Mrs kilo had a fiat uno called Buck, after the film, and we had a Honda shuttle people carrier which was called “the wheels on the bus” and a really crappy Honda Accord which was “pimp my ride”. Our current blue combo van is called Buff after the blue buffalo on a South African 100 rand note. We had been biking in South Africa just after we bought the van and it is fairly agricultural, smelly and in-glamorous.
Our current blue Honda car doesn’t have a name or a personality. Motorbikes, most are never named but my bmw r100gs was called the bumblebee after its colour scheme, my bsa bantam has been named Micheal Collins by neighbours (IRA leader in the War of Independence) and our Honda c90 is Leslie Chow after the hangover.
My car has a 'name', You HAVE to name a tesla.
I say name, you could use the numberplate or a fleet reference or your ex-wife's gym instructor's name. But it must have a formal title.
Not really one for naming objects and have a physical reaction to a car/bike referred to as 'She' 🤢
We did have a brown 1982 Westfalia VW camper that was referred to as 'Mr Hanky' by friends, because as the South Park character is described 'He's just a piece of shit really'.
Some cars are he and some she, for example: une Zoé, un Lodgy, un Espace, une Clio... .
You creepy bastard’s. The only thing worse than naming your car is referring to it as she.
I'll stop anthropomorphizing objects when you stop objectifying people 😉
The Flying Shoebox:
Never named a car, but my motorcycles tend to get names. Current one is Herman (the little German). Previous one was Tigerpig 2. Some others have been Speedy, Bonnie etc. Not too difficult to guess what models they were ....
Had a Fiat thing with LSD in the reg so called it the Tripster. Current car is just the car as it is a Zafira and therefore doesn’t deserve a name. They’re the only two cars I’ve owned.
I’m that bad that with cars that I have to walk back to the car in car parks to look at the reg plate as I don’t know the number. PITA with those machines that take your reg. I once also spent a good five minutes trying to open someone else’s Zafira as it was the same colour and parked near mine.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR
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to be fair though on another thread you outed yourself as the kind of guy who takes a picture of their new car outside of the dealers.
You opinion is invalid.
Car.
My saab is known as the Triple S, short for Swedish Space Shuttle, mainly cos its got a space age fold out cup holder.
12 months is not ‘long term’!
If you'd owned one car a year since the first automobile rolled off a production line you wouldnt have owned 200 yet. But the OP could be a vampire or some other form of immortal.
Are we including matchbox cars in that figure?
We make a name out of the last3 letters of the number plate, last 3:
UWB = ooby
MZF = Mustafa = Muzzy
OWJ = Owj 😆
Ah now then, the sit up and beg Ford Pop my mum and dad had was known as Wee-wee due to the number plate - WWE. Can't remember the numbers.
Look up étron in a French dictionary, Drac. 😉
BMW i3 REX. “Rex”
BMW 3 series Touring “The Touring”
Previous:
Z4MC - “The Zed”
Mini Cooper S Clubman “Mini”. Or to the kids “Mini Daddy Car”
Peugeot 306 “The Pug”
You get the idea.
Just remembered while checking the charge on the car I’ve just reminded it called, Stark One. I’d forgotten I had named it for the app.
Look up étron in a French dictionary, Drac.
Yeah I do wonder if that’s why the put the hyphen in it.
Had a breadvan VW Polo called Elsie. Why? Well the number plate was C867RAP. So L(ittle) C(rap) or LC.
Not named any since.
I don't name cars normally, but yesterday it became '****ing, arsing, bastard car of hate' after spending hours changing engine mounts, made difficult due to the turbo being in the way, the turbo oil seal started leaking, meaning removing the turbo anyway.
Closely followed by all 4 studs on the turbo shearing off, leaving the turbo inexplicably welded to the outlet, despite all the fixings shearing off.
My car has a ‘name’, You HAVE to name a tesla.
I say name, you could use the numberplate or a fleet reference or your ex-wife’s gym instructor’s name. But it must have a formal title.
Yep. Massively original, me...
to be fair though on another thread you outed yourself as the kind of guy who takes a picture of their new car outside of the dealers.
You opinion is invalid.
The pic outside the dealers is a dealer pic from Autotrader
Which makes your opinion wrong
I have a XC 60, again you have to name it for the Volvo app. NMO on the reg plate so Nemo.
It did throw me at first when I started getting messages from Nemo, but I got used to it.
I’ve never understood why people give names to cars, bicycles, etc, unless it’s a joke name
I don't think it's any more weird than referring to your bikes a steed or your collection of bikes as a quiver.
Had a breadvan VW Polo called Elsie. Why? Well the number plate was C867RAP. So L(ittle) C(rap) or LC.
I had a bread van Polo. It was a brilliant little motor. It was a limited edition job with red quilted door panels. No really, look:
A friend said it was like being in a brothel. I couldn't possibly confirm or deny that.
My first car was a mini and was called "the ferret" by my mates. Not really sure why, but something to do with a military vehicle
replaced by a VW passat estate that was called "the bus". Bit more obvious
I don’t think it’s any more weird than referring to your bikes a steed or your collection of bikes as a quiver.
Yeah, that's not something I do either
Why have Teslas got such shit ugly wheels?
To not spoil a nice set of wheels?
Why have Teslas got such shit ugly wheels?
It completes the look
The pic outside the dealers is a dealer pic from Autotrader
Which makes your opinion wrong
😀
I'm only teaasing.
When I got my last car my nephew asked what it's called - Car.
When it got replaced the new one was called Car2D2
All of my vehicles including bikes seem to have Teutonic female names. Excepting Brigid the Rigid.
Well there's confirmation that many of you are mad as fruitcakes. Its a car.
Most of my cars have had names, names may come quickly or take time (see Northwind post above). Oddly none of my bikes have have names beyond the obvious brand/model - confusion reigns with a black Orange and a blue Whyte.
Cars with names...
F plate 1.6L Sierra estate - Rustbucket, ironic in retrospect as no rust on until north of 275k
K plate 2.0 Ghia Sierra Sapphire - Crowley
V plate 1.8 Zetec Focus estate - Rustbucket 2, though no rust until past 200k
52 plate Ka Sun Collection - Pog
55 plate 2.0 Titanium Mondeo Estate - Bertha
63 plate XF 2.0d Sportbrake - Nina
64 plate XF 3.0d Sportbrake - Katniss
15 plate XE 2.0d - Stibbons
65 plate XF 3.0d - Lipvig
66 plate XF 3.0d - Missy
55 plate 3.0 Ghia X Mondeo - Maya
20 plate F-Pace - Brian
But as Northwind said, they will let you know there name in time.
Mine is called Christine.
No recommendations from me I'm afraid. My current Focus is called Frodo because it's a lot smaller than Kenny the Kia Sportage he replaced
DARTH,
First gen Berlingo banger. Painted Matt black, rusted and ratted.
Took me and pals all over the country riding/uplifting.
Never cleaned it in the 5 years I had it, more mud on the inside than the out. I loved that van.
The Mrs has a new fancy car with all the gizmos, callS it KITT.
Vito van called Lana, aka Truckasaurus. It's an Archer reference.
Current Volvo is named Freya.
Previous VW CC named Voldemort as it had a funny nose.
BMW before that named became Betsy as I owned it for over 10 years.
I've had a mondeo (mk 2) called Mord, a seat ibiza called Izzie, a Series II landrover called Morag, and a series I called Olga. My wifes mini is called Coops. My car has no name as its got no soul.
Mine is called Christine.
And on that note, I think you simply call it 'Louise' and think fondly of the STW forum's naming skills every time you drive her / it / whatever 🙂
Only ever named one car, had a Mini with the reg C160 HUK so it was called Chu(c)k.
I do refer to our Berlingo as The Donkey though. Reliable, takes all the crap you can throw at it, smells funny.
Our '07 Honda Jazz is called Jazzy Jeff.
And does this naming of cars stretch to other vehicles or objects you own. How many of you have names your bike ?.
Inquiring minds 😕
No names for any recent cars but there was a time when my young son named them basd on the registrations......
NPE - Nippy (very appropriate as it was a Golf GTI)
ULC - Uncle (a nice comfy 4 door saloon)
And does this naming of cars stretch to other vehicles or objects you own. How many of you have names your bike ?.
Ah now then. I was going to say "don't be daft" but my hardtail is Piglet.
Some cars just have names, some do not. It's the way it is.
Thinking back, the only ones I have named were:
1. My van (Jimmy - because... Reg plat had HG in it, Hg is Mercury, Mercury is the winged messenger and is the cap badge of the Royal Signals, where he's called Jimmy, hence van was Jimmy)
2. My Frontera (Wurzel - because it was agricultural and messy as hell)
3. My old Passat (Basil - because it was faulty)
4. Current Passat (Alexa - because first three on the plate are LXA)
None of the other, even my beloved Panda, had names. Even the Rover was unnamed, because you can't give a name to an utter piece of shit.