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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22784 Location: UK

Have you named your car? I'm thinking along the lines of Boris the Morris, or Freddie the Ford .... I can't say that I've really gone down this route myself, but plenty of advertised cars refer to their owners giving them pet names, so perhaps it's more widespread than I first thought??

RJ
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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I always called my marinas Howard after Last of the Summer Wine Laughing

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colwyn500 · Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland

Always after he number plate..Hughie (EWE) Jelly (GL) Murphio (MUR).
Any ideas for soon to be purchased, DBM?

Minxy · Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 273 Location: West Northants

The last owner of my Minx called her 'Ruby' based on her colour, it just so happens my late mother's name was Ruby (alive when I purchased the car) so the name stuck as much out of respect and fondness for my mother.

PS Would it be bad luck to change a name if one had been assigned (I'm thinking along the lines of it being bad luck to change the name of a boat isn't it?)

kevin2306 · Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 5:26 pm Post subject:

Mine is Cilla coz she is a Singer!
I had a lightweight Landy called Monty (named by previous owner and we kept it)

Kev

kevin2306 · Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject:

Mine is Cilla coz she is a Singer!
I had a lightweight Landy called Monty (named by previous owner and we kept it)

Kev

Ronniej · Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 6:09 pm Post subject: PET NAMES FOR CARS

When I acquired my present cars my son was in his early teens and fancied himself as a comedian.
He christened my Morris Two Seater "Boris" and my Singer Roadster "Pearl".
(Think Carly Simon.)
He regarded these names as the height of wit and originality although I did caution him not to give up the day job. Since then I have encountered a few Morrises with the same name and a few Roadsters with the name of a well known female singer.
However, these names stuck and almost 10 years on the cars are still referred to by them.
I know some people find the use of pet names for cars irritating but I rather like them.

peppiB · Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:46 pm Post subject:

Mine have all been named after the number plates:

Moggy Cath (CTH) Humber Imperial Connie (CNE) and landcrab Mo (UMO) Previous owner called her Big Mo, but I dropped the Big part as when I got her I had a 126 Merc V8 long wheelbase, and Mo certainly wasn't as big as that

Dipster · Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:30 pm Post subject:

My late Mother in law called all her cars Caroline. She never revealed why despite me asking many times!

I think if I named cars I might choose names similar to those chosen by Vettel in F1, a touch racy..

websnail · Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Posts: 78 Location: West Sussex

My Landy is called Daisy, because she used to be a right cow Exclamation

Years of TLC has helped immensely Smile

Peter_L · Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:23 am Post subject:

My old Dodge was called "Roger". (Roger the Dodger)

My Mini was known as "Scully" from Miniscule, "Scully" X Files.

Our modern is called Helen. Reflected in our personal license plate,
HELNGON

I know, very sad.

goneps · Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 3:44 am Post subject:

SpiggyTopes · Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Posts: 43 Location: Portugal

Current P38 called Sandy, previous Julian ...

Rootes75 · Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 8:56 am Post subject:

Our 47 Minx has always been known as 'Harriet' and our Karrier Bantam as 'Katy'. The kids like to give the vehicles names.
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roverdriver · Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 10:17 am Post subject:

A name for a car helps to differentiate quickly and easily between individual machines, especially when they are more-or-less the same make and model.

We have a Rover P4 called 'Beatrix' because our son exclaimed that it was the sort of car that he imagined Beatrix Potter driving. Our other P4 is 'Polly' named after 'Polythemus' the Cyclops in 'The Iliad', because, of course it is a Cyclops. Our youngest daughter suggested connection and the name.

Now that I am soon to take delivery of another P4 Cyclops, I have given our other daughter the task of finding a suitable name for it.
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