superdave269

The wife dpesn't like it when I referr to the car as the "Red Head" but thinks it's funny that I tell people my GPS is a sexy redhead, infact she's the only woman I listen to(so I have been told)

dar322

i agree. naming a car is pretty gay. but my wife calls it betty.

Eddie 70

I have never named any of my cars over the years. Generally, when referring to the corvettes, I will call it "The 70" or when talking about the 02 Z it is "The Z".

surfertom

look to the car songs of the 60's heres a few , 409 ,she's real fine my 409 [big block] drag city , look at my car now she really peals , looking real sharp with chrome reversed wheels. shut down , my pressure plates burning , she's to much. i do have a girls name for my 69 but its a secret. my wife also refers to her as the other women

682XLR8

I don't name cars either, so the Vette is an "it"...I refer to "it" as the 68 or the Vette, although I sometimes refer to it as "the Pig" because it eats money like a pig, as well as a slew of other names that would earn me a perma-ban from the Forum if I even hinted at them here....

bmans vette

That is one take on it.

Plus someone brought up the "ship" aspect.

Like captains of sailing vessels we name our cars by female names for several reasons:
1. We love and respect them.
2. We miss them when we are not together
3. And they can be a beotch

Bman

holley505

This.... C3 is shaped like my woman. Sexy Curves with an attitude.

69 Chevy

Great question, Les. But you didn't set your sites high enough. There's some folks who refer to their Vette as 'Baby.' That pseudo-pedophilic nickname makes my skin crawl.

But getting back to the 'her' and 'she'. I'll wager that those who use those terms of endearment are looking at rubber bumper C3's with automatic shift transmissions. Yeah, I can sure see why those girlie, wussy names might fit.

I wonder if the guy who named his car Rosebud will stop by and add his 2 cents?

pancake

I call my '78 L-48 Chas... after Chas Bono.. cause it wants to be manly but just doesn't have the *****.

richardttu

For me, it is easier to think of anything I am showering with this much love and attention as female. I have name her Christine, after a ex girl friend who was a money grubbing temperamental witch.

As for the girls, a good friend of mine has named her Mustang "Sally", so it is not a guys only thing. Of course, I have also named my pickup, ATV and JD riding mower, so maybe I am a weirdo on the fringe.

MotorHead

If "she" won't start then "it's" female

KevinK

I call mine a she because she's a complete b, a word that rhymes with itch.

texas jim

...cause some SOBs like men and some like women-some are gay and some aren't. WTF!!!

Les

Funny you should mention the GPS "gal". When my wife is in one of our GPS equipped cars, I make it a point to talk back to this "gal" and my wife looks at me like I'm nuts. Recently when the wife was heading out of town for a couple days she asked what I would be doing while she was gone. I told her I was hooking up with the GPS gal. She gave me her best WTF? look.
That's pretty much my approach too. I had forever referred to my avatar car as "The Z" until I got the Z06. Then I had to go formal with both of them and use the full names. The 69 is...well..."The 69".
Good point. I remember that Beach Boy classic fondly. However, it still doesn't inspire me to think of my cars in feminine terms for some reason.
Rosebud, huh? I'd like to hear the story behind that...I think.

There's the old song named "Mustang Sally", so that nickname makes actually sense. As for naming your ATV and riding mower...no comment.
Kevin, maybe when you get your motor mounts in you'll change your mind on that.
I'm not quite sure how to interpret this.

KevinK

Nah. Once that's fixed, it just means it high time something else breaks. On the plus side...I'm running out things I haven't replaced.

vetteguy75

TOTALLY CORRECT!!!

Ralphbf

What else would you call your Mistress?

Ralph

Priya

I can send you a link to a couple of studies that show men who are opposed to gayness are almost always suppressing their own same sex attractions.

Depends on the vehicle. My husband's 3/4 ton Dodge 2X2 is male and named Bader. My corvette is female but as with all my other cars I've never come up with a name that seems to fit.

AdamMeh

I thought this was a C3 Corvette forums area?

Back to the subject of the thread - I should add to my previous post that my wife named her car - a female name. Guess it's not just a "guy thing"

Limey1955

"She" because she is guaranteed to deliver a thrill every time you turn her on.