Nicknames for cars?
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Nicknames for cars?
The thread “special items kept in cars” got me thinking:
Does anyone in readerland have nicknames (fond or otherwise derogatory) for their cars? We have nicknames for just about every vehicle in our fleet, most have a story.
My 69 is referred to as “the OldOlds”
My 06 Ram 2500 4x4 MegaCab is known as either the Locomotive (because it’s a diesel) or The Bus.
My 02 Neon was referred to as “Avery”. This was my oldest daughter first car, she named it because there was a teacher (Mr Avery) that nobody liked with “bug eyes”. Because the headlights of a neon kinda bulge out, hence the name. I have since given that car to my brother in law, the name stuck.
My current daily driver: 05 Grand Prix. This was my youngest daughter’s first car, when she bought something newer I started driving it. When we bought the car, there were Mossy Oak/Ruger stickers on every window, a Transformer emblem glued to the bumper, basically stickers everywhere. The only one she wanted to keep was the sticker on the back window that said “Bat Mom”.
My 81 GMC was originally my grandfather’s truck, then my dad had it. He also has a 01 GMC S-15. To keep from confusing the 2 GMCs, the 81 is referred to as “Senior” the 01 is known as “Junior”.
My sons 92 Yukon is known as “Tex” one of his friends started calling it that. Not sure exactly why. His beater truck is a 97 S-10 that started life as a pest control/exterminator truck. You can still see the faded paint around the stenciling that clearly says “Scott’s pest control and exterminating”. So the truck is known as The Terminator. It even has Terminator skull valve stem caps.
I need to come up with a good nickname for my wife’s 22 Challenger. Since it’s white, I suggested Kowalski, my wife doesn’t like it.
There have been other vehicles with other names, but that’s the current fleet.
Does anyone in readerland have nicknames (fond or otherwise derogatory) for their cars? We have nicknames for just about every vehicle in our fleet, most have a story.
My 69 is referred to as “the OldOlds”
My 06 Ram 2500 4x4 MegaCab is known as either the Locomotive (because it’s a diesel) or The Bus.
My 02 Neon was referred to as “Avery”. This was my oldest daughter first car, she named it because there was a teacher (Mr Avery) that nobody liked with “bug eyes”. Because the headlights of a neon kinda bulge out, hence the name. I have since given that car to my brother in law, the name stuck.
My current daily driver: 05 Grand Prix. This was my youngest daughter’s first car, when she bought something newer I started driving it. When we bought the car, there were Mossy Oak/Ruger stickers on every window, a Transformer emblem glued to the bumper, basically stickers everywhere. The only one she wanted to keep was the sticker on the back window that said “Bat Mom”.
My 81 GMC was originally my grandfather’s truck, then my dad had it. He also has a 01 GMC S-15. To keep from confusing the 2 GMCs, the 81 is referred to as “Senior” the 01 is known as “Junior”.
My sons 92 Yukon is known as “Tex” one of his friends started calling it that. Not sure exactly why. His beater truck is a 97 S-10 that started life as a pest control/exterminator truck. You can still see the faded paint around the stenciling that clearly says “Scott’s pest control and exterminating”. So the truck is known as The Terminator. It even has Terminator skull valve stem caps.
I need to come up with a good nickname for my wife’s 22 Challenger. Since it’s white, I suggested Kowalski, my wife doesn’t like it.
There have been other vehicles with other names, but that’s the current fleet.
Last edited by matt69olds; May 5, 2026 at 02:23 PM.
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My friends come up with names for my cars…i don’t.
I just simply refer to them by color.
My friends have given me:
Uncle Buck- a 65 that got hit by a deer
The Butlass- a 70 that had sagging rear springs
Gutlass- a 78 with a 260 v8
Prehistoric Dog- the black race car that’s kinda simple and rude
The Old man- a clean unassuming white 65 with poverty caps
and I’m not sharing what they’re calling my current project yet
I just simply refer to them by color.
My friends have given me:
Uncle Buck- a 65 that got hit by a deer
The Butlass- a 70 that had sagging rear springs
Gutlass- a 78 with a 260 v8
Prehistoric Dog- the black race car that’s kinda simple and rude
The Old man- a clean unassuming white 65 with poverty caps
and I’m not sharing what they’re calling my current project yet
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My $385 white '65 Dynamic 88 4-door was fondly referred to as "The Ghetto Bomber" by friends. Not sure who started that.
Other than that, my cars have most often been distinguished by color, as in "The Red Car" or "The Green Car."
Other than that, my cars have most often been distinguished by color, as in "The Red Car" or "The Green Car."
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I never had names for my cars. I would always say Rallye instead of Rallye 350 but that was the extent of it. That said, A few locals knew my Rallye 350 when I was in high school as Oldsmochicken. One of the car guys from the older generation at the time named it that and stuck for a while.
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1979 Blue Calais - "Old Blue"
1979 Black/Silver Cutlass Supreme Brougham- "the Boop". This is due to a cruel trick the state of CT was playing with their classic car license plate sequences, IMHO. We got stuck with 00-BUPY. Pathetic.
1979 Black/Silver Cutlass Supreme Brougham- "the Boop". This is due to a cruel trick the state of CT was playing with their classic car license plate sequences, IMHO. We got stuck with 00-BUPY. Pathetic.
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Some other nicknames for vehicles long gone:
I had a 89 S-10 that burned lots of oil. I had a friend that made vinyl decals, I had him make a bright green sticker that said “ this vehicle is a hybrid. It burns gas AND oil!” From that time forward the truck was known as the hybrid.
A few years ago I rescued a 95 Buick Lesabre from a neighbors backyard. It had been parked for 10 years with a rusted brake line. They wanted to scrap it, I agreed to buy it for scrap value. I replaced some brake lines/calipers/wheel cylinders, a battery, put a couple used tires on it and drove it for about a year. I sold it for 1800 bucks. Pretty good return on investment! Its nickname was “Cripes” named for a girl my youngest daughter despised, she drove a similar car.
The car my oldest daughter bought when she relinquished the neon was a 05 Malibu. My dad had a car a couple years newer, but basically the same car. Same color, same trim, just minor differences (dad’s Malibu had a sunroof, Natalie’s had aftermarket wheels). Because my dad is Natalie’s grandfather, his Malibu became “Gramps”. I later bought that car for a winter beater. I quickly sold it when it developed expensive electric steering problems.
My sons project 71 El Camino will have 455 Olds power. It’s named Olds-Camino, for obvious reasons.
Some people think nicknames for cars is stupid, and maybe it is.
I had a 89 S-10 that burned lots of oil. I had a friend that made vinyl decals, I had him make a bright green sticker that said “ this vehicle is a hybrid. It burns gas AND oil!” From that time forward the truck was known as the hybrid.
A few years ago I rescued a 95 Buick Lesabre from a neighbors backyard. It had been parked for 10 years with a rusted brake line. They wanted to scrap it, I agreed to buy it for scrap value. I replaced some brake lines/calipers/wheel cylinders, a battery, put a couple used tires on it and drove it for about a year. I sold it for 1800 bucks. Pretty good return on investment! Its nickname was “Cripes” named for a girl my youngest daughter despised, she drove a similar car.
The car my oldest daughter bought when she relinquished the neon was a 05 Malibu. My dad had a car a couple years newer, but basically the same car. Same color, same trim, just minor differences (dad’s Malibu had a sunroof, Natalie’s had aftermarket wheels). Because my dad is Natalie’s grandfather, his Malibu became “Gramps”. I later bought that car for a winter beater. I quickly sold it when it developed expensive electric steering problems.
My sons project 71 El Camino will have 455 Olds power. It’s named Olds-Camino, for obvious reasons.
Some people think nicknames for cars is stupid, and maybe it is.
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My Olds had a joke gift vinyl decal on the rear window, compliments of some friends, it read “The Gutless Cutlass”. It was on the car for a looong time but was removed a few years back when we got her ready for new paint. My dad didn’t want it put back on the car when it was buttoned up, I still think about putting it back on but haven’t talked myself into it. Yet……
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