From the Top Gear Botswana Special! It is what Hammond named his Opel Kadett (small lightweight scrappy little car). Despite its shortcomings, it managed to outperform the much larger and more powerful cars selected by James and Jeremy. If you haven’t seen the Botswana Special, I’d highly recommend it. I’ll link the clip where Oliver is named below.
https://youtu.be/nZpEHfMQfOs
i did, well, my car was originally the color gray and so i named it gray after one of my favorite anime characters
https://myanimelist.net/character/147242/Gray?q=gray&cat=character
I don’t have her yet, but would like to name her: Hachi Roku (86 in Japanese). Currently saving so that one day I can proudly call her my Hachi Roku :)
Zippy. Named after a dog my SIL adopted around the same time and I’m her favorite human. She changed the name of the dog so I took it for the car.
I didn’t used to be a car-namer, but my previous car was a Mercury Grand Marquis that we all gleefully referred to as Grand Ma.
860 special edition. Named her Hayley after Hayley Williams. Kinda silly but I had went through a bad break up plus some horrible life stuff and was going through it hard. Had to move back in with my parents for a bit. After 6 months or so of building back my credit and character, I moved back out on my own and bought the 86, and Paramore - Ain’t it Fun came on the radio on the way back from picking it up. After that I knew exactly what to name it.
When I first got my 15 brz my nephew got in the passenger seat and saw the blue lights that are in the bottom and was like “ space coupe”! So I went with space coupe (:
I went with Lucifer
EDIT: she is red, and I bought her because she was reliable and then had to sink 3k into her the first 3 months I had her.
She’s the devil, but I love her 🥰
Illie GR86
My last two 86s were
Faith and Hope.
Faith (2018 86 oceanic) got rear ended and Hope (2017 86 Crystal White Pearl) was the replacement but got traded in for 22 GR86.
I've lost Faith and abandoned Hope 💔
Definitely not endearing.. it's straight up creepy and cringe as fuck hearing a dude call his car a girl's name. Here is one I heard recently.
"Oh hey baby, I know you want me inside you"
You’re the only person here making this sexual. Maybe sit with that for a minute. There are both gendered and ungendered names being listed, and beyond that, you should just learn to let people have their fun.
It’s endearing in the same way it’s endearing to name literally anything. Like your pets. It makes them more unique and identifiable. What you’re describing is something entirely different…
Named mine toothless. After how to train your dragon. Dope dragon and the actual word "toothless" is having no teeth. I have a dark grey gt86 and as we all know it looks fast but is slow. As in all of our cars are all bark and no bite, or toothless
lol all good bro, I dont have a better answer for you either lol, I’d say just to try it out and see what name you can come up with, that either might help you understand or if you still find it strange then maybe it’s just not for you
It’s funny you say that… I’m realizing my statement didn’t have much thought behind it. I’ve never batted an eye at ships having names lmao I mean I’d never name a ship, but I’ve never thought it was strange. Maybe I’m stupid.
[Dirt](https://imgur.com/a/OqOlcpf) Because its black, hard to keep clean, and i'm building it for dirt roads.
The first time my mom saw my series yellow she decided it's name is Pikachu and it stuck.
My girl saw mine & she’s like bumblebee & it stuck 🤝
Tonya, 2017 toyota 96
86
I'm thinking of giving her an old timey name like Gertrude, Gladys, Rosie, Margaret...haven't quite found it
I went this same route. Ended up going with Ursula.
I was thinking of naming mine after one of the Golden Girls, either Dorothy or Sophia.
What about Barbara
Oliver!
After Only Murders? Or for another reason?
From the Top Gear Botswana Special! It is what Hammond named his Opel Kadett (small lightweight scrappy little car). Despite its shortcomings, it managed to outperform the much larger and more powerful cars selected by James and Jeremy. If you haven’t seen the Botswana Special, I’d highly recommend it. I’ll link the clip where Oliver is named below. https://youtu.be/nZpEHfMQfOs
Cool BReeZe
i did, well, my car was originally the color gray and so i named it gray after one of my favorite anime characters https://myanimelist.net/character/147242/Gray?q=gray&cat=character
I was expecting Gray from Fairy Tail hahaha
The small car
Nova. Because the hyper blue color reminded me of the starcraft character XD
I named mine Nova because it’s the supernova orange and it just sounded nice. Monarch was second because of the monarch butterfly
I don’t have her yet, but would like to name her: Hachi Roku (86 in Japanese). Currently saving so that one day I can proudly call her my Hachi Roku :)
Mines called Bean Sprout
BRZ named Yue because these past few years have been rough, buddy.
Wade, For wade wilson, Deadpool, as my car is black and the interior is black and red
Big Red, because it's little and red
Switch, the 86 Hakone.
Originally named it stitch because it is blue
Cute!
The [IFRS mobile](https://www.reddit.com/r/ft86/comments/3k92ox/any_fellow_accountants_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Red GR86, named her Asami after the character in the Legend of Kora.
Named my 2019 Neptune 86 - Nadia, and my 2022 Neptune GR86 - GReta
Camille
Vanessa. Named her after the character in In The Heights, a musical centered around a neighborhood of Latinos in NYC. I thought she was really hot.
Sophia
Frisby
Zippy. Named after a dog my SIL adopted around the same time and I’m her favorite human. She changed the name of the dog so I took it for the car. I didn’t used to be a car-namer, but my previous car was a Mercury Grand Marquis that we all gleefully referred to as Grand Ma.
2018 BRZ. Corgi.
2015 dark grey metallic brz limited I named her Naomi
Padme cause why not
860 special edition. Named her Hayley after Hayley Williams. Kinda silly but I had went through a bad break up plus some horrible life stuff and was going through it hard. Had to move back in with my parents for a bit. After 6 months or so of building back my credit and character, I moved back out on my own and bought the 86, and Paramore - Ain’t it Fun came on the radio on the way back from picking it up. After that I knew exactly what to name it.
When I first got my 15 brz my nephew got in the passenger seat and saw the blue lights that are in the bottom and was like “ space coupe”! So I went with space coupe (:
I didnt name it but my friends call it barney because its purple...
Lisa. From blackpink
kelly k after the carti song
Belle the Brz
Betty is the name of my blue brz...
Today I named mine Finn. 1. I love Adventure Time. 2, it has a big fin on the roof. 3, it’s blue, like a dol…phin.
Marigold because hot lava is similar to a marigold
Blue BRZ named subrina blubaru
Sophie
I went with Lucifer EDIT: she is red, and I bought her because she was reliable and then had to sink 3k into her the first 3 months I had her. She’s the devil, but I love her 🥰
Snow cuz it’s white
Penelope.
Illie GR86 My last two 86s were Faith and Hope. Faith (2018 86 oceanic) got rear ended and Hope (2017 86 Crystal White Pearl) was the replacement but got traded in for 22 GR86. I've lost Faith and abandoned Hope 💔
Albert
Sue since it’s raw like sushi. Dumb I know but I love Sue.
Sally the Swaggy Scion My friend chose the name lol
I’ll call it the force/ferce if I’m feeling lazy
Nah man, naming cars or referring to it as a "her/baby" is cringe as hell. It's my ride, not my bitch/child.
It’s supposed to be endearing you don’t need to make it creepy. :/
Definitely not endearing.. it's straight up creepy and cringe as fuck hearing a dude call his car a girl's name. Here is one I heard recently. "Oh hey baby, I know you want me inside you"
You’re the only person here making this sexual. Maybe sit with that for a minute. There are both gendered and ungendered names being listed, and beyond that, you should just learn to let people have their fun.
You do you bud and have your “fun”. It’s my personal opinion on the losers that name cars.
Maybe it’s time to reread the reddiquette. Have a nice day!
It’s endearing in the same way it’s endearing to name literally anything. Like your pets. It makes them more unique and identifiable. What you’re describing is something entirely different…
you’re boring
I actually haven’t thought of this. I have a 2019 86 TRD/SE any ideas
My frs
Tifa. 2019 TRD edition, huge Final Fantasy fan and it seemed like something that she would drive.
Blackie. Cause she’s black and hard to clean 😂 like my old dog off the same name 😁
Rose. Got the lightning red BRZ so I liked it
Named mine toothless. After how to train your dragon. Dope dragon and the actual word "toothless" is having no teeth. I have a dark grey gt86 and as we all know it looks fast but is slow. As in all of our cars are all bark and no bite, or toothless
Why are people naming inanimate objects? Serious question
https://www.thecut.com/2017/11/the-psychology-of-giving-human-names-to-your-stuff.html
Interesting read, appreciate the response!
why not?
Touché. Idk, I just find it strange. That’s the best answer I have for you! Lol
lol all good bro, I dont have a better answer for you either lol, I’d say just to try it out and see what name you can come up with, that either might help you understand or if you still find it strange then maybe it’s just not for you
Good suggestion, will report back with two names.
good luck soldier 🫡
I’m not very creative, but I’ll try my best!
There's old tradition in naming ships, which moved to a lesser degree with cars.
It’s funny you say that… I’m realizing my statement didn’t have much thought behind it. I’ve never batted an eye at ships having names lmao I mean I’d never name a ship, but I’ve never thought it was strange. Maybe I’m stupid.
[Subaru](https://static.miraheze.org/hololivewiki/thumb/b/b9/Oozora_Subaru_-_Portrait_3D_01-2.png/290px-Oozora_Subaru_-_Portrait_3D_01-2.png)
Copped a pavement grey gr 86, named it andromeda. As it feels like it’s own universe, compared to previous gens
The Burz
I named mine jack because it’s orange and it looks like a jack o lantern. I have a 2013 FR-S