Naming Your Vehicle

[Jaden]

The car we just traded in was a 95 Jeep Grand Cherokee, after having the engine replaced several years ago my wife and brother in law where backing in the Jeep to unload it of some things that we were moving, put the car in park, left the engine running and got out. Unfortunatly, when my wife walked around back of the car it slipped from park into reverse (due to impoper installation of the engine) and pinned her against a shelving unit, sending her to the hospital with bruised ribs, abdominal muscles and so on. In the hospital my wife swore that the car attempted to kill her, so of course I dubbed our Cherokee "Christine" after the homicidal auto from Stephen Kings book of the same name, and the name stuck.

Steve

[cabinetman]

There certainly has been a variety in names. I can only think of a few names given vehicles in the movies or TV, like Nellie Belle, the Jeep, Batmobile, and K.I.T.T., from Knight Rider. I'm still up in the air about whether to use a name like Crystal, or Heather, or some sexy name, so my emails from her will be more interesting to open in order to see her diagnostics. If I don't tell my wife about it, she'd think the diagnostic is some kind of code.

[Russianwolf]

Jokingly: How about "Nappy Headed Tahoe" in remembrance of the radio guy?

Seriously: I named my 89 Mazda Truck "Beast" since it was a 4x4 and had a 3 inch lift and 32 inch tires. The reason for the name was that no matter what I threw at it, it's pull through. Donated it to charity after my idiot brother blew the head gasket. I probably could have fixed it but didn't need a car at the time.

We called our 2000 Wrangler "TJ" since that's what it was. We called my 2002 Ram "Ram" for the same reason.

My 1970 Jeep Gladiator was just dubbed "Lakota" in honor of my truest friend.