My blue civic back in 2005 was nicknamed cobalt. “You can take cobalt to pick dad up at the airport”. Something I had picked from Gone in 60 seconds that I found cool (naming cars, not cobalt)
Huh. Naming a car, the model name of a completely different brand of car, a model which was contemporary with your car, would be very confusing to me.
You can take cobalt
“But you don’t have a cobalt.”
I do this on purpose, to annoy any friend who catches a ride with me.
Walking up to my Ford Tempo, “I thought you drive a Cadillac?!”
“That’s it’s nickname.”
The Cobalt doesn’t really sell where I live, at least I have never seen one. I had to duckduckgo it
I named my red xtrail “Big Red” after the feminist, my first car was called Betty, named after Master Betty from Kung Pow.
We own a Rose Gold Fiat 500 electric, aptly named Lady Penelope.
Curious to see if anyone will spot the correct reference:)
I named my motorcycle. His name is Bubba, and he’s a power bottom.
had a 2014 Chevy Cruze named Terry
My car is brown.
The first time I brought it home without telling my wife the color, she was unimpressed and said that it was “shart colored”.
We immediately named it “El Sharto”, and 5 years later the name has stuck
We own a VW Polo and called it Pollie. Then I got a newer Polo, company car. We called it Marc, as in Marc-O-Polo
Every gray car I have (always a hatchback) has been named “Vanship” after the flying vehicles in the anime Last Exile
It’s just a nickname I know, I don’t refer to the car like that to others
We have a 2012 Ford Fiesta that we call “Siesta”. That car sucks a good amount. Been meaning to get rid of it for years now.
2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5 rs silver - glider 2008 Subaru WRX STI white - bar of soap or the sti 2006 Honda element silver - bento (Japanese for box) 2024 vw id.4 Black - ghost, because it was gone for a month at the dealership after we purchased it.
“Chaser” because we live out in the country and use it to pick up our dogs who sometimes wander off and we have to go retrieve. Also, because it’s a Chevy. It’s Chevy Chase_r_.
my 05 Subaru obxt is named Knox because i had a knock/pre-ignition issue before i got it fixed up :p
baby car
I had a 2002 Ford ranger that I named Strider.
I have named some of the cars I have owned.
1970 Chevy Impala: Liberty. I purchased it from a guy that lived in Liberty, KY.
1997 Nissan 200SX SE-R: Dot. It was one of ~700 200SX’s made that year that was the Pacific Blue color and it reminded me of Carl Sagan’s “The Pale Blue Dot” documentary.
2003 Acura TL: Sally. No specific reason, other than it just fit the personality of the car.
2014 Camry (current car): Pearl. It’s painted in Toyota’s Cosmic Mica Gray and it glitters in the sunlight, vaguely reminiscent of a pearl.
Just for reference, I’m 54 and have had a license since 1986. Liberty was my first car. There are a few cars not mentioned above, because I just never named them. The 200SX was the second SE-R I owned. The first was a 92 Sentra SE-R, which I liked a lot more than the 200SX, it just never got a name.
