Do You Name Your Cars?
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That monstrosity — the car, not the girl — is what I drove during my senior year of high school. The girl, of course, is me, circa 1990. We called it, “The Boat,” for obvious reasons.
While I no longer am suffered to drive that particular set of wheels, my vehicles still have names. When I was a kid, they were The Red Car, the Gold Car, The Blue Van, etc. During marriage, we’ve had The Hatchback, The Camry, The Truck, The Van, and The Scourge.
Naming our cars creatively, ie The Scourge, is a new phenomena, but one that seems to be sticking. What do YOU do?
My hubby currently has a 98 Hyundai Accent affectionately known as Atilla the Hun-dai or just plain old “tilly” for short.
I don’t know why but I always called my cars Betsy. My dad had a car when I was growing up that was the same as the one in that movie Christine. So, we always called that car Christine.
Absolutely! Every used car had a name having to do with the condition and look of the car. For example, a 2 toned brown hand me down pick up truck=brown, brown!
my new van different story. Her plates spell EVA so naturally being the sharp lady that I am (ha-ha) i call her Eva!
We’ve had “Madame Blueberry” – our 1992 Honda Accord stationwagon (sniff, sniff – so sorry we ever sold her!), and “The Green Bean” – our 1991 two-door Honda Accord. After we moved back to the States we purchased “The Sluth” – our 2004 Honda Pilot (a la The Hardy Boys boat name). When we decided it was time to become a two car household again (after 6 years of being a one-car household), we purchased “The Tick” – a 1984 Honda Civic hatchback which we owned for all of a month, but the name stuck in no time. When The Tick didn’t work out so well, we ended up with “The Bean” – a 1994 two-door Honda Accord to the family (because it looks like a giant red kidney bean). Can you tell that we’re a bit brand loyal? 😉
Yes!
I’ve had 2 cars: LeeLee and Rhonda. Now I have a sexy mom van and call her Sheniqua. 😛
My family names cars. My car in highschool was a 90ish Jeep Wagoneer with wood paneling. You could take out the keys while you were driving and it would still run, the front seat was missing a bolt and leaned with you while you turned. My friends and I called it the baby hummer. Then, I drove a metalic mint green Toyota Trecel it was much nicer and more safe than the baby hummer. One night I was listening to Crosby Stills and Nash with a friend and the song Guinnevere came on. One line, “Lady Guinnevere haaaasss greeeen eyes” made us think my car. We decided the Trecel had to be named Gwen. Now I drive a blue Mazda3 hatchback and her name is Lola and sadly I can’t remember why that’s her name.
The first car I named was my Envoy… and I called him Leroy. Everyone made fun of me and refused to play along… except my father-in-law who remarked casually one day, “I was just checking out Leroy’s back tire.” I loved that man. I miss him.
My Excursion is Betsy. It’s so fitting for her : )
Oh yes!
Silver ’84 VW Rabbit – Thumper
Green ’95 Ford Escort – Kermit
Black ’00 VW Jetta – Angus
My current Jetta is dark blue, and she hasn’t told me her name yet. :>)
Growing up I was forced to drive the Land Yacht–my parents’ car, similar to your pic. A few years ago, we had a 12 pass. van that we called the Church Bus or Kindercare Van (my sis worked there, lol!)We currently have The Car, Dad’s Truck and The Truck (which is easier to say than The Suburban). Fun post!