The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car’s brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with ‘V’, like Vincent.

Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?

  • Truffle@lemmy.ml
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    18 minutes ago

    I don’t but I have a dear friend who named his cars with things like “Captain stingray” for a Blue chevrolet he had, “Annoyed mother” for his mom’s van, “Stinky Pete” for his dad’s Cadillac (he was a heavy smoker) He named my first car “lil’ bit” since it was an old vw bug.

    Now he drives an electric Mustang called “The beast”. Oh! He also own a boat now named “Pretty Betty”

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    I don’t, but others do. Mine is 35 years old and has 1.3 millions kms. It’s a beautiful silver coupé - with 101 defects and constantly on the verge of collapse, but already been taking me places for over 10 years now. Sometimes even for 1K Kms/day. I’m the 8th owner. Somebody called it “Gattone” (Italian for “big cat”). I wanted to “recycle” those 2 Tons of iron that already ferried tons of people probably, and keep it on the road for ever. Friends love it, average girls here don’t :/ they just call it “il rottame” (“the wreck”)

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    12 hours ago

    Only one of my cars has earned a name, otherwise its just "that shitbox"or “the daily”

    My blue VW Golf project car I’m always tweaking, modifying and breaking because I’m not a mechanic, thus it often forgets how to car, and it has black and yellow accents. So it’s been christened “Dory”

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    15 hours ago

    I have had these ones: All Volvo, all station wagons.

    • “De kat in de zak” (pig in a poke) - A red Volvo 240 named so because it was a pig in a poke (Name was given afterwards)
    • “Het lek in de nek” (The leak in the neck) - A silver Volvo 240 that had a sunroof which could open and it leaked. Everytine I had to brake after a rainstorm, I risked a generous gulp of cold water in my neck. (Name was given in the last few months we had her)
    • “De Noordkaper” (the North Caper) - A Grey Volvo 240 that had, before we bought it, taken part in a rally to the North Cape. (This one had her name from the start)
    • “Je Reed Heel netjes” (You drove very neatly) - A red Volvo 940, named after the license plate. Its name originally was in present tense but on a fateful new year’s eve it fell victim to arson and burned to a crisp. It was a good car and I hated to see her go.
    • “De Barones” A fabulous luxurious old dark blue Volvo 960 with a purring six cylinder and flaky paint. It drove like a bat out of hell and I really loved that car. Unfortunately she started to sag in the back and the repairs got way too expensive to keep her.
    • “Het Bakbeest” (The Beast) - my most recent car, a Volvo XC90 that is way too modern for my taste. It is big, heavy and chockfull of computers. It is a solid tank but I prefer the older Volvo types.
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve named all but one of my cars.

    Spunky - 1986 Mazda RX-7 (Untitled) - 1997 VW Jetta The Dirty Hooker - 2001 Ford Escort ZX2 Heidi - 1998 BMW M3 Yuki - 2004 Subaru Impreza Outback

    I have Heidi and Yuki currently. 🤷‍♂️