Cojones

[gnpower]

"This car has balls."

I think we've all said it at one point or another. Then why do we refer to our fast cars in the feminine sense? Shouldn't we put it in the masculine sense? Now, if you own a Kia then I can understand, but a car that can do the 1/4 mile in under 14 secs, hmmm.

I've just never heard anyone naming their car Larry.

I've never named any of my cars, but are they any owners out there that have named their bimmer that they would like to share?

[BForbes]

Good question. I'd say most of us here are men. We ride in our cars. It would feel incredibly awkward for me to ride in a "Bob" or "Joe." I'll definitely ride Lucy. :-)

[MastaMind]

I don't wanna be inside a dude...

[adrean8j]

^^^^ewwwwww....just got a mental image....

[B25 Jim]

This is somewhat of discussion point for the warbird/aircraft community as well. Since the early days of flight, machines have traditionally been feminine, as until the 30's it was strictly a "gentleman's" sport. During the wars the aircraft traditionally had names and paintings of women who were near and dear, or just plain women, since there weren't many of those around. Some people believe that vehicles that have "balls" or are brutish in any sense should be masculin. I do not, I still think that any vehicle is feminine (a note that my wife calls her car a "she"). Call it what you want, but vehicles near and dear to my heart will always be "She".

[sunking420]

I'll look underneath to check when it stops raining. "Is that a crankshaft, or you just happy to see me?". Like Larry the Cable Guy says, "I can do this all day."

On a serious note, I just refer to mine as "The Bimmer".

[Ibedon]

My first car (many moons ago) was a used '63 Chevy II Nova Sport(?) Coupe. I called it "The Beast" as well as "The Sh*tty II" for pretty much the same reason. How could a car with such a small displacement engine run so bad and get such poor gas mileage? But alas, I was a poor college student and it got me around.

I acquired a much different kind of coupe (135i) on New Years Eve and it is a beast as well. But certainly not in the same way.

I have tried out several nicknames including "the One", "Neo" and the "MLCC Wagon" (MidLifeCrisisCar). If something sticks, meh, it sticks. Otherwise, it's just the "Beemer".

[mikeo]

Welcome to 1Addicts, Ibedon! Nice first post.

Back on topic - I guess I'm weird, but it's difficult for me to assign a car either a feminine or masculine persona. That doesn't mean I don't love that machine though ;-)

[Alext]

What about a kia that can do the 1/4 in under 14 sec?

[larryn]

Originally Posted by gnpower

I've just never heard anyone naming their car Larry.

Now that would just be silly.

[gnpower]

Originally Posted by Ibedon

My first car (many moons ago) was a used '63 Chevy II Nova Sport(?) Coupe. I called it "The Beast" as well as "The Sh*tty II" for pretty much the same reason. How could a car with such a small displacement engine run so bad and get such poor gas mileage? But alas, I was a poor college student and it got me around.

I acquired a much different kind of coupe (135i) on New Years Eve and it is a beast as well. But certainly not in the same way.

I have tried out several nicknames including "the One", "Neo" and the "MLCC Wagon" (MidLifeCrisisCar). If something sticks, meh, it sticks. Otherwise, it's just the "Beemer".

"NEO" would be a great vanity plate. If you are a matrix fan like myself.

[MZWIE]

Oh geez.....here we go again...it's just a car for pete's sake.

[ScheerSpeed]

i detailed a customer's 911 Turbo, and it was named "Hellga"

[ZIPNBYE]

It's long been known that cars with the gas filler on the left (North American driver's side) are female, gas filler on the right (North American passenger's side) are male. What gender '70s cars were, with the fillers in the middle, behind the license plate is anybody's guess.

For the first time in a long time, we now own a "male" car, though we're still debating the name -- either "Sharky" in homeage to the cartoon character that protected tweety bird in one episode (dog-fish to twart Sylvester) as it's the right colour and has a "shark" fin on the roof (all our cars have been named after cartoon characters) or "Marty" in homage to Marty Feldman (car's lazy eye with the adaptive headlights) thus breaking tradition.

[adrean8j]

I usually name my cars with some animal reference to the cars color and personality: My E39 (Red Tiger), my 135i (Grey Wolf).....I guess that has masculine overtones even though the names are not gender specific.