# Um...whay are we naming Tommy's cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/um-whay-are-we-naming-tommys-cars/8710 "2007-12-27T00:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/um-whay-are-we-naming-tommys-cars/8710/1 "2007-12-27T00:15:39Z")
See discussion title. ---
**Author:** ![karl-sieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@karl-sieger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/karl-sieger)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/um-whay-are-we-naming-tommys-cars/8710/2 "2007-12-27T01:43:36Z")
Search me. Like why do the most insignificant threads get the most overwhelming responses? All those M.S.'s; B.S.'s figuring out whether you oughta set the thermostat at 72 or 90, while people who just spent a grand and their cars don’t even run or whatever get relatively ignored. ---
**Author:** ![phrtoolman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@phrtoolman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/phrtoolman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/um-whay-are-we-naming-tommys-cars/8710/3 "2007-12-27T02:50:45Z")
Maybe we can help,cause Tom don’t seem to be too bright around the holidays,call the car Tator after Tom, just another of Car Talk tators… ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/um-whay-are-we-naming-tommys-cars/8710/4 "2007-12-27T02:54:47Z")
I assume they are just trying to generate some traffic on this site.