The Thunker, August 21, 2015 - Estes Park news (press release)

“We haven't named our Hondas but in about 2006 I named our family the ‘House of Four Accords. ’ I was then driving an '83, our daughter had an '88, my wife Carol drove a 2000 and son Scott's was a 2001. All four were purchased used. “We still drive the 2000. We donated the '83, Scott's 2001 was totaled at about 310,000 miles when hit for the third time, and the '88 was on the road until last year when the cost of repairs finally exceeded four monthly car payments. is driving a new Subaru, which she named SueB2. “Big Willie (a big SUV, named after the Venus of Willendorf) and Little Willie (the next SUV, slightly smaller). There was Rachel Car-son, the Prius, Penelope the Perfect Plymouth, a mini-van we drove to death and finally killed by taking too much stuff and too many people on a river trip to Alaska, and Charlotte the Chalet, our pop-up camper. has been naming her vehicles since the ‘80s: “The car I named first was a company car. I named her in the belief that there is a relationship if a car has a name. Since our relationship worked so well I have continued to name our vehicles. There was Ruby, our red VW Jetta, ‘A boy named Sue,’ the Suzuki X-90, our first truck, Hoss, and our current truck, Little Joe. “I learned from a car salesperson how to know if a car is a boy or girl. Source: www.estesparknews.com