Do you name your cars, if so what have you named them?
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The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
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I don't think we ever named my Chevy Metro. 3 cylinders by the end of its run. Dent in every panel. Spray painted numbers like a demolition car. Man, of all my cars that one definitely deserved a name.
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The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
97 v8 ford explorer, has over 300000 miles on it still runs great, replaced full exhaust and both manifolds that cracked, ac unit broke like a decade ago, frame is severely rusted but ive been spraying it with fluid film with a paint sprayer and that halted the rust also like a decade ago. Has a permanent coolant leak. Said I was gonna drive it till it died.
Even though it should've broken down it just keeps running
I call him Frank Gallagher
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The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]...my cars are named mehve, pejitei gunship, teto, and ohmu after aircraft and creatures from nausicäa of the valley of wind...
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I have had these ones: All Volvo, all station wagons.
- "De kat in de zak" (pig in a poke) - A red Volvo 240 named so because it was a pig in a poke (Name was given afterwards)
- "Het lek in de nek" (The leak in the neck) - A silver Volvo 240 that had a sunroof which could open and it leaked. Everytime I had to brake after a rainstorm, I risked a generous gulp of cold water in my neck. (Name was given in the last few months we had her)
- "De Noordkaper" (the North Caper) - A Grey Volvo 240 that had, before we bought it, taken part in a rally to the North Cape. (This one had her name from the start)
- "Je Reed Heel netjes" (You drove very neatly) - A red Volvo 940, named after the license plate. Its name originally was in present tense but on a fateful new year's eve it fell victim to arson and burned to a crisp. It was a good car and I hated to see her go.
- "De Barones" A fabulous luxurious old dark blue Volvo 960 with a purring six cylinder and flaky paint. It drove like a bat out of hell and I really loved that car. Unfortunately she started to sag in the back and the repairs got way too expensive to keep her.
- "Het Bakbeest" (The Beast) - my most recent car, a Volvo XC90 that is way too modern for my taste. It is big, heavy and chockfull of computers. It is a solid tank but I prefer the older Volvo types.
Sounds like you're into your Audis.
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I name my bicycles.
Steely Fran is my touring and every day ride (she's a Salsa Vaya, a steel-frame gravel bike)
Moon Unit is my fat-tire bike for snow, dirt, and rockhopping fun.
I had an orange beach cruiser I called The Cheddar Shredder
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The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
I had an Opel Corsa B which I called "The Black Corsair" or sometimes "the nutshell" (which is an expression for a dingy tiny lil boat).
Then I had a Toyota Corolla '97 which I called "Aubergine" cause of its colour and because we sometimes call cheap cars cucumbers.
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I had an orange beach cruiser I called The Cheddar Shredder
Cheese and a rhyme scheme, phenomenal.
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The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car's brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with 'V', like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
Back in the day a friend of mine had a blue shit box I don't even remember the make or model of now. Let's call it a vauxhall (Opel/Buick in the rest of the world) Cavalier with constant issues. It was close to Tardis Blue, and due to its problems and unreliable nature, and it being a different time where insensitive names were the norm, he called it the re-tardis. Not proud, but it is a memory.
I have had two Sonatas, despite being musically inclined I have never called them a musically inspired name. The first one was lied to me by the stealership (used inventory from trade in, off-brand) that it was a limited edition, an L.E; so we called her Ellie.
