Hi everyone,
I was just reading a thread about Legacylad's Subaru (sorry to use you as an example pal!) and couldn't help noticing "Sammy Subaru the Third will be staying in the family a good deal longer.."
This got me thinking, i found myself discussing my Ford Escort the other day, and rather than referring to it as 'it', for some reason 'she' seems to suit better!
Also, a couple of my female friends actually have names for their cars - "I went into town with Minnie..." actually means that one of them drove into town in her Nissan Micra, for example!
So, anyone else have names for their vehicles, or personify them in any way?
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Well SWMBO refers to her Maestro as "baby car"
I don't quite understand that as it is neither small, nor cute in any way.:)
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Makes worrying noises at both ends perhaps?
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Perhaps it's because it won't go anywhere without a rattle....?
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Here's my contribution, and a few others from a while ago:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=6937&v...f
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My first car was a Bedford Astravan, less than fodly referred to as Gertie, coz it was a bag of ... sorry, it wasn't very good. Gertie just seemed to fit.
I had a Volvo 440 (I know :o ) called Lauren, since the number plate was LRN.
I had a Mitsubishi Colt Gti called Bushi, as my mother can't pronounce the maker, calling them Mitsibushi.
Current car is an Alfa, spent ages thinking of a name, then a female colleugue suggested 'Alfie'. I instantly refused this as a stupid name, but it's kind of stuck, so Alfie she is.
And yes, she's a she, definitely not an it.
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I wager that a fair percentage of us (including me) would not be allowed to say what we normally call our cars on here.
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My Fiesta is called Fi, pronounced "Fee".
Definately a she by the way. It's quite accepted conversation now, if I say that Fi needs new tyres for example, my friends will ask "Does she? She went through that set quite quickly." No funny looks or confused expression, they all know who I'm talking about. :-)
Blue
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All my cars have had the same name. The car, as in 'The car needs a service.'
It worries me just a touch when I hear a man referring to his car with a name. Ladies, fine, but not blokes. I'm sure it's me that has the problem of course. :-)
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But she can be such a complete lady dog sometimes that I just know she's alive! :-)
Blue
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I have to admit shamefully that I have used that lady dog word in the past when referring to a car. They do seem to be unbelievably spitefull at times, don't they?
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First car, Morris Minor, was called Matilda, and I too had a "Gertie" car - Renault 5 Gertie Turbo, you see.
And yes, GrumpyOldGit, it's definitely your problem! :)
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No! You don't mean I'm a carnameophobic?!
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Has to be "plaustrappelophobic" I would guess!
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My polo is called, er, Polo ... and he's definitely male!
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It is my experience that females (almost without exception) refer to their vehicles in the masculine sense, and males in the feminine.
Much as I love my car, it is just a means of getting from A to B, and remains exactly that. A car.
Edwinaisdead.
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My wife has an MPV,we call it ervan because its her van.
rustbucket
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Current beasty goes by the unimaginative title of "Big Alf" in recognition of my somewhat ironic nickname in the "real" world of "Big Al".
Mrs ND insists that the Legume ::cough:: er, Laguna is simply "Rennie". Personally I think that's an afront to indigestion remedies, but then it's not my car, thank goodness.
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My Fiesta has a VRN ending LOO.
In polite company referred to as Lulu.
Unfortunately the kids take it literally and leave the back looking like a public toilet, without the smell!
Father's old car's VRN was EFL, always referred to by my mother as Ethel, her late mother's name. Both thought it appropriate, my mother because it was a Princess, my father because he said it behaved just a mother-in-law.
Cockle
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Regrettably some Skoda Fabia owners refer to their cars as "Furbies" (See www.briskoda.net)
Have you ever SEEN a furby - horrid furry things which are "collected", for want of a better word, by emotionally challenged people. There is even a Furby chat board on Ebay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Rude, crude and socially unacceptable"
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No logic in our household. We used to refer to cars by colour until we bought Mrs H a Citroen C3 in misty lilac. It seemed pretentious to refer to "the misty lilac car" so it's called "the little car" or "Mum's car".
In 1979 there were 3 white cars in circulation between the 2 of us, a Renault 16, a Triumph Toledo and a VW Polo. The were "my car", "your car" and "the company car" repectively.
My Austin Cambridge was called "Alice", a corruption of "Alas!" after suffering brake failure immediately after I had bought it. This incident miraculously passed without hurt or damage to my lasting astonishment. When passengers would ask why the car was so called, I thought it prudent not to tell them.
The 2CV that I cought from my sister-in-law to save it from the scrapyard was called "Roxy" when we took it over, but I forget why.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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My kids seem to enjoy naming cars. Their faithful old Renaults have gone by the names of Clive (!) 5, and "Ron" Renault. They always referred to my old BXs as "Good Old Car" when they got us home (which they invariably did) and now refer to my Berlingo as FLO or FLOS (reg FL03). I call it "the van" and my wife's Xantia as "your car". They are inanimate vehicles aren't they? But I love them really.
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The 2CV that I cought from my sister-in-law to save it from the scrapyard was called "Roxy" when we took it over, but I forget why.
Because it rhymes with poxy? ;)
I'll get me coat...
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"Elmo" the Elan
"Pierre" the Peugeot (not my idea, i hasten to add)
"Dug" the Fiesta (from DUG number plate)
"The Silver Bullet", a slightly ironic name for my Rover Metro
"The Steaknife" for the Hilux - not at all sure why
"Bryan" the camper van, named after the snail in the magic roundabout (apparently)
"The Python", slightly bizarre name for a truly battered Audi 100 estate
I'll shut up now, reading through this list myself i think i'm a bit wierd, so god knows what you all think....
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My first car was called Lazarus for obvious reasons. The next one was called Cathoozelum - she used to bring five guys home from the pub each night.
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The levels of imagination and creativity displayed in naming our cars are quite stunning...
My Impreza is 'The Scooby' and my partner's Discovery is 'The Disco'.
My old Vectra, on the other hand was 'The heap of ****'.
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Had an old Renault 5 (old shape) once that SHMBO called the fat lady because from the rear it was pear shaped due to the tumble home.
Otherwise they have always been called TC or The Car
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