Name Your Land Boats/Ships/Sloops/etc?

[Tartan Jack]

What did you name your road vehicles?

 

It was believed that to not name a vessel (or horse) was bad luck. That was extended to planes (hence “nose art”) & later vehicles.

I think that applies to cars too. I assume many on here do to. Our modern “road-pirate-ships”

 

I’ve always named my vehicles, whenever I drive them for more than a few days.

Here’s my list:

My main:

1985 Audi 5000: Spectre (thought looked like a James Bond car)

1987 VW Vanagon: Grey Ghost/Spectre II (would disappear in parking lots)

1990 Miata: ThunderSled/Fenix (after major repaint & makeover)

2009 Scion xB: Flying Brick

1995 Tacoma: Rufus

(In driveway: Rufus, Fenix (until a month ago, Brick was too ….)

 

Anna’s (wife) main:

(Not name first car)

1995 Chysler Cirrus: Droopy (Timex alternative after- tornado forms above it with large hail, tree falls across it, hit by 3 other people, all with minor damage (hood replaced & repaint was sum total)

1997 Ford Taurus: Blue Oval

2004 Grand Caravan: Queen Anna’s Revenge

2017 Pacifica: Queen Anna’s Revenge II

In driveway: QAR2

 

“Other cars”

1986 Dodge Ram (borrowed): Constipated Pig

1994 Ford Crown Vic (inherited, as thought I needed a car with more than 2 seats, replaced by xB): Cruiser

2017 Grand Caravan (in-law’s currently in our driveway): Grey Ghost II

Edited September 19, 2023 by Tartan Jack

[madPete]

I've never named any of my vehicles, bikes, guns. I know other people do, but I've just never been in the habit...

[Stynky Tudor]

I've never named any of my vehicles, swords or guns either.

The short time I ran with the Tear Drop Trailer/Vintage Trailer crowd, it was definitely a thing people did and encouraged newbies to do - I never got around to it.

Braze calls one of his flintlock pistols, BillyBones and I seem to remember Cascabel having a name for his blunderbuss, but I don't recall what it was.

I have however been thinking about naming my blunderbuss...not sure what though.

[Stynky Tudor]

After talking with Braze further, it turns out he named his blunderbuss, Precious - My Precious.

[Halfpint]

My Suzuki Sx4 is "Stitch" (as in Lelo and Stitch, which is on my license plate as well 🙂)  Blue in color... the front reminds one of Stitchs face, and has an S on it... I accessorized it with Stitch stuff too, if no one noticed... lol! 

My Queen Ann pistol is "the Queen", and my civil war Springfield rifle is "Jenny" 🙂

[Stynky Tudor]

1 hour ago, Halfpint said:

...if no one noticed... lol!

I saw that you had a Stitch plushy sitting upright in the back of the your car - thought it was hilarious.

[Duchess]

My very first car was the Spruce Moose. Haven't named another since.

I do have a 3lb ball pein hammer called Mr. Happy.

[Stynky Tudor]

3 hours ago, Duchess said:

My very first car was the Spruce Moose. Haven't named another since.

I do have a 3lb ball pein hammer called Mr. Happy.

Wonderful names on both account!

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Wife had a '66 Buick with the 340 wildcat motor.  We called it the "Great White Landshark" cause it ate up other cars. Now have a Kia Suv that we call "The Beast" cause it weighs 5000lbs. Had many four letter names for a not long owned Buell 500.  On the odd side our group has a costume named "Guido the Kneecapper".  It's basically the horned helmet, chain maile and bearded axe from Frazetta's Death Dealer.