{"id":36657,"date":"2021-12-10T15:33:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=36657"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:33:21","slug":"vroom-vroom-disco-dave-is-that-you-dvla-releases-most-unusual-car-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/vroom-vroom-disco-dave-is-that-you-dvla-releases-most-unusual-car-names\/","title":{"rendered":"VROOM VROOM… Disco Dave is that you? DVLA releases most unusual car names"},"content":{"rendered":"

A DVLA survey<\/a> reveals Disco Dave, Beast and Bat Mobile are just some of the quirkiest names given to cars by their drivers.<\/p>\n

With many taking inspiration from TV and film characters some four-wheel-motors have been named Betty Boop, Eeyore, Homer, Kermit, Mickey, Olaf, and Snow White. Hopefully their cars aren’t fall into a deep slumber any time soon.<\/p>\n

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Car with personality @M J Richardson<\/p><\/div>\n

Car enthusiast, Connor Ward, said: “Of course you have to name your car.<\/p>\n

“You spend so much of your time in it. It would be rude not to.<\/p>\n

“My car is called sexy because I am basically married to the thing.”<\/p>\n

However, sites such as Confused.com<\/a> can generate a name for you by asking a few simple questions such as age, colour and personality.<\/p>\n

The name generated for Connor’s, a 15 plate white Ford Fiesta with a sensible personality and film being the Italian job, is Austen.<\/p>\n

Holly Keane, NHS worker, said: “I rely on my car so I like to talk to it every morning. Thanking her every day and hopefully it prolongs her life.<\/p>\n

“I called mine Flo because she is cute. She’s a purple Fiat 500 so I just feel like I float every where I go.<\/p>\n

“After 3 crashes she doesn’t really drive as well as she used to but she still suits it.”<\/p>\n

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Holly Keane and her car, Flo<\/p><\/div>\n

Many use the first letter of their registration plate or the colour of their cars for inspiration of many imaginative motor monikers but sites such as Parade Entertainment<\/a> have complied a list of the world best car names.<\/p>\n

The top five include: Desdamona, Eleanor, Terminator, Indestructible and Drum.<\/p>\n

One in six people surveyed name their car and people being aged between 35-53 are most likely to do so. Just over 26 percent were aged 16-34.<\/p>\n

Tell us what you name your car! Do you think your car has a name we’ve not yet heard of? Let us know on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Does your four-wheeled friend have a name? \ud83d\ude97<\/p>\n

We’d love to know what it is!
\nFrom ‘Kermit’ to ‘The Beast’, comment down below and let us know \u2b07\ufe0f #driving<\/a> #car<\/a> #vroom<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/A6HYwTbi0d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sheffield Wire (@Sheffield_Wire) December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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