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Why do people name their cars?

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PAUL161

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Why would anyone name a car, like it's a puppy or a kitten, one of the kids or whatever? It's a hunk of iron, wood, fabric, paint, rust, setting on rubber tires that drinks gas, uses oil, has a stinking, smelly exhaust, pollutes the air and does nothing but cost you money for however long you own it. I guess I'm guilty also, simply because I've tagged a few names on some of the cars I've owned over the years, but I wouldn't repeat them in public. The MGB got a few new names the day I hooked up the heater control, working through a 2 inch hole, on my back, neck out of joint and legs twisted like a cork screw, um, I won't repeat those either. Some people get so affectionate about their car/cars like their human or something. Strange, very strange. :crazy:
 
:sick: Think, think, think. I'll start the list.

Spouses come and go but our special car stays with us forever.

NEXT!
 
So we can put a name to our troubles..
 
My father and his friends named many of their specials - so did Colin Chapman, though his choice stuck and became a brand.

One of my father's was called Roberta, after the 1935 film with songs including
I'll be hard to handle, Smoke gets in your eyes, Lovely to look at, and I won't dance. All potentially appropriate, he thought.
 
It seems that a lot of cars have personalities, so why not give them a personal name. I've never done it myself, but can understand why people do it.
 
Ya want the Judeo-Christian reason? :smirk:

No, really; it applies here as well:

Naming something means ownership.
 
Ships have names, why NOT name cars. I agree with Art that they all exhibit different traits, some would say 'personality'. Never named the Lotus cars, but MG's and Der Benz got nomers.

anthony7777 said:
boss, if youd ever owned and worked on an alfa romeo youd understand why i named it "MUSSOLINI"
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:lol:

THAT ain't half true, Ant'ny. :wink:

...tho the ones I've named usually came along with a: "Madonna mia" or less postable preamble. :smirk:
 
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 20pt">All hail <span style="font-weight: bold">FRED</span>!!!</span></span>

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow::bow:
 
It's easier to have an affair when a name is involved.
 
DrEntropy said:
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 20pt">All hail <span style="font-weight: bold">FRED</span>!!!</span></span>

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow::bow:
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That's gonna stick, isn't it. :wink:
 
For some reason, Fred doesn't come to mind when I see a smiling pig. But I guess stranger things have happened.
 
DrEntropy said:
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 20pt">All hail <span style="font-weight: bold">FRED</span>!!!</span></span>

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow::bow:
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:lol:

Yup! MIB came to mind.
 
OOoh...

<span style="color: #CC0000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">FRED'S SHED!!!</span></span></span>

:laugh:
 
My old 52 IH is Red, which is its color. My 61 Blue, guess where that one came from, my Spitfire is the TR, and the Cadillac has no name, maybe the boat would work.
 
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