# Do you give your vehicles names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530 "2016-02-08T11:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/1 "2016-02-08T11:35:00Z")
If so, please share. I currently drive **Henry** , but in the past I have owned \*\*Ernie \*\*(the Journey) and **Betty**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/2 "2016-02-08T12:37:12Z")
My wife does. Rowdy, Kevin, Sophie, etc. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/3 "2016-02-08T12:42:54Z")
The Car. The Truck. In the past it has been: The Red Car or The Blue Car, when we had 2. No, we don’t name our vehicles. We have a tough enough time coming up with good names for our critters. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/4 "2016-02-08T12:57:01Z")
We always name our vehicles, currently we drive Seven (of nine). We’ve had Sally, Eleanor, Maureen, ReeRee (Aretha), and Lucy. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/5 "2016-02-08T13:02:07Z")
Yes. I’m currently driving Myrtle the Turtle (mossy green 2006 Ford Freestyle - she’s slow, but I’ll eventually get there). ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/6 "2016-02-08T14:01:39Z")
I drove Seymour to work this morning when my company car would not start ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/7 "2016-02-08T14:29:05Z")
Not usually, but at the start of our marriage, my wife brought a Mitsubishi Gallant to the relationship. A Camry, only more boring if that is possilble. So we named it Lance, because that car having the name Lance Gallant just amused the heck out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/8 "2016-02-08T14:41:53Z")
My first car was a used Volkswagen Rabbit. The “t” had fallen off the end so the car was forever known as “The Rabbi”. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/9 "2016-02-08T15:03:27Z")
My blue Toyota Tercel was The Blue Streak. My purple Saturn SC2 was The Purple Car. My Saturn Ion Redline is The SuperCoupe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/10 "2016-02-08T15:21:40Z")
My current car is named Brabra ([there’s no such name as Brabra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bte1M8d2Mu4)). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/11 "2016-02-08T15:26:13Z")
The only car I ever named was a car I drove maybe a dozen times before I sold it: an old 1980-ish diesel Mercedes W123. IIRC, it was a 240D. He was named “Chuggabooms” after the Wacky Races car. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/12 "2016-02-08T15:56:11Z")
I don’t name my machines, other than to call them; the Chevy, the Suzi\*, the Falcon, etc. But I have –somewhat inadvertently- named one of my motorcycles. For a while I had 2x BMW R100s. One was black and the other was white. To differentiate between them, I’d say that I was riding the white one or the black one. Through numerous conversations, this somehow morphed into them being called Blackie and Whitey. I eventually sold Whitey to a friend, and he and I still use those terms when we’re discussing the machines. I’ve since bought another R100 that came already named as “The Grey Ghost”. That’s a bit of a mouthful, but the name Greyie’s\*\* not really working either. \*Suzuki \*\*How does one even spell that? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/13 "2016-02-08T16:03:30Z")
We don’t have names for the cars, although we did used to call our Chevette “The 'Vette”. I remember several people who did name their cars, I went for a ride in the Freebird once, that was a scary ride. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/14 "2016-02-08T17:00:51Z")
Nicknames but I do use them to refer to and identify the vehicle. My 58 Pacer was the Prima Donna and my 59 Villager the Gargantuan. I had a 72 Shinto (A Pinto held together by Eastern mysticism) and currently ride is mostly the almost famous Road Kow (Google image the name) and Beast (a white Subaru). > [@TriPolar](#): > > We don’t have names for the cars, although we did used to call our Chevette “The 'Vette”. I remember several people who did name their cars, I went for a ride in the Freebird once, that was a scary ride. Mine was one of the toilet-end Scooter models and it got named Schooner. Next to my Harley it seemed as if it had all the room in the world. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/15 "2016-02-08T17:05:12Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Yes. I’m currently driving Myrtle the Turtle (mossy green 2006 Ford Freestyle - she’s slow, but I’ll eventually get there). 🆒 I love it! We don’t name our cars, but my GPS is named Myrtle, as in Moaning Myrtle, because she “complains” when I don’t follow her directions exactly and immediately. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/16 "2016-02-08T17:11:40Z")
“You Goddam Son-of-a-bitch” has always sufficed for me and has a definite cathartic benefit, as well. And **May 20** is correct: my GPS sounds like Susan Sarandon and seems pissed when ignored. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/17 "2016-02-08T17:40:28Z")
I was in love with Kevin Bacon in _Footloose_ when I got my first car, a pale green '68 Mustang. So he became Ren. Then I’ve had two Hippie Mobiles (my favorite, a dark blue '86 Waggoner, and a '96 white Nissan Pathfinder). Finally, I have an electric blue '07 Toyota Matrix and her name is Moon. She’s got great get up and go, and anytime I’d pass someone, my husband would go, “Meep meep! You’ve been mooned!” ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/18 "2016-02-08T17:58:19Z")
Yes. Scooters: #1: Tobiko #2: Azulia #3: Pepper (shared with BF) #4: Linden - because of its color. It’s the one I currently ride, and in the picture thread. I haven’t named my car yet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/19 "2016-02-08T18:01:58Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530/20 "2016-02-08T18:03:11Z")
My first car ever was a '62 Rambler American. Her name was Bertha. Next was a VW Beetle named Brunhilde, an MGB named Betsy, a Fiero named Bellini, and a mom-wagon Volvo named Brigit. I haven’t named any of my recent cars. Don’t know why, just fell out of the habit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-your-vehicles-names/745530.md?page=2)