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)

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    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.”

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      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.”

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    I named my red xtrail “Big Red” after the feminist, my first car was called Betty, named after Master Betty from Kung Pow.

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    We own a Rose Gold Fiat 500 electric, aptly named Lady Penelope.

    Curious to see if anyone will spot the correct reference:)

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    “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_.

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    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.