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(Yes I the sincerest form of flattered the topic title from Anthony, because it made me think of this one!)

I know naming characters can be hard, but what about cars? Specifically real life cars. Have you ever given your car a name? What is the story behind it.

I have a few.

James - The Jimmy
While talking with others at a workplace, the topic of car names came up. I owned a Jimmy, it didn't have a name until this exact conversation. The conversation was as follows.
Skeptic: "Your own a Jimmy? Let me guess, it's name is Jimmy."
CB: "Of course not. That would be silly."
Skeptic: "Oh what is it's name then?"
CB makes up name on the spot: "Jimmy. But he prefers to go by James."

Last Place - The Grand Am.
A purple Halloween bat antenna combined with a rousing game of Dokapon Kingdom for the Wii (The friendship destroying game) in which I was losing is responsible for the name of my old car. In the game if you are in last place you are allowed to sell your soul to a Chibi Satan like character for ultimate power. To show you this the game... places a purple bat hovering over your head and constantly reminds you that you are in last place. (It didn't help that Grand Ams have a bright red dashboard that resembles demonic death murder)

Norrin Radd - The Generic Silver Car
My sister's car's name. Norrin Radd is the Silver Surfer's real name.

Jodi & Rebecca - the Civic
After about 2 years of trying to think up a name for her car, my indecisive friend just said, "Whatever the next name I hear is, that is the name of my car." She said this during the song Get Busy. The very next line in the song was "Jodi & Rebecca" So that was the name of her car.

My current car
It was a toss up between The Blue Bomber, as it is Mega Man light blue, and Hansel, because he is so hot right now. Blue Bomber won by one vote in the poll. Yes... I held a poll.

What about your favourite cars? Any good stories (or bad stories you can jazz up)?

I called my Kia my suit of armor, because as big as I am, it's like I'm climbing into and out of a suit of armor.

I named mine sapphire since she is a cute baby blue =)

I freely admit that I not only name my car, but I have named every Android phone I've owned.

Currently, I have a Vibe, which is just suggestive enough to ellicit snickers, however, she does not have a name.

I once had a car named Max, short for Maxwell Silver because a bad connection in the ignition required my father MacGyver something out of an A/C plug and a paperclip. One day,in a bad snowstorm, I spun out and stalled on the highway. The paperclip went flying and as it was the highway, cars were headed right at me. I grabbed the first metal object I could find, which hapoened to be a small hammer, and jammed it between the prongs to complete the circuit and get the car started again. I later epoxyed the hammer and plug to the dash as a 'safety' precaution and the name was born.

I name everything. I call my pickup "the truck," and I call my phone "the phone." But they still don't come when I call.

lolz! @ christina that's friggin hilarious.
i had several cars myself.
my 63 fairlaine was big bumpin beige barry (barry for short) because idiots rounding the bend near my house would smack the rear end and take their fool selves out with those fiberglass boxes while i got nary a scratch. the last dent was an idiot running a light and bounced off my side. i had to sell him to help pay for dads funeral. ah american steel i miss you.

84 ford 150 econoline named molly. she was an old fussy plumbers van with wonky lighting. but i travelled all through the west and southwest until she gave up the ghost and i left her in encino.

the 86 brown Lincoln town car was the hammer. it stalled constantly and sometimes i had to throw it in neutral and push it downhill for it to catch. i always drove it between drive and first because it wouldn't operate on d or 1 lolz. i literally pushed a lot of miles in that janky car. fun times...

73 blue ltd i called betty. got it for a hundred and drove it just fine to work and such. until some dumbass swiped me i had no idea there was a big hole in the floor (covered by car rugs).

76 gold fleetwood was the doobie. mainly rode around with homies and parked somewhere to drink and party. somebody put a screwdriver to it and took off with it one day.

94 white town car with blue hard top was white dog. it was a smooth fast ride. i got so many tickets in that damn thing.

Lol C.B., hope there is enough 'original content' for this similar sounding thread!


Our very first car was called "Rusty!" I don't know why.

We've had Suzy, the Suzuki.

Hilary the Hyundai and so on...

I don't name cars, but my wife does. She talks to them, and answers for them sometimes! No kidding! She's quite funny when she does this.

We are not allowed to discuss changing cars in the car!

Ah KP I had a 77 Monte that barely scratched when the guy in the truck in front of me slammed on his brakes on the entrance ramp to a highway. I broke his tow hitch. :)

Anthony, yes, it's always a good idea NOT to talk about other cars in the car. They know...

Oh yes, naming non cars. I've done my fair share of that as well.
My PS3 was named the most appropriate thing for a PS3- Susan. When we sadly lost her, and the replacement was dubbed The Son of Susan. My PS4 is Susan the Second.

My Nintendo DS is named Toaster and my PSP is named Freezer. This is because my user name is waffles. :D

LOL! I like that, CB. My current phone is the Nexus 6, so I named him Roy. ;)

In order: My first car, a Festiva, was known as Peanut. Wrecked that sucker on an icy road. Just a few broken bones for me, though.
My second car, a Tempo. Called it Baby. It was a total lemon.
My third car, an Echo. Called it Daisy. Don't know why, just did.
My fourth car, a Corolla. Call it the Squeeze, cuz that's what my dad has to do to get in it. He's a very large man.
I call my phone the Little Bitch cuz it's always acting up.

No. Cars is just a way to get from here to there. I hate the bloody things. They want to charge me $1,400 to fix the bloody AC in mine. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

I have, however, named my bicycle: Steed (after John Steed...look it up)

And I used to name my music synthesizers (Shona and...Rhonda, I think...that was 27 years ago).

We had a Crown Victorian given to us by my grandpa that we sometimes called "the Boat" or "The Whale" because it was so big. It was a good car, then one day just stopped working. My brother had a car that we all called "the Hoopty" and that my niece called "the broken car" since it was so banged up. We also had a little red Ford that I sometimes referred to as "the sick car" because it always made me car sick when I was little. I hated that car.

Yes. I have named cars. I had a brown Mazda once I called Dave. My wife and I had a green Neon we called Jose Jalapeno. And currently we have a black Volkswagen Rabbit we call The Ninja Bunny.

The reasons are kind of obvious except Dave. I just like the name Dave.

I name my computers, too. My current one is Deep Thought. My last one was called Marvin. I have a newer one that I rarely use. I haven't named it yet, but I'm probably going to call it Heart of Gold.

Dwayne wrote: "Yes. I have named cars. I had a brown Mazda once I called Dave. My wife and I had a green Neon we called Jose Jalapeno. And currently we have a black Volkswagen Rabbit we call The Ninja Bunny.

The..."

You're nicer to your computers than I am. I tend to name them You Stupid Jerk, and the various programs You Stupid Piece of Crap. The computers work fine, but when they do decide to have hiccups it's usually at the worst possible time doing the worst possible thing *glares at Office Word with fiery loathing.*

Melissa wrote: "You're nicer to your computers than I am."

Well... not really.

All are references to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Deep Thought was a computer designed to come up with the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. It did the job (42) but could not compute the question.

The Heart of Gold was a stolen space ship with an infinite improbability drive. The more ridiculous and impossible a situation, the more likely the ship could make it happen.

And Marvin was a self-loathing highly depressed android.

Hmmm... Great topic, C.B. I don't usually give things permanent names, just use whatever pops into my head at the time. My stuff doesn't seem to mind. The only named vehicle I've owned was a '57 Willys FC-150 called the "Green Thing." The people in town named it, not me.

Similar to Max, the Green Thing required various bits of twisted wire, Vice Grips, and colorful epithets for successful operation. I don't miss it.