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My first car was a 1965 red Beetle. Initially my father's, it got passed down to me and then to my brother-in-law. My father named it Billy Beetle and the name stuck.

Since then I have never felt the urge to name any of my cars, until now. The new car seems to have a personality, more so than any car I've owned since the Beetle.

My ID.3 is called Heidi Flowerpot (I'm using the name as my screen name on here). Heidi, I know not very original, but a no-brainer considering the car is an ID.3. And Flowerpot because the terracotta dashboard insert on my car is the colour of a flowerpot.

My great-grand-children think it's great that she has a name.

Has anyone else named their car? How many of us now have a car called Heidi? Any other names?
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Incidentally, the voice recognition can't tell the difference between the wake-up phrase 'Hello ID' and 'Hello Heidi' which pleases me. I'm easily pleased...
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My wife calls mine the milk float, then I threaten her with not being able to drive it and she goes quiet...
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scott28tt wrote: โ†‘Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:52 pm My wife calls mine the milk float, then I threaten her with not being able to drive it and she goes quiet...
:D :D :D :D
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Not into naming cars but the app insisted on a name.

So went really original and decided on Evie ๐Ÿ˜‚

Which TBH is what we call our cars anyway โ€œSuperb, Leaf, BMโ€ you get the idea.
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Yes, I've called mine 'Luna'
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I've yet to collect, but the car is already named Johnny. When I went to order, I was waiting for the car to go out for a test drive and as it slowly approached me, the noise it made took me instantly to Total Recall and Johnny Cab.
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Initially ours was called 'Edie Whizzard' but these days it's just 'The whizzy car'.
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I call mine the Grey One ๐Ÿ˜‚
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I haven't named the car itself, but I DO have a name for the "Hello ID" lady.

Unfortunately I don't think this forum is a suitable place to mention it!
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hungerdunger wrote: โ†‘Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:15 pm I haven't named the car itself, but I DO have a name for the "Hello ID" lady.

Unfortunately I don't think this forum is a suitable place to mention it!
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Please help me understand why people call inanimate objects personal names as I really do not understand! A car is a car it will be the "the car" or the "effin car" if it is not working! I can understand puggy as that is shorter and easier to say peugeot (partner has a puggy)
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slef2003 wrote: โ†‘Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:03 am Please help me understand why people call inanimate objects personal names as I really do not understand! A car is a car it will be the "the car" or the "effin car" if it is not working! I can understand puggy as that is shorter and easier to say peugeot (partner has a puggy)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism

It's human nature.
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slef2003 wrote: โ†‘Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:03 am Please help me understand why people call inanimate objects personal names as I really do not understand! A car is a car it will be the "the car" or the "effin car" if it is not working! I can understand puggy as that is shorter and easier to say peugeot (partner has a puggy)

Our current car is "That Rattly Creaky Piece of S**t, I Told You We Shouldn't Buy It". I'm not sure if that's anthropomorphised, or simply proving your point ๐Ÿ˜†
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slef2003 wrote: โ†‘Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:03 am Please help me understand why people call inanimate objects personal names as I really do not understand! A car is a car it will be the "the car" or the "effin car" if it is not working! I can understand puggy as that is shorter and easier to say peugeot (partner has a puggy)
Pug is shorter than Puggy.

I don't understand why people would give affectionate names to their car either. Did you ever see the Louis Theroux program about "car lovers" in America? There were people literally having a fluid exchanging relationship with theirs and other people's cars.
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monkeyhanger wrote: โ†‘Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:02 pm
slef2003 wrote: โ†‘Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:03 am Please help me understand why people call inanimate objects personal names as I really do not understand! A car is a car it will be the "the car" or the "effin car" if it is not working! I can understand puggy as that is shorter and easier to say peugeot (partner has a puggy)
Pug is shorter than Puggy.

I don't understand why people would give affectionate names to their car either. Did you ever see the Louis Theroux program about "car lovers" in America? There were people literally having a fluid exchanging relationship with theirs and other people's cars.

Americans though :roll:
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It's Glacier White, so "Raymond" as in Raymond Blanc
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Itโ€™s going to be called โ€œTrabbieโ€.

As in โ€œIโ€™ll take the the Trabbie today, if youโ€™re not using itโ€
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Mine is the grey one because the other car is blue ๐Ÿ™‚
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