People who name their cars. What is that all about? Calling a chunk of metal and plastic Boris, or Herman or Cecilia or whatever it's just stupid.
But the manufacturers are more guilty than the end user. At least the man in the street, or let's be honest, it's more likely the woman in the street gives his or her car a proper name. The manufacturers have run out of sensible names and are now making them up. Hence we have the Vauxhall Zafira, the Nissan Qashkai, the Suzuki Celerio, the Renault Kadjar..... the list goes on. These are just made up names, a random selection of letters designed to be globally acceptable and inoffensive. But they are just complete bollocks.
Some car makers refuse to get involved and just use numbers and letters - BMW, Volvo and Peugeot generally just use numbers. But the others just get silly.
Am I the only one who wants car names that mean something? The Cortina, and the Capri evoked images of exotic foreign destinations. Okay, there was a period during the 80's when car makers simply looked to the top shelf of W.H.Smiths for inspiration, and we ended up with the Fiesta, Escort and mini Mayfair. But by and large they made an effort using proper English words. Thus we had the popular, the prefect, anglia, sceptre, scout, victor, ensign and such like. We also got the Viva, meaning long life, which was a contradiction and most rusted away quicker than the customers could file a warranty claim.
So, we are left with a future of random vowels and consonants to describe your latest transport, which means that you will soon be driving a dsfghjk and it will be your own fault. Personally I will call it Herbert.
Monday, 2 February 2015
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