Giving Cars names..

[toppstuff]

Well, do you?

Is their a Timmy the Trevor TVR or a Molly Mini out there?

Is giving a name to the car just plain naff?

Or do more of us choose to do it than we are willing to admit to?

[cosmoschick]

Indeed I do...

"Trev"







>> Edited by cosmoschick on Wednesday 31st December 19:22

[deanrufleg]

...I call mine a "F£%$in pile of s£*t" whenever it goes wrong....

[tvrbob]

None of my current cars have names but I have had some in the past

Hissing Sid - Citroen XM

Roger - Volvo 1800S

Is-U-Ain't - Volvo 1800ES

Kevin - Vauxhall Nova

My Mini could end up with a name. It's still too new and hasn't developed a character yet


>> Edited by tvrbob on Wednesday 31st December 19:47

[beano500]

Trevor



!!!!

[beano500]

I can vaguely remember someone calling a car "Robert" because it was a Red Ford.....

....which lead to someone else calling theirs Harrison



(to try and deflect from the embarassing revelation already made!)

[LuS1fer]

Had an A40 called Payphone (don't ask), a Cortina Mk II called Arabella, an R5 Turbo called Babette, an Alfasud Ti called Gina, a Mini called Merv The swerve, a Corvette called Nadine, a Z29 called Lucy. A friend has an Eclat called Lynford (fast, black and low-slung)and had an Ambassader called Kevin and an Anglia called Eryck. Another friend had Stumpy the Imp.

Some get names naturally, others don't get one at all. Depends on the car.

[toppstuff]

"Stumpy the Imp"

Great name.

Says it all, I can picture it now

[jessica]

My car is called. Wait for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TREVOR

I love him to bits

[joolzb]

My Griff is called Terry

[deltaf]

Der Golf is simply known as "Der Golf"...or maybe "Zerstoyrer" would be better?

[stainless_steve]

Kids named mine "THE BEAST"

[TT Tim]

My Spitfire is called Miss Marple (old woman, who was a bit of a mystery)

and my first car, a Dollomite, was called Mrs Robinson (an older woman who I fancied)

As for the current batch...

500 Chim, I was told was called Trevor when I bought it, I thought this a tad unoriginal but have yet to come up with an alternative.

300zx, call him what you like because he'll always do what the hell he feels like.

Escort = scrote, because it's just a manky old ball bag!!

Tim

>> Edited by TT Tim on Wednesday 31st December 19:53

[mrmaggit]

Our Griff is "Wol".

[mike s]

I call the F40 Snooky Wookombs

[haggishead]

We had a Corsair that we called "Nancy" - short for "Rustynancy" just after my Dad read Don Quixote...

Don't usually give cars names - the last was my 2.9 Granada - "The Blue Bomber" it was nicknamed at work because I kept getting from A to B in impossibly short times...

[mike s]

haggishead said:

We had a Corsair that we called "Nancy" - short for "Rustynancy" just after my Dad read Don Quixote... Don't usually give cars names - the last was my 2.9 Granada - "The Blue Bomber" it was nicknamed at work because I kept getting from A to B in impossibly short times...

Sorry to go off topic but I love your number plate mate

[beano500]

mrmaggit said:

Our Griff is "Wol".

Eh?

A A Milne version?

[beano500]

mike s said:

haggishead said: We had a Corsair that we called "Nancy" - short for "Rustynancy" just after my Dad read Don Quixote... Don't usually give cars names - the last was my 2.9 Granada - "The Blue Bomber" it was nicknamed at work because I kept getting from A to B in impossibly short times... Sorry to go off topic but I love your number plate mate

Agreed! Classic!!!

[haggishead]

mike s said:

Sorry to go off topic but I love your number plate mate

Ta muchly