[djmcmath]

Names are largely for convenience in my world, arbitrary identifiers rather than some symbol of affection or character.

So when I was in high school living at home, and we had like 6 vehicles, there was the truck, the white car, the Toyota, the Honda ... you get it.

On rare occasions, a car may be so heinous that it earns a name. My first car, for example, was a heavily abused brown Toyota Corolla that could barely get out of it's own way. We referred to it as "the brown streak."

I bought a motorcycle from a friend who had named it. To me, it's just the motorcycle, but he's intent on asking me how old George is doing every time we talk.

Ok, so I sometimes called my 911 "Shadowfax," but usually was just "I'm taking the 911 today."

Dan