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Does your car have a name?

70 replies

Charlavail · 29/01/2023 09:09

Picking up a new car today which has got me thinking about it!
My previous cars were called Barney and then PJ. My less fun cars I didn't give a name to!

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mamaduckbone · 29/01/2023 11:21

My first car was a fiat bravo called Juliet (Bravo)
We've had Shakira the Zaphira and current cars are Tina (the tiny Toyota) and Kevin (Kadjar)

Penguinsaregreat · 29/01/2023 11:22

Chloe.
I always aliterate the name.

helloisitmeyourelookingfor · 29/01/2023 11:24

Mine is called Dug

It's the 5th car I've owned but the first one I've named

Kam610 · 29/01/2023 11:33

I used to have a corsa back in the day that was called Todger (like Rodger with a T) because of the number plate.
The car we have now doesn't have a name though. My husbands old car was called Bella.

FlemCandango · 29/01/2023 11:42

Our car is Bob, old Bob has served us for 18 years and is on his way out. Dh is currently looking at a potential Bob II. We will miss Bob but he is very tired and needs to go to the great carpark in the sky. I think Bob should have been retired sooner but dh is sentimental.

NHSmummy84 · 29/01/2023 11:44

My car is Rocky 😂

TheChosenTwo · 29/01/2023 11:46

Of course! Currently Phoebe and Big Bertie but previously Peggy, Trevor, Samuel and I can’t remember what else 🤣

Howmanymarblesinajar · 29/01/2023 13:44

I bought my first car with inheritance money from my Nanna so it was named Marjorie in her honour. The next car was a Mini and name Francis after my other Grandma who was also a very small woman.

CallieQ · 29/01/2023 13:53

Betty Grin

JustMaggie · 29/01/2023 14:00

I have a gray Fiesta that my kids call "The Mandalorean". My previous cars were called "Tom" and "Meatball"

RosettaTheGardenFairy · 29/01/2023 14:39

Hillary & Marsha - and a motorbike Rupert

Fruititty · 29/01/2023 14:42

Fanny 😁

Custord · 29/01/2023 14:42

"the car"

HavfrueDenizKisi · 29/01/2023 14:44

All my cars have had names:

Hermione (years before Harry Potter was a twinkle in JK Rowling's eye)

Wallis

Lola

Bonnie

Olive

Current one is Dagmar.

Their name starts with the letter the number plate starts with.

TheBirdintheCave · 29/01/2023 14:44

Ours are generally taken from the last three letters in the license plate. We had Silver Fox, Winnie and our current car is Moy.

ArtVandalay · 29/01/2023 14:45

No. Maybe if I was 17.

Zuve · 29/01/2023 14:47

Our car is a boy called Ted. He is a bit of a Bover Boy

Floralnomad · 29/01/2023 14:48

We have Sylvester and Maurice .

Iwantabloodypizza · 29/01/2023 14:49

Brum-Brum.

My now 8 year old started calling him that when she was a baby.

Now we all refer to the rusty old shit heap as Brum-Brum.

Dh to me yesterday: “I’m just going out to put some petrol in Brum-Brum” 🤣

TomAllenWife · 29/01/2023 14:50

Bobby, said like Cannon & ball tho

Cocochat · 29/01/2023 14:51

We have a Prius.
All Prius owners call their car The Prius. 😂

My ndn had a car that kept breaking down, she called it Jezebel!

Iwantabloodypizza · 29/01/2023 14:53

Cocochat · 29/01/2023 14:51

We have a Prius.
All Prius owners call their car The Prius. 😂

My ndn had a car that kept breaking down, she called it Jezebel!

I know a few people with Tesla’s. They are never referred to as the car, or by a name, always The Tesla.

Primroseprimula · 29/01/2023 14:57

Pierre the Peugeot, 22 years old now! Poor old Pierre has a knarly oil leak, so the funeral march is starting to play very quietly in the background

UnattendedPotato · 29/01/2023 14:59

Last letter of the registration is first letter of the name. Male or female doesn't matter as long as it suits.

BettyHumpter · 29/01/2023 15:00

Piece of shit