My daughter has always named our cars and even at 21 she still does. We never mean to refer to them by name but they just stick! Ours are...
Wife's Kuga - 'John'
Daughter's Fiesta - 'Fred'
My old Civic Type R - 'Gimp Mobile'
And the latest, my MG TF has been named - 'Mid-life Mobile'
...they are always referred to by name - never by mum's car, dad's car etc.
Crappy Mazda 2 - Heathcliffe
T5 Camper - Clive
Wife’s Kuga – ‘John’
This I like
Don't have my own but the OH’s is called 'your car'.
My T5 is currently called many things which I couldn't type on a public forum as it's been off the road for weeks with a seemingly untraceable fault.
Leaf "little car"
Stepwgn "big car"
We keep things simple.
Mondeo
My lad calls my CLS "The Limo", my wife calls it "Your car" and I call it "The Thirsty Bastard!"
"Blue car."
"Red car."
Mondeo
I used to call mine the Mundano.
My car, your car.
Alternatively, Kia Picanto, VW Passat.
Mazda 3 - La Rouge
Volvo V40 - Jelly - KY registration
BMW gs1200 - Panzy
Wife names all her cars, me rarely.
My T5 is currently called many things which I couldn’t type on a public forum as it’s been off the road for weeks with a seemingly untraceable fault.
My mates T5, before he sold it so it became somebody else's problem, was called 'The Moneypit'
I've got an old Skoda Octavia that refuses to die, which is known as the Czech Panzer
my 64 mini was called Mohammed
Fungus the bogey van - my snot green vw t2.
I had a Clio that was named Eugene by the kids as It's number plate ended in EGN
“Blue car.”
“Red car.”
This except the red car is granny and grandad's car so that one's not around so much.
I had a Clio that was named Eugene by the kids as It’s number plate ended in EGN
I had a GSX-R750 that was christened Tabatha by one of my female friends as its number plate ended TBA
They have the same names as the dogs, big'un and little'un.
No names other than on the little run about we got for son/daughter - registration looks like Luigi so that's what the little Aygo got called.
Wife’s Kuga – ‘John’
I appreciate the irony of me posting this but, is its surname Mellencamp?
I rarely name cars. One of my all-time favourite cars was nicknamed Gina because it had "GNA" as part of the registration, and my i40 got named Crosby because it went "Bing!" all the time but that was a running gag as much as anything.
“Blue car.”
“Red car.”
You should have a race. Stock up on chocolate.
We've a BMW 318i Touring that's called "the car"
BMW Touring = The Touring
BMW i3 REX = Rex
Me: My car. Your car. The van.
Mrs CFSB: Mr Wave. Wendy. Wilfie.
Giulia is called Jools because calling it Giulia would be far too simple.
Cinq gets called cinq.
Caravelle is called turdmobile, but its real name is Orthogonal Blue Turdmobile the Second.
MINI
Qashqai
Tranny
All 'named' by the kids, hopefully they're saving their creative genius for more important things. Haven't yet explained to them to the true meaning of their shortening of the van's name. It came out of a period of my youngest naming thing by adding 'y' to the end of things, including the fan in our bedroom...
No name, but she's a she.
After a long journey, give her a little pat for being good to me.
Buzz - because electric, it’s proper name is Deadpool but it never really caught on.
The Van - because it’s a van.
The wagon / The estate - because it’s an estate.
Previously had The Mighty Polo, Tony the TT and Yoda the Skoda.
car
Bus
camper
My old Vectra was The Mighty Vectra. Because it was shit.
The Bus. Because it is a bus and I don't have a car.
On rare occasions I call one "the hire car'.
When I am the only person on the last bus back from the village where I work (7 in the evening) I call it the free Uber.
“Blue car.”
“Red car.”You should have a race. Stock up on chocolate.
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All cars are Shitbox to me
This. One day I might even get a Dodge for full effect.
Car.
Over the years my bright Red T5 has been
'VanOwar'
'The Red Menace'
'The Big Red Bus'
'The Unit'
and many other things.
My wife used to have a white Seat Alhambra affectionately known as 'the Alhambralance' or 'The rolling Skip' because of the sheer volume of child related detritus it usually contained.
We had a 1978 Triumph 2500 S that was called BOB for the Big Orange Bus. Named in honour of the Big Red Bus (a ‘76 TC) that I had before that and was driving when I first met my now wife.
Horse car (used for transporting our daughter to and from the stables several times a week)
The clean one (not used for the above)
My wife used to have a white Seat Alhambra affectionately known as ‘the Alhambralance’ or ‘The rolling Skip’ because of the sheer volume of child related detritus it usually contained.
A former neighbour used to drive an old ambulance that they'd repurposed as a camper van. It'd been painted in straight-out-of-the-60s psychedelia hippie colours, all flowers and paisley and such, and in the place of the former livery they'd printed "AMBIANCE". It made me grin every time I drove past it.
Sort of related... My sister owns a Ford estate car and her two girls (now aged 10 and 8) started playing games on the way to and from school etc to pass the time - the main game involves looking for other Fords. This game has never got boring and my eldest niece can spot pretty much any model of Ford a mile off.
I was with them yesterday, coming back from the beach and she can see a bit of headlight or wheel arch poking out in a line of parked cars 50m away and accurately call it. She's never wrong.
They don't name the cars but my God, she can spot a Ford half a mile away on a pitch dark night!
Kia's are called The Enemy because, from a distance a Kia badge looks a bit like a Ford badge. She's long since wise to that one now. Her powers of observation are really something.
Black car
White car
It's funny because they are both blue.
Actually that's not true. They are actually black and white. Sorry.
Skoda roomster bike lugger is Dudders, as Dudley a very, very elderly gentleman across the road from the mother in law has the same car.
The Honda - it’s a honda.
Bikes
Leslie Chow - honda c90 after the Hangover character
Young Mr Chow - the other, newer ,honda c90. Channeling The Hangover and Are you being served. Both names devised by my wife.
Micheal Collins. 1968 bsa bantam which a neighbour in Kerry said looked like something out of the film
Evil Boss Hog - Harley sportster, self explanatory really.
