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Do you name your cars / car parts?

Do you name your cars?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 28.3%
  • No

    Votes: 27 50.9%
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pronstar

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I’ll preface this by saying I don’t name my things, not even my cars.

I get it, lots of folks name their cars.
Tacoma - Taco, I get it.

But taking to some guys today, they even name their car parts. Or the brand of their cars.

Genesis (car brand) - Genny
Bilsteins shocks - Billys
Silverado - Sylvie
Goodyear tires - Goodys
Tundra - Tundy
Raptor - Rappy
Gladiator - Gladdy
Lexus - Lexi
Telluride - Telly

WTF are you 12 years old?
Maybe I’m just old and cranky.
Get off my lawn.
 

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Only two of our cars have names.
1930 Model A is named Sir J. Why--the original license plates on the car. First 3 letters were SRJ and our last name is Jackson. It all kinda made sense.
1956 Ford Thunderbird is named Lady Bird. Why--License plate on the car used to read that for many years.

We did have a Mercedes S500 that was named Fritz

We call all our other cars by their make, model or their owners. "i'm taking the XLR or Audi or your car"
 

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I've never named anything. Sounds like something the brits or aussies would do. They call Mcdonalds "Maccas" and other crap like that lol
 

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I’ve got a 1970 Toyota Land Cruiser, that I affectionately call the blue turd, because it’s a hideous blue color that the previous owner painted. Eventually, it’ll go back to the original red. But I will probably still call it the blue turd.
 

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No. Hell no.

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LHC Kirby

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I've been known to call my vehicles mother fucker and piece of shit from time to time.
ive called all of my vehicles at one point or another, filthy whore, mother fucker or something along those lines.

I do the same, but it’s not directed at the car so to speak …. Typically it’s directed at one specific part or nut or bolt. 😂
 

Kachina26

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My wife has named our cars for years. I don’t call them by name though.
 

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I’ll preface this by saying I don’t name my things, not even my cars.

I get it, lots of folks name their cars.
Tacoma - Taco, I get it.

But taking to some guys today, they even name their car parts. Or the brand of their cars.

Genesis (car brand) - Genny
Bilsteins shocks - Billys
Silverado - Sylvie
Goodyear tires - Goodys
Tundra - Tundy
Raptor - Rappy
Gladiator - Gladdy
Lexus - Lexuit
Telluride - Telly

WTF are you 12 years old?
Maybe I’m just old and cranky.
Get off my lawn.

Fixed it for you
 

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It's usually shitbox or hoopty in reference to my plow truck. Otherwise it's your car or my truck. But I have always had a white F350 that's refered to by me only as Carcharodon carcharias (Great White).
 

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Not really names, but I think they've all been called baby a time or two.😆
 

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Yes...POS...Prius of Shame

Previous car names included "shitbox" an 83 foxbody with primer, hubcaps and two nitrous bottles.
"Lunchbox" an 89 ranger utility bed. Paid 1200$ for it, put 120k on it, and made money.
"Fred"...my daughter's name for the chevy 1/2 ton I got backfrom her when she got "Dory"...her little blue box Saturn Vue

I don't name all my cars...it would look like the list from "Gone in 60 Seconds"
 

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I have 13 cars and none of them have names. I just call them by what there are. '73 Corvette, '34 Ford, '68 El Camino, etc.

I'm an old grump too and I hate when people say "dizzy" for distributer or "rad" for radiator. You're too fucking lazy to say the whole word? Then you shouldn't be working on cars. :mad:😂
 

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I’ll preface this by saying I don’t name my things, not even my cars.

I get it, lots of folks name their cars.
Tacoma - Taco, I get it.

But taking to some guys today, they even name their car parts. Or the brand of their cars.

Genesis (car brand) - Genny
Bilsteins shocks - Billys
Silverado - Sylvie
Goodyear tires - Goodys
Tundra - Tundy
Raptor - Rappy
Gladiator - Gladdy
Lexus - Lexi
Telluride - Telly

WTF are you 12 years old?
Maybe I’m just old and cranky.
Get off my lawn.

It’s gay and it was the nexus of pussification of western civilization.

Pre man bun guys were calling their Terminator Cobras “Termies” and Subarus “Subies” 20 years ago, and I’m sure this practice predates that.

My sister in law’s family calls chips and dip “chippies and dippies”.
 

Shlbyntro

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All my cars have names, unless I haven't found one yet.

going all the way back

88 Mustang, Gloria
94 Bronco, Gabby
99 Expedition, Betsy
02 Excursion, Gertrude
93 Ranger, Giselle
62 Fairlane, Casper
"65" Cobra, Bliss
02 Lightning, Gwyneth
10 F150, Genevieve
69 Mustang, yet to be named

Some of the names came with the cars.
My boats are called by the names on their tramp stamps. If you believe in the soul of a vehicle, naturally you're going to give vehicles names. Otherwise just LS swap it because it's only a machine to you.

.....yes very "gone in 60 seconds"
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My F350 PSD has a nickname that I rarely use.
Click-Clack.
Pretty obvious why.
All the cars are by model and/or color since they're all SAAB's except the Manx,
 

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I do not, but my friends and family do.

We call our cars by what they are, sometimes by color since we have a few of the same ones haha.

White truck, Race truck, Rock crawler, Orange truck, Yellow truck, Ramcharger, Challenger, Escalade (I hate saying that one out loud), Tj, Zj, Xj, Deuce or 6by, Motorhome, 69 dodge, Brown truck, etc. I own too damn many vehicles to keep up with names, I cant even call my kids by the right name half the time.
 

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It’s gay and it was the nexus of pussification of western civilization.

Pre man bun guys were calling their Terminator Cobras “Termies” and Subarus “Subies” 20 years ago, and I’m sure this practice predates that.

My sister in law’s family calls chips and dip “chippies and dippies”.
If we're going to venture off into food, I must express my disdain for adults who refer to chicken strips or nuggets as "nuggies". Unless you're speaking to a 2 year old, this is not acceptable.
 

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If we're going to venture off into food, I must express my disdain for adults who refer to chicken strips or nuggets as "nuggies". Unless you're speaking to a 2 year old, this is not acceptable.

Unfucking acceptable. 😂
 

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Because it's bloody red?

It needs a 12" piece of ¼" white cotton clothes line hanging out from behind the license plate.

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Funny, that's how I kinda came up with the name...I had a 2010 all red before I picked up this one. On the way up to Sturgis one year, my buddy said jeezuz it looks like your riding a tampon...he tied a fuckin string on the back, and I rode it that way the whole trip. We stopped in Lusk WY for lunch where his wife attached several kotex on my seat. All in good fun! It's now known as my menstrual cycle
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If we're going to venture off into food, I must express my disdain for adults who refer to chicken strips or nuggets as "nuggies". Unless you're speaking to a 2 year old, this is not acceptable.

I’m teaching my boys the joys of international cuisine.

Rowdy loves eating chicken nuggets at American, Japanese, French, Vietnamese, Greek and Italian restaurants 😊
 

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I'm an old grump too and I hate when people say "dizzy" for distributer or "rad" for radiator. You're too fucking lazy to say the whole word? Then you shouldn't be working on cars. :mad:😂
I've called magnetos "mags", carburetors "carbs" and superchargers "blowers" or "huffers" since I bought my first Craftsman tool set.

Don't know if it's laziness though?
 

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I’ll preface this by saying I don’t name my things, not even my cars.

I get it, lots of folks name their cars.
Tacoma - Taco, I get it.

But taking to some guys today, they even name their car parts. Or the brand of their cars.

Genesis (car brand) - Genny
Bilsteins shocks - Billys
Silverado - Sylvie
Goodyear tires - Goodys
Tundra - Tundy
Raptor - Rappy
Gladiator - Gladdy
Lexus - Lexi
Telluride - Telly

WTF are you 12 years old?
Maybe I’m just old and cranky.
Get off my lawn.
Those guys are gay, tell them to move back to California

Only pre 1972 get named and always a female name.
 
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I refer to them as
Big truck - 3500 work truck
Little truck - white 2500 reg cab LB
Silver truck - crew cab 2500
Toyota - Tundra
Plumbing van - 2500 express
Ford - e-350 with knapheide body

That way the guys know which vehicle to load , wash or use.
 

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I've called magnetos "mags", carburetors "carbs" and superchargers "blowers" or "huffers" since I bought my first Craftsman tool set.

Don't know if it's laziness though?

Maggies, carbies, blowies, and huffies, would be deemed inappropriate.

Your shorthand is in the name of expediency, and is allowed.

Also for future reference, “Turbskis”, has been ruled appropriate in the case of McFarland V. Nerds by SCOTUS - Speed Court of the United Speed.
 

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Maggies, carbies, blowies, and huffies, would be deemed inappropriate.

Your shorthand is in the name of expediency, and is allowed.

Also for future reference, “Turbskis”, has been ruled appropriate in the case of McFarland V. Nerds by SCOTUS - Speed Court of the United Speed.

Forshizzle! 👍
 

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We only name vehicles we care about.

We had a chase truck we named Charlie
A Jeep (out of probably a dozen that we've had) named the Bomb Pop
Our current overlanding rig we call Sherpa
An old pack trailer that we affectionately call "Bernadine," after a donkey that the prospector character in Virginia City, NV had. We've had that little trailer for over 15 years. It went with us on our very first trip to Yellowstone and Montana. We paid $500 for her.
We had a '73 Chevy shortbed that was jacked up about 8 inches that we named "Rebelicious"

So yes, we name vehicles.
 

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… I never named anything… except my old wooden, classic liveaboard boat… Which I named the Dreadlock Rose… I have no idea why I named it that… Never got around to having the name painted on the transom…Then a long-came neighbor girl Krystal✨ 20 years ago….She is the one that names everything… when I was in the hospital, she named my white Ford expedition… The cocaine Ford 😳.,, Which made me really nervous… I said, why did you name it that… And she said because cocaine is white and it’s a Ford???… she swears she’s only tried cocaine once, and it just woke her up and ruined her alcohol buzz???… who knows???…
… So with my 97 dodge ram diesel, she and I decided it needed a name …we went through eight or 10 names,…We finally came up with El Diablo Rojo.., which means The Red Devil… it kind of suits the truck, which is a very deep red .,,a very faded red… It just had a nice ring to it…I guess🤷🏽‍♀️
 

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Big Blue Sledge Hammer- My baby. 77 K20, Camper Special. Been re-powered.
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Orca, the mini van. Spicy Taco in back.
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Wife's car is dimples. Got beat up by hail.
Daughters silver Corolla S is the Silver Surfer.
Other daughters redCorolla is Ruby
 

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No on vehicles
LOL had 14 boats over the years and never named one.

I do like reading other’s names. Some are pretty good.
 

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I had a 63 Convertible Black Impala that was known as the Batmobile.

And then for a bit we had a 62 VW bus that was made into a Baja style bus. It had a bunch of baby doll heads stacked up on the radio antenna. It was called the baby bus. We bought that thing for $45.00 in 1986. Swapped in the motor from a new bus that had rolled over. We got the rolled over bus for free. We had to tow it home. We did that with my 64 Dodge Dart as the tow vehicle and a thick rope tied to the bumpers. I was in the totalled out bus. My roommate was in the Dart. The bus windshield had been broken out in the crash. I wore a full face motorcycle helmet to keep the glass bit out of my eyes. LOL We towed it like 35 miles down the freeway like that. So dumb. :oops: We are lucky we didn't crash ourselves.

Other than those two "special" vehicles no other vehicles have been named.
 

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I’ll preface this by saying I don’t name my things, not even my cars.

I get it, lots of folks name their cars.
Tacoma - Taco, I get it.

But taking to some guys today, they even name their car parts. Or the brand of their cars.

Genesis (car brand) - Genny
Bilsteins shocks - Billys
Silverado - Sylvie
Goodyear tires - Goodys
Tundra - Tundy
Raptor - Rappy
Gladiator - Gladdy
Lexus - Lexi
Telluride - Telly

WTF are you 12 years old?
Maybe I’m just old and cranky.
Get off my lawn.
No....because I'm not a faggot
 

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When I was 19 I bought a white F250 with a gray stripe. 7.3 and 2wd. I go over to Ford and they are like WTF you bought an old man truck... My truck is in the Ford database and in the unit line item they put "oldman" and it shows up on every work order. It got the nickname old man. I also have a badass service truck and that one gets called The service truck.
 
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