Naming of vehicles and other inanimate objects

I'm not sure if it's a Minnesota thing, but everybody I know back home has a name for their car. For instance, my first car was an Oldsmobile Xtreme. It was originally from Canada and it was built for cold climates. Being it was from Quebec, I lovingly named my car Pierre. Cars are part of the family like pets.

I just read an e-mail from an old, old friend "back home" and he named his GPS unit Gertie. I had to laugh out loud as I also named my GPS unit. I named mine Helga.

My brother bought a Ford F250. He named it Shaneequa. I asked him how he came up with that name. He said, "Because she is big, black and beautiful."

.....with junk in her trunk.....