What should I name my car?

gabalemon · 05-26-2022, 09:56 PM

After a three month wait, my car is finally in "Finally Assembly"! I'm expecting to have it within the next two months. What do you all think I should name him?

Here are the names I've shortlisted -
Wellington
Stanley (Stan)
Stanton
Karl-Heinz
Otto
Felix
Whitney (guy's name, too)
Ralf
Loren

squareforce · 05-26-2022, 10:40 PM

Jarvis?

Mine is named Friday. Which is also my shortcut for hello Bmw.

bayarea328xit · 05-26-2022, 10:52 PM

Otto

Kilabyte · 05-26-2022, 11:49 PM

Donkey

sygazelle · 05-27-2022, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabalemon

After a three month wait, my car is finally in "Finally Assembly"! I'm expecting to have it within the next two months. What do you all think I should name him?

Here are the names I've shortlisted -
Wellington
Stanley (Stan)
Stanton
Karl-Heinz
Otto
Felix
Whitney (guy's name, too)
Ralf
Loren

Zippy

M5Rick · 05-27-2022, 02:30 AM

Stanton

Tommy-G · 05-27-2022, 07:11 AM

Bob

Alfisti · 05-27-2022, 07:24 AM

Cars are all female no? No one says "he's a beauty" or "he's in the shop".

Dpc2u · 05-27-2022, 07:31 AM

Helmut

________ · 05-27-2022, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Cars are all female no? No one says "he's a beauty" or "he's in the shop".

Uh no. That’s just sick…

F30lolz · 05-27-2022, 08:31 AM

Astro

Former-Mopar · 05-27-2022, 08:37 AM

Sapphire

happyjack · 05-27-2022, 09:00 AM

when i raised this question to my wife after taking delivery on my M2C, she quickly retorted, 'don't be a douche.' that pretty much ended the conversation.

interestingly, however, my wife has unofficially dubbed my car 'the bitch'. as in, 'oh, so you're taking the bitch on a lunch time joyride?'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Cars are all female no? No one says "he's a beauty" or "he's in the shop".

i'm with you on this, but 'herbie' and 'lightning mcqueen' do exist.

CarsAndGuitars · 05-27-2022, 09:33 AM

Mike Carr

wrickem · 05-27-2022, 10:19 AM

I'm with the others who suggested using female names. It might be too creepy for you when you say "Stanley, take me home" to navigate home and a female voice responds with "perfect, it'll be nice to be home"

Fwiw, I feel less douchy when I say "hey Oksana, roll down my window" than I would saying "hey BMW, roll down my window", so you really should name it

CarsAndGuitars · 05-27-2022, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrickem

I'm with the others who suggested using female names. It might be too creepy for you when you say "Stanley, take me home" to navigate home and a female voice responds with "perfect, it'll be nice to be home"

Fwiw, I feel less douchy when I say "hey Oksana, roll down my window" than I would saying "hey BMW, roll down my window", so you really should name it

I'd feel less douchey pushing the button to roll down the window instead of talking to my car.

Alfisti · 05-27-2022, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onesie

Uh no. That’s just sick…

Temperamental
Unpredictable
Spend too much money on them
We make emotional not rationale decisions in relation to them
Lots of headaches
Requires heavy maintenance
We are suckers for curves

Tell me cars are not female.

infinitekidM2C · 05-27-2022, 11:06 AM

metal head

gatorfast · 05-27-2022, 11:18 AM

Dork mobile

No one · 05-27-2022, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Cars are all female no? No one says "he's a beauty" or "he's in the shop".

He might want to see it as just a friend, rather than a girlfriend:

.

Avoiding too much "emotional attachment", so to say.

nyalpine90 · 05-27-2022, 12:57 PM

bluey

ryan stewart · 05-27-2022, 02:32 PM

Dickcheese McCockface Esq.

I never got into vehicle naming, obviously.

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