Does your car have a name?

According to a survey, 88% of female drivers give their car a name compared with less than half of male drivers. This news doesn't really come as much of a surprise given that all my female friends' cars have names compared with only a sprinkling of my male friends.

However what I have noticed is the difference in the types of names that each sex will go for. While us women tend to stick to rather cutesy names like 'Kitty the Ka' which embarrassingly was the name of my first car, men on the other hand like to go for more ironic or comical names like 'the shed' or 'the beast.'

Swear words also often seem to be at the forefront of male motorists' choice of car names. A male colleague's car has a name so offensive that it can't be repeated and I know of several others who have chosen names that some might deem rather derogatory towards women.

Number plates also prove good sources for picking names for cars. My partner's new car has become known as 'the black goat' thanks to a registration plate including the sequence 6OTE and the black colour of his car.

Shockingly, writing this blog has made me realise that my new car is still in need of a name. As a Corsa it should by default be called something beginning with 'c' like Clarissa or 'Cora' however until I think of something more original, I will have to stay within the 18% minority.

# posted by Fuse @ 1:17 AM