> Cynthia, you NAMED your CAR? And I
thought that was only done by David Arquette's
character in "Never Been Kissed." But
seriously, is this some trend that I never heard
about?

It seems to me that there has been past
discussion in RinkWorks about this practice.
Possibly even in the old forum, although I'd
have no idea where to start looking for the
thread, if it even exists.

My wife bought Howie, our '87 Honda Accord
before we were married. She named him. At
first I teased her about it, and made jokes
when other Hondas would go by. (There goes
Howie's girlfriend Helen Honda!) But it sort of
caught on after a while.

My sister has a 1982 Honda Civic hatchback.
It's two-tone, rust red and sky blue where the
hood and fender were replaced with junkyard
parts. She doesn't take it to college with her,
and that's what I've been driving during this
carless period. It's name is Sweetums.

When we started our car search last Friday,
we met The Scotsman for lunch, and had a
discussion about car names. His first car was
a Ford Tempo and he didn't name it. His
second car was a mini-van he bought from his
father when his Tempo got totaled, and he
called it the "Babemobile." This was ironic
because it was anything but. His current
vehicle is a Pontiac Grand Am, and he hadn't
named it yet, so we tried to come up with a
good one for it.

We finally decided on "Jean-Claude."

Gri"can you figure out why?"shny