Introducing Sophia!

[innerSpaceman]

Best.Midlife.Crisis.Car.Ever!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I thought naming machinery after women was the pastime of lonely straight men...

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by second class citizen

You haven't asked.

I did... Not that you pay any attention to what I saw anyway.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I thought naming machinery after women was the pastime of lonely straight men...

Oh, trust me... Gay men do it to!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I thought naming machinery after women was the pastime of lonely straight men...

Nope. One of our cars is named. The other hasn't suggested a name for herself, and by this point isn't likely to.

[Betty]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I did... Not that you pay any attention to what I saw anyway.



Oh, trust me... Gay men do it to!

So - riddle me this. Why do cars get girl names?

If straight men name their cars after women - I would have supposed that gay men would name their car after some hunky guy. or does it have more to do with the curves reflecting a woman's curves?

[JWBear]

I guess it has something to do with ships being "she"s. It carries over to other forms of transportation too.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Of the cars I've had that have been personified:

1974 Gran Torino: "Tantor" / male
1980 Citation: not really named / male
1989 Tercel: "PutterCar" / male
1992 BMW: "Gabrielle" / female
2002 Honda CR-V: not named / female

Some of our cars have just seemed to be male, and some female.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I guess it has something to do with ships being "she"s. It carries over to other forms of transportation too.

Traditionally, straight men, alone at sea, or on tractors all day, or sweating under cars, name their machinery after women. They carve mermaids on the bow and paint bombshells on their planes. They say "c'mon baby" while trying to get the machinery to purr. It makes sense.

I've never felt that machines were females to me. To me, cars don't purr, they growl, they roar. The smells of grease and exhaust, and the power and muscle concepts evoke masculinity in my mind. It's sexy, but for different reasons. I translate it into something sexy for me - which again, makes sense.

I'm surprised to hear of gay men that see their sexy cars as female. Interesting.

[€uroMeinke]

My first car, Bwanna Devil, was a boy

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Traditionally, straight men, alone at sea, or on tractors all day, or sweating under cars, name their machinery after women.

I work alone. My computers and various legal databases typically bear the gender neutral name "You f*cking piece of sh*t!"

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I've never felt that machines were females to me. To me, cars don't purr, they growl, they roar. The smells of grease and exhaust, and the power and muscle concepts evoke masculinity in my mind. It's sexy, but for different reasons. I translate it into something sexy for me - which again, makes sense.

I have a pretty white Mixmaster that will take your arm off. Boy or girl?

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'm surprised to hear of gay men that see their sexy cars as female. Interesting.

I called my Subaru Justy "Justine." It could not have been otherwise. Same with a Miata. The Dukes of Hazzard called their Dodge Charger "The General Lee." That, too, fits.