Team-BHP - Naming your vehicles

Yeah! Why not?

All my machines were given a name on day 1 or sometimes even before I own them :)

My first bike, an RE Desert Storm was named ‘Gabriel’ and also shortly ‘Gabby’ which I had to sell it off in just 2 months time due to some personal issues and I stayed bikeless for close to an year while the emotional attachment to my first bike was carried in the name.
Thus continued me naming my next bike, the Honda Hornet 160R as ‘Micheal’ and shortly ‘Mike’ and it did not end there when the Cbr 250R came home. I call him ‘Christopher’ or ‘Chris’ in short.

I named my first car, a Ford EcoSport ‘Gabriel’ again trying to link my first bike and car.

While it might seem funny, there’s a tinge of satisfaction for the inner child in me who was always in awe of machines from when I was a kid. It feels similar to getting a pet, naming it and taking good care of it throughout. :D

Interesting thread. While I hadn't done it in the past, but the acquisition of the very special 21' BMW M340i xDrive, I did name her the "Blauer Pfeil". I have an initial purchase and ownership thread as well.

Getting that bimmer was special in many ways.

I guess, if the car is special, it deserves a name. Adds so much character to it.

No. Its 'my or baba's car' or 'your or aai's car' when we talk about cars in the family. :) When talking to friends or extended family we use brand name like Honda or Maruti. About 2 wheeler - we just call it Activa !!

Yes, I have named all the vehicles I have owned. For me it is an emotional bond between me and my non-living metal object, for it provides me a lot more than just a commute from point A to B.

The feeling of getting on the road and feeling the freedom that air gives you, it is an Intangible I cannot express with words.

In fact, my Wife named our latest baby(she understands what I feel and is an equal partner in feeling this way now)

My first Bike was a 2006 Pulsar 180 - Wolf
My First car was a second hand 2001 Honda City VTEC - Old Lady
My latest is the 2021 Jeep Compass - Toothless

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Originally Posted by R.I.P (Post 5358169)

I am quite curious to know the motivation of naming your Jeep Toothless. The dictionary meaning is:

toothless
/ˈtuːθləs/
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adjective
having no teeth, typically through old age.
"a toothless old man"
lacking genuine force or effectiveness.
"laws that are well intentioned but toothless"

Well the Model S has the grille all blacked out and we have it in Green color. My Wife looked at it and said it looks like Toothless from the movie "How to train your dragon". I found it to be really cool name. :)

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Originally Posted by ajayc123 (Post 5358173)

I am quite curious to know the motivation of naming your Jeep toothless. The dictionary meaning is:

toothless
/ˈtuːθləs/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
having no teeth, typically through old age.
"a toothless old man"
lacking genuine force or effectiveness.
"laws that are well intentioned but toothless"

I name my cars and bikes after pokemons! Alphabetical and I try to match the nature of the car/bike to the pokemon. Say, bikes are flying pokemons ;)

1. Blue Yamaha Rx135- Arcticuno. Blue. Legendary. Flying type.
2. Octavia vRs- Blastoise. The liftback reminds me of the small tail of blastoise and the sloping roof is the shell. Plus it's mighty powerful.
3. Orange crush Interceptor- Charizard. No Brainer. Isn't it!

More to come!

Good poll.

Since I drive a black SUV and a white hatch I simply refer to them as “kaali gaddi” and “Chitti gaddi” by default to make my family members understand which car I am referring to.

On certain occasions I do take out their names too as intended by the manufacturer when with friends.

However, for my kids it’s “Optimus Prime” for the Black SUV and “ Bumblebee” for the white hatch since they are fond of transformers. :)

Love.

I cannot vote( yet). So only points: I do get emotional with whatever gadgets or machinaries I owned or owning. But naming them does not look logical to me. Never named car( owned 6 cars) or bikes( lost count). Only time I feel it is logical if one has more vehicles with same model, make, color etc.,( Nothing to differentiate) which is improbable( if not impossible). So no names in my family.

Well not all but just my scorpio got named. I have a 16 year old scorpio and 13 year old twins. My twins literally grew up with scorpio 😄 and have developed their own bonding with the vehicle. Much before they learnt the difference between living and non-living things, they started calling their scorpio as " Bobby bhaiya" and continue to do so. Have had many others after scorpio and they never bothered to name any one of them!!