Do you have a name for your 480?

Jimmy · Post by **Jimmy** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:49 pm

I was wondering if any other members called their cars by name and how their names came about?

I have only ever named one car, my 1997 S40 2.0TSE was called Trevor - it just sort of fit.

Not yet named the 480 - I haven't even decided if it is male or female yet.

ladyforatey · Post by **ladyforatey** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:44 pm

Sure, my 480 was quickly christened Baby. Not from any Dirty Dancing reference, but because everytime I breaked too suddenly or crunched the gears I'd apologise to her saying "Sorry baby!". The name stuck!

Having said that, when it looked like Baby was destined for scrapyard heaven lately, I went to see a turbo that I decided was called "Bark" cause of the holey exhaust. Another ES I saw ended up being called "Burp"...for no apparent reason.

I think if I have another 480 it has to start with a B. Its tradition!

esta · Post by **esta** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:53 pm

All my cars have had names (and i name most of my mates too

)

My 480s names...

My ES was called Lulu, cos thats practically what the letters in her reg spelt, she was a girl cos (a) she was bright red, mixed with (b) the fact that only one of her lights popped up reliably-so bright red + winkin = tart!

Had to be a gal!!

My GT was named Lula, as she was Lulus sister, and the name was picked by my mum, as she thought it was quaint that they were sisters - bless her

But in general a mix of number plates letters and car colours and getting to know the car.

Eg, My current run-around is called Wally, he came from Wallington

I had one car called Percy (Percival) his last 3 letters were PCV

My Rover 416i was called Junior, his last 3 letters were JRW, and he was the baby British car in the drive, so it kinda suited

My first car was a special edition Metro Tahiti, which got nicknamed Tati (take out the "hi") which my mum said kinda fitted cos it looked tatty against her cars

And after all this i can hear people telling me i REALLY need to get out more

And i have just realised that i have written all of this and i could have just said "Look at my signature"

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:44 pm

There have been a few threads on forum members names for their 480's over the years ...

Car Names
Whats your 480 called?
480 Names
Names

Personally, i just called mine 'The Turbo'! Boring or what?

esta wrote:she was a girl cos (a) she was bright red, mixed with (b) the fact that only one of her lights popped up reliably-so bright red + winkin = tart! Had to be a gal!!

You should take a look at Macaroon's thread onCar Gender Issues, the poll concluded that 480's are mostly female!

esta · Post by **esta** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:51 pm

Brilliant! I love this forum lol!

And yes, 58% say female. Phew, shows i am not the only sad one out there!

480 Tatey · Post by **480 Tatey** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:16 pm

I do, Leaky son of a b*^$h!

I cant think of a name for mine. What do you think?
My polo had a name! He was called schmichael cuz he had SCH on the end of his plate, he couldnt play footie or anythin was named after that dog in corronation street! cuz he was a bit dopy!

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:59 pm

480's are all female. Fact.

I got in touch with the previous owner of mine who told me he called it Vanessa...so mine is called Vanessa, the name she has had all her life

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:35 pm

All my cars have had names...

Escort --> 'Lilly'
Mk1 440 --> 'Gertrude'

Mk2 440 --> 'Sophie'
The 480 T --> I called it 'Ursula'. Felt kinda swedish and sounded nice. But Groomy and a few others referred to it as 'Persil', for it's whitey-ness.

You have to give it a name, as these 480's have souls.... And they're deffo. female. High maintenance, like having money spent on them etc etc

kev · Post by **kev** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:52 pm

Her name is Helga.
Though my wife refers to her as "that bitch" !

BLK_480 · Post by **BLK_480** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:33 am

My wife and I named the 480 Ugly Betty

barnsleyGT · Post by **barnsleyGT** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:48 am

olive. not my choice but what she's been called from new and it sticks.

LauBen · Post by **LauBen** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:11 pm

Mines called ARMA, I think she had a private number plate at some point in time as the driver and passanger windows both had a different number plate and that spelled ARMA.

So ARMA it is

sr480t · Post by **sr480t** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:49 am

The first 480 turbo was called "The Beast" becoz of the exhaust roar and genaral aura of the car, then it died and the new 480 Turbo had the same exhausted fitted and people still call it "The Beast" and i can't really disagree with them. Sham.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:12 pm

My 480 is called Morro

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:43 pm

Current cars:

The 480 turbo - Wolf
The Jag - Boudicca
The Spitfire - Cerberus (I stole the name from my own car.. go figure)

Previous cars -
Fiesta 850 - Philbert (the frog)
Vectra - Purple People Eater (should have been Purple Head Gasket Eater)
Cavalier - Huey

There have been other cars in my life.. but I have to 'bond' with them
to name them...

Posting this makes me think I must have some mental issues....

Cerbs

jamooga · Post by **jamooga** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:35 am

Mine's called "jessy too", named after my first 480 which was just plain jessy. My renault 19 was bertha and i also had two beetle's which where named scram and annie.

GenerationVolvo · Post by **GenerationVolvo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:16 pm

My car is nameless

...sometimes i call it rat.

chelle · Post by **chelle** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:52 pm

My new baby is called ROSIE that was my daughters idea but every car we have had has been an R of some kind name:
RUPY-480 T Deceased
RUBY-850T5 Still going with 200K under her belt

CHELLE

Paul240480 · Post by **Paul240480** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:45 pm

Well, here's mine!
Current cars:
480 Turbo - The Rocket!
240GL Est - The Tank (what else?)

Previous cars.
850T5, er 'T5'

244GLT Marvin! (MRV on plate)
340 GL Never named
240 Torslanda 'The Beast'
Allegro - Victor (VTR plate)
Montego (Monty)
Mk1 Vaux Cav' Xray (XRA plate)
Opel Kadett NERK? NRC plate

3404 · Post by **3404** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:33 pm

Gorgeous..