Anyone still giving a name to your car, and what is it?

My car is brown.

The first time I brought it home without telling my wife the color, she was unimpressed and said that it was "shart colored".

We immediately named it "El Sharto", and 5 years later the name has stuck

My last car was named Alice after the "Alice in Chains" mix cd that was left in the cd changer when I bought it.

My current car isn't named, because I think it might be cursed and I don't want to give any more power to it.

The uterous. It's a ute.

i once had a car i named 'Alice'.

i had just purchased this vehicle ('80 celica sunchaser) in west vrginia, and was driving it back when white rabbit came on the radio... the song ended and i start flipping through channels and i stumble on white rabbit playing on another station!

the song ends and i start scanning again and i shit you not, i found a third white rabbit playing.

bonus info; plates i ordered and used: "LCFR"

We own a VW Polo and called it Pollie. Then I got a newer Polo, company car. We called it Marc, as in Marc-O-Polo

My first car was a green buick lasabre that I got from a relative. It was held together by duct tape and redneck engineering, and wasn't even supposed to make it through high school. As a condition for receiving the car, I had to continue calling it the green hornet. Ever since, my cars have been named after a famous movie vehicle. My current car is a blue civic, so naturally I had to name it the bluesmobile

I had an Impala that I named Vlad, so it was “Vlad the Impala”.

I stopped naming inanimate objects after I named a bong and it got destroyed on the first day 😞😭

My first car was named "Safely". Regardless of the quality of my driving, I was driving Safely.

My current car is Carefully.

My current car is named Moxxi, after Mad Moxxi

I bought a Tesla Model 3 back when they were new and I like Halo, so I named it "Silent Cartographer" for both being quiet and going places. It's wordy AND nerdy, so I don't really refer to it by its name.

had a 2014 Chevy Cruze named Terry

I have a bright orange Subaru Crosstrek named Poppy.

I called mine Sasha just so I could reference meet the heavy if anyone ever moved the seats

we named our first electric car "White Fire" as an hommage to the launch roller coaster "Blue Fire" in the theme park Europa Park (Germany) near where we live.

In January we gave back the white car to the leasing company and got a gray one, which is now named "Greyfire".

I had a red Veloster I called Swordfish And my friends called my blue Civic "Bad Wolf"

I drive a Subaru and we call it Subarashi.

My wife calls her Camry: Whale Tits.

My first Camaro, back in the day when I was 16, was Friday Night Reliable. That is the closest I came to any kind of name for a car. I had relationships in the subtle psychological spirit of the OP question, the meaning of a name being greater than the word.

Even with humans, names are not part of my deeper subconscious association with people and experiences. Like I can think of at least many dozens of people I have known and worked with. They are part of my life experience and more than just passive acquaintances, but I will likely never remember their names. The experience and memories are real, but somehow my mind is not wired to keep up with names in my ever growing map of human experience. Sometimes a name sticks, but it usually has some specific relevance to an event or association. So every one of my rides had a personality and experience, but no name.

FNR was reliably broken down by every Friday night. It was deeply frustrating at the time, but being a broke kid and no one to really help me, I eventually figured out each problem and how to fix it on my own out of necessity. That experience had a big impact on shaping my out-of-the-box intuitive thinking. I both needed and wanted to know how every detail worked; often learning the limitations of intuitive assumptions the hard way, while empirically learning the power of statistical probably in abstraction.

Huh. Naming a car, the model name of a completely different brand of car, a model which was contemporary with your car, would be very confusing to me.

You can take cobalt

"But you don't have a cobalt."

First car was a pre-owned white '91 Ford Escort GT that I named Gypsy Jo. She was my traveling companion and served me well until some uninsured bitch rear-ended me.

Second car was Moonshadow, a brand-new blue '99 Honda Civic Si. He saw me through a bad breakup and we had many adventures together. I sold him to a car enthusiast in 2016 for $6500.

Current car is a pre-owned black 2011 Subaru Impreza Outback named Ira. He saw me safely on a long 14-hour drive when I recently moved.

Lead sled was one name

GF calls her car the Crymobile because her license plate is CRY###

My current vehicle is The Blue Meanie.

Previously, I had a Kia that I called The Kill Ya, a cavalier that I dubbed The Crasholier, and my first car I called The B-Mobile.

I have a Skoda Octavia Scout and have taken to referring to it as Skodillac.

Renault Vivaro. She's called Julie. Julie Vandrews. Also know as me Julie.

First car was a 93 Carolla named the rockolla. Then an 87 Supra turbo that looked like it was straight out of mad max. That was Facemelter. Then I had Gump, the no runner (a 4runner that was always breaking down) and then the station dragon. My current car is Beyonce.

My 2014 Mazda 2 is named Maria, my 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT is named Elaine, and my 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ is named Crystal. Sadly, we need to sell Crystal, it's like losing a family member. You name it, you own it.

Navy Blue Honda Odyssey named Stanley.

My car's plate has the letters LCP, so we call it El Capo (the mafia boss)

Every gray car I have (always a hatchback) has been named "Vanship" after the flying vehicles in the anime Last Exile

It's just a nickname I know, I don't refer to the car like that to others

I call mine Tayne. Somtimes paul (as in paul rudd, the actor that plays tayne in tim and eric)

Carissa

death cab for cutie

Ol' Betsy

I went many years without naming a car, but I got a new car recently. On my last day with the old one, I decided to name her Bessie in reference to the idea of being put out to pasture. Then I decided to keep up the theme and named the new one Elsie.

I have a white Prius named Shadowfax so if I need to go somewhere fast I can yell "run Shadowfax, show us the meaning of haste!"

Have an Elantra called Snubs. The previous owner called it Ellie, after thr main character of The Last of Us, not because of the model name lol

Little red hatchback: Elmo Blue SUV with a big, ugly nose: Gonzo

I had an old little red Toyota Yaris that I called Jennifer, because it looked like a Jennifer to me.

Now I have a dark blue Ford Focus that I call James for pretty much the same reason.

I... don't seem to name cars like you other folks do.

My wife names hers Otto after Otto Hightower from Fire & Blood because she has a Dodge Durango Citadel.

I like it because it sounds similar to "auto"

Had a bright blue Twingo, called it the smurfette. Now have a slightly more boring black Dacia, name of Lady Blackbird.

Our peugeot is called Giovanni

My father always called my sisters car "Beulchen", which is the german diminutive word for dent. It was a very basic Ford Fiesta. No wireless car key, no electrically controlled side mirrors but at least it had AC.

"Chaser" because we live out in the country and use it to pick up our dogs who sometimes wander off and we have to go retrieve. Also, because it's a Chevy. It's Chevy Chase_r_.

S. S. Niggress (still going strong)

My last car was a Ford escape called 7 after seven of nine from Star Trek. I was feeling less creative when we got our current car, a tan C-Max, and it's just called Sandy.

I named my motorcycle. His name is Bubba, and he's a power bottom.

I normally name my cars their Model but, like, I won't say "The" prior to it. Neon was Neon. Aveo was Aveo. So, it's still a name but more a name in the Roach sense.

2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5 rs silver - glider 2008 Subaru WRX STI white - bar of soap or the sti 2006 Honda element silver - bento (Japanese for box) 2024 vw id.4 Black - ghost, because it was gone for a month at the dealership after we purchased it.

My first car was a 96 f-150 the previous owner named "Maurice" I didn't change it cause it supposed to be bad luck. Then I had a 2001 Pontiac grand am I called "Jaun claude" which I was rather proud of. My current one is just "V" cause it's a Ford Fusion Hybrid and the engine looks like it came out of cyberpunk.

We have a Hyundai Sonata hybrid with Blue Drive so she is called “Blue.”

We have a 2012 Ford Fiesta that we call "Siesta". That car sucks a good amount. Been meaning to get rid of it for years now.

We own a Rose Gold Fiat 500 electric, aptly named Lady Penelope.

Curious to see if anyone will spot the correct reference:)

I have named some of the cars I have owned.

1970 Chevy Impala: Liberty. I purchased it from a guy that lived in Liberty, KY.

1997 Nissan 200SX SE-R: Dot. It was one of ~700 200SX's made that year that was the Pacific Blue color and it reminded me of Carl Sagan's "The Pale Blue Dot" documentary.

2003 Acura TL: Sally. No specific reason, other than it just fit the personality of the car.

2014 Camry (current car): Pearl. It's painted in Toyota's Cosmic Mica Gray and it glitters in the sunlight, vaguely reminiscent of a pearl.

Just for reference, I'm 54 and have had a license since 1986. Liberty was my first car. There are a few cars not mentioned above, because I just never named them. The 200SX was the second SE-R I owned. The first was a 92 Sentra SE-R, which I liked a lot more than the 200SX, it just never got a name.

I had a black Citroen C4 I called Marxine, from Karl Marx plus making it sound feminine and french lol.

Hyperion, Hype for short.

My white-and-chartreuse vintage bicycle is "Americano". Like the cocktail, not the coffee.

We have a big family and have named ours:

• Beast = 2004 Ford Excursion
• Burgundy = 2011 Honda Odyssey (dark red)
• Bus = 2004 Ford Econoline E350

It never gets old yelling down the hall "to the beast!" :D

baby car

My current car is named Lizzie, after Tin Lizzie, despite the fact that it’s in great shape. The first car I had was a rusted out ‘93 Impreza we called Tin Lizzie. So when I got my newest car and the license plate started with LZZ, I took it as a sign to bring the name back.

My cars are named after the pokemon they most closely resemble. Ferroseed and Snorlax. They each have a sticker of said pokemon.

Belldandy

Vera. Technically given by a coworker.

She's a WRX with lots of parts from Cobb.

Vera was Janes favorite after all.

I named my red xtrail "Big Red" after the feminist, my first car was called Betty, named after Master Betty from Kung Pow.

cobalt is a chevy

my 05 Subaru obxt is named Knox because i had a knock/pre-ignition issue before i got it fixed up :p

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I named my 2007 Audi S4 Brunnhilde. She is my beautiful Valkyrie, though I rarely see her nowadays.

I had a car, license plate CME1234 (fake numbers) so I called it "The Comemobile"

little did I know that Neighborhood Tires could also see the name I gave it on the portal.

My spouse had a suped up Challenger named Gurtrude. It was a funny reaction when people saw it for the first time. They expected a beater.

I had a 2002 Ford ranger that I named Strider.

The Cobalt doesn't really sell where I live, at least I have never seen one. I had to duckduckgo it

I inherited a brown Daiwoo Matiz and called it The Brown Streak.

Never named any of my cars until we got an ID4. It is called Heidi.

I don't have one. I don't want one. I don't need one. I won't be getting one. I'll add an N to that and call it None. Thanks.

I find naming your car to be so cringe. You wouldn't name your TV or your washing machine. . .