Do You Name Your Car?

[Bullgrit]

I've named two of my cars through the 30 years I've been driving. But I rarely actually referred to the cars by their name. My first car was an orange Honda Civic, I occassionally referred to as "The Tangerine." It was destroyed. In the early days of my family, I had a red Ford Escort which I sometimes called the "The Radio Flyer" -- it was a little red wagon Really, I probably used those names maybe a dozen times during my ownership.

I've owned cars that I was much more attached to than either of them. My favorite car, a blue Nissan 200SX, never got a name.

I mean, are you also naming your pc, toaster or washing machine?

I worked at a computer graphics/animation school where all the classroom computers were named after Lord of the Rings characters, Star Trek characters, Star Wars characters, and more. Each computer had a printed label with its name.

Most offices I've worked in named the various printers. Currently I print to Natasha or Boris.

Bullgrit

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

Apologies for missing the nuance - I was racing through the thread at 100MPH

Ahhh, you get the attraction....

I must admit, I really miss high speed drives on winding roads.

The roads here are so bad that most motorbikes don't go over 30 kph because the concrete - NB: not bitumen - is so badly cracked that you will come off your bike if you go any faster because the vibrations are so bad. Of course, being Asia the only thing worse than the quality of the roads is the quality of the drivers who think driving on the wrong side of the road during peak hour is a valid shortcut.

Net result: I own my first ever secondhand car here and it bears the scars of numerous bumps and niggles that result from simply being in traffic. It has no name. It has no identity. It's just a car.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Cars are already named so if you need a way to refer to it, well, the manufacturer already gave you one. I don't name cars.

We've got three vehicles and they are referred to as 'the truck', 'the Mustang' and 'the scooby' ... cuz my wife has a Subaru and she's a chick.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

I have typically not given names to my car, though my current vehicle has two ("Red" and "Fugly") and I seldom use either one. My friends have been much more likely to name their cars. I've known a Sissy (derived from the license plate), Nemo (because one wiper arm is much shorter than the other), and others, but my favorite was always the Exxon Valdez. So named because it was very large and used much gas and one side had 5 or 6 huge curled gashes where it had been sideswiped by the lugnuts from the wheel of a semi-truck.

 

[Desdichado]

My car is Brannich Blacksmoke.

 

[Abraxas]

Well, sometimes I'm talking to (or at?) my PC, typically in exasperation at something not working... but otherwise I'm really not emotionally attached to any device, tool, or gadget.

But really, why cars? What's so different about them? For me it's just something that gets me faster from A to B.

Why do people name ships? or hurricanes? or monster trucks?

 

[Scott DeWar]

I like pi, cake is a lye

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Why do people name ships?

Not sure, but I'm betting it makes it far easier to determine what ship, and who might be calling in a distress call from out at sea.

or hurricanes?

To avoid confusion when there are several hurricanes.

or monster trucks?

Helps pull in advertisers and generates money for the owners. Plus, it's always better to hear "Hear comes Grave Digger!!!!" rather than "Here comes a hearse painted up as a goth-whore with big wheels!!!"

 

[Abraxas]

Not sure, but I'm betting it makes it far easier to determine what ship, and who might be calling in a distress call from out at sea.

They could just have a number and a classification (like aircraft) - however, It's tradition - something to do with superstition and that it protected the sailors from harm.

To avoid confusion when there are several hurricanes.

Then why not earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, wild fires or other disastrous natural events?

Helps pull in advertisers and generates money for the owners. Plus, it's always better to hear "Hear comes Grave Digger!!!!" rather than "Here comes a hearse painted up as a goth-whore with big wheels!!!"

Sounds good - but if I'm gonna name a monster truck I might as well name my car.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Then why not earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, wild fires or other disastrous natural events?

They have started naming winter storms but things like earthquakes, tornadoes and tsunamis are limited in life and scope, appearing and disappearing within hours or shorter periods of time. They then get a name like, Great East Japan Earthquake. I think wildfires are getting some type of ID these days but not sure.