I thought this was funny.
The significant other has dubbed my RX7 project the "Whore"because it takes up portions of my my time, money, and attention. Ii think she's mostly swore about the latter two but I thought it was funny.
I love the comments when I post up FB statuses like:
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My first Neon race car came from the salvage yard with "Hello Kitty" stickers on it. Thus was born the Race Kitty. If only it had been pink.....
Before I could drive, I used to find every excuse to take the E30 places. Whenever we were going somewhere and the 335i or a BMW press car was outside the house, I'd say "Hey, we're taking the BMW, right? I'll go start it up." Then my family would walk out and find a black E30.
One of the first engines I planned to build was a 400 SBC for my 1977 Corvette. On my 3-ring binder, I simply called it "Project 400". After setting my engine block on the mill to true the deck and pressing the start button to auto-feed the block through the cutter, I walked over to the water fountain for a quick drink. While at the fountain I could hear the machine destroying my block. I did not take time to verify that the block was positioned to prevent rubbing against the machine. The rule is "measure twice, cut once." Ouch!
The guys in the shop had a pegboard for displaying parts they had screwed up, but they were disappointed that my engine block was too heavy for the pegboard.
So, next I obtained a 350 SBC block, turned the mains down on my 400 crank, scratched through "400" on my binder and hand wrote "383". Thus "Project 383" was born and my screw-ups ended; at least for this project.
They all have to have alliteration, and the allusion to evil. Or something.
The Stupid Sunfire - My wife's car. As long as I view it as "her" car, I'll leave it alone.
My kids name them for me. We have:
The Fire Car, the Noisy Car and the Broken Car.
My wife has one name that she feels suits all of them....
The Broken Car has a familiar ring to it
"Ran When Parked"
Wife named it when we started the project back in ott4. current list of cars related are 1) multiple years of pintos for fenders, doors, hoods, pedal assemblies, bumpers.... 2) 82 mustang gt 3) 74 ford galaxie 4) 76 mustang 2 rear end and motor mounts 5) granada 3rd member 6) mercedes 300d cooling fan 7) wheels of 80s mustang (4 turbines, 2 10 hole) 8) There are more, but it is an evolving list.
It will continue with the theme and will paint it green and will stitch flames on the car before it is called done.
Only the projects get nick names... Daily Drivers just get called by their model name ... when the cars are both somethime the project name sticks.
1973 IH Scout daily/project "the old man" never stuck.
1993 AWD Talon 'The Little Turquoise Bastard'. Every one I test drove had something wrong so I would report to the now wife ... 'Poor bastard had a bad tranny so I didn't buy it' ... I wanted any color but turquoise, after driving many I finnally found two next to each other on a lot both turquoise ... I swore I would paint the 'little turquose bastard' within the first year of ownership ... 8 years later I sold her still turquoise.
1985 Saab 900s "The Saab Story" ... Babe Rally Car, Sold after the rally if I could find her today I'd buy her back in a heart beat.
1990 Miata "Miricle the Miata" ... Babe Rally car, current Weekend fun car it was a Miricle I found a fully functional and decent Miata for $200
1973 Lincoln Contintial .. "Connie the Hot Rod Lincoln" or as she became named by the other Babe Rallyists "Connie the Soul Stealing Lincoln" (or other things not fit for print)
1987 E-30 ... This years Babe car ... possible name "Bonaduce"... it's red and full of problems.
the three Porsches all have their own nicknames, Fish, Smokey, and Frankenporsche (franky for short).
since they all seem to run into one, ongoing, massive mission, Ive codenamed it : cue scary. menacing music and echo
Project Apocalypse!
because at this rate, by the time I finish it, Florida will be six feet under water....
I am currently working towards BuggUgly, Like ButtUgly but worse.
My GF's CRX Si has a few nicknames... "Le Skunk," because it's black, and I put a white stripe on it. "Le Sigh" because it's worked properly for maybe a few weeks out of the 2+ years she's had it. "The POSi" for the same reason.
I name all my cars, because I'm weird like that.
I like to call my Mini "the Turd"......really it has been a good car, and I love it, but calling it that gives me good reasons to not wash it very often.....after all, you can't polish a turd.
My miata has been called "Frank" as in the dog from Men in Black. Ugly.
My buddies 90 miata was called "track slut" because it gave everyone in town that had the ability to drive it a ride for free
My BMW has been called GO@*#$NED PIECE OF E36 M3! by my girlfriend. :)
My first Audi was named Naudia but she met an untimely demise.
The project 66 Mustang has been named "The Heap" by Mom. Even now that it is painted and runs it is still The Heap and probably always will be.
The DD Audi 200 is named The Landbarge after the term was used to describe it by the organizers of an auto-x. This has also spawned the fictional racing team/ parts supplier LANDBARGE Racing.
Finally the Karmann Ghia is of course the Ghia-monster.
The Deathscort
The Smellica
The MXOMG
The only one named around my house is the tow van. "Big White Beast" Named by my kids.
The Abomination showed up with a name. That one is Jensenmans fault.
20v MR2 was The Beast.
The Esprit is the Crystal Princess. Not really a project, just a name for the car.
The Locost is Papillon (butterfly from the catapiller that was the MR2.)
The megasquirted 20v Corolla is The 'Rolla.
Haven't named the Europa yet.
The daily driver started out as "The Owl" because it was brown like an owl and a hoot to drive. But now it goes by "Tetanus Wagen."
The crusty toyota truck that I sold to a friend is still called "The Booger" to this day.
The only other named car I can remember having was "GefarenWagen." The free, purple BMW 320i that was utterly dangerous when I got it (not that it got much better). Best I can tell, gefaren=danger...
Clem
Sex Kitten.
Never actually named any of my cars, but have managed to acquire cars already bestowed with names, or managed to name my parents cars.
The Ghost- an 85 Buick Skyhawk that was purchased in questionable running order for 100$ and a 6 pack of cheap beer... said car continued to run in even MORE questionable condition after having been stolen, impounded, RETRIEVED, and sold to two other friends in succession.
The Shaggin/Draggin Wagon- an 89 Ford Taurus that my parents had for a LONG time, well past its use by date. My dad is something of a car hoarder, and being a good ol' boy from NC, has owned an operated vehicles with more maladies EACH, than all of my cars combined. It was originally the shaggin wagon, and was later renamed the draggin wagon after the exhaust fell off, while the rear shocks were toast. It gave birth to Draggin Wagon Jr. (An identically colored, and equally broken, Escort wagon of the same vintage).
The Chunky Bus- after my brother decided it would be a good idea to put the conversion van my dad had purchased NEW (His first and only lot-new car, to this day) into a swamp rubber side UP.... my parents purchased an absolutely HUMONGOUS beast of a Ford Excursion. v10, heated leather, and rivals your average school bus for body capacity. Sometimes called "Chunky" for short.
My new Astro van is Bandit, the Prelude is the 'Lude, the Mazda is just called 3, the celica is just Celi for short and the Scirocco is Sci-ROCCO! 
That's SIR ROCCO to you.
my 86 hardtop mr2 was named trixie... just sounded like a little dirty whore name...
my 85 5dr tercel was named fog-smoke... the blown HG would explain that :)
deathscort or POS for the '91 escort the beast for the '96 awd astro van
the neon got called neon the shelby charger got called either the shelby... or charger... or the mopar volvo's got called the volvo taurus got called "kims car" or taurus the '96 katana got called the kat or can-0-tuna or bike
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