Britany because my sister-in-law was admonishing me about buying another POS Escort (I only have 5 left) and I happen to reply "OOPS I did it again" in front of a young girl who was celebrating a certain pop stars birthday. Sold it to a the husband of another youg lady with a Jeep Liberty is named "Janet Reno Dance Party".
Juanita, Blondie, Mercules, Battlescar, and many who never earned a name.
Gubby wrote: "Vlad the Impala"
Best car name ever!
My '62 Pontiac is called "The tuna boat"
Drive it and you'll know why.
Shawn
egnorant wrote: P71 named Gladys...that was on the key tag when we bought it..cops named it.
Oh snap, that reminds me! I did own an Escort once (2nd Gen) that I got from the Granddaughter of the little old lady who was the original owner. She had her (Grandma) name embroidered on the dash. "Lucille"
My Dad also owned a 72 Ambassador Coupe once that he bought from a little old lady name "Roxy". We kept calling the car that. It was Metallic Red with a Bordello Red vinyl interior and a Black vinyl top.
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