# Do you name your vehicles? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120 "2013-05-23T14:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/21 "2013-05-23T16:29:43Z")
I’ve had an Isuzu Trooper named Suzi, a Ford Econoline van named Morrison, and a Volvo wagon lovingly named The Uglymobile. They were the only ones with personalities, though; all the others were just inanimate cars. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/22 "2013-05-23T16:34:34Z")
I’ve only had 3 cars so far (all hatchbacks, because hatchbacks rule) but I named all of them. Interestingly, I didn’t really USE the name of the car I didn’t care for. I guess that shows that naming an object is part of a “bonding” thing. My first car was a 1991 Dodge Shadow that was the most stripped-down model possible (I bought it when it was already 10 years old). She was Stella and I grew really attached to her (HEY! Don’t call my car a piece of shit! Only _I_ can call her a piece of shit! :D). My last car was a 2003 PT Cruiser named Tilly. I was never all that happy with that car and got it mostly because Stella seemed to be on her last legs. My current car is MY car: 2012 Ford Fiesta that I bought new and ordered to my specs. Her name is Roxanne or Roxy for short. The SYNC voice is named Darla and we argue. I tell Roxy that she is WAY too good for Darla but those two crazy kids are in love. I’m not against naming a car a guy’s name, though (I christened my friend’s 89 Tempo with the name Angelo). It all depends on the car itself. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/23 "2013-05-23T16:38:10Z")
No guesses as to the make and model of my “Ex”? ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/24 "2013-05-23T16:42:37Z")
We named our 2004 Cadillac SRX _Gandalf_. Officially, he’s silver (grey) but in bright sunlight he can look white. Our 2002 Chevy Malibu is called _Kermit_. It’s not easy being green. 😉 I used to have a Geo Metro which was a lovely cranberry color; being an SCA herald, I promptly named the car _[Murrey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrey)_. The best one was my old Ford Maverick. It was that kind of shit orange/brown color from the 70’s, and was rusting through in many, many places. I named it the _Antelope_ as in [Barrett’s Privateers](http://youtu.be/ZIwzRkjn86w): “She had a list to port and her {seats} in rags.” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/25 "2013-05-23T16:45:14Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > The SYNC voice is named Darla and we argue. The nav voice in our Odyssey was dubbed Abby just a little ways into our cross-country drive. Abby Normal. Any passenger is allowed to say, “Shut up, Abby!” when she tells us for the fourth time to make the next left. Frequently, that is. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/26 "2013-05-23T16:45:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No guesses as to the make and model of my “Ex”? Rhymes with [Smonda Shmaccord](https://www.google.com/search?q=honda+accord+ex+hatchback&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=4kaeUfebGpOyqAHav4CgBw&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=685)? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/27 "2013-05-23T16:47:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Rhymes with [Smonda Shmaccord](https://www.google.com/search?q=honda+accord+ex+hatchback&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=4kaeUfebGpOyqAHav4CgBw&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=685)? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/28 "2013-05-23T16:49:26Z")
Must be Kia Forte then. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/29 "2013-05-23T16:53:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Must be Kia Forte then. > > What do I win? For guessing wrong? Nothing. It’s a Dodge … ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/30 "2013-05-23T16:55:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > For guessing wrong? Nothing. > It’s a Dodge … Cite? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/31 "2013-05-23T17:02:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > For guessing wrong? Nothing. > It’s a Dodge … Caliber. And no. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/32 "2013-05-23T17:02:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > For guessing wrong? Nothing. > It’s a Dodge … Caliber? My first car was a 1978 Dodge Diplomat, and in the family it became known as the Dip or the Dipper. Most people call me Kathy, but some call me Kat, and in 1985 I was dating a guy who started calling the car the Katmobile. In 1989 I traded it in for a brand new Ford Probe. My (same) boyfriend wanted to call it Katmoblie 2, but I said, no, it’s smaller and brand new; obviously it is a Kittenmoblie. So that was what we called it until 1997, when I traded it in on a new Probe, which became Kittenmolbile 2. Last March I traded that car in on a brand new 2012 Civic coupe, which is Kittenmobile 3, although my old boyfriend, with whom I remain friends, calls it K3. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/33 "2013-05-23T17:06:33Z")
Caliber. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/34 "2013-05-23T17:10:00Z")
No. Our cars are called “the Passat” and “the Subaru”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/35 "2013-05-23T17:14:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Caliber. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/36 "2013-05-23T17:16:50Z")
My gf calls her Subaru “buzzbuzz”. She calls her Dodge Dakota “Rusty” although there isn’t any rust other than the back bumper. I’ve never named a vehicle. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/37 "2013-05-23T17:19:39Z")
My car is called “the car.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/38 "2013-05-23T17:21:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Caliber. W/E. He practically gave you the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/39 "2013-05-23T17:27:06Z")
Current ride, mint green 2012 Fiat 500 = “Sweet Pea” although she looks like an Easter Egg. Esther might be a better name. Previous ride, red 1995 Honda del Sol = “Dede Speedster” A pickemup truck I had, black 1993 Isuzu pickup = “Daisy” ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120/40 "2013-05-23T17:38:56Z")
My Pontiac Vibe was dubbed ‘Ghost’ very quickly. 🙂 It’s white, and I was reading “A Game of Thrones” at the time I got it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120.md?page=3)