Have you named it?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Odessa TX
I don't personify my car. Either call it a Z or a 'vette. Some people I know think it's odd not to have a name or at the very least refer to it as a "she". I feel quite the opposite. It's strange to give an inanimate object life-like characteristics.
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Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Norfolk VA
I named her "Clarice". It just kind of happened organically. The day after I bought her, I had washed and waxed her. As I was removing the wax, I had some corny line from Silence of the Lambs in my head so I just told the car "I've been waiting for you, Clarice." Since I had been waiting to buy my Vette, I figured it was appropriate to just stick with Clarice. I think my next one will be a "Darcy" or something.
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From: Nebraska
Ours got named "Little Girl" that was what it was referred to while we were trying to find that just right name. It just kinda stuck.
Funny story...... Inappropriate as hell, but funny none the less.
I travel for my job and this is the vehicle I take with me as an alternate to drive beside a company pickup. On weekends I sometimes run onto these car show/exhibits parking lot fund raiser things. A couple of times I have been invited to pull it up in the rows and be a part of the exhibit. My car is usually clean and shiny, and it's not like I have other pressing matters, so what the hell.
My son para-phrased it in an interesting manner.
"So, you take your 13 year old "little girl" out into the middle of a parking lot, Take her top down and let strangers take pictures of her..... ??
God I love that kid.
Funny story...... Inappropriate as hell, but funny none the less.
I travel for my job and this is the vehicle I take with me as an alternate to drive beside a company pickup. On weekends I sometimes run onto these car show/exhibits parking lot fund raiser things. A couple of times I have been invited to pull it up in the rows and be a part of the exhibit. My car is usually clean and shiny, and it's not like I have other pressing matters, so what the hell.
My son para-phrased it in an interesting manner.
"So, you take your 13 year old "little girl" out into the middle of a parking lot, Take her top down and let strangers take pictures of her..... ??
God I love that kid.
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I simply call it the Vette. Can't see making up another name for the car.
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You guys are boring lol jk
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From: Alexandria VA
Named mine "Artemis" but frequently refer to her as the Vette when I'm talking to friends. Yeah, maybe it's stupid to give an inanimate object a name, but I'm attached to my car and I feel like she has a personality.
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. Kinda the same with my Vette. I refer to her as "the Vette" at times but she will always be Vetticia to me. 
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From: Tsawwassen BC
I always found it weird when people have names for their cars....my wife calls her car 'Bugs' (a Beetle vert)....
I just refer to my car as I'm taking the 'vette' out for a ride....other than that it feels bizarre! But hey...each to their own eh!
I just refer to my car as I'm taking the 'vette' out for a ride....other than that it feels bizarre! But hey...each to their own eh!