Who names their cars?

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  • HuntForHipBones
    HuntForHipBones Posts: 6
    Vinny!! He's a vaxhaul and has a cute guido vibe :)
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 778 Member
    My old car is BERTHA - 2000 Chev Suburban, which my son drives...or will be driving again, once it's out of the shop because he flipped it.
  • MisterDubs303
    MisterDubs303 Posts: 1,216 Member
    Haven't "named" my vehicles, but I've called them lots of names.
  • dida0721
    dida0721 Posts: 107 Member
    2001 Toyota Corola - Hawaii...because its where I'd rather be.
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    I had a black Saturn station wagon named "The Hearse", but traded it in on my Mini Cooper S named Watson!
  • Marcieb21
    Marcieb21 Posts: 127 Member
    My 1991 Chevy Silverado I name Delilah. (may she rest in peace)
    I have a '97 Buick Lesabre now and I haven't come up with a name for it yet...Sometimes I call it the granny car :D
  • abbie72003
    abbie72003 Posts: 57 Member
    2000 Chevy Malibu - Cherry
    2002 Hyundai Accent - Bitsy
    2009 Mazda 3 - Maddi
    2011 Subaru Outback - Rooby-Roo
  • deadgirl81
    deadgirl81 Posts: 412 Member
    My Corsa is Betty the Beast (She's only a 1.2 though :) )
  • FionaNiConnor
    FionaNiConnor Posts: 90 Member
    2004 Saturn Vue V6 AWD. She's "chili pepper red," so her name is "Vivi the Vermilion Vixen." Vroom! I adore this car. She's wonderful.

    I once had a 1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon. When I had the car, its name was "Shaggin' Wagon," even though no shaggin' ever happened in it. After I lived through a very, very, very nasty car wreck in it, its name was changed to "The Lifesaver," or "Aww, I Loved That Car." I really did love it- it had a tow package so it was equipped with a Corvette engine... my sneaky SS Buick woody wagon.
    I had a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria LTD, too, with the police interceptor package. (Anyone see the "I love big engines" trend here?) I actually hated that car, but it was a freebie when I needed a new vehicle. Anyway, that car's name was alternately "The Land Yacht" and "That Piece of *kitten*."
    I also had a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina. I named her "Black Beauty," because she was black and so pretty. The guy I was dating changed her name on me, though. She became "The Cruiser," because there were a lot of Luminas used as unmarked police cruisers at the time.
  • nowornever47
    nowornever47 Posts: 333 Member
    Absolutely - I have a silver Mazda Miata MX-5 - named Molly :smile:

    And... maybe everyone can help me out with this one - just bought a new Honda CRV which is charcoal, grey but haven't come up with a name for (her) yet, hehe

    maybe Spitfire, I don't know...?

    I also call my GPS Gloria :)
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    I do! When I was a teenager/in my early 20's I had:

    1990-something Ford Ranger: Fred
    1990-something Eagle Summit Wagon: Bernice (a.k.a. The B****mobile)

    Now my husband drives a 2003 Toyota Corolla that I've named Sylvia. I drive a blue Mazda Protege named Janet. I've also named our GPS's. The old one was Linda. She was nice, if a little stupid. Now we have a newer version, and she sounds... erm... "stimulated" all the time, so I named her Veronica. She's also stupid.
  • NaomiLyn15
    NaomiLyn15 Posts: 388 Member
    My new car 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited is R2D2 --- I guess I am sort of a nerd.:smile:
  • harrydresden
    harrydresden Posts: 37
    My brother and I share our car, and this baby is our 2nd.
    First was a horrible Blue New Beetle called "Flick", short for "Felicity". Current baby is a sexy little Mazda 2 Tamura, called "Zelonya", which means "green" in Russian (though the spelling has been simplified so as not to confuse friends!)
  • MelissaE27
    MelissaE27 Posts: 682 Member
    My poor car has been flipped landing upside down and she still turned over and ran afetwards.. I call her lucy>..lol she looks funny but hums like a charm :) the tope is dented in so it looks like she is winking at ya...LOL
  • sixisCHANGEDjk
    sixisCHANGEDjk Posts: 243
    1966 Plymouth Belvedere 2 = Lucy
  • glittermouse
    glittermouse Posts: 582 Member
    a '96 Buick LaSabre named Martin <3

    My family once had a Ford Tempo we called JJ, which was short for Jehovah Jireh. . . . And when it started to burn anti-freeze like no ones business, my sister and I called it the FX Smoke Machine because we'd roll through intersections in a cloud of smoke and it looked like a special effect for a movie. <3 Miss that car.
  • KyliAnnHobson
    KyliAnnHobson Posts: 551 Member
    '02 black Ford Focus - Shaniqua
  • anabell31
    anabell31 Posts: 268
    I have a white Pontiac Vibe named Georgia, because she carries my friends and me back and forth from Alabama to Georgia a LOT. Poor thing's had a rough life. Two minor accidents with other cars (no damage, but scary), a scraped up side from a concrete post, the other side was keyed by an angry ex, and the front passenger window was smashed (ironically, in Atlanta). I'm still finding bits of glass under my seat... But she's still running great and I can't wait to get her poor scrapes fixed up!

    My dad named our GPS Helga. But sadly, she was stolen when the window was broken. Ok, not sadly. He was more than happy to buy a new one. She always directed us the wrong way and got us lost, lol
  • CourteneyLove
    CourteneyLove Posts: 246 Member
    I have a Pontiac Montana Minivan (2001)

    Her name's Mildred.
    Millie for short.
    :)
  • chauncyrenayCHANGED
    chauncyrenayCHANGED Posts: 788 Member
    "Carlos Marcos Infante de la Cruz"

    He's a blue Toyota Yaris and I love him very much!
  • dollienj
    dollienj Posts: 49
    1987 Chevy Citation - Bessie
    1993 Mercury Sable - Ethel
    1998 Ford Escort - Camilla
    2001 Saturn SC1 - Gracie

    Down the line, it'll either be Gertie or Bernice. I'll know when I see the car *LOL*


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  • tladame
    tladame Posts: 465 Member
    1977 Ford Galaxy 500 - The Blue Bomber
    19__ Chevy Malibu Classic - The Green Machine
    1991 Cutlass Sierra - The Cowboy Mobile (It was silver with a blue interior and Cowboys bumper sticker) of sometimes Julian

    @ rammsteinsold - how funny, I also had a "Blue Bomber"! It was a 1975 Dodge Coronet, a real tank.

    I have a 1989 Civic hatchback that I call "Cricket", because there is a chirping noise coming from the back that I have never been able to locate!
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    I have a spicy red Kia Forte....his name is dexter and my new gps is lieutenant morgan haha sometimes the husband gets pissed off at her and says F you Deb :)
  • cabannie
    cabannie Posts: 21
    Our family named our trucks more than cars...Won Ton for the one-ton pickup, Black Betty for the black pickup, Angel for the white pickup, Red Sled for the red pickup. The cars were more based on the make/model than color...Box for the Scion XB, Lesbaru for the Subaru, etc.
  • mama1229
    mama1229 Posts: 57
    All my cars have shared the same name - Betsy. now that I have two cars, they are named Red Betsy and Black Betsy :-)
    Ha! I have a Betsy too. It's a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora and her name is Brown Betsy, Betsy for short. We also have Black Beauty, a 2007 Saturn Aura and Whitey, a 1997 Mercury Tracer Wagon. The 1978 Ford f-100 has no name but is affectionately referred to as "the ol' truck" as it belonged to my late father.
  • spazwgeo
    spazwgeo Posts: 70 Member
    When I finally was able to get a nice car the kids decided that it was in need of a name!!
    We all decided on the name Eggy.
    It's an off white saturn.
  • LauraSize8
    LauraSize8 Posts: 16 Member
    My car's name is Blanche. She is fast and loose.
  • Mamafred
    Mamafred Posts: 196 Member
    My HHR is Puff'n Stuff.
  • sjmgde
    sjmgde Posts: 381 Member
    my car is ima
    my other car is big red
    and our truck is just the truck unless any of you have a a good idea
  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    Me!

    My black 09 Tiguan is Tiguan Woods (especially fitting since the Tiguan is associated with the Golf..Tiger is a golfer...)
    My old Volvo is painted bright turquoise and named Mermaid Man (formerly Black Betty when it was black)
    My mom's blue/purple Cabrio is Waterman (she thought the color looked like the ink of Waterman pens)
    Former cars:
    My dad's Taurus was Lurch (it always lurched when you hit the gas)
    A Passat Wagon named Catherine the Grape Mobile (we bought it used right after someone totaled our other wagon; We were in desperate need of a replacement ASAP so we bought it without realizing it smelled like grape koolaid. The smell didn't go away...we didn't keep her too long)
    A Passat sedan named Anwar Passat (you know it's funny.)
    A Golf named Berta
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