Who names their car?

[ORRadtech]

I don't name inanimate objects. I have had friends that named nearly everything, car, lawn mower, refrigerator, everything. I found it silly and quirky but it made them happy so fine. When they tried to name my stuff i drew the line. I don't think they ever understood...
In my "stable" right now I have a Mustang convertible that I refer to as either the Mustang, the pony or the convertible. An Edge that I call the SUV. A Harley Davidson Ultra Classic that's either the Harley or the bike. And my wife's Fusion that is simply the car.
Works for me.

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[beersandbacon]

Love all the replies. Also some funny stuff in here

 

[Vlad Soare]

It depends. I name some cars, but not others. I don't try to find them suitable names; I only name them if they happen to have some feature that makes a nickname spring naturally to my mind.
For instance, I once had a Renault Clio that I nicknamed 'Froggie', because it looked like a frog.
Or a Ford Scorpio Mk2 that I nickamed 'Balenuța' (which means little whale) because it was huge and had a serene face, but had also lots of power. It looked like a fat, lazy whale, but was always ready to show you who was the boss if you made the mistake of underestimating it.
Then I had a Lada Niva that was nickamed 'Tractorașul' (which means little tractor), because it was unbelievably rough by modern standards and amazingly good off the road.
My other six cars had no nicknames.
My future Mustang already has a nickname - 'Căluțul', which means little horse. Actually, it doesn't necessarily mean little, it's just a diminutive, like Johnny for John, or Billy for William. I guess a more accurate translation would be 'Horsey', if that makes any sense. It does make sense in Romanian; I'm not sure about English.

 

[1crazymach]

My black Pontiac is Betsy. My Shelby is Caroline

 

[CVCashmere]

My white vert is "Rumbles" thanks to my removing her resonator.

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[Cpl0313]

For more reasons than just the color. Meet Blue.

 

[James1414d]

I usually just take the cars color and add an "ie" to the end. My truck is "brownie" so I guess that makes the Mustang "whitie".

 

[Balr14]

I just call mine "Ford" because it's shorter than Mustang and I'm lazy.

 

[Vlad Soare]

That wouldn't work for me, because my wife's car is a Ford, too. It would cause confusion.

 

[Vlad Soare]

Speaking of names, and how they sometimes suggest themselves, I've never been able to associate the Mustang with a pony, despite everybody else doing that. I can call it my horsey, or my little horse, but not my pony.
First, because a mustang is a full-size horse, not a pony.
Second, because its aggressive looks and massive power suggest a big and mean horse, the horse of a warrior, rather than a cute little girl's pony. If it were a horse, it would wear an armour, not a pink ribbon.

 

[canyon ed]

Does the License plate name count?

2017 GT auto added all the PP1 equipment Ford never made it but we did.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

My black Pontiac is Betsy.

Holy shit, that's fantastic! A few more pics?

 

[1crazymach]

Holy shit, that's fantastic! A few more pics?

Still getting it road Worthy. Once it's buttoned up I'll have more pictures

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I don't but my wife named a red Ford we had Robert.

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