Today is National Name Your Car Day.

"mazda616" (mazda616) 10/02/2017 at 15:49 • Filed to: car names

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What’s your car’s name? And why?

We have three. Sylvia the 6, Chip the CX-5, and Rizzo the S-10.

Sylvia (not to be confused with the Nissan Silvia) is named that because I needed an “S” name to go with “6.” Sylvia the 6. And my favorite one-hit wonder of the country charts in the ‘80s is named Sylvia.

Chip the CX-5 is driven by my wife and is named that after Chip Gaines from “Fixer Upper.”

The S-10 is named “Rizzo” because of Grease. Pink lady, pink truck.

interstate366, now In The Industry > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 15:55

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My 3rd gen Prelude is named Lucky, because at one point it was saved from the junkyard. My 5th gen Prelude is named Cosima because at the time I did the engine swap in it I was watching a lot of Orphan Black and thought that was a cool name. I haven’t named the TSX yet, nor did I ever name my recently departed 4th gen Prelude.

CobraJoe > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 15:57

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My 2005 Legacy GT is the “Scaredy cat”. (though I don’t use that name much.)

It’s black, hisses when the turbo spools, and as everyone knows, cats are AWD.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 15:59

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I named my Land Rover “Percival” after Terry-Thomas’ character in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, “Sir Percy Ware Armitage”. Primitive, sort of classy, but an unreliable bounder.

My Galaxie was named Agnes after a penguin on a sweater. I think the sweater had two penguins and they were both named... I don’t know, I don’t own the sweater.

The Lincoln is the Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, after a Simon & Garfunkel song.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 15:59

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Nope.

Aremmes > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:00

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The SV10 Camry I had until recently is the only car I’ve ever named, due simply to it being an old, beat-up Toyota. I didn’t give it a single name, though, instead calling it various combinations of “Toyo-” + word + “-er”, e.g. Toyojunker, Toyobeater, Toyostinker, etc. Also Toyomobile, because why not.

Textured Soy Protein > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:02

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No. I will not participate in the naming of inanimate objects.

Discerning > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:03

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Infiniti.

At least that’s what it says on the back of the car.

I don’t name my cars. I enjoy them thoroughly, but they’re still a combination of metal, plastic, fibers, glass, leather, and rubber at the end of the day.

mazda616 > interstate366, now In The Industry 10/02/2017 at 16:03

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Love me some Orphan Black. I still need to watch the last season.

mazda616 > Textured Soy Protein 10/02/2017 at 16:04

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That’s cool. To be fair, I don’t refer to our cars by their “names.” They just have them. The S10 is “the truck”, the CX-5 is “your car” (when talking to my wife) and the 6 is “my car.”

Urambo Tauro > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:04

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I’ve never been able to find the perfect name for my Mustang, but my Sierra earned the title ’Murlequin thanks to its mis-matched red, white, and blue body colors.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:07

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My focus ST’s name is the banana express because it is bright yellow and fast.

And my Kawasaki KLR’s name is SOFIA. She’s named after the main character tank in the old NES game Blaster Master. Because she’s tough as nails and the name makes the backronym “Something Otherworldly; Favored In an Apocalypse”.

7:07 > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:08

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2017 Pacifica: Blobby

Yes, the kids help with the names.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:17

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I don’t usually name my cars, but jokingly called my new truck “Yoshi” which my wife loved so it’s now getting “YOSH1" vanity plates. Why Yoshi?

A. Yoshi is Mario’s ride

B. My truck is a monster/dinosaur since it’s both huge (crew cab long bed dually) and a bit of a dinosaur being one of the last of the “no replacement for displacement” era (454 under the hood)

Wobbles the Mind > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:17

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Cashmere (color and being my Lead-footed Zeppelin).

Baloo (pun on color and it turned out to be a very bear-able companion).

Foxy Grandpa / The O.G.  (because I’m weirdly attracted to that old man car. Plus it’s ironically gangsta, much like myself).

promoted by the color red > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:19

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I found a business card for someone named “Christine” in my Acura Integra. Didn’t stop it from getting stolen, but a Honda Civic matching the one skulking around my neighborhood around the time my car was stolen was itself found a few days later with its occupants gunned down in an unsolved drive-by...

Arrivederci > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:19

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S3 = Little Beastie
BRZ = Breezie
Rogue (wife’s) = Roguie

Neither the Rogue or BRZ were terribly original. The S3 got the LB moniker because it’s not a particularly good-looking car - it’s short, squat and a little muscular, and has the ability to go like snot if it wants to. Little Beastie seemed fitting.

mazda616 > 7:07 10/02/2017 at 16:21

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Sparky is an epic name for a Volt!

$kaycog > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:21

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My 2013 Ford Escape is named Mattie after Matt Hardigree who gave a review of it. I commented in that review that I was thinking about buying a new Ford Edge, but the new Escape sounded like something I might like. Matt recommended the new Escape. I bought it, and I love it!

Wacko > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:23

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when I had my 2003 protege5 from 2003 to 2010 I called it Rusty

diplodicus > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:25

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My e39 540i is Brunhilda, my e30 325i doesn’t have a name.

Chariotoflove > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:29

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The Sedona is Trixie, and the K900 is Genie, and we refer to them that way.

Svend > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:34

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Piglet, because the licence plate reads like piggly.

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fintail > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:36

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On the left: “The Bluetec”. On the right: “The Fintail”. Not the most creative.

deekster_caddy > 7:07 10/02/2017 at 16:37

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How are you liking the pacifica so far? We are thinking about a Pachy for our next car, mid/late next year sometime.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:48

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Dangit, I never come up with good names for my cars, so they don’t have names. Any suggestions for a 2010 Taurus SHO?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:55

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My wife named my Fezza “mistress.”

Ram_Riot_6 > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 16:57

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My cars have all been named based on their color.

Mazda 6: Crystal, Color: Deep Crystal Blue

Dodge D150: Old Blue, Color: 50 shades of blue

Jeep Patriot: Steele, Color: Steel Blue (no longer own)

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:01

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All of the possible names were a play on the color, Copper Red Mica. First choice was Scarlet, but no minivan is sexy enough to earn that name. Then it was Mallory, like the earlier maker of Duracell batteries (you know, the copper top ones). I finally settled on Clairette, a variation of claret, sometimes just shortened to Claire.

Someone did suggest Manuela because of the transmission, but it didn’t feel quite right.

V8VespaStoppie > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:21

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General Anarchy. 2010 Charger R/T, missing an ABS sensor so that means no traction control. I have to baby the gas pedal or the tires will lay a 007 style smoke trail behind you. Doesnt help that I’m still using the pizza cutter tires that came with it.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:25

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Don’t have a name for the 4runner. Mainly because I have no imagination.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:27

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1999 GMC Yukon - Bessie the Dozy Cow

Named so because she was rather ponderous and James May, at some point, yelling “get out of the way you dozy cow!”

Maxima Speed > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:32

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My old 97 Maxima was named: “Keikan!” Yes the exclamation mark is part of the name.

The Solara doesn’t have any personality or features of note so I never named it.

Tripper > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:33

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The Ranger is “Red Ted” only because my last Ranger was “Tan Stan”. The M3, the S3, and the Grom are nameless.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 17:48

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“Stringbean”

It’s long and green. Sebring sounds like Stringbean.

Land_Yacht_225 > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 18:00

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My S-Class has earned the name Christine because she has had so many catastrophic meltdowns which have been resolved, never to return, by a restart or not being driven for a couple days that I am convinced she fixes herself to keep me from leaving her on the side of the road.

CaptDale - is secretly British > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 18:18

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My Goat is name Lilith because that is the female devil name and she is an 06, with a 6.0, and a 6 speed.

My Healey is named Wanda because of Jamie Lee Curtis in A fish Called Wanda. Since she was an American in Britain and this is a British car in America.

Vítor > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 18:18

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It variates between “Peugeot”, “208" (we also have a 206 SW in the house) and “car”. Probably when it becomes properly mine (which should happen around January/February 2018), it will gain a better name

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 18:46

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Meepster the Jeepster. I know it’s not a Jeepster Commando but it’s the smallest Jeep and it’s 2 wheel drive with a roof that opens. Also my wife says “meep” when I boop her noes. She took that second photo on the Parkway when we went to Asheville on the 23rd

The Cherokee I’m getting in the next little while is going to be named after it gets running.

The Compromiser > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 19:22

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Car is Car

Truck is Truck

Motorcycle is Motorcycle

Old car is Old Car.

7:07 > deekster_caddy 10/02/2017 at 19:50

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We love it. Drove all the competitors. Couldn’t figure out why so many buy the Odyssey considering the poor ergonomics, materials, and IP layout. The Kia Sedona was our second choice, but the huge center console and shifter was a let down. No space to put anything. Also, no stow-and-go (wife plays the harp and I need the seats to all disappear when we move it around) If I could do it again, I’d wait until CarPlay/Android Auto were available, and I’d spring for the advanced safety-tech package for the 360 camera and radar cruise. You had to move up to the Touring-L Plus to get the safety-tech package - I think that’s changed now to where you only need the Touring-L. I’d love HID or LED headlights too, even if just to match the light temperature of the DRL. Almost every light in the Pacifica is LED and it’s weird to have incandescent projector headlights.

Can’t say much about longevity, though. We’re leasing ours and don’t plan on keeping it. I have car buying ADD and don’t like to keep cars for too long. We’ve had this one a year and I have the itch to switch. Not because it’s a bad car, I just want to try something else. Great car though. Lots of power, transmission is smooth, and it’s a great driver. Really wish it had paddle shifters or some way to select which of the 9 gears there are. There is an “L” on the rotary shifter for engine braking, but it’s too aggressive for my liking. Sorry for the novel.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > mazda616 10/02/2017 at 21:14

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Tomo, short for Tomohiro. My Japanese guy. Stock photo from Netcarshow.

deekster_caddy > 7:07 10/03/2017 at 16:50

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No worries about a novel, that’s kind of what I wanted! We want the hybrid, which are starting to become available, but due to their launch issues I’m considering leasing. Unfortunately the leasing company they use primarily isn’t taking the federal EV tax credit into account with the hybrids so it’s almost cheaper to buy than it is to lease! It was the other way around with the Volt - leasing was cheaper than almost any other car out there thanks to the tax credit, but I drive too many miles to lease and got in on a 0% financing offer way below MSRP, so I think I did pretty well there. Anyway, good to hear one more positive, I am looking forward to getting my hands on one!