Do you name your car?

[Rose65]

I'm intrigued by why people name their cars, I suppose it's fun but I never have. To me my car is just a object, a tool. You might as well name your vacuum cleaner and washing machine - maybe people do.
Do you name your car and if so, what and why?

 

[C50]

I've never named a car, but at times I have called my car names!

 

[dilettante]

I keep a car for a long time. The last one 16 years until I hit a deer that jumped out one night and the insurance company totaled it.

I also don't own multiple cars, unlike those for whom the expense of an EV as a fun get-around-town toy might seem their birthright.

So I can't see naming a car. To me they are more like a leg or an arm, a part of me used for a purpose. I don't name my fingers or toes, either.

 

[Rose65]

I've never named a car, but at times I have called my car names!

Lol! I actually abandoned a particularly badly behaved car once - very Basil Fawlty style. I had warned it and so it was it's own fault. My husband went and brought it home later, of course it started ok for him. This was back in the awful days of manual chokes.

 

[Alizerine]

No. I don't name my car and I don't put bumper stickers on it either. No bobbleheads or stuffed animals. The only thing hanging from the rearview is my handicap tag. It's a respect thing.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

Some cars I have named, and some I didn’t. I think it was just if the vehicle seemed to have an appropriate name or not.
When I had my little VW camper bus, which I dearly loved, I named it “Hildegard“, after my mother, who was half German.

The most interesting one that I named was a really OLD Datsun pickup, from like 1962, before we even had many Datsuns here in the US. The shifting lever was completely backwards to what most levers (on the column) were supposed to work, with 1st being away and up, 2nd, away and down, 3rd being near and up, and reverse being near and down.
I can’t begin to say how often I tried to start driving in 3rd gear, and went to the wrong gear for reverse.

Anyway, this poor old truck was originally a light blue (as much as I could tell), but had grey and red primer and dents ALL over the whole body.
Once, some poor old man ran a red light and hit me, but I could not even tell which dents were new and which were old, and he was shaking badly.
I told him everything was fine, just go on home and not worry about it.
The truck was appropriately named “Ugly Bugly”.

 

[Timewise 60+]

Only if my car fails me! The names I call it cannot be put in print, least I be kicked off of this forum!

SMILE!

 

[old medic]

Did name my 1st Harley. 1969 XLCH. Kick only, no battery ran off a magneto. Built her up from a basket case.
Some days one or 2 kicks and run like a champ... Other times..... my BP is going up just thinking about it... She earned the name the SLOB.
Stubborn Little Old B*t*h.

 

[hollydolly]

No I don't ..and I don't have stickers on my cars..or ornaments or toys on the parcel shelf..or junk, beads etc.. hanging from the rear view mirror.. ..but my estranged husband does name his vehicles..particualrly vehicles he's restored himself..

 

[squatting dog]

Of course... wouldn't have it any other way.
There's "Big Red", "Lil Zee", "Suzy", and then "Todd and Margo".

 

[Nathan]

My Ex(kid's mom) named her cars, and IIRC some other inanimate objects...she was the essential hippie, without the enlightenment.

 

[caroln]

The prettiest car I ever owned...a 1995 Lincoln Town Car. Named her Princess.

 

[AnneTeak]

Rhonda my Honda has been very very good to me. She is a 2006 and she is going to live forever.

 

[Murrmurr]

I do. Usually I use the license plate letters and numbers. My van's name is PeteR the Gr8.

The U had broken off the word Malibu on the rear of a used Malibu I bought, so I named him Malib (Maleeb).

But I named an old Ford I owned for a little while Forgone Conclusion for a totally different reason.

 

[Naturally]

Jeep ~ Ruby
VW ~ Candy

 

[Gardenlover]

I haven't, but my mom did.

But as my truck gets older (2010) maybe I should, to keep it running a few more years with sweet talk.

 

[MarkD]

Nope but I name my dogs. Same difference?

 

[seadoug]

I don't name my cars these days, but many years ago I had an '03 Lexus SC430 convertible that I named Esmeralda. Mostly because I had always wanted one and it was the most expensive car I've ever bought. Still is. She is long gone.

I have spent the most years with my current '17 Audi A4 but I haven't named her. I do feel an attachment though after 7 years.

 

[Tommy]

Not lately but long ago, when money was short and having working transportation called for continual repair and maintenance to keep an old beater running, a more familiar relationship could develop.

I distinctly remember an early Ford Mustang named "Lurch".

 

[CallMeKate]

Jeep ~ Ruby
VW ~ Candy

My car's name is Ruby! We need to get them together for a play date! (or road race? nah!) She's the prettiest color of deep red metallic. The name choices at the time were between Ruby and Scarlet. @Naturally

 

[Remy]

No. I'm just grateful every time it starts.

 

[fancicoffee13]

I'm intrigued by why people name their cars, I suppose it's fun but I never have. To me my car is just a object, a tool. You might as well name your vacuum cleaner and washing machine - maybe people do.
Do you name your car and if so, what and why?

I thought about doing it, picked a name and all, but it just isn't the same as naming a pet or something. I don't name my vehicle, not happening.

 

[Rose65]

I thought about doing it, picked a name and all, but it just isn't the same as naming a pet or something. I don't name my vehicle, not happening.

Well it's an object, not a living thing. So I think the same.

 

[birdy]

Once in a while I'll call my car a name, when it's being good.

 

[jet]

mines called sylvie(its silver)
the Q3 is called suzie Q