Half of Britons chat to their motor cars

mimo2005 · 02-21-2006, 02:50 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of motorists regularly talk to their cars, giving words of encouragement ahead of a long trip and lavishing praise for a job well done at journey's end, according to research on Monday.

A survey of 2,000 owners also found 40 percent thought their car had a personality and was capable of being upset whilst 19 percent worried about how their car was feeling.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...ITAIN-CARS.XML

ps : i think i said once or twice to my car : good job baby ! after a long trip ...lol
have you ever talked to your car ?

MoralTerror · 02-21-2006, 04:45 AM

I call mine Christine(from the film) and have to talk nice to get her to start.

Usually I'm cursing at her 5 minutes later

crazijoe · 02-21-2006, 05:47 AM

I usually talk to myself like "Yea knew that was going to happen." or " I should have fix that last week."

yustr · 02-21-2006, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimo2005

have you ever talked to your car ?

You mean other than "Come on, start you !@#$%" ?

I don't think I've ever praised my car.

**Glaswegian** · 02-21-2006, 06:39 AM

If I don't talk to the car, I have to talk to the wife - so what do you think I do?

**bruiser** · 02-21-2006, 06:54 AM

Yeah, I've talked to cars. You @#$%^&^%, I'm gonna )(**&^^% your +&#$%^

MoralTerror · 02-21-2006, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glaswegian

If I don't talk to the car, I have to talk to the wife - so what do you think I do?

Mrs Glas: groan groan groan groan

Glas: Oh my poor darling you sound ill

Mrs Glas: moan moan moan moan

Glas: Please tell me beautiful, what's wrong with you

Mrs Glas: yap yap yap yap

Glas: sounds serious time for a detour to the garage

Mrs Glas: SHRIEK

Glas: and not a minute too soon by the sounds of it

ebackhus · 02-21-2006, 01:01 PM

When my car doesn't work I'll give it words of "encouragement" that are usually of the 4-letter variety. My current car has no name but my previous was named Christy after this uber hot girl from school.

sinclair_tm · 02-21-2006, 01:06 PM

i admit that i have done it once or twice in my life, but were rather degrading to the car.

bry623 · 02-21-2006, 01:34 PM

I think it's ok to talk to your car.

IF it joins in on the converation with you, you might want to stop.

**JeremyC** · 02-21-2006, 02:26 PM

I talk to her. yes my car is a her. I dont wanna ride a guy.

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mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Half of Britons chat to their motor cars LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of motorists regularly talk to their cars, giving words of encouragement ahead of a long trip and lavishing praise for a job well done at journey's end, according to research on Monday. A survey of 2,000 owners also found 40 percent thought their car had a personality and was capable of being upset whilst 19 percent worried about how their car was feeling. http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...ITAIN-CARS.XML ps : i think i said once or twice to my car : good job baby ! after a long trip ...lol have you ever talked to your car ? __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

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MoralTerror Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,968 OS: xp	I call mine Christine(from the film) and have to talk nice to get her to start. Usually I'm cursing at her 5 minutes later

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