Richard Hammond called his Opel Kadet, "Oliver" in the recent Top Gear clip on their challenge in Africa
Thinking of calling my car Bruno, after the car designer who worked for MB for several decades (1970's to 2000's). Then again, both MB's we have were by designed by the same guy
Preference pa rin talaga ng owner. Wala namang masama at walang namang mawawala kung bigyan mo ng nickname.
I started giving nickname sa GM Harabas namin. I called it "Harby" para medyo class ang dating kahit na kinakalawang na ito. At least enjoy pa din sakyan.
Dun sa Getzclub everyone is givin their Getz a name. Humingi pa ako ng suggestion, ang I think someone gave a good one. Un nga lang, d masyado naabsorb ng mga bata, so parang wala.
I call my ride "Max" for max-yadong magastos. hehehehe.
Naming cars may be weird but cars do have personalities of their own, too. The nickname recognizes that. Tsaka pag yung malakas ang ulan, madilim ang paligid at nasa zigzag ka pa na rumored to be haunted by spirits, kinakausap ko si "Max" na palusutin kami without incident.
kung iisa sasakyan di na halos maisip bigyan ng pangalan dahil madaling bigkasin yung. say, "ay nandoon sa kotse"
but if there is another one or more, doon tayo mapilitang tatawag ng unique name/s gaya ng "doon sa toyota" or doon sa blue or doon sa pula or doon sa honda.
but its nice kung tawagin mong say, imbes tawagin mong "honda" tawagin mo nalang sa nickname na "honey" di ba? di kaya, "oliver" or "susan" or "bruno" kasi parang family member ang dating.
it's nice to name cars coz we tend to treat them with respect, na kaka attach din talaga. Tanoshi is our jazz, masayahin kasi yung itsura nya. Carla is our charade kasi ka love team nya yung car ng neighbor naming si carlo. Aboo is a dolphin's name sa movie ni Shu Qi, pinangalan ni misis dun sa Blue Aveo.
Company: Brutus for hilux, kasi brusko talaga, wherever whatever sige lang drive lang..
Of all our cars, Carla's most memmorable & oldest. Whenever i see ol friends again...oh what happened to carla? survivor yun ah, then flash back ol good memmories made with the car. Sinu yun girlfriend nya? curiosity ng iba..maybe that's why hindi namin sya ma giveup, masakit sa kalooban, after all she's been a reliable babe and hindi kami nilagay sa alanganin..
mga boss bago lng ako dito, mas maganda bigyan ng name ung car nyo, ung sa asawa ko ang twag namin sa car namin mickey, as in si mickey mouse, kaya binigyan namin ng name ung car namin kc part siya ng family. at ung scooter naman namin name niya "Pru" ung s charmed.
hehehe Hindi lang pala ako ang nagni-name ng oto nila. I call mine "Lantra" (for very obvious reasons). I prefer a feminine gender for cars. Sa garahe namin, dalawa sila. We call the other (my aunt's car) "Pula" kasi pula ang kulay hehe. Mas interesting pag my names talaga, just like our pets diba?