Ever notice that cars seem to have a personality? 😂

[Matt129]

Ok, I know cars don’t really have feelings lol, but I’m wondering if anyone else has ever noticed that their car acts like it does sometimes and you can’t really explain it? For instance, my dad was working on his old Ford Ranger because its transmission was slipping. After he passed away, that truck sat in the garage undisturbed for weeks. I went in there to get something, and I don’t know why I felt the urge to say anything, perhaps I was just lonely at the time. But I basically told the truck that dad had passed. And I swear, that truck let out a LOUD creaking noise. Keep in mind, I hadn’t touched the truck, it hadn’t been touched in weeks, and it happened less than a second after I said it. Also, when we eventually had to junk that truck, the engine wouldn’t start the day we had to drive it to the junkyard. That truck had 336,000 miles on it, and it ALWAYS started, even in sub zero temperatures with a decade old battery! And that’s just the best example of our vehicles having apparent “feelings”. Has any one else noticed things like this? I’m curious to hear if anyone else has lol.

[DTHolder]

I remember my grandfather telling that some cars are male and some are female. When a male car won't start you cuss at it, threaten it, and mash the gas pedal as you forcefully turn the key. Female cars require a soft whisper, tell them how beautiful they are and slowly caress the key with a soft touch on the gas. I know my 50 Stude is female and my truck is male...

[Noxnabaker]

I sure agree; the older they get the more different they become. For example, I had a bunch of two stroke SAABs in the late 80's & the first one was the kind of car that refused to be good to me; it started with the engine broke with a lot of noice, all 3 pistons in pieces! Then the gas pipe rotted thru, the electric wiring burned, the clutch went & more stuff like that... The other 3 never gave any problem.

When I bought my -62 Newport it was in pretty rough condition due to a long row of owners, since I saw it first time in the summer 'till I bought it in the winter it had 5 differnet owners! I drove it home in cold weather & lots of snow but the heater worked fine & it never let me down even once! I swaped the waisted 383 for a 400 & when I did it we shecked it cuz it's been sounding bad for a long time & one main bearing had started turning! I repaired a lot on that car but as I just wrote; it never let me down!

That must be love,right?

Josephine, my -55 sedan, is like a sibling; she always throws something at me.

[Champ51]

One of my race cars was definitely a male. Every time it came to a corner, it would lift its inside rear wheel and mark its territory.
My pit crew always said of that car, 'pigs can't fly, but they can be very fast'.

[PackardV8]

If they didn't have a personality when they came, some owners are quick to give them one. When dividing car owners into two groups, there are those who give their cars/trucks a specific and personal name and those who say, "I'm driving the blue one today."

jack vines