Naming cars

Our is called Numpty, it would make sense if you saw the number plate

We got our new car this week. It's a Kia Venga so has already been labelled Arsene by the footie fans in the family.

Gagagran ? with a name like that, it's going to be an excellent car.
My sat nav is called Tommy due to the make. It suits the male voice I set it up with.

No, never named a car and the recent cars we have had don't have a model name just a letter and number, A3 and A1.

No, I never have. But my daughter had a Citroen C3 that she named Clive. She lived in Hull at the time and over there, Clive is pronounced Claaave, which she though was amusing (in a nice way).

My current car is called Mitsi, she's a Mitsubishi. A long time ago we had a big, heavy car with the Reg NSX. She was called No Sex. And my uncle had a very old Austin Reg EAE nicknamed The Flying Flea.

I've just remembered the Honda's name: Mollie.

ninathenana, yes it was pretty traumatic at the time, not least for the two nine year olds involved!! But the seat belts did their job, the airbags did their job, and the "box" of the car (the bit we were in) stayed intact. I won't hear a word against Mondeo structure unless it has changed out of all recognition!

Ruby Tuesday, Nelson (trafalgar blue morris minor), Fay.

A friend's little blue 1960s car was Ferdie the Fiat.
Number plate prompted Lyle.

I had a fiat once which my late husband named 'the fiat fartbox' as it was tiny, I had a mini named 'Hilda' and my current fiat is called 'Freda'.
I did have an old ford called 'foxy' and a Hillman called freddy

A friend's FIAT was nick-named Fix It Again Today

I have 'Bruce' on my Tomtom too Marmight - I like his voice, so reassuring, compared to the rather supercilious tones of the female voice.

We have never named cars, but my father did in the 50s. We had Ronnie Rover, followed by Ollie Austin.
My dad was keen on cars and a few others, including the first Triumph Herald in Stockport, followed in quick succession and none of these had names, until he got the car of his dreams, a Saab, which he called Sven.
We couldn't quite get our tongues round the pronunciation though and it didn't catch on.

Although we have never named our cars, DH has been ridiculously fond of them. We've just got rid of his ancient Toyota Avensis which he had for 12 years and replaced it with a Mitsubishi ASX and the day a certain Aziz from Leeds came to drive the Avensis away, DH was quite inconsolable

I shall now have to try and think of a suitable Japanese sounding-name for the Mitsubishi

My car is Billy the Bug - VW Beetle. DH has Florence, the colour is Firenze red. The voice on the sat nav is Florence!

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janeainsworth
Sushi the Mitzabishi

Maybe not, a fishy cars not a good idea ?

Maybe not, a fishy cars not a good idea ?
Just had a google as I'm bored Hoshi which means star

I like it nina

My old Vauxhall was called Pierce ( after Brosnan) . He was shiny black, fast and well groomed . We were in love !

Yes I do chat to Mildred be rude not to really. I sing to her at times too.

We don't name cars but our sat nav is called Jane.

I feel so proud that you thought your sat nav sensible enough to call Jane!

jane10 do you think we 'grow into' the names we are given?

Nominative determinism? Yes I think so either that or my parents were amazing at predicting how I'd turn out. Now turn left at the next junction and proceed forward to the cliff edge. (Don't worry -just practising!)

Yes I knew there was a name for it - that's when people with names like Forrest become tree-surgeons, isn't it?
Can't help feeling though that parents who name their offspring after celebrities are perhaps setting themselves up for a lifetime of disappointment

I used to drive a Lada pick-up called Niki....Geddit?