Comments on: Have You Named Your Car?

By: CarlValle

CarlValle — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:30:48 +0000

My car has a name, maybe not apparently female, however she is somewhat ‘butch’ .. “Rotkraut” MB CLK500 coupe .. red of course

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:37:21 +0000

Of the 8 vehicles I own (all old things), only one has a name. Merlot Moosemobile. That is attached to our burgundy colored ne “Merlot” 1987 Volkswagen Camper. The moose part comes from my wife’s fascination with Mooses. It sounds funny. It is a fun vehicle. Period. Nearly all boats of any value have a name. It was once common to name airplanes (Spirit of St. Louis), but that practice has faded as most airplanes are called/”named” by the last three digits/letters of their registration numbers – i.e. N3133X is called “3 3 Xray.” All three of my boats have names. Small to large. I am working with a friend who just bought one of the first M.Benz “Smart” cars imported to the U.S. I insisted it have a name. It is white. She, without benefit of reading this, has among other feminine names, considered “Josehphine” which I personally like a lot. For a car built in France, it has a very nice ring to it – and fits well within the demographic above. Damn cute fuel efficient (41 mpg) car too. Real head turner.

By: kenf

kenf — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:45:26 +0000

The only name I can ever remember giving a car was SB, which stood for s**tbox! I think my father used that naming convention too.

By: michaeloconnell

michaeloconnell — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:38:51 +0000

Isaac Asimov wrote a short story a long time ago called Christine. It took this theme together with the concept of cars with very advanced electronics/artificial intelligence to a bizzaar conclusion.

By: RRGreen

RRGreen — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:28:47 +0000

I call all my cars and trucks the same thing … POS. It’s unbelievable to me that anyone would name a car much less feel affection for it.

By: hal.obrien

hal.obrien — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:04:35 +0000

I never anthropomorphize inanimate objects.They hate that.

By: Arie v.

Arie v. — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:04:26 +0000

What a vehicle! Maybe it’s the Dutchman in me, but I love Veggie Van Gogh. I had no idea Cummings made a 4 cylinder turbo diesel – I’ll pass that on to the auto engineer in the family. (www.deadcentercycles.com)

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:22:28 +0000

OF COURSE vehicles have names—especially if they DESERVE them!In other words, not just any vehicle deserves a name. Our coop has “Veggie Van Gogh,” a vegetable-oil-powered combo art warehouse/living quarters, “Sunshine,” a yellow 1982 biodiesel Vanagon, named by her prior owner and now used for shuttling WWOOFers between the ferry and the farm, and “Bubba” a ’91 Dodge Cummins 4×4 biodiesel with huge “mudder” tires and a trash rack that we never would have put on, but they came with it—named for obvious reasons, but it’s probably embarrassed to be filled with manure rather than tearing up some alpine meadow on a yuppie weekend.No, we aren’t “car lovers”—they’re just tools—but when something’s got personality, it deserves a name!

By: Arie v.

Arie v. — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:52:49 +0000

I’ve got a 1991 Nissan pickup 4×4 unwashed with dents, cracked windshield and needing muffler work. No name, but definitely male. So what are they trying to say Eric? Does this spell ‘cheap bastard’, ‘raised in south King County’ or both?