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Do you name your cars, if so what have you named them?

The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.

Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?

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  • I always name them, but I have no naming scheme per se, other than vibes. First car I ever owned was a light blue 83 Cutlass - that was "Bob". Had an early 90s Dodge Shadow with a v6 and that was "Pepe." Most recent is a 2010 VW Final Edition convertible w/ blue & white two tone paint and she's "Elsa." The names just always seem to be there already when I get them.

  • I dont usually name my cars, but my first car kind of naturally developed one over time:

    Het Groene Gevaar

    Meaning "The Green Danger", so called because it was green and had no airbags.

    I loved that car

  • Only one of my cars was named, and not by me.

    My friend called my Peugeot 406 the "Chariot of Dreams"

    RIP, Chariot of Dreams (2012-2014) 🫡

  • My current car is an old heap called "Adventure Car" which earned it's moniker after I did a bunch of off-roading with it, expecting to kill it and then get something newer ... it not only didn't break but is still going strong 5 years later.

    Many of my previous cars haven't had names, but all my motorbikes have.

  • Our car is called Tufje, based on some letters on the license plate.
    My dad came up with the name as a joke and it kind of stuck.

  • Our newest car we got of Friday the 13th. Named it Jason. Have a mask facing backwards on one of the back seat headrests.

  • no. a lot of people around me do but i have never really been able to anthropomorphise like that. what's it like?

  • I've named mine after Immortan Joe's "wives" in Fury Road.

    My first one was yellow and ancient so had quite a short life expectancy (a 2003 Suzuki Ignis, bought in 2020) so it became Splendid.

    Next a white Fiat Panda, The Dag.

    Now I have an electric in silver (I didn't have a choice of colour) so I decided to sort of break the pattern and named it Ms. Giddy after the teacher of the "wives".

    Hopefully the next one will be red and will be called Capable.

  • I had an old Meriva I called her Marge. She was tall and blue. But my 2008 Lexus SUV … I can’t name it. Nothing sticks man. Occasionally I call it Lexy

  • I have had these ones: All Volvo, all station wagons.

    • "De kat in de zak" (pig in a poke) - A red Volvo 240 named so because it was a pig in a poke (Name was given afterwards)
    • "Het lek in de nek" (The leak in the neck) - A silver Volvo 240 that had a sunroof which could open and it leaked. Everytime I had to brake after a rainstorm, I risked a generous gulp of cold water in my neck. (Name was given in the last few months we had her)
    • "De Noordkaper" (the North Caper) - A Grey Volvo 240 that had, before we bought it, taken part in a rally to the North Cape. (This one had her name from the start)
    • "Je Reed Heel netjes" (You drove very neatly) - A red Volvo 940, named after the license plate. Its name originally was in present tense but on a fateful new year's eve it fell victim to arson and burned to a crisp. It was a good car and I hated to see her go.
    • "De Barones" A fabulous luxurious old dark blue Volvo 960 with a purring six cylinder and flaky paint. It drove like a bat out of hell and I really loved that car. Unfortunately she started to sag in the back and the repairs got way too expensive to keep her.
    • "Het Bakbeest" (The Beast) - my most recent car, a Volvo XC90 that is way too modern for my taste. It is big, heavy and chockfull of computers. It is a solid tank but I prefer the older Volvo types.

  • A couple years ago I had a neighbor named Patrick, and although we didn't have assigned parking at my apartment, we all tended to gravitate to the same spot regardless if others were available, and I parked next to Patrick's car nearly every everyday.

    Wife starts calling our car "SpongeBob" cuz it's always next to Patrick.

    To this day, as we're doing things like leaving a store forgetful of where we parked, she'll say something like "where's SpongeBob?"

    10/10

  • Any name that seems to fit the character of the car. In hindsight, based on personifying the car's flaws.

    One was a Saturn SL2 that had a leaky exhaust, sometimes hesitated to start, and the automatic transmission shifted aggressively. Oscar, because it seemed grouchy all the time.

    Another was a manual transmission Volkswagen Passat 2.0 with a tiny turbo and some neat safety features that still worked, including automatically holding the brakes for a hill start to prevent rolling backward. Not particularly fast, but once it got going it just kept accelerating up through the gears, as if rising to a challenge. I named it Walter, it just seemed to fit.

    My current car is a 2014 Ford Focus with the "bad" transmission. It needs to either go or stop, asking it to accelerate too slowly burns up the clutches in a hurry, thus the terrible reputation for the dual clutch automatic. The harder I accelerate, the better the gas milage, up until it starts spinning the tires.

    Idk what to call this one.

  • Black Dahlia - old Chevy s10 truck and I was a moody teen

    Frank - old gold ford explorer that was a grumpy old man

    Madame Red - Oldsmobile Ciera that was red

    Ares - black ford explorer that was an old undercover police vehicle and a tank

    Nessie - silver ford explorer. Full name Vanessa, V for short (5th car, Roman numeral 5)

    Mysia - blue rav4. Absolutely loved this car. Got rear ended and totaled within 4 months.

    Athena - Nissan rogue

    Bonus: my husband’s cars

    Barney - purple car but named for the how I met your mother character

    Mozzie - named for the white collar character

    Sylvie - named for the Loki character

  • 2004 Excursion = Beast
    2004 Econoline E350 = Bus
    2007 Odyssey = Burgundy

    We have a big family and apparently they like B names

  • 1994 Civic - Jasmine, named for the taco bell employee that congratulated me immediately after buying it.

    2003 Sebring - was just the garbage piece of shit because it was a garbage piece of shit

    2014 Elantra - Diane, Diane Young played on FM radio during the test drive.

    2010 Civic - just bought it after my previous car was totaled in a rear ending >:I bought it with the trash insurance payout and it's a lemon don't know if it will last long enough to get a name.

  • 1970 Chevrolet Impala: Liberty (I bought it from a guy in Liberty, KY).

    1997 Nissan 200SX SE-R: Dot (It was Pacific Blue)

    2003 Acura TL: Sally (Generic name for a generic car)

    2014 Camry LE: Pearl (It was Cosmic Mica Gray which gave the car a pearlescent sheen).

    I currently have a 2019 Camry Hybrid XLE, but have yet to name it. I'm leaning toward "Betty", because the car has so many warnings, alarms, and notifications that I feel like I'm being removeded at when I drive it.

    I have owned several cars over the years that I never named. My absolute favorite car I've ever owned was a 1985 Corolla GT-S that I raced in Pro Solo for a few years and it never received a name. The next car I owned was a 1992 Sentra SE-R and it never got a name either. Also had a 1969 Chevelle that I drag raced in my teen years, but no name there.

  • My current car is named the Goose, I had never named one before. No particular reason, but I got goose license plate holders and a goose with a knife sticker on the side of the mirror to embellish the ensemble. Still need a good goose to put in the back

  • The first vehicle I owned had no name. My friends kept asking what was named and I kept explaining "it's a car. It gets me from point 🅰️ to point 🅱️." I selected the car for it's high fuel efficiency (record-breaking at the time) and general low total cost of ownership (TCO).

    Not wanting to repeat the same conversation again, my second vehicle was named "Prius" and had they/them pronouns. Prius was a simple minded car, and liked car related things. Unfortunately, Prius met an untimely early end it got totaled by another driver (roommate was driving it, but the accident was 100% other driver's fault).

    For my third vehicle - another Prius, I immediately noticed her subtle feminity and her adventurous spirit. I'm gay, so it's an immediate gal pal vibes .I named her, "Yetta" - and I knew we were destined to do crazy things together (and indeed we have!) She deserved a middle name fitting my plans for us. Taking a sort of mad hatter vibe, she got the middle name "Nutter".

    And that is the story I now tell my friends about how I got Yetta Nutter Prius.

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