The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car’s brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with ‘V’, like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
The naming scheme we followed, is based on the first letter of the car’s brand—so for example, a Volvo gets a name starting with ‘V’, like Vincent.
Anyone else done/do this? If so, what was your car + name + naming scheme?
Any name that seems to fit the character of the car. In hindsight, based on personifying the car’s flaws.
One was a Saturn SL2 that had a leaky exhaust, sometimes hesitated to start, and the automatic transmission shifted aggressively. Oscar, because it seemed grouchy all the time.
Another was a manual transmission Volkswagen Passat 2.0 with a tiny turbo and some neat safety features that still worked, including automatically holding the brakes for a hill start to prevent rolling backward. Not particularly fast, but once it got going it just kept accelerating up through the gears, as if rising to a challenge. I named it Walter, it just seemed to fit.
My current car is a 2014 Ford Focus with the “bad” transmission. It needs to either go or stop, asking it to accelerate too slowly burns up the clutches in a hurry, thus the terrible reputation for the dual clutch automatic. The harder I accelerate, the better the gas milage, up until it starts spinning the tires.
Idk what to call this one.
Is that with the Dual Clutch? If so, you could probably just get a new clutch if it’s in good shape.
I did get a new clutch. It was a bad deal that turned out good.
Someone traded in the car with worn out clutches and 10k miles past the extended warranty. The clitches gave out on me only 2 days after I bought it, so the dealership replaced the clutches at no additional charge. I looked up how it should be driven, followed Ford’s advice, and it’s been driving great ever since