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The Nihilus. My gateway to anywhere.

Only one of my cars was named, and not by me.

My friend called my Peugeot 406 the "Chariot of Dreams"

RIP, Chariot of Dreams (2012-2014) 🫡

Only ever named one of them...

Petey.

My first car was named Sora Aoi which means sky blue. Don’t mind that it’s also the name of a popular Japanese porn star.

I also had a white Kia Soul that looked like a stormtrooper helmet so I was trying to pick a good reference name, but couldn’t decide on one.

My subaru is called “Subarashii”, because it’s excellent.

2004 Excursion = Beast
2004 Econoline E350 = Bus
2007 Odyssey = Burgundy

We have a big family and apparently they like B names

Toyota Camry-Nairobi (favorite character from Money Heist)

Chevrolet Impala-Bessie (she's an old but reliable cow)

CFMOTO motorcycle-Medianoche (it's all black).

I have a red prius named Lobstah and a Nissan names Paul.

I have a pink fiat 500 called Lady Penelope

I dont usually name my cars, but my first car kind of naturally developed one over time:

Het Groene Gevaar

Meaning "The Green Danger", so called because it was green and had no airbags.

I loved that car

No real naming scheme, mostly just stupid names because they're funny, though a couple names have been roughly related to the car to which they belonged.

• Pobjoy
• Probably Jessie (yes, "probably" is part of the name)
• Probably Jenny
• My Boy Blue
• Winona
• Jules

Black Dahlia - old Chevy s10 truck and I was a moody teen

Frank - old gold ford explorer that was a grumpy old man

Madame Red - Oldsmobile Ciera that was red

Ares - black ford explorer that was an old undercover police vehicle and a tank

Nessie - silver ford explorer. Full name Vanessa, V for short (5th car, Roman numeral 5)

Mysia - blue rav4. Absolutely loved this car. Got rear ended and totaled within 4 months.

Athena - Nissan rogue

Bonus: my husband’s cars

Barney - purple car but named for the how I met your mother character

Mozzie - named for the white collar character

Sylvie - named for the Loki character

I named my Mustang Sally.

My current car is an old heap called "Adventure Car" which earned it's moniker after I did a bunch of off-roading with it, expecting to kill it and then get something newer ... it not only didn't break but is still going strong 5 years later.

Many of my previous cars haven't had names, but all my motorbikes have.

1994 Civic - Jasmine, named for the taco bell employee that congratulated me immediately after buying it.

2003 Sebring - was just the garbage piece of shit because it was a garbage piece of shit

2014 Elantra - Diane, Diane Young played on FM radio during the test drive.

2010 Civic - just bought it after my previous car was totaled in a rear ending >:I bought it with the trash insurance payout and it's a lemon don't know if it will last long enough to get a name.

My cars name is Otto Moe Bill

Baby Shark. Because... it kinda looks like a shark? (Blue Mitsubishi Outlander Sport/ASX, depends on the country)

Got two cars: one with a hook and one without. With a hook, then it's male, so it's called Herman. The other is called Embla.

My others cars were called, in no particular order: Bob, Betty White, Alfred, Ellie.

1970 Chevrolet Impala: Liberty (I bought it from a guy in Liberty, KY).

1997 Nissan 200SX SE-R: Dot (It was Pacific Blue)

2003 Acura TL: Sally (Generic name for a generic car)

2014 Camry LE: Pearl (It was Cosmic Mica Gray which gave the car a pearlescent sheen).

I currently have a 2019 Camry Hybrid XLE, but have yet to name it. I'm leaning toward "Betty", because the car has so many warnings, alarms, and notifications that I feel like I'm being bitched at when I drive it.

I have owned several cars over the years that I never named. My absolute favorite car I've ever owned was a 1985 Corolla GT-S that I raced in Pro Solo for a few years and it never received a name. The next car I owned was a 1992 Sentra SE-R and it never got a name either. Also had a 1969 Chevelle that I drag raced in my teen years, but no name there.

I've named mine after Immortan Joe's "wives" in Fury Road.

My first one was yellow and ancient so had quite a short life expectancy (a 2003 Suzuki Ignis, bought in 2020) so it became Splendid.

Next a white Fiat Panda, The Dag.

Now I have an electric in silver (I didn't have a choice of colour) so I decided to sort of break the pattern and named it Ms. Giddy after the teacher of the "wives".

Hopefully the next one will be red and will be called Capable.

My Truck is named Earle.

My wife’s car is name scarlet.

My jetski is named Blue Five.

I theme the name based on the car. It could be the model, or it could be what it is known for.

I had a VW GTI named “Gertie”.

Currently I have a Subaru STI named “Satori”, and a Hyundai Ioniq 5 named “Electra”.

My wife calls our Mondeo "Fordeus", which I find super cringy but I allow it.

My mate had a crappy old van for his run around because it was the cheapest thing he could get his hands on, we called it the Red Enigma. My brother has a crappy old silver hatchback that was actually pretty fast and we called it the Silver Bullet.

So I guess, colour and whatever sounds right.

Our car is called Tufje, based on some letters on the license plate.
My dad came up with the name as a joke and it kind of stuck.

Honda Pilot - Goose (top gun reference) Minivan - Vincent (van Go[gh]! pun) Motorcycle - Stormy (named after Odd Thomas character) First Car - Sexy (doctor who reference)

Titine. Doesn't matter what car is it, all cars are Titine. I think it's very french.

I had Fofus, Lancy and now Yogi.

no. a lot of people around me do but i have never really been able to anthropomorphise like that. what's it like?

I had an old Meriva I called her Marge. She was tall and blue. But my 2008 Lexus SUV … I can’t name it. Nothing sticks man. Occasionally I call it Lexy

I've named mine except for my current one. None of the names have felt right. I have to fix a major problem with the soft top cover deck, so that may inspire me.

It's frustrating because it's a great car and it's fun to drive. Maybe we just haven't bonded fully yet.

Not really but we occasionally refer to it as "Big Black" for obvious reasons.

Yes, usually after the first letter of the rego plate. My current car, a 2020 Veloster is called Siggy.

I had Horsybird 1, Horsybird 2 and Dobby. My current one doesn't have a name.

Lumpi, in German "Lumpen" means "rag" or "rags", its a 20 year old Dacia Sandero with 170.000 kilometers.