Who names their cars?

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  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
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    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
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    My new car 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited is R2D2 --- I guess I am sort of a nerd.:smile:
  • harrydresden
    harrydresden Posts: 37
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    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
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    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
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    1966 Plymouth Belvedere 2 = Lucy
  • glittermouse
    glittermouse Posts: 590 Member
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    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
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    '02 black Ford Focus - Shaniqua
  • anabell31
    anabell31 Posts: 268
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    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
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    I have a Pontiac Montana Minivan (2001)

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

    He's a blue Toyota Yaris and I love him very much!
  • dollienj
    dollienj Posts: 49
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    My car's name is Blanche. She is fast and loose.
  • Mamafred
    Mamafred Posts: 196 Member
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    My HHR is Puff'n Stuff.
  • sjmgde
    sjmgde Posts: 381 Member
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    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
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    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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