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atg2
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I once knew a lady who’d affectionately named her Toyota Starlet as “Twinkle”.What’s your car/van nick-named as & why?
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runningdude
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My first family car that I remember growing up was a blue Chevy Celebrity. As a 4 year old, I named it “Bluington” after Blackington the Cat in one of my favorite books. After that car, we got a Crown Victoria that we oh so creatively named “Vicky”, followed by a blue Toyota Camry, that we named “Cammy-Usu” after the the model and the last three digits of the license plate.
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Tietjen
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Most of the time I just call it “Broken.”
My first car was a 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic–white hard-top and metallic BURNT ORANGE body (did I mention this was a '70s model?)
I got it when I was 16… in 1983. Go ahead, laugh… everyone else did. I’ll wait…
Okay, done? We called it “The Brown Bomber”, “The Orange Crusher”, “The Boat”, “The Battleship”, “Sundown”… I can’t remember all the names!
Now I drive a dark-green 2005 Saturn Relay (they call it an “FUV”–“Family Utility Vehicle”. It’s a mini-van
) We don’t have a name for it.
However, I just LOVE the name bestowed on a car owned by the nuns in Aimee and David Thurlo’s “Sister Agatha” murder mystery series: “The Anti-Chrysler”!
I got it when I was 16… in 1983. Go ahead, laugh… everyone else did. I’ll wait…
Okay, done? We called it “The Brown Bomber”, “The Orange Crusher”, “The Boat”, “The Battleship”, “Sundown”… I can’t remember all the names!
Now I drive a dark-green 2005 Saturn Relay (they call it an “FUV”–“Family Utility Vehicle”. It’s a mini-van
) We don’t have a name for it.However, I just LOVE the name bestowed on a car owned by the nuns in Aimee and David Thurlo’s “Sister Agatha” murder mystery series: “The Anti-Chrysler”!
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baltobetsy
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My husband bought a 26 year old Mercedes once, and it spent so much time in the shop, we called it the Rat-hole, as in money down a rat hole.
My last car, an Olds 88 which I loved, was called the Portable Nest. I had already named my side of our Sleep Number bed my Nest, because it was so comfortable. When I got the car, it was nearly as comfy as the bed, so it was the Portable Nest.
We just got a new Kia Optima. It looks like every other dressy dark gray sedan on the road - the Camrys and the Altimas and the Accords - jeezy-peezy, even the new Taurus looks like this. There’s not a name for something so boring.
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My last car, an Olds 88 which I loved, was called the Portable Nest. I had already named my side of our Sleep Number bed my Nest, because it was so comfortable. When I got the car, it was nearly as comfy as the bed, so it was the Portable Nest.
We just got a new Kia Optima. It looks like every other dressy dark gray sedan on the road - the Camrys and the Altimas and the Accords - jeezy-peezy, even the new Taurus looks like this. There’s not a name for something so boring.
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Catholic1954
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I call mine Mithril. Guess what color it is.
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manualman
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My car currently runs, but the rocker arms are inexplicably hitting the lifter guide plate on each stroke (clack-clack-clack-clack…). As a result, I cannot post here the names I call the car!
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Hailz
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Frankie! No particular reason, it just has a nice ring to it - “Frankie the Falcon”. Anyways, it’s nice to know other people name their cars! My friends think I’m insane… although maybe that’s becasue I talk to it!
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monicatholic
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years ago, we drove a blue pontiac station wagon with the fake wood doors. we drove that baby till it was rusted through-- even through on the floor boards.
my husband called ot the hanukah mobile because like the oil lamps of hanukah, it just kept going… and going… and going.
my husband called ot the hanukah mobile because like the oil lamps of hanukah, it just kept going… and going… and going.
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JerseyCatholic
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This is a great idea for a thread!!! As for me, I have a 2004 Chevy TrailBlazer (that is being great as I relocate to Arizona), but I have named him Hank.
Originally, my car was named Ricky, since my ex-girlfriend’s car was named Lucy, but after I broke up with her, I changed it to Hank since my car looks as big as a tank. It was also partially because I wanted to get rid of any traces of my ex-girlfriend because of how bad the end of the relationship was, but that’s another story for another day.
To the poster who talks to their car, don’t feel bad, I do it too!
Originally, my car was named Ricky, since my ex-girlfriend’s car was named Lucy, but after I broke up with her, I changed it to Hank since my car looks as big as a tank. It was also partially because I wanted to get rid of any traces of my ex-girlfriend because of how bad the end of the relationship was, but that’s another story for another day.
To the poster who talks to their car, don’t feel bad, I do it too!
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