So, is your car a guy or a girl?

I just call mine the wagon, the E36 M3box and the saturn.

Wife tells everyone that the wagon is the other woman in my life.

My cars come in both genders. I don't name them right away, because I wait until they tell me their names.

The '66 Dodge Sweptline truck is Jonesy, the '85 SAAB 900 is Finley, the '95 E320 is Elaine, and the '93 190E is Mira.

The Fiat still hasn't told me her name, but I am pretty convinced it is a "she".

Judge me all you want.

My Z4 is Hansel, so male.

But he likes fancy, spendy shoes (tires and brakes), hitting the clubs to dance (road courses), and has an aversion to dirt and hard labor, so I have some suspicions about his gender preference.

The Trooper is Fidel, so male. Hardworking and always covered in dirt. Also very utilitarian and uncomfortable. Oh, and it's spent lots of time under water, despite not being meant for it.

It is a Miata, so it must be a chick. It is a turbo, so it is sort of a butch chick.

The race car is a female, only because I named her SUE (series of unfortunate events). Otherwise they are tools/appliances.

Ours have all been males. We currently have 1)Bruce, the Focus SES Sport. 2)Musashi,the Miata LS. And 3)Fred the Red Escort, track beater (aka The Millenium Escort, fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!)

I've had both male and female cars, depends on how their "personalities" express themselves. The only car I've ever had that was not named was my '90 Integra, probably because I spent too little time actually driving it to come up with a name.

Camaro - Jean Paul because he's built in French Canadia. Also a TPB reference to the actor that plays Julian (tell me a black 4th gen isn't totally a car he would drive?) If you're not familiar, leave work and go watch Trailer Park Boys for the rest of the day.

E36 Bimmer (old car) - Hilda, now she's the type of woman you want to marry. She's got her practical side that gets you through the work week without wearing you thin, but when it's time to kick the heels off on the weekend she's always ready to play. Perhaps she was sagging in a few places she shouldn't have been, but that tight, athletic body still aged pretty darn well. Could she be a bit demanding at times? Sure, but never without good reason and a girl that good should get what she deserves.

Bandit 600 - Matilda, a name passed along by my buddy who owned her before. She's my side piece, doesn't mind playing second fiddle from the back of the garage until I'm ready to take her out for a romp.

First Volvo 850 - Thor, Norse god of thunder because this mofo was LOUD after the exhaust rotted out immediately behind the cat. If I ever end up with tinnitus, I'm blaming this car. Unfortunately, someone must have berkeleyed with his hammer, because it only ended up rated at 168 hp.

2nd Volvo 850 (turbo this time) - The Red Rocket, pretty self explanatory.

My Cherokee has yet to be named, but it's definitely a he. Lots of personality, I just haven't found the right name yet.

The only car that has a name is The Wife's Fiat named Joy. My Buick has just "The Old Man Car" and none of the others have been name worthy.

The Toyota 4x4 is "Thumper"

The Alfa GTV6 is "Mela"

And the '66 Impala is "Felina" ( Link if you're not familiar with Marty Robbins)

All girls.

My wife decides their gender when she drives them:

2007 Saab 9-3 is Ingrid

2004 Volvo V40 was Coleen

2004 Fiat Panda was Lu-Lu

and her 2004 Corolla was "Pablo"

Kia_Racer wrote: However, when working on most of them I use SOB!

no SOB here... for me, when I'm wrenching... its a "F"ing whore... spoken loud and proud

as to car gender... I might say "she..." but in reality... there isn't a lot of gender in my cars... as to names... Surreptitious, Grunt, and Skippy...

I'm thinking of naming my next car Amy.

G_Body_Man wrote: I'm thinking of naming my next two cars Amy.

FTFY

My truck and 4Runner are definitely guys. I've called the Spitfire a whore so many times it has to be a girl. Definitely fickle enough.

Hungary Bill wrote:

G_Body_Man wrote: I'm thinking of naming my next two cars Amy.

FTFY

Sounds like a plan to me. My next car(probably a Civic) will be Amy Jr, and whatever my dad buys as the next family truckster will be Amy.

I'll never again in my life have a relationship with a car like that I've had with my race car. Making the commitment to go racing, and in a stupidly quick class. Learning how to drive. Learning how to race. Learning how to win. The weekend I found out, 10 minutes before grip call that my friend's dad who'd sold me the car for a song had just died. And going out and taking my first group win, and repeating it the next day and the next.

Balling the car up, rebuilding it, chasing a championship from October 2012 to October 2013, successfully. The day my wife said "If we leave now, you can still make the qualifying race, right?"...

About 6 hours after her mom had died. A nice, familiar task was just the thing, and the trip to Summit is about the most familiar thing there is.

Thousands of hours in the shop and garage.

Yet, the car has neither name not gender. When I come off the scales and roll to my spot in impound, I always pat the car fondly on it's carbon fiber wind deflector and say "Good car; I'm so lucky to have such a good car"