I think this is a riot - there's been more posts on this email than on just
about anything in as long as I can remember!

My van is named Matilda, and that's how I generally address her.  As in "hi,
Matilda!" when coming back to where I left her, or "come on, Matilda, you
can do it" when going up a hill.  Occasionally I address her at Tildy, and
once in a while as Vanny.

When speaking to other people about her, sometimes I refer to her by name,
as in "Matilda is in the hospital AGAIN!" - but it depends on whom I'm
talking to.  With non-vanagonauts (e.g. most of my friends) I usually refer
to her as "my van" because otherwise they might not quite understand if I
asked whether I could leave Matilda in their driveway while I went overseas
for a month.

Matilda usually addresses me as "Joy" not "person" or "mistress" or "my
owner."

Joy

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Jeff <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> As I read the posts on this list, I'm more than a little surprised how many
> people have names for their vehicles.  Do people really refer to your
> vehicles by name?  For instance, do you say things like: "Let's take Pinky
> to the hardware store"?
>
> It just seems kind of odd to me.  I've been in the VW scene since the 70's
> and I can't remember anyone referring to the vehicle by name, unless it was
> a derogatory name, like:  "We can take my POS".
>
> I have to admit that I've named a few vehicles... there's the Red Turd, and
> the Blue Turd (see derogatory comment above), but that's about it.  Hell...
> I had a cat for 12 years that I only called Cat.
>
> Just curious...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> 4 Dokas, 1 Iltis... and none of them have a name.
>