Cypress Sun Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Saw a commercial earlier that a woman named her car "Brad". Thought to myself, have I ever named any vehicle that I've owned? Answer came back, no......called a few some names, but never named any of them. How about ya'll? CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Bought one of the first 1970 1/2 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400s sold in Utah. Didn't say Pontiac nor Firebird anywhere on it. Beautiful Aegean Blue Metalic Mist, black interior. Only 7007 made that year. Had her name across the back window: IRON MISTRESS. First and only one I ever named. Wish I'd kept that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Used to have a pickup I called Mule. Like Yosemite Sam - yah Mule, yah Mule, and whoa Mule, whoa Mule. But like, "this is my Impala, Lorraine, and that's my Corolla, Junie Belle" - that never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Trail Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Yep, I generally give a nickname to my vehicles. Current is a 2016 F250 Lariat Crew Cab 4x4 in Blue Jeans Blue so his name is Levi. My BMW K1600 GTL motorcycle I called The Beastie since it could eat up the road at an incredible rate. Absolutely hated to sell it. Best motorcycle I ever owned. My wife named her Bronze Fire Metallic colored Explorer "Autumn" Back in the 1980's my Suzuki GS1100E was named George. Just kind of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 My first car, a used 1960 Rambler American (OK, laugh...the dealer lived across the street and it was cheap) got named Buckshot, reason lost to antiquity. A used 1975 Pontiac Catalina purchased from a friend at a wonderful price; when I saw the car for the first time I said it was as big as the Starship Enterprise. The name stuck. When we would take a vacation, the trip started with "These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise..." My missus is presently driving a dark red Honda CRV named Garnet, because it is the color of one of her rings. A car must earn its name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Mary Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 when we got together tha hubby wuz drivin' an old VW bug that we all referred to as "The Death Bug"..... use yer imaginashuns..... :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I've had a few of them named, usually named for me by others. I drove a 1977 Jeep Cherokee that my brother and friends ended up nicknaming "Chief," even though it wasn't a Chief model. In college I drove my Dad's mid-70's Old's Delta 88. It was a harvest gold sort of color with a brown vinyl top. Fraternity brothers initially called it the Beta 88 (instead of Delta), but then one of them pointed out that it looked like some car from an early 70s movie done in Technicolor. He started calling it the Technicolor Land Yacht from He!!. That one stuck. My 2002 Neon R/T got nicknamed "Speedy Little Devil" by my oldest daughter (she was five at the time). It still gets called that. My Tundra I just call the Tundra or occasionally "The Beast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 This is my "BART." ( Big A$$ Red Truck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I had a couple cars that I named %$%#@ *&*(^ %$#@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 When I was in college I had an early 1970s Matador station wagon that I called The Beast. It was butter yellow with peeling wood-grained contact paper on the sides. Our family's mechanic shook his head in amazement every time he saw it, wondering how it kept running after the way I abused it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Most of mine have been named... a few of the more memorable ones have been my '62 Buick Skylark, "Old Paint," my '73 Super Beetle, "Otto," the '99 F-150, "Silver Bullet," and of course the '02 yellow Miata, "Zelda." A few more, but this'll do for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Old Blue, my 1982 F100, as she sits in my driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnee McGrutt Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Every jeep I have owned has been Nellie Belle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 My dad had a loaner car we called "The Old Yeller Dog." It looked a lot like this. I remember a very exciting ride in it once. As my mom went around a corner my door flew open. No seat belts then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 My folks had a 1942 (made in '44) Plymouth 4-door, and later a 1950 Plymouth. Both were called, "Betsy". Drove a couple of Dodge trucks in the Air Force that we often had names for...especially when they broke down in the middle of Montana! Couldn't print the names, however! Mostly it was, "You #$%^&*!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Allie, my Daddy had a Chevrolet with a shape similar to that - late 40s, early 50s I reckon. I was standing up in the back seat. He braked and made a left turn. As he slowed my weight went forward, pushing the seatback forward (no locking seats back then) which hit the (push to open) door handle, unlatching it. As he turned, it opened and I went bouncing down the shoulder. He reversed the door handles, so now you had to pull up to open. But I never let him forget the time he threw me out the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Every jeep I have owned has been Nellie Belle Mine have all been called "Muddog"! My '94 Nissan pickup is "Old Faithful", and my wife's Durango is "Bill". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 The funniest name I've ever heard for a car was one a friend in school had for his beat up 77 Chevy Nova, with mismatched rattle can paint, automatic transmission without a reverse, no radio... you get the idea. He called it "The Mongolian Stomper." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My wife nicknamed our 2003 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer edition "Eddie" and its' replacement 2009 Mercedes Benz GL450 "black beauty". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Douglas Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 The first one I named was a 98 blazer. I named it hope. As in I hope it gets me there. The next one was an 81 chevy pickup aptly named rusty. I haven't named a vehicle since. Maybe I need to name my jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My Honda Pilot is called the short bus. If you ever saw us all loaded up goin to a shoot you would understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My 97 Chevy is known as Ol' Green. My rat rod is called Lockjaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I have had nicknames for my cars but those were rarely the monikers they kept for posterity. I called my 1988 Escort "Little One". Uno called it "The Dorf". My 1995 Protege' was called "The Prot". My 2004 Tribute is called "The Truckette" or "The Maz". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazee Ridge, SASS #54171 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 We have two Ram trucks. The 2009 is named The Big Dog. The 2016 is The Six Shooter due to it's V6 engine. Have not come up with a suitable name for my wife's Grand Cherokee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I'm not sure this is really a name; I'll let you decide. When I had to drive it, I would say "Oh please don't make me take that thing." Now, I wouldn't mind having it. Very funky car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Allie, my Daddy had a Chevrolet with a shape similar to that - late 40s, early 50s I reckon. I was standing up in the back seat. He braked and made a left turn. As he slowed my weight went forward, pushing the seatback forward (no locking seats back then) which hit the (push to open) door handle, unlatching it. As he turned, it opened and I went bouncing down the shoulder. He reversed the door handles, so now you had to pull up to open. But I never let him forget the time he threw me out the car. LOL! My mom grabbed my arm to keep me from falling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheatin Charlie Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 The thought of naming a vehicle never ever crossed my mind. They are all just wheeled machines to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I've never named them, but my wife does. My '97 Jeep Cherokee is called "Teal" because its color. The '05 Grand Cherokee is "B.J." (Big Jeep) because of its size relative to the '97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Small Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My first car was a 65 mustang. White. Named it Traveler after General Robert English Lee's horse. Still have it . I had a 97 F150 4 door , long bed with a camper shell. All red. We called it the fire truck. She who must be obeyed , got a Chevy traverse and decided to name it Roxie. I don't know why . So I then got a F150 , so she named it Foxie. Then we got our travel trailer and she named it Boxie. My daughter has a little ford Fiesta named Ronald. It's a girl. My oldest daughter has a Ford Fiesta named Pillbug. I am sure there were others that I just don't remember . Cowboy Small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Douglas Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My dad always named his pickups after characters from the movie Silverado. I forgot about those. He had a Peyton, a Stella, and one he didn't like was Cobb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 FWIW...... this evening as I was reading some of the names, it dawned on me that we have named every vehicle we have owned for the past 30 years! It actually took me on a trip down memory lane tonight which I am thankful for! CurrentlyJeep Grand Cherokee....Jeeprdy / the wife always said her life is in jeopardy when we go off road! 2500HD Chevy....Dudley Kawasaki ATV..... Flippey / its been on its head more than once in 15 years S-10 short bed......LIL Red A couple from the past 58 IH Farmall, absolutely worst looking tractor I ever laid eyes on.......... Big Ugly 97 4x4 Suburban... Bourbon 92 Chevy Z71....Bye Bye 82 CJ.... Jeeprdy 87 4x4 Suburban.....Moose Come to think of it, we named the race car and a couple of travel trailers along the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Saw a commercial earlier that a woman named her car "Brad". Thought to myself, have I ever named any vehicle that I've owned? Answer came back, no......called a few some names, but never named any of them. How about ya'll? CS Oh sure - Had one I called Puerca Verde, and another called the Antichrist. the current ones don't elicit such interest... yet! SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Allie, my Daddy had a Chevrolet with a shape similar to that - late 40s, early 50s I reckon. I was standing up in the back seat. He braked and made a left turn. As he slowed my weight went forward, pushing the seatback forward (no locking seats back then) which hit the (push to open) door handle, unlatching it. As he turned, it opened and I went bouncing down the shoulder. He reversed the door handles, so now you had to pull up to open. But I never let him forget the time he threw me out the car. Ah Ha! At last we have an explanation for why Alpo is Alpo!!! LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My first car was a 65 mustang. White. Named it Traveler after General Robert English Lee's horse. Still have it . I had a 97 F150 4 door , long bed with a camper shell. All red. We called it the fire truck. She who must be obeyed , got a Chevy traverse and decided to name it Roxie. I don't know why . So I then got a F150 , so she named it Foxie. Then we got our travel trailer and she named it Boxie. My daughter has a little ford Fiesta named Ronald. It's a girl. My oldest daughter has a Ford Fiesta named Pillbug. I am sure there were others that I just don't remember . Cowboy Small Robert E.Lee's horse was "Traveller" spelled with two Ls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Somewhere in the lost mists of the 70s I bought the only new vehicle I've ever had. It was a Chevy LUV truck. It was bright yellow and a friend named it the "Two Door Banana". I only owned it about 6 months because it became quickly obvious that I was bigger than the cab of the truck. It was fun to drive though. My current truck is a Ford F250 V10 that is named "Big Un" for obvious reasons. Allie, I did some predatory girl chasing in a friends Henry J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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