Did you/do you name your car?

[cwydro]

What is your car's name?

(Posting about my car (named Critter) in another thread inspired this question.)

[Ptah]

1. My children named my minivan The Bullet.

[cwydro]

2. I love that.

Your kids sound like they've got the kind of mind that might one day be attracted to DU lol!

[Kali]

92. hahahaha!

[Paper Roses]

3. Had a big old Chevy Beauville Van. Kids called it:

Big Brown Bomber

Great van, 350 engine, the old powerhouse got us everywhere. Sold it w/ 244,000 miles to kids driving from MA to CA. When they returned, they came to see us and thanked us for this great old van. They put many more miles on it and the bomber was still going strong.

[cwydro]

4. 244,000 miles! They don't make 'em like that anymore.

What year was it?

Great name.

[Paper Roses]

11. I think it was 1986, not sure.

We kept it in great shape, my husband was a great believer in 3000 mile oil change and other maintenance. Paid off.

We bought another Beauville in the mid-1990's. Put a lot of miles on that one too but the body and the engine could not compare.
I do remember that this one did not have the power that the Big Brown Bomber had.
Never liked it enough to name it.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

5. Oh heck yeah.

'78 Volare : (no real name, actually)
'80 Volare: The Aluminum Pelican
'93 Colt: Zum
'07 Caliber: Harold the Hoopty Car (Was inspired from a card in the game Chez Geek)

[cwydro]

7. Those are great names lol! Ok, if we're going back.

An 80 something Escort (whatever year they came out) called "Tory Blue Rider"

A really old Toyota I bought for 200 bucks in the Keys, yellow and black - that I called "The Bee."

A Ford Ranger I named Francis, no idea why.

Another Ranger named Bert.

I still have a big red Dodge Ram, named Rad.

Some of my vehicles have a gender, and some do not.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

23. The Pelican was my favorite.

Even though the cruise control didn't work, nor did the AC, and it barely had a CD player in it.

It also didn't want to start if the temperature went lower than 20 degrees.

It was an ugly butter-yellow color and looked very much like this, save for the tires:
(Not sure if the image will display, though.)

[KamaAina]

6. I don't drive, but Mom did.

The Duster was "Dolly" because she had big headlights. The Hyundai was "Kim", of course.

[cwydro]

8. My "Critter" is a Hyundai.

I think it is anyway lol.

[cwydro]

10. Lol! I just now caught the Dolly reference!

[KamaAina]

15. Believe it or not, Dolly ended up in demolition derby

Srsly! She had a near-fatal encounter with a guardrail in Bridgeport, Conn. on an off-ramp strewn with wet leaves around this time of year. It would have cost so much to fix her that Mom threw up her hands and sold her to this guy a friend of hers knew who bought junkers for use in demo derby!

[cwydro]

17. I'll bet she kicked some serious ass too!

Still giggling that it took me that long for that to get through to my brain lol.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

9. I don't name my cars anymore

In my younger days when I drove beaters, I did.

Names like Hunk O Crap, Miserable Heap, Piece of Shit or Damn thing.

[cwydro]

12. No, no, no,

especially the beaters need love and respect! You can't call them those names -well, unless you meant it affectionately.

[bigwillq]

13. Yes

I usually name all of mine.

My current car's name is Grizzle, or Grizz, for short.

[cwydro]

14. I like that...although I would have guessed -

Felicia

[bigwillq]

16. BWAH!

Oh, boy. Don't get be started again. I'm trying to behave. LOL

[cwydro]

18. I couldn't stop laughing during that episode.

Plus I learned something!

Now I gotta watch that movie...

[bigwillq]

19. The movie is hysterical.

At least I think so. It's my kind of humor, I'm sure not everyone will enjoy it

That episode was hysterical. LOL. I really didn't mean to offend anyone. Was just cracking a joke. I can't believe it escalated the way it did. LOL

[cwydro]

20. It was FUNNY.

I watched the movie episode, but the DU episode was freaking HYSTERICAL!

[raptor_rider]

21. We are LOTR geeks :D

My husband's is Galadriel and mine is Legolas. Had a Gandaulf and Gimli.

[cwydro]

22. Now those are some names lol!

But what type car earned which name?

Was Gandalf grey?

[raptor_rider]

24. Oh yes

Gandalf the Grey was a Grey Dodge Ram 1500, that I so loved. The engine was magical. Gimli was a Red Jeep Wrangler Sport, tiny in size, however can do what, Legolas a Blue Jeep Cherokee that can do what the Wrangler could. Monsters in mud and snow and sand!!! Galadriel is a Pewter Chevy Tahoe, which is lifted 6", and is the queen up high. Can see things others cannot and can do everything. Where I live, need these beasts to travel these dirt roads.

[cwydro]

27. Love, love, love my Dodge Ram!

Gandalf is a great name for one too!

[Ron Obvious]

43. This fellow LOTR geek...

... named the computers on our home network Gandalf, Saruman, Legolas, Wormtongue, Meriadoc, Pippin & Frodo

Oh, and the security cameras are called Palantir1, Palantir2, etc.

[Major Nikon]

25. Only when it doesn't start

[cwydro]

28. Snerk!

I feel ya there.

[Tipperary]

26. I once had a jeep that I named Jarvis.

I still miss him.

[cwydro]

35. Jarvis!?

Lol.

[BlueJazz]

29. Yes, I named mine.

[cwydro]

36. But what??

Enquiring minds want to know!

[Art_from_Ark]

30. I had one car I named Piece of Junk

I had another one I named Piece of Crap.
I had a third one I named Piece of Garbage.

[trof]

31. Never named cars, just trucks.

Big Blue was a Ford long bed crew cab I had back in the 80s.
That damn truck was about a block long with NO power steering.
I put a steering knob (necker knob? I got from a tractor dealer on the wheel to give me an edge.
It was still a struggle to make sharp turns.

I also later had a cool little red Chevy 'flare-side' (fenders) short bed that was 'Little Red'.

[GoCubsGo]

32. Scut.

Scut is a Ford Farkus...I mean Focus.

[cwydro]

34. Lol.

Sounds like my Critter.

[Throd]

33. "Queen Behemoth" is my beloved '59 Oldsmobile.

[Hangingon]

37. My F150 is Bubba. Nt

[cwydro]

39. Omg, my best guy friend years ago had an F150 named Bubba...

Is that you Bob?

I loved his truck. Not as much as he did, but it was a great truck.

[Hangingon]

72. Sorry, I'm not Bob. Great truck though.

[Aristus]

38. I had an old silver-and-black 1982 Datsun 280-ZX that I named

The Silver Tyrant.

Until a few years ago, I owned a 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser that I named Gatsby.

My newest car is a gray 2011 Acura TL that I call The Gray Monk.

The Silver Tyrant and The Gray Monk were inspired by a poem by William Blake. Two of the characters in the poem were the Gray Monk and the Purple Tyrant. I changed the color to conform to the color of my Datsun.

[cwydro]

40. These names that everyone has for their vehicles are so much more creative than mine.

I resolve to put more thought into the next one.

Critter got her name simply because she came to me free...and she is white (I hate white cars), and small (I had a truck for the previous 10 years.)

So I just called her Critter. Plus, we had a bad snowstorm here a couple years ago, and she just crittered right through it. I was proud of her.

I'd really like to get her painted another color though. I like your color names.

But Gatsby is a really, really good car name.

[Aristus]

41. Thank you.

Critter is a perfectly acceptable name for a car. Kinda cute and affectionate.

[cwydro]

42. Especially for a wee white Hyundai.

Sigh.

[Ron Obvious]

44. We just refer to them by their model names.

So I might e.g. tell my wife that I'll be taking the Aston Martin, the Ferrari, The Rolls, the Porsche, or the Lamborghini on a particular day, or my wife might take the bug or the 2CV.

It's descriptive and it works well.

[cwydro]

45. Is that you Brad?

Why you making Angelina drive the bug??

And y'all should at least have a damn Prius just for appearances, ya know?

[Ron Obvious]

46. No, but I'm often mistaken for him.

Appearances, schmearances.

[cwydro]

48. Lol!

Thanks, I snorted my wine!

[WinkyDink]

47. No.

[cwydro]

49. Well, that's a durn shame.

Hell, your DU name would be a great car name!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

50. Only my first: Dragon Wagon

A 1966 Caprice Station Wagon with a 396, dual exhaust, Muncie M-20, Rochester 4bbl.
Mileage report:
Highway - 18

City - 10

With good music playing - 6

[csziggy]

51. My 1977 Suburban was "Brownie" since it was brown and tan

I bought it new off the lot with 7.5 miles on the odometer and flat out drove it to death. Brownie drove all over the country, mostly in the Southeast but I broke it in with a trip to San Francisco in the winter of 1977-78. The odometer broke at around 175,000 miles, we got it fixed a couple of years later and it broke again around 225,000. I drove it another two or three years after that so I figure it was probably nearing 300,000 miles on that engine Finally Brownie died - cracked engine block. I could have gotten another 454 engine with a 4 barrel carburetor for only about $1000 more than the truck was worth, considering it was 17 years old and the body was beginning to rust, the interior needed to redone, and it was just flat out worn out.

I never named the black Ford F-250 diesel that temporarily replaced Brownie - it just didn't have any personality other than consistent electrical problems.

The 1999 Suburban I still have is named "Moby" - it's white and as big as a whale. I bought it used, five years old with ~95,000 miles. I've owned it ten years and put less than 50,000 miles on it. Since we're no longer traveling to horse shows 2-3 times a month I figure this truck should last me for the rest of my life.

[cwydro]

53. Brownie and Moby are names I can relate to.

I haven't asked posters if they are male or female. but I wonder if females name their cars more than men do?

Or do men just call them ##@**!!

[Snobblevitch]

52. Every car I have ever owned already had a name on it when I first drove it.

My first car was Rambler, then Mustang, Beetle, Arrow, etc... They got more boring after that. I've owned two cars named @#!*#¥€£!

[cwydro]

54. Lmao.

I'm developing a theory here that men are prone to naming their cars in just such a fashion.

We women are more affectionate toward our cars...until they break down of course!

But (shame on me), I should have asked that at the beginning of the thread. It might be interesting to know if women name their cars and men do not...

[Snobblevitch]

55. You might be onto something with the gender angle.

I have owned many vehicles but I have never given any of them a name. I have a SIL who owned a car she named "Horny". She was young and "ahem"... Anyway, the car pretty much died shorty before the wedding. (It was an AMC Hornet, my SIL is now a grandmother. I'll have to ask my brother if she is still "ahem"...(Actually, I'm not asking anything.) At Thanksgiving, I might bring up the subject of Horny. SIL would enjoy the attention.

[cwydro]

56. I'm thinking Thanksgiving might not be the time for that question lol!

But if you do ask, I'd love to know the answer!

Now I'll have to start a new thread with a simple poll as to whether women or men name their cars.

"Horny"...omg, that is just funny as a name for a car! But if it was a Hornet, I can see that (remembering me as a youngster).

[Snobblevitch]

57. Thanksgiving, in front of a hige family gathering,

with her children present, is the perfect place to ask her about "Horny". She will love it. (Middle aged women seem to like this attention, at least if it is in good fun and not stalker type stuff.) I know my SIL and I won't go too far. I'll just ask your question about naming cars. SIL will bring up Horny on her own.

(Damn, now I wished I had a provocative name I had assigened to one of my cars.)

[cwydro]

63. You'll have to let us know how it goes!

I look forward to it.

[ladyVet]

58. Oh, my. Let me think...

I always thought I was the only person whose vehicles had names!

current mini van (green Town and Country): Green Goddess
previous electric blue mini van (can't remember the model, a competitor of the Dodge, below?): The Blue Bird of Happiness
one before that, brown (Dodge Caravan): Brown Betty
white 4 door sedan: don't remember
green car before that: don't remember
powder blue Ford Fairlane: Baby or My Baby
car before that: don't remember
first car ever, a dull yellow sporty thang (Datsun B210): Bic Banana

The ones I can't remember had names, but I can't remember them right now (lot of pain today). It will come to me eventually. (If I've made weird typos, please forgive.)

When I refer to the vans/cars/trucks we have, it's not by these names. The van is just "the van". My oldest sons' car is "the Mazda" and the youngest son's truck is "C__'s truck".

[cwydro]

62. Yeah, I think women are more inclined to name their cars...

Mine have all had names, but I can't remember them all now.

[OriginalGeek]

59. I had a dull green 71 Plymouth Fury III

Named Agnes.


Haven't named a car since then - she was my second car ever. I occasionally put oil in, often put gas in and she drove everywhere without complaint. I bet I coulda got 15 people in there counting the trunk.

[cwydro]

61. I love that name for a car lol!

That reminded me of a car I had in the 80s that I named Rufus!

[LWolf]

60. Yes.

My current is "Rosie." Previously, it was "Homer."

That covers all of my vehicles in the last 25 years.

[NV Whino]

64. I named a borrowed car once

It was a 1959 (I think) Chevrolet wagon. Called her The Queen Mary. Because it was like trying to park an ocean liner. Not to mention the shocks were shot and she lumbered down the street like an ocean liner on the high seas.

I had The Queen Mary because the Rabbit (AKA Piece of Shit, AKA The Lemon) died. For about the fortieth time.

[cwydro]

65. I like that.

I once sailed on the Queen Mary. At the age of 6 weeks.

So I love this!

[NV Whino]

66. The engine finally fell off its mounts

Fortunately while parked in the driveway. And, alas, The Queen Mary, met an untimely demise.

[cwydro]

67. But the ship! No, she is still sailing!

I'm sorry for your Mary though.

So many of my four wheeled loves have met some such ending. Sigh.

[NV Whino]

68. The one that really broke me up, though, was the 1979 Toyota truck

Really, I cried driving it to the junk yard, left front fender flapping in the breeze.

No name for that one, but the color was half way between school bus yellow and CalTrans Orange. Lovely vehicle. It was the longest long bed that Toyota ever made for their small trucks.

[cwydro]

70. Oh darlin' , I had a red Toyota truck.

I still miss her.

And it's so upsetting that I can't remember her name, dang it!

[In_The_Wind]

69. My little green 2-door Chevy Tracker is My Precious.

With over 206,000 miles, My Precious is still fun dependable transportation.

[Texasgal]

71. Esmarelda...short ESMO.

2011 Chevrolet Malibu.

[MrScorpio]

73. My truck's name is "Emmie"

Short for Emerald.

Yes, she's green.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

74. Yes.

Remember that deep green that was popular in the early 90s? Well, I had a 4 door Mazda 626 that color.
Traded it in last year when it blew a head gasket. Low mileage but way overdue to be canned. Called it Greenie Weenie.


Now I have a white car which is a lot cooler in the summer, so maybe I should call it Whitey-Tighty? Ya think?


Waayyy back in the ought-Sixties, my big sister was the coolest kid in town because she had a '67 Sting Ray convertible, with a black ragtop. Black leather interior. It was silver. Gorgeous car. I think we called it "the Vette". I think she secretly drag raced it on a track south of Houston off I-45. I would have liked to have seen that.


She and her boyfriends, that she met working on cars, decided your basic monster Detroit 427 V-8 didn't have enough power. So they took the block out and shaved the heads to increase the stroke, and therefore the compression. Boosted the horses from a mere 390 to 415, I heard.


She had her own socket set, Motor's Auto Repair Manual, and timing light and used to do my tune ups on my riceburners.

She is no longer with us and I miss her a lot.

She got one of the first rotary engine Mazdas, an Rx-3, and called it Ol' Betsy.
Then she got an RX-7 in the early 80s and the color name on it on the sticker was "Tender Blue", which was a medium metallic blue. So we called it "Tender Blue".

I had an RX-7 as well that was metallic charcoal gray so I called it "charcoal". Later got unimpressed with Mazdas because both of mine had serious transmission problems.

I once dated a guy with a Dodge 2-door shitbox, that was a Challenger or Charger or something similar, and he had a pile of duct tape for a shotgun side window that you couldn't roll down, and had to open the passenger door from the inside. He apologized and said, "It's a real chamber of horrors". I thought that was hilarious.

For some reason, I can't stand the yellow and orange metallic colors they have now.

[cwydro]

75. I love that story about your sis.

Wish I could do stuff with cars...

[blaze]

76. Sadly, no.

I never really cared about my cars that much. They were just transportation.

Until I bought my little, black Smart Car in 2009. I love that car as much today as the day I bought it. It's so much fun to drive and frequently draws comments and jokes from complete strangers. I'm happy to stop and talk to anyone, anytime about my little car.

I really wanted to name this car, but nothing ever really stuck. But I just pat the dashboard and say, "Good car!"

Fun thread cwydro!

[cwydro]

97. I pat my cars' dashboards too lol!

Didn't know anyone else did.

[Bertha Venation]

77. Yes -

Our Yaris is Bertha. (I wonder how we came up with that.) Our Camry is Florence. I named her for my grandmother because Grandma would've loved that car. The last car she owned was a land yacht, a screaming yellow Cadillac Coupe de Ville with a white vinyl top and white leather interior. Of course a Camry isn't a land yacht, but I can see her riding shotgun, commenting on the smooth ride and the interior. Yes, Grandma, this is your car.

[Recursion]

78. Current one: "Vahana"

That's the Sanskrit name for a god or goddess's vehicle. (So, like, the god Ganesh is always pictured with a rat; that is his Vahana, whom he notionally rides from point A to point B.)



It's a Land Rover Defender. We know from its tax papers that it was once in Kenya. How it got to India, we're not sure. Having driven it, I assume it killed its handler, broke free from its tie-downs, and swam the Arabian Sea.

[cwydro]

81. What a beauty!

I like the story too!

[Recursion]

84. Isn't it?

Best car I've ever had, even counting the 1973 Ford Ranchero I fixed up in high school.

Finicky as hell, stalls on a dime, can pass anything but a diesel pump. But, damn, it's a good car.

[cwydro]

86. I love the look of it.

Hey, you live in India?

[Recursion]

87. Yeah, Mumbai

About 100 degrees tonight. The turkey cooked itself.

[cwydro]

88. Lol on the turkey.

That answers my next question; I assume you're an American?

Ever read any of the Rumer Godden books? Those books made me fascinated with India way back in the day...I so would love to visit.

[Recursion]

89. Yeah, Foreign Service

I read Thursday's Children. It was really good. I should really read more of her.

[cwydro]

90. Two Under the Indian Sun is my favorite.

Another called Take Three Tenses is a lovely book, but I think that one is set in England.

Haven't read them in years. She's a beautiful writer and made me fall in love with India.

[lastlib]

79. My gorgeous '87 Monte Carlo.....

I named her 'Carla Belle'. A total wreck of a car under the body, but beautiful on the outside!



It was a joy to drive--until it snowed! (absolutely helpless in snow! That was why I sold it for a front-wheel drive Bonneville.)

[cwydro]

83. Purty!

Like they say -" If it wasn't red, I wouldn't drive it!"

[Doctor_J]

80. worthless piece of shit

[alarimer]

82. We call my boyfriend's car Kermit because it is bright green.

It's a Mazda 2 and a really funky color. Sticks out in any parking lot.

[Generic Brad]

85. My last car was a Scion XB

We called it "Little Putt-Putt".

Our current vehicle is nondescript and does not warrant a name.

[BarbaRosa]

91. Whitford.

Because it's a white ford.

[cwydro]

95. That

is great.

[mopinko]

93. had a rusted out old 240z named zelda. a brown shirt brown

old mercedes sedan named heidi, aka the beat bush mobile, covered in bumper stickers.

for a while i had 2 blue subaru foresters at the same time. both ended up in the hands of my sons. one was called the dooberu, the other the newbaru.

i had a chevy suburban that had a lot of names. mostly the mom mobile, but after she, too, was totally covered in bumpers stickers, she was the obamanator.
she died at 289k miles and is now a chicken coop. and a great one at that. i suppose i should come up with a new name for her now.

i need a good name for my jeep. 85 grand wagoneer woody. midnight blue. she is in pretty good shape, tho always a mess. she is the farm truck. i go back and forth about selling her. she is worth good money, and i am abusing her. otoh, she is fun to drive, comfy, and roomy enough for most of what i need her for.
what i really need is a pick up, tho.

[Iggo]

94. "The Beast The Vilagers Call Thronawbyulax."

Wait.

That wasn't my car.

[fizzgig]

96. my volvo wagon is sanford

the f150 is bessie three.

my previous volvo never introduced herself, so i always just called her girl.

[MasonDreams]

98. Another Gandalf the grey. A '99 Camry 'cause its a wizard 301,000mi. and rollin'

w/ no major repairs. Change your fluids on time! I can sleep in it and haul a few 2x4x10footers! w/ trunk closed