Do you give your cars names and talk to them as if they're human?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
I do....and that's all I'll reveal :D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2009
    I used to with my older cars that took some more lovin' to get running. Since I've had newer cars that just work (knock on wood) and don't require that extra finesse I don't tend to humanize them as much.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited March 2009
    When I first started driving, a buddy of mine inherited his fathers green 81' Cutlass Supreme. We called it the Green Hornet.

    Another friend had an old station wagon we called the Hell Wagon. Does that count?

    As far as talking to them, no. But I would love to have a "Christine model" that repaired itself if I spoke nice to it...
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2009
    I had an ex-girlfriend who called her car Richard, and it always weirded me out. Giving your car a name is one thing (I used to have "The Black Mamba") and some of the most famous cars of all time have names, but that needs to be where the love affair ends.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited March 2009
    Nope.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,951
    edited March 2009
    Thats almost as bad,yes almost as bad....as nameing your ****.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,705
    edited March 2009
    don't talk to 'em but our somewhat battered 04 Freestar is the Battle Van. Actually, it's Battle Van II (the sequel). Battle Van I was a 98 Windstar; so monikered by my son's paintball buddies.
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited March 2009
    My first car was an AMC Gremlin. Yes, I had a few names for it and I am still pissed at it 30+ years later.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,705
    edited March 2009
    I saw some AARP commercial when I was in the airport in Balto. this AM. No sound on the TV (so I have no idea what the commercial was about), but the guy therein was driving a Gremlin and talking on a cell phone that looked like a GI Joe-style walkie-talkie. Looked amusing... and nothing says amusing quite like a Gremlin -- except, maybe, a Pacer or a Yugo...

    PS Dave... haven't forgotten you! I was out of town for a bit; back home now (and I've located appropriate packing material).
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2009
    sigh........................yes.

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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited March 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I saw some AARP commercial when I was in the airport in Balto. this AM. No sound on the TV (so I have no idea what the commercial was about), but the guy therein was driving a Gremlin and talking on a cell phone that looked like a GI Joe-style walkie-talkie. Looked amusing... and nothing says amusing quite like a Gremlin -- except, maybe, a Pacer or a Yugo...

    PS Dave... haven't forgotten you! I was out of town for a bit; back home now (and I've located appropriate packing material).

    My Gremlin was red with black racing stripes. Ya, that was really a race car let me tell you. Damn thing would pop out of gear on the highway and you would have to hold it in gear.

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited March 2009
    No names, unless they don't start. They there's some ugly names.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2009
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    No names, unless they don't start. They there's some ugly names.

    Same, Usually POS
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited March 2009
    I call my work van The Pig. 2006 Ford E150 5.4L usually loaded.:(
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2009
    Only those with personalities worthy of a name. Chronologically starting with my first vehicle, a piece of **** '67 MG Midget.

    The Green Mamba
    The Chief ('63 Pontiac Bonneville)
    The "CutLoose" ('67 Olds Cutlass "S")
    The Hindenburg (a tragically ill-fated '71 T-Bird)
    The Shark (angelic white, '87 Chevy Caprice Brougham LS, with pinstriping, wire wheels, and special light package. Perhaps the greatest Guido-mobile ever built. THIS car, I loved.)
    The Gray Shark ('86 that was exactly like The Shark, but gray.)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,987
    edited March 2009
    Only one. A '79 Trans-Am I named Julie and yes, I would talk to her. I'd even rub my hands on the dash when the engine was cold or when the gas light came on and say "I know baby, I know". Why?

    I have no freakin' clue. I do know that I absolutely loved that car though.
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited March 2009
    hmmm... Nothing currently named, but I did have in the past.."Dickhead" - 1988 Buick Skylark ... and "P.O.S. Car" (complete with Adam Sandler theme song) - 1990 Chevrolet Lumina
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,771
    edited March 2009
    No I don't name my cars. I was swearing at it last Saturday as I changed the front brakes. Does that count as talking to it?
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited March 2009
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    No I don't name my cars. I was swearing at it last Saturday as I changed the front brakes. Does that count as talking to it?

    Oh yea... Brake jobs definately involve some one on one communication, usually with developing vocabularies
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  • Hobbyguy
    Hobbyguy Posts: 317
    edited March 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Thats almost as bad,yes almost as bad....as nameing your ****.

    Whats wrong with that. I named mine comfortable.
    I tell my wife that I will do whatever it takes to help her feel comfortable.
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited March 2009
    I've been known to talk to my car in a similar manner to how a redneck/trucker talks to a hores. :)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2009
    Haven't named anything, but I have spoken to my cars while rubbing the dash a few times. Not exactly sure why. Was certainly easier with the Jeep as it had more personality than the Mazda.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    Only those with personalities worthy of a name. Chronologically starting with my first vehicle, a piece of **** '67 MG Midget.

    The Green Mamba
    The Chief ('63 Pontiac Bonneville)
    The "CutLoose" ('67 Olds Cutlass "S")
    The Hindenburg (a tragically ill-fated '71 T-Bird)
    The Shark (angelic white, '87 Chevy Caprice Brougham LS, with pinstriping, wire wheels, and special light package. Perhaps the greatest Guido-mobile ever built. THIS car, I loved.)
    The Gray Shark ('86 that was exactly like The Shark, but gray.)

    GG, everyone knows the '67 MG midget was a POS. you should have tried a very early '7o's MGB.. mine was incredibly fun to drive. never left me stranded once.. and I drove that thing all up and down the West coast. with the top down of course. :cool:

    * the weight distribution in the 71 MGB that I had was 51% front, 49% rear... it's weight was distributed quite nicely to handle those corners. It handled like a go cart on the road. And who doesn't like go carts? :p

    ** if you ever own a MG be sure it has a roll bar... otherwise you won't have a head for very long should you roll it. :eek:

    *** my MGB was called "winky" because I only had one headlight for about a year. LOL ;)
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2009
    In high school when we all drove real ugly POSs, yes we would name them to bring something endearing to them.

    Now, no. Its lame.
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  • SBrown712
    SBrown712 Posts: 202
    edited March 2009
    My car is Fritz. Can't seem to get away from calling my BMWs Fritz. I talk to him a lot too. I rarely turn on the radio in the car, I had rather listen to that beautiful engine and exhaust sound.
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