Do you name your cars?

[88pony]

My wife asked me what the name of the new car is going to be. I told her I'd have to get to know her. I still had not named the other one, had it over 10 years. Always planned to have names, but nothing has ever stuck. I have bought ones that came with names, Bruno and Cecil, both trucks. I was no good at naming my pets either. Who names their rides?

[Cyclone03]

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Wife calls the 68 Mustang the Other Woman,Blue Bitch,or Piece of $^!( in the garage,depending on how much money I just spent.

[Loren]

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Truck is "Bitch", Hemi Challenger is "Pamela", SS El Camino is "El C". Only "Bitch" gets verbalized, the others sorta have the name but not.

I've given up naming things. The cats are "Black-a-White", "The Boy", and "Mou-Wow" (for the noise she makes). Dogs are "Doofus" and "GodDammit Ollie!". Dogs deserve names.

[tedly]

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Current ride is 'Rustbucket'. Dad's 77 E250 van when I was growing up was 'The Beast'. Mom's 86 Nissan Stanza wagon was 'Hippo' because it vaguely resembled a cartoon Hippo. Red 86 Escort was 'Tedmato'. 85 Grand Marquis was 'Boat'. 68 Charger was 'Godzilla' (it was bright friggin green). Don't remember the others right now...

[Barry Donovan]

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I donlt do the name thing either.. this place (my locale) and cars is like toilet paper to a ...

anyhoo.

I laughed at the thought of it, only encountering it on the net, maybe for labeling easier typing...but no, it was really cute pet names for cars.

I have a ten geared subaru with undocumented high compression, written as 90hp, thumps its way around everywhere.. and got hit by lightning more than once, and have one of those times on video...exceeded every physic known to the likes of drgaster engine gurus.

hearing a song by dethclock called "thunderhorse", I still use it as an internet silly name thing to do. :
(the piston of the car is my avatar- it squeezes down to 52 cc chambers)

[SpeedJunkee's Carbs]

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I name my cars and the ones I work on too! I put together the Ruster Duster that was a really cheap car that ran 12's all day, then there was the Mayflower which was a 75 Plymouth Satilite. I also have had a 77 Rust Runner! Now I am looking for a Pre Rust Something!

[455 LeMans]

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I don't name my cars, but I do call them names...

[catchmeblue70]

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My truck is The Pirate Ship and my mustang is Punkin' (because it's pumpkin orange inside and out).

[Gary 351C]

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The blue Montego is "the blue Merc" :P

The tan Montego is "the tan Merc" :

And the Crown Vic is the "Stealth Bomber", that's what popped into my head when I first saw it, so it stuck.

[Scott Liggett]

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My cars got names from my friends. I usually just call them names when they dont work.

[sedandelivery55]

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I named my '55 Marybeth. It sounded kind of fifties and Mary was my mothers name, I bought the car with my inheritance from her, and Beth is my youngest daughter.

[Thumpin455]

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More descriptors than names. I think its girly to name my car something like Charlene or some other female name. It just isnt who I am.

The red car (98 Formula), the Cougar, the Goat or the 70, the 65, the 72, the Mustang/Pit of Despair, the GeePee (98 Gran Prix winter beater), Ja's car (72 Formula), Old Ugly (79 Formula) The white truck (92 F150) the white blazer, the red blazer, the short box (76 C10), and the brown Ford (84 F150)

[98ciHemi]

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I never really formally named the '82 Escort. It was definitely female, though.

I am not a superstitious person, but even to the last time I started it to pull it in the garage, when I got out of it after driving it I would pat the top of the car and say "good girl". I don't know why, I probably started when it still had the 1.6 in it and every drive made me think the engine was going to go.

I did, however, name my sister's GMC Jimmy. It was Percival, and it was confused as to it's sexual orientation. And that's all I have to say about about that POS.

[88 Dippy]

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the Lebaron is "Red Baron" or just "Baron"

the Grand AM is "GrandMA"

the Van is "Race Wagon or just "Wagon"

the z28 is "Zed"

[Tom Slick]

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Truck is "Bitch", Hemi Challenger is "Pamela", SS El Camino is "El C". Only "Bitch" gets verbalized, the others sorta have the name but not.

I've given up naming things. The cats are "Black-a-White", "The Boy", and "Mou-Wow" (for the noise she makes). Dogs are "Doofus" and "GodDammit Ollie!". Dogs deserve names.

A volunteer dog showed up and ate daily, then started sleeping under the porch. What do you call somebody else's dog? "Red dog". She was on in years, and passed last winter. Apparently had a bunch of pups somehere, a little black dog shows up volunteer and acts very much like his tarded mother. I'm pretty sure he is her puppy. I wasn't quite ready for a name for him, still missed his goofy mom. Black dog sounds stupid, like a Led Zeppelin song or a Chinese dish.

One dog, two dog. Red dog, New dog.

I don't know what his owners call him, (or who they are) but he'll answer to New Dog.