Is it a he - a she - or just a car?

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:32 pm

I was chatting to a mate the other day about cars in general, and happened to refer to the Polo as "she" during the course of the conversation. He suddenly wanted to know why I was calling my car a "she", and not a "he" or just "it"? And did it have a name?

I think I picked it up as a kid when my parents always refered to the car as a "she" in conversation. When I asked them about it I remember them telling me that it was the accepted norm and that you could use "she" to refer to pretty much any inanimate object like a car or a bike or a boat or whatever...

So? Am I alone in calling my car a she or is it a normal thing? And whilst on the subject, has anyone named their cars? I had a housemate at Uni who named her 205 XS "George", and the replacement 205 DTurbo "George II", but I've never named either of the 2 cars I've ever owned cos its just silly

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:07 pm

Mine's an "it".

As in, "why the **** has it's alarm decide to started going off at 3am in the morning?!?!"

(Last three nights now...)

Rhodey · Post by **Rhodey** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:58 pm

My car is a "she", aint got a name for her yet!

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:04 pm

Yeah, cars tend to be she's.. I always feel a bit strange saying it, but it's a fairly common thing

Only car I know as 'he' is a knackered old austin metro belonging to one of my friends called Alan.. and a superb machine he is

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:02 pm

i dunno...

its not beefy or stubborn (or smelly) enough to be a bloke - though its shown remarkable feats of soldiering and stamina before.
not as high maintenance, b1tchy or vindictive (or huggable) enough to be a woman - despite various continual faults that could be construed as such

so yeah... "it"... like a toaster. a very fondly regarded toaster however

(which is why its so hard to name it.. know of enough people who think Polly, Betsy, etc is "lonely" and its time we took "her" out for a spin..

harder to give a real name to something thats... yknow... a lump of metal and plastic from various different manufacturers, rather than a truly living thing like a dog)

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:33 pm

i know boats/ships are called "she" but i think cars are "it".

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:36 pm

mines a 'good ole gal' or 'the beast'

maybe im showing a little too much affection for her (whoops!)
-Ben-

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:43 pm

I call mine a 'she' !

Never really gave her a name as such, just refer to her as 'ma baby' or 'babe'

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:30 pm

Definately a "She"...

The Polo was a gorgeous, classy Brunette who I loved dearly. She gave me some grief, but I forgave her time and time again...

The Fabia is a Czech Bride I bought not long ago... She's cheap, but is a proper good ride and gives me no sh1t!!

Oh, and DXG, get your rear washer jet pipe fixed before your neighbours brick your windows for waking them up every night (why does the alarm ALWAYS go off at 3am when the pipe bursts???)

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:04 pm

I must be the only guy here with a male car. It was my great auntie's before I came to own it, and she called it Peter. Its just stuck, and can't be shaken off, whenever she shes the car she always says "hello Peter". Mind you, it being male it seems to have a few things in common with me. Its awkward for one, doesn't like to be woken up (it makes a whining noise for about 10 seconds after being stood a while) and likes music loud.

Karl.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:06 pm

just be careful that not too many people get to find out about that, or you'll get endless jokes about washing your peter, polishing peter, etc..... (mostly from me

)

... i do occasionally allow the car to be a "baby", "child", "monster" or "git", but its still fairly asexual stuff

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:13 pm

I call mine a she, actually I call her my 'lo por jai' which roughly translates to 'wifey' or 'honey', the Chinese refer to their cars fondly as they (were) an expensive luxury and men would look after and spend more money on the car than their real wives, which would get them all jealous, I used to call my girldfriend my mistress...ha ha ha!

However I wouldn't give her a name, my sister calls her peugeot 'Fred' and once burst into tears because she had 'hurt' him by reversing into a lamp-post...all I could do was laugh...aren't I cruel! (having said that I think I would do the same if it had happened to me!)

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:29 pm

Mine's a HE, he's my lil boy!! Called

Alex reg had "LX" in it dad came up with the name Alex.

My mum's is a Freeland, it's a She call Felicity.
Dad's is a boy called Opo that is a name as well as the last 3 letters on his reg (K reg astra estate)
Had a Clio (French Tart) <--- gives it away it was a She, left us in a tragic end as a lorry ran in to the back of it, though someone bought it to restore, gof knows where she is now but her name was Opy (last three letters of reg also went well with Opo)
Mk1 Astra estate, orange pain in the arse sadly long gone (child hood car) was called the Beast. (Boy)
My sisters car Mk3 astra is called Rex (dunno why) (Boy)
GF's car is a Black lupo called Jess. (Girl)

Now i have truly shown my colours.......which is how sad i am and the ppl i'm related to

metz · Post by **metz** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:33 pm

Mines definatley female as its a pain in the arse sometimes

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:04 pm

metz wrote:Mines definatley female as its a pain in the arse sometimes

Yup. mine too. Been back to have something or other fixed under warranty 7 times in the last 12 months lol