Do you have a pet name for your car or vehichle ?

[RAIDER]

On the radio this morning they were asking the question "If you have a pet name for your car "...And some of the answers from listeners were quite funny

Ive named my car ELVIS as part of the number plate is LVC and its an easy way for me to remember the reg number

[bicker]

My wife named her silver Civic "Sylvester" and my black BMW "Felix".

[RedSoxFan]

When we bought our oldest son his first car in 04 (04 Chevy Cavalier -- yellow); he named it Betsey. DS#2 is driving it now and kept the name Betsey. DS#1 bought a jeep last year and named it Bertha. To make a long story short, that thing turned out to be a lemon (leaks everywhere that just couldn't be fixed). Last week he and DH went out and bought him an '08 Nissan Xterra (great deal) -- he is still figuring out a name. It's navy --- anyone have any names??? He is toying around with the name "LISA"; but I don't care for that name.

I drive an 07 Suburban --- aka "BEAST" -- the name I've given it.

[Jeri]

I drive a silver mini van, and the kids call it
Minnie The Mighty Mini Van

[mickeys_princess_mom]

One DD named her previous black Malibu "Black Beauty", and the other DD had "The Beast"...When it was time to name my orange Avalanche, I suggested "Sunshine". They both rolled their eyes at that.
Too tame. So I picked "Flame", which was approved.
Quite appropriate now, the way she burns up gas.

[msc_idiot]

My dark green Town Car is Doom Buggy (the license plate on the front and the antenna ball hanging from the rearview mirror announces itself to anyone who isn't familiar). Mother's car is Speed Buggy (old cartoon favorite) and sister's is the Aluminum Falcon (Star Wars/Robot Chicken reference). Nothing too outlandish.

Heather

[I believe]

We have a 'bug' named Kirby because, the name Herbie was already taken by a more famous relative.

[Princess'Mom]

DH named our Civic Hybrid the blue hornet - I'm not sure why - but like any nickname it stuck and we all call it the hornet!

[crazypoohbear]

My first car was CLYDE. God I miss that car..
He was the best, never let me down and always got me where I wanted to be

He was a 1972 Pontiac Lemans silver with a black landau roof WITH Air!!! 8 cylinder dual exhaust, am/fm STEREO radio, leather bucket seats, power windows.
And I bought him for $500.00 Yes Hundred!!!

[wdwgrl377]

My Dodge Stratus' name is Sadie.

[garymacd]

I had a name for my old Honda Civic. I just can't tell you what it was, 'cuz I hated that car!

[alphamommy]

I've got an '04 Jaguar X-Type. She two names: Kitty Car and/or The Catmobile. A lot of times, when DD8 walks by the hood ornament, she'll pet it and say, "You're such a good, pretty little kitty!"

Poor kid needs a pet!

[Diznee4Me]

No name but I do tend to anthropomorphize them all. I talk baby talk to them and stroke their dash boards. Especially "my" Saturn Vue the DW now drives. My 15 year old GMC Sonoma gets a lot of lovin' and I talk to it everyday on the way into work. My wife always gives me weird looks. I didn't even talk baby talk to our DD.

[diz_girl]

When I bought my used Mercedes (two cars ago), I called it Mrs. Mertle. Any fans of the Lord Peter Wimsey books will know what I'm talking about.

Now I own a red Jetta and it doesn't have a name. I've tried to give it a name once or twice, but nothing has stuck. I'll keep trying.

[trennedy]

I have a Honda Civic and her name is Mimi.

[MNNHFLTX]

The nickname for my Grand Cherokee is Ferdie, short for Ferdinand. It is named for one of my favorite books growing up, The Story of Ferdinand (which was also made into a Disney cartoon). The story is about a bull raised for fighting, but all he wants to do is sit in the fields and smell the flowers.

[EllieMae]

I bought my new car last summer right after shark week last summer. I bought a black jetta TDI and the antenna looks like a shark fin and it has a really skinny pin stripe by the doors. So I named her Dolores after a tiger shark on one of the shows.

[msc_idiot]

The nickname for my Grand Cherokee is Ferdie, short for Ferdinand. It is named for one of my favorite books growing up, The Story of Ferdinand (which was also made into a Disney cartoon). The story is about a bull raised for fighting, but all he wants to do is sit in the fields and smell the flowers.

Awsome! That was my nickname as a kid, and the name of one of our cats now. They really need to show these cartoons on the Disney Channel again...

Heather

[jrkcr]

I am really rough on my cars. I have a habit of hitting things-luckily not other cars. My Honda minivan and I hit the goal post on the football field, and a giant swinging gate. And I always whisper an apology to her. She is "the silver bullet" even tho she is actually gray.

And my Toyota Sequoia is Snow White. She is white, and has snow tires, and I am still carrying around snow chains in my trunk. But she NOT a princess-this truck is tough!! She has seen plenty of curbs, dirt roads, snow, and a little off-roading. I have only dinged her once. I ran her nose into a pillar in a parking garage last month. And her back window is covered in pirate bumper stickers.

[Dopey's Girl]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

My car is a Kia Sephia named Sophia. My Little Girl is getting a little long in the muffler, so when I go start her up in the morning (especially when it's cold) we have a nice little chat to get up and running. I joke about wanting her do die, or to get rid of her, but the truth is, I would/will be crushed when she leaves me!

I also have a GPS that we named Maggie...Maggie and Sophia love one another, and work very well together!