Here we go; the cars my wife and I have owned and their monikers:
Mini = Oscar
Lada = Larry
Cavalier = Cap'tn Cav
Punto = Peter
Mondeo = Monty
Fiesta = Fast Freddie
Capri = Caspar
Capri No. 2 = Caspar 2
Escort = Essie
Volvo S60 = Vinnie
(Soon to arrive) Almera = Alfie
Quite a few of the cars have had other names at other times, most of them rude and said whilst trying to get them started.
Should I be stood in the corner of the backroom in shame or is anyone brave enough to admit their fondness for their car has spilled over into naming them?
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First car was 'Nick' (N reg)...haven't named any others.
Bikes on the other hand:
The Varadero was called Vince, and the Yamaha TW 'Burger King' as the reg was T*** BGK. Also the bike was a 'TW' and, well, see my username...
DT50 was generally called whatever fantastic string of obscenties I could conjour up while push starting it or grabbing the clutch as it seized up. Again.
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Never named mine, nicknamed my dad's Colin as it was slow and unwieldy!
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A forum search found mine
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=69...3
But I must admit I haven't got around to giving my latest Vectra a name - yet.
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Nope. It's "the car". It's an inanimate object that was bought totally without emotion and when the time comes it will be sold with even less emotion!
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L\'escargot.
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We had a 1984 Cavalier called George. Dunno why, but seemed to suit it. None of our cars since have been named.
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If you name a car it goes faster, gets better fuel economy, and is more reliable: Indisputable Scientific Fact.
Astravan = Gertie
Volvo 440 = Lauren (reg based)
Mitsubishi Colt = Bushi
Alfa 145 = Alfie
Fiat Coupe = Alice
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My son's car reg ends in OYL so obviously, & to his embarrassment (what else are parents for), we have to call it Olive.
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Never given my car a name. It was 'christened' (despite being about 8 year old when we got it) Pablo by my sister, but this was something which I haven?t continued. Instead it just gets called 'the Polo' or 'the car'.
While I agree its an inanimate object i am somewhat attached to it, so when someone crashed into it, I was wanted to kill while at the same time being very sad. Similarly, when it rarely decided that it doesn't want to play, I get worried....just like you would with a kid really.
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Of my 3 cars only one has a name...
Punto - PuntCr@p , not a reflection of it's reliability more a reflection of it's status compared to my other cars.
Spider = The Spider
Berlina = The Berlina.
Not very imaginative and a bit of a 'mare at club meets :D as 400 embers all insist their car is The Spider rather than a spider :D
;) JaB
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My first car was a 1.8 Cavalier with the reg. no. D68ONK, which my mates and I used to call "The Donkey". Even though the reg. looked like D6 BONK!
Havent bothered naming any cars after that...
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Never named a car until the current one. It's registration is WLF, so it is called wolf. My 8 year old daughter thinks the name is Kool!
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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I display my creativity and imagination by calling my Impreza 'Scooby'.
If you drive a car which has a bit of character and soul eg a mini, MX5 or old Porsche I can see the point of giving it a name.
People who name their Astras or Primeras, however are a bit odd. Do they also name their Tumble Dryers?
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Quote " If you name a car it goes faster, gets better fuel economy, and is more reliable: Indisputable Scientific Fact."
no no if you name a car you're less likely to punish it when it breaks "aah poor Esmerelda etc, it wasn't your fault..."
But does anyone park next to a similar marque, so "it can be with its friend?"
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Oh yes...two Foresters make one 3 litre Outback!
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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I call my Peugeot Purdy. Don't know why.
My brothers young daughter names all his vehicles, Annette the Vanette, etc. You get the picture.
Steve.
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I'll admit my wife does...
Henry - 1978 Honda civic
Timmy - 1980 Toyota Starlet, renamed to 'Old Timmy'
when 'New Timmy' (1992 Starlet) arrived
now she has her eye on a Panda which she will call Percy
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I suppose every 'HV' prefixed car out there is called Harvey. Mine was by the previous owners girlie...
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People who name their Astras or Primeras, however are a bit odd. Do they also name their Tumble Dryers?
Precisely. Our cars are the green one and the blue one.
Must go, Harry Hotpoint's finishing his spin and i need a drink from Sammy Samsung the Fridge.
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Current are Sonia the Sonata, obvious, and Toad the Supra, because he has a little label in each quarter light which reads Toad.
Of many pevious names I think the best was that of the 3-litre Lagonda away back, which was called Tam, short for Tamburlaine - "most barbarous and blinking Tamburlaine"!
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Megane = Megan - a habit inherited from the previous owbner!
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Wife's Corsa is called Hilda (not sure of spelling), Hilly for short as it doesn't like going up hills apparently. I very imaginatively named my 406 Billy mainly to rhyme with Hilly! Unfortunately one day I conducted a little story to my 4yr old daughter on how Hilly and Billy formed a 'relationship' on the drive and when they are parked nose to nose you can hear them kissing from the house! I have never been able since to convince her that they don't really talk to each other!
DB
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"I call my Peugeot Purdy. Don't know why."
Perhaps because she's pretty good for her age?
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Time to get on with some work ........
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The only car we ever named was an old metro we had. It was called Bertie, but only because it already had it writen in tiny leters on the side.
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The Morgan 4/4 is called Woodstock - as it is the same yellow as the cartoon bird, and the three wheeler is called The Elk on accout of its aims to get German motor cars to fall over. That one is a very long story, but when I bought it, the Merc A class had just failed its Elk test...
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Only thee cars have ever been named.
The old mans Austin 7 tourer, was called jezebell, because it had its name plate in fancy script attached to it,
and the Ford Consol that follwed it was called Katie, because its number plate was KTK 486
The clio, has been named .... Clio. as in "Just popping down the shops with/in clio" Friends of ours called their new puppy clio after our clio. (no renault dog jokes please)
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Had an old Renault 4, in white, looked like an ice cream van, Reg number ELV..... Called it Elvis Whippy.
Generally stopped naming my cars, once my testicles had dropped.
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