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Does your car have a name?

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grannyactivist Fri 29-Sept-17 19:28:28

On another thread I noted someone is about to say goodbye to her car, which is named Mildred and it got me wondering who else names their car and why that name.

My last car was Percy because it had the letters PCY in the registration.

Auntieflo Fri 29-Sept-17 19:33:38

I think we have had a thread like this before, but hey ho, mine's called Mitsi, she's a Mitsubishi, and I love her.

lemongrove Fri 29-Sept-17 19:35:03

No, never.

lilypollen Fri 29-Sept-17 19:59:12

'I don't like you' Bought it 2 years ago, realised too late that it was too big, too complicated but couldn't cancel as the custom order had been placed. Now time to change.....don't know what to get.

New car has to be 'I love you'!!

lilypollen Fri 29-Sept-17 20:00:50

'I don't like you' Bought it 2 years ago, realised too late that it was too big, too complicated but couldn't cancel as the custom order had been placed. Now time to change.....don't know what to get.

New car has to be 'I love you'!!

Imperfect27 Fri 29-Sept-17 20:16:03

Not this one, but the car before it was called Dolphin - it was a shiny blue and I made a point of using dolphin air freshners.

As the children grew, we had Kato Car, Bluebelle, Skarloey and Tommy (red like tomato sauce) - last three all with a nod towards Thomas the Tank Engine too!

Greyduster Fri 29-Sept-17 20:17:32

Not a name, but it is known as the Big Blue Beast!

Chewbacca Fri 29-Sept-17 20:20:42

Not this one but my first was called Betty. I was so upset when she "died". I can still remember her registration number now.

MissAdventure Fri 29-Sept-17 20:24:04

My mums car was a bright yellow escort, with the worlds squeakiest brakes. Her name was Buttercup.
The car, that is, not Mothers.

phoenix Fri 29-Sept-17 20:30:28

Iris, because she is a dark bluey purple colour.

Cherrytree59 Fri 29-Sept-17 20:35:55

Our DGS call her Dusty.
Dacia Duster

SueDonim Fri 29-Sept-17 22:58:07

My car is called Beauty, while dh's is the Beast, because it's a sports car. grin

Marydoll Fri 29-Sept-17 23:06:51

My car was called The Batmobile , named by my pupils. It was a Renault Wind and looked like a squashed batmobile..

maryeliza54 Fri 29-Sept-17 23:13:55

The little car and DH's is the big car

ninathenana Sat 30-Sept-17 00:53:51

My first car was 'woody' number plate WDY
have had a few in between un named but current one is Yosef as it has YSF plate

Teetime Sat 30-Sept-17 09:01:29

I'm taking Mildred (a powder blue Suzuki Alto Play) to the garage to say goodbye today which will be sad as she has been what her name implies - solid, dependable and a little old fashioned. My new (second hand) car is a white Kia Rio ('and she dances on the sand') so she is Rio.

vampirequeen Sat 30-Sept-17 10:34:59

My first car was Cilla. I cried when she died. Then we had Dolly and then Betty. Now we have Violet.

bumblebee34 Sat 30-Sept-17 10:39:22

My late husband always named his cars, eg.Molly Megane, Holly Honda etc and he always said good morning to them when getting in first thing in the morning! Suffice to say I seem compelled to carry on his tradition and now own a Polly Panda!!!

grannysue05 Sat 30-Sept-17 11:10:05

My BMW (sixteen years old now, and solid as a rock) is called The Fraulein.

Deedaa Sat 30-Sept-17 18:48:49

I call mine Girl Friend because the registration number starts with GF

Baggs Sat 30-Sept-17 20:32:44

Diggory, Clover, Molly, Lucy, Rattletrap, Slumdog

Not all at once. Slumdog is current.

Diggory and Rattletrap had the most character.

Baggs Sat 30-Sept-17 20:34:52

I give other people's cars names too. My friend's is called Rumex. A neighbour's is Sid.

And we always play a game of naming the car in front if its number plate gives us a clue.

Hebdenali Sun 01-Oct-17 09:05:19

My Toyota campervan is called My Van the Terrible. Ususally when something goes wrong with it.

radicalnan Sun 01-Oct-17 09:08:53

My old car was called 'the pram' because it wouldn't go without push.............I have never loved a car enough to give it a name after her.

squirrel5 Sun 01-Oct-17 09:14:37

Postman Pat car named by dgc.as it's a boxy red Citroen Picassso,all we need is a black and white cat!