Talking Cars Tuesday - Do You Name Your Cars/Trucks?
Mates,
As long as I can remember, we have named many/most/all of our cars. That includes when I was a kid (cars were a new invention at the time), I remember we had a '62 Buick station wagon called 'Dunphy', perfect for a small, plastic upholstery car. These last years we've been on more of a super hero theme, for instance Bob Tomato and Larry the Cucumber of Veggie Tales, and Thor and Captain America ('Cap') of more famous super hero background.
So the question is: Do you name your cars, and what is/are the names?
Extra points: posting a picture of said car(s)
Double extra points: talking us less-intelligent folks through the process of posting a picture
Triple extra points: getting the blog to go back to the old 'cut and paste' days of posting pics...
XM
I absolutely always name my cars. I use female names which are somewhat derived from the type of car it is. I've personally owned four different cars: 1998 Pontiac Grand Am (Amber), 2000 Pontiac Grand Am GT (Gertrude), 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX (Roxanne), and now a 2011 Honda CR-Z (Cheryl).
My wife also names her cars for as long as I've known her, but she generally uses male names (or at least gender-neutral): 2000-ish Mercury Cougar (John, obviously), 2005 Kia Rio (Duran, again obviously), and now a 2016 Subaru Forester (Ash).
My last 2 have been "Nacho Coche" and "Taco CARlton"
Obligatory: user name checks out.
We've always named our cars; I started doing it in high school. Our cars currently are:
Sandman - Honda Pilot, named for its color. My wife was thinking of "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes, I was thinking of "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. *shrug*
Rock Lobster - Toyota RAV4, blue in color (my wife likes the very rare blue rock lobster). My girls call it B3 (Big Bitchin' Blueberry)
Humpty Dance - 2001 BMW 325i. This was a gift from my uncle to my son, and it had some suspension problems early on, hence the name.
Rocinante - Nissan Altima; we like the Expanse novels.
Nope. Never considered it. I'm not going to make fun of someone who does, but cars are nothing more to me than tools that help get me from Point A to Point B.
I like the cars I drive, but I by no means hold any emotional attachment to them, or give them names.
My car's name is Hot Taco
Toyota #1 through #3.
I initially named my new Audi S5 Rommel after the German general. I was thinking Rommel because of the reverence that General Patton had for him in WW2. Also, I'm pretty sure he was an officer prior to Hitler's gang taking over and had a reluctant stance towards Nazi ideology. I believe he was even implicated in the plot to assassinate Hitler. Nevertheless, I'm changing the name because he was a still a member of the NAZI party and after all I HATE all NATZ-EEEEES and what they stood for.
So now I'm trying to come up with the coolest German Jewish name to fit my car. Einstein doesn't fit. I'm now leaning towards Gustav Mahler.
Sir Ernst Chain developed penicillin and won the 1945 Nobel!
I like it!
IMHO, sell it and get a different color combo.
I bought a new Durango last year and because of an ongoing joke with my wife (then fiancé), I named her Becky cause she has a big ole butt.
The Durango, not the wife...
Does she look like, one of those, rap guys' girlfriends?
Well here is the current state of my car. I was driving on 94 when I was slowing down for the jack knifed semi that spilled its load of bricks at the 23 interchange. The driver behind me just slammed into me. My car was drivable but I was leaking gasoline. Sucks for me...
The Cheese Mobile. 1993 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. When my kids were small (near the end of the CheesMo's life), I called them my little rats, and declared myself The Big Cheese, thus making my car... well you get it.
SpongeBob. 2006 Yellow Mini Cooper S.
Yep and I also shoot bottle rockets out of my ass, go muddin' on Saturdays (in Delilah of course), and marry my cousins!
I don't really name cars, but I do refer to them as "she". Boats and planes too... all "she". Not really sure why.
My kids, however, like names. Most are pretty generic... The Blue Truck, That Shitbox Minivan...no wait that's me on the van. So I guess I do name vehicles, but only when profanity helps me deal with whatever is currently happening with said vehicle.
We got a Yukon a couple months ago. My sister has a Tahoe...they call it Taco. So they started calling the Yukon Yucko. Taco and Yucko. My oldest son sometimes refers to the Yukon as the Chariot. Smoother ride though, and more horses.
My silver Cadillac DTS is the Gray Ghost.
I only named one car...a Camero in undergrad that had a faulty paint job. It rusted in round circles all over the doors. I named it Residue... just an indication of what was left of the original car. That said, it was fun to drive even if it was embarrassing to be seen in. Didn’t stop any of my friends from asking to borrow it.
I have not named any car I've ever owned. None seemed that special or to have a personality to be worthy of a name. They're simply transportation.
First car, a 1990 Chevy Cavalier: named it the Heartbeat (which sounded even better after the muffler fell off)
Second car, 2003 Pontiac Grand Am: Jean-Claude
Third car, 2007 Jeep Compass: started as JC, which reminded me of Meet the Parents, so it turned into Gaylord Focker
Current: Terry (the Terrain)