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I named my first car, a 1960 Morris Minor wreck, #%&#$$. I remember us pushing it up and down the drive-in humps trying to get it started. Nice $20 paint job though. Form before function.
At least the Morris was easy to push. I bet you could carry the engine yourself if you removed it.
Maybe it will get to 1000 or more postâs.
Absolutely. I have a name for all my cars and even my lawnmowers.
Thatâs great! My Dad an old Farmall. I remember him calling it âSonofa*$#&@â. He actually gave it my name! 
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I never really named a car beyond its make or model until my current carâbasically because it was the SAME make, model, and YEAR as my husbandâs car. only the color was different. So she is Suzy.
If the car has a name it will reveal it to you but only when it is ready. We had a Saab that remained nameless for seven years but its successor turned out to be Sven. Later we bought a VW sportwagen named Otto but we replaced him with a later year of the same model, but auto not manual transmission, and it has chosen to remain anonymous. Nice car but comfortable to be in a no-names relationship it seems.
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In July 1977 I drove my fathers Ford pickup to Houston loaded with my belongings from TN. With plans to buy a car when I got there. About a month later my father called as we made plans for him to come down and pick up the truck the told me about a 1976, Toyota Corolla station wagon, that they couldnât sell because it 1. Didnât have a roof rack. 2. Standard transmission. A friend that sold cars in Houston (were there was a waiting list for Toyotaâs-any Toyota. Told me if I didnât like it he would sell it and double the asking price in TN.
I love that car and would go ANY where I asked it to. I (personally) changed the oil every 3500 miles. After the first 100,000 miles it earned the name Brownie, because it had started showing itâs personality. It would cruise all day at 95 mph. I moved tables, couches etc in it. After it earned my BSW and got a job transporting clients I bought a 2 seater (so their family couldnât come along) and gave Brownie to my ex to shoe horses out of. By then it had about 450000 miles and still ran like a top. 32 mpg, original engine, transmission and muffler. Loved that little car and wish I still had it.
Yes, I do, and in most cases the ones who name their cars actually care for their cars, I my self still am a teenager so i drive my parentâs cars, i names both cars with names i see fit to them, i care for them, i love those two cars fully knowing iâll never get to race, modify, tune it at all and i still love them and care for it, itâs just the bond that you make with the car, the memories and all, in some cases though the named car still be treatred normally or poorly by the owner
So back to the question, should we name cars? yes i think so, it is like a thing to show the bond between u and your car
I donât name our vehicles and I still maintain them . I have no Bond with a mechanical item , it is for a function period.
I donât name my cars or trucks or use vanity plates. but when they break down I might call them a few names that I can not say here⊠LOL
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Oh yeah, i know that even people that donât name their cars still maintain them, iâm just saying that in most cases the ones that does name their cars have a special bond with their cars, thatâs all
Also, different people see the cars differently, ones sees it as a machine that getâs me from A to B, others like my self and car guys generally, sees their cars as more than that, but it just differs from people to people
You mean names that would not be found in websterâs? book?
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Should you name your car? Well this is old but like I said before, no, itâs silly. The car doesnât know itâs name. It just sits there.
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Iâve named our cars (although hubby doesnât care for the names):
Our mustang âthe ponyâ , I also bought a license plate cover which reads âmy little pony.â
And MY Jeep is âBaby Girlâ because every time I have been on a perilous trail I speak to her encouragingly âcâmon Baby Girl.â
I mean, they named ships since forever, I am the master and commander of my vehicles, that is until my husband steals the Jeep keysâŠnow I have a name for himâŠ
golf facts and tips is what I study mostly so I have named my car Putter after my americano putter
yes, of course. we are giving name means, as a sense, we are feeling that as a personality. And It depends on the bond between the owner and the car. For me having my own car is my Dream. Now I have. So, Definitely when I am driving a car I could feel some sense of ownership as well caring towards my car. I love my car. So, I named my car.
BTW my car name is princy
I used to think if I did something nice for the car I would get something in return. Gave up buying mid grade gas and cars seem happy. It is easy to personify an inanimate object, I felt great doing it for 30 years, now I am still having a personal experience with my cars, with lower expectations.