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Does your car have a name?

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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.

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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.

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.

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

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

The little car and DH's is the big car

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..

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

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

Our DGS call her Dusty.
Dacia Duster

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

Iris, because she is a dark bluey purple colour.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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'!!

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'!!

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

No, never.

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.

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.