Does anyone else name their vehicles? I drive a little red Ford Escort and her name is Rachel.

Please reassure me that I'm not the only crazy one! :-)

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

Answers

No, you're not alone Sherri! My silver van I named Silver Sword (an indigenous Hawaiian plant, related to a sunflower). I recently got a a Prius (Toyota's gas/electric hybrid), dark green, so I named her Holly (I hate the name Prius, so that was added incentive). I have a friend who named her car Ruby.

My college boyfriend had a white car that he called The White Stallion, but that was sort of a joke. Julie had a Plymouth Volare, which we dubbed The Crippled Turtle -- she got rid of that thing as fast as possible. It liked to stall as you pulled out into traffic!

Oh, and for awhile I had a red Jeep, that I called Dragon (after the Red Dragon of Wales). Okay, who else is looney enough to admit naming their vehicle?

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

not silly at all! i name everything. my first vw beatle was yellow and a '67. her name was sunshine. "let the sun shine in . . ." hee hee, does that date me or what? i have a dark green truck now, named George.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

I name just about all my vehicles because thay all have their own personalities, behaviorial characteristics and cosmetic distinctions. That probably comes from all of them being "experienced".

Among the names were Snaggletooth, Bombino, Blue, Big Red, Little Red, Jimmy, and Spike.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

Hahahaaaaa My husband just walked into the puter room and ask what I was reading. I told him and he just laughed and said he named his piece of S_ _ _ hahahaaaaaaaaaaa said I better not put that in there you'll get in trouble.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

Currently,Old Paint and City Truck(doesn't go up graveled hill worth a d**n). Farm vehicle is The Dogmobile. In the past,The Brat(real name) probably others,but don't remember now.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

Current vehicle isn't named, probably because I'm still in denial. Sis picked it out, as we needed to get one she could drive comfortably. It's a purple Neon. See why I'm in denial?! Couldn't find it in the parking lot for the first month or so - "Oh no, I don't drive a purple car...huh-uh, not me...must be someone else..."

I DID have an old green Dodge pick-up that we all called "Killer" after it tried to do away with my first two husbands.... Linkage used to slip and you'd have to get out and put it back on; it jumped into gear and tried to run over the first one, but settled for just dropping the hood down on the second one. Man, I loved that truck!!

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

My big Chevy truck is Buttercup. She's yellow primer, with a lighted visor, lighted handlebars, and lighted running boards. What is called in Texas a goatroper truck. I go down the road and blast "Hillybilly Rock" bouncing up and down and loving the looks I get! Right now she's lame. She was helping me do fences and her driver side front wheel bearing went out. First thing that has ever been wrong with her wheels in 7 years. Poor baby.

-- Anonymous, June 21, 2001

Weeeeeeellllllll, Polly, you COULD name that purple thing "Barney"! [running away now, quickly!]

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

Joy neglected to mention The Crippled Turtle's successor, The Millenium Vulture, with Darth Vader on the dashboard. And I drove The Death Machine for a while (a truck, others manufactured by same company being famous, or infamous, for exploding in accidents...). Current vehicle has no real name, but generally is known as The Big Tackbox.

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

You can run, but you can't hide forever!!

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

No cars or trucks with names, but we have an invincible lawn-mower named Brunhilde and a tent named Babalou!

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

Polly, Sis and I must be on the same wavelength because I would love to have a purple car. Keith put his foot down on that idea though, he said he would never ride with me again if I bought a purple car. What about calling the car Priscilla?

Cindy, I'm glad that someone else knows what a goatroper truck is. People around here just look at me funny when I use that term. (OK, they look at me funny anyway!)

Back in college I had a silver '77 Monte Carlo that we called the Millenium Monte. It also was called the Deerhunter after a couple of run-ins with the local wildlife.

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

OOOH, I love this! I had a 1978 Thunderbird in highschool. We called it Ethel, others called her Thunderchicken. When she finally went to the salvage yard in the sky I cut off the hood ornament and have it to this day. Had lots of EXCITING adventures in that car! Now, we have 82F150 named Big Red, 83 Bonneville named Elizabeth after her former owner, 96 GMC Seirra named Blackie, 92 Cherokee called the Gooseneck, ( I haul lots of livestock in it. The smell keeps others from riding with me!) Got the stepdaughter a 2000 Escort for graduation from HS last year that she named Starlight. None have been as fun as the Thunderchicken.

-- Anonymous, June 22, 2001

Did I mention the rototiller? 'The Hun'??

-- Anonymous, June 23, 2001

A tiller the Hun?

LMAO!!

-- Anonymous, June 23, 2001

Sherri... all my vehicles have names... Son #4 calls my present car "Bob".... and the 901 Ford Tractor is called "Babe"...

heck... all my kids have nicknames...

-- Anonymous, June 23, 2001

I call my rotiller my "worm aerobics machine"! My 1964 Dodge is my "way back machine".

-- Anonymous, June 24, 2001